Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-24721972-20140512132647/@comment-24721972-20140702200603

Another thing SM does is punish new players for trying to play the game. They will die and loose their souls where an experienced person will do so much less. So the newbie will be in a higher tier with people of a higher level AND better equipment AND more skill.

If they wanted to stop griefing all they had to do was make the first couple of areas uninvadable.