Talk:Greatsword of Artorias/@comment-13194233-20141106103531/@comment-4511886-20141106132637

SL dictates PvP. The DaS community has a general rule of staying around SL 100-150 (depending on who you ask) to let you specialize a build, without giving too many levels to give you so much space that you can do whatever you want. At a too high SL, you're unlikely to find much PvP or Co-op activity.

There's also the fact that maxing out four stats takes ages and, past a certain point, (40 for most stats, 50 for Vitality, Attunement, Intelligence and Faith) the gain-per-level lowers down to a point where it's just not worth spending souls on that level.

And like you said, it costs less souls, which in turn saves time.

The first point is obviously not applicable if you don't PvP, but the second and third point are very important, regardless of skill, or participation in PvP or PvE.