Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-24668693-20140311112921/@comment-24543527-20140311230400

If you don't care about capping your Soul Level, you can do pretty much anything you want since the max SL is 710. However, most people who engage in competitive Player vs. Player will cap their characters in the 99-150 SL range. I'd recommend raising Vitality (HP) and Endurance early on as it is much harder to raise these stats later in the game.

If you are aiming to cap yourself at a specific soul level for PvP, pick either Faith (for Miracles) or Intelligence (for Sorceries), and then see what kinds of spells and weapons you might want to wield. Choosing these first will help you decide which stats you want to raise first (and by how much). Most importantly, learn how the scaling system works with your weapons and stats.