User blog comment:Cosmicsilver/Expectations/Hopes Dark Souls 2/@comment-1687225-20121221044719

I'm still looking for a much needed buff for the bows and the ability to aim crossbows down sight.

Ideas:

An armor type that drastically reduces backstab damage. A tortoise shell comes to mind (I know, I know it would look ridiculous but I wear the catarina already, that ship's sailed for me); to compensate the armor could be really heavy and/or give poor defenses.

A javelin or throwing-axe type weapon that you can retrieve off the corpse of your enemy or after you die (to avoid frustration) would be real freaking neat.

I sincerely hope that they nerf the fast roll in the next game because the way it is right now you can just spam the roll button when you're in a pickle and your invil frames will just save you from any situation. Nerf the fast roll so that you can get hit one frame halfway through (to not make it 100% reliable) or make the invil duration shorter.

Elimination of the mask series, or make them joke equipment (i.e the new mask of the mother LOWERS your max HP. That'd be nice. Screw the people who abused the masks to death and made every build in DkS look identical).

A more badass spell casting animation would be nice. The current one looks kind of weak.

Removal of the ring of favor and protection because it's just way better than the other rings out there and stifles diversity.