Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-20750938-20130917232148/@comment-6132984-20131011140356

i think those people who got killed by the backstabbing exploit (where the attacker isn't even behind you backstabs you)and seeing as parrying has gotten harder, heavy weapon tank builds now stand more of a fighting chance against the speed builds.

the reason they probably nerfed parrying and backstabbing is to make pvp more balanced, also it seems From Software is on a mission to crack down on every exploit people used in the first one.