Talk:Way of Blue/@comment-24.175.163.81-20140717235027/@comment-4511886-20140718071942

SL has no effect on matchmaking anymore. It's focused around your Soul Memory, which is the total amount of souls you have collected. (Not counting souls you got back from your own blood stains.)

You're probably in a bad PvP area. Try the bridge at the start of Iron Keep. People also say that Huntsman's Copse is PvP heavy, but I rarely go there late in the game, so I wouldn't know.