What does high level pvp even look like in this game? A standstill of who will make the first move into a backstab from 10 feet away?

https://youtu.be/bdfG1ezM87E?si=Ha9S2LnpQAplkoso

>>715243075 (OP)
S O V L

Felt pretty much the same when I did some SL80 invasions a few years ago. Less meta-shit since the game is dead as hell, but sovlful.

i genuinely miss when this game was super active

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>>715243075 (OP)
From the recent tournament: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5hqU--dEEQ

It's extremely technical and won't make sense unless you know the tech they're executing.

>>715244735
god this is pure autism
pvpers were a mistake

PvP sucks

>>715243764
NANI?!?

>>715243764
Same, the "remaster" was kinda ass but I appreciate that they fixed the netcode.

>>715243075 (OP)

>>715244735
this twitchy retardation sort of reminds me of that autistic spam-clicking high-level RTS players do

>>715244735
All of this is seen commonly in all games except dark souls 2, where you can't pivot for shit
It's not more technical than any other high level pvp, especially Elden Ring

>>715243075 (OP)
yep, it's all about mommie's masks and "muh backstab tech"
looks at this shit >>715244735
it's the same with twirling ballerinas in ds2 with their "muh network lag proc"

>>715245597
kek
It does have a function in this game though, to keep your opponent guessing where you back is or to make ghost strikes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VERHJsP_qOM)

>>715245598
>dark souls 2
>can't pivot
You mean the one game where backsteps were actually viable? That had animation canceling? And every weapon class was viable? You could even chain cancel roll attacks to quickly close in on a motherfucker. Where does this moronic mobility complaint about DaS2 come from?

>>715245912
ds2 is bad baka

>>715243764
Juza of the Cloud ahh moment XD

>>715243764
kek'd

>>715243075 (OP)
I just don't think PvP in any game/mode that isn't entirely based around it can ever work nowadays.

>>715243764
I like how he just turns to the camera in the end

>>715243764
>crystal great club
>hornet ring
yep, its ds1 pvp time

Landing parries in Dark Souls pvp was peak

>>715245912
>>Thing
>>Thing
>Completely unrelated thing
Retard, here's your PVP tournament
And no schizo nigger, Dark Souls 2 making pvp op isn't good since it basically forces thrusting movesets and removes the spacing components

>>715243764
And I genuinely miss hornet ring backstab animations
Wtf were they thinking not giving dagger talisman backstabs different animations or at least copypasting those from Souls? Soulless shit, literally

>>715248398
from me it's riposte/backstab animations on scythes/spears in ds2

>>715243075 (OP)
Yea it sucked, they fixed the PvP in DS2/3

>>715243075 (OP)
FIRE UP THE BASS CANNON

>>715246464
yup. its a meme

duels/pvp tournament stuff is fucking ass in these games
invading clueless (or not so clueless) retards it's where it is

>>715248447
They are in ER too but I think they were patched in later

R1 spam > backstabbing

using +0 weapons and actually enjoying the duel

>>715248649
this

>>715248676
The Scythe backstab was patched in when they implemented Ansbach's edgy scythe and probably realized they simply forgot to give Scythe's that animation

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>>715243075 (OP)
I played the game recently and this is what I did when I invaded people

>>715248649
>>715249331
>I'm shit at the game and can only win against noobs who don't yet know how to play

>>715251036
>he cares about being good at videogames

>>715243764
kino

There's no high level, you just have to not try to exploit the game's highly exploitable mechanics to believe that the game is complex. And the game has like 10 weapons that are actually useful.

>>715243075 (OP)
my strongest memory of DS pvp was two retards circling each other desperately hoping to lagstab the other for an easy win

are there any online servers up still for ps3? i guess official servers are down but i wonder if there's any fan made stuff for mp. i just installed it for my ps3 but i finished it on ps4 a while ago completely offline when i still had one