User blog comment:Volknur/The Problem with PvP in Dark Souls/@comment-5632187-20130708161154

Dark Souls PvP is dying quickly. The main reasons are the lag and hackers. Lag, while it is bound to be present in any multiplayer game, is extremely prominent in Dark Souls. When I'm walking with my back to an enemy who is halfway across the room from me and then suddenly I'm being hornet backstabbed with a lightning claymore, I get pissed. That's typically the point where I decide "Well no more Dark Souls for a while." Backstabs really do need to be nerfed or just flat out removed from PvP.

About ganking, there's a difference between ganking and just playing through the level. I can almost always tell that difference. When someone has 2 sunbros and they're all in not-so-great gear and they're just going through the area normally, I know they're just trying to kill the boss. That's not ganking. Ganking is intentionally waiting around in an area for invaders to spawn so you and your 2 sunbro ninja flipping giant dads can gank him. I actually have a perfect example that happened to me yesterday. I invade one group of 3 people (Host and two white phantoms) who are all huddled around just in front of my spawn. I immediately knew that they were gankers. I then summoned into a world of a different group (Host and 2 Sunbros) who had just finished with the Titanite Demon when I spawned. At first I assumed they were ganking. Then I realized the host was eager to get to that fog wall. And he ended up getting to it. Those people weren't gankers.

Then there are the hackers. I despise anyone who hacks in PvP and that's not just infinite HP/Stamina users. I hate the people who non-stop eat Divine Blessings or Elizabeth's Mushrooms. There's no possible way to get THAT many DBs unless you go through the game up to about NG+33.(Figure you get 3 per playthrough I think) If you're gonna hack the game, keep it in PvE.

Oh and I don't understand play-to-win mindsets. For example, probably the most play-to-win try hard build other than ninja flipping giant dad would be Demon's Spear w/ Black Flame and ninja flip. Those duels are so boring to be in and are just overall stupid. Why would you want duels that last 10 seconds? That's boring. Why not have a duel that lasts 2 minutes where you and your opponent are equally matched and actually have fun? That's why I love partaking in Fight Clubs a lot. Duels in FCs are really fun because there aren't in d-bags.

Just my two cents along with a rant about things I hate.