Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-24721972-20140512132647/@comment-5632187-20140630194237

I'll say this a second time: Bonfire Ascetics aren't a work around, they're how the game is meant to be played. Ascetics, since you clearly don't know what they do, respawn all enemies in the surrounding area as well as put the area on the next level of difficulty on the NG+ scale. This means that you can't simply farm forever on the same level of difficulty. A work around would imply they're some sort of exploit, when all they are is just another gameplay mechanic.

And do you realize how ridiculous that NPC idea sounds? All that does is make a "Griefing on" button, for those who are inclined to grief low levels. Soul Memory is a great way to avoid griefers, and believe it or not it does help in connection with other people. If you have 15 million SM, you can connect to people all the way down to 3 million SM and have co-op with them. At 15 million SM you're probably around SL 250. At 3 million SM, you're probably no where near that. This means SM removes the need to be close in SL to connect with your friends. Meanwhile if you're SL 14 and I'm SL 200, with just SL connecting people, we'd never connect, regardless of the fact that you and I have done the same amount of content in the game.

Oh and again, you're acting like it's as simple as FromSoft flipping a switch and suddenly boom it's back to SL connecting us. No, they have to rework the ENTIRE multiplayer. That is a lot of work for them to do, just because the community doesn't like change. Furthermore if you think this petition is gonna do anything, you're fooling yourself. Do you think FromSoft doesn't already know that there are people whining about SM? They do, and I'll guarantee they have no plans on changing it.

You honestly need to look at your argument. I'm still yet to see a legitimate gripe that you have about the entire SM system. What, you don't like change? Or maybe you don't understand it so you want it gone? Well if you'd read any of my responses, you'd know that I'd say go back to Dark Souls or educate yourself if those are honestly your reasons. Finally, it's a new system FromSoft is trying out, of course it's gonna have flaws. If you're not expecting a flawed system the first time a company tries it out, you're living in a bubble. Nothing is perfect, and as I like to say, to expect perfection is to deserve disappointment.