Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-24721972-20140512132647/@comment-3492791-20140529212305

Well I don't actually have the game. It's just when I looked it up to find out what soul memory was, that's what I read, and it would make sense. Soul level is used to gauge your capability while soul memory is used to gauge experience. Combining both would more accurately match players of similar skill levels than either alone. If that's not the case however, I have no idea why From would blatantly ignore the idea of uses both metrics since the game is already tracking them.

Even if it was implemented poorly, soul memory is a good idea. Even if two players are at the same level, it prevents someone 3/4 their way through the game from someone who just started their first playthrough because its aware of the difference in their level of experience.