That's the entire point. It's obvious that From doesn't want people stopping at 150 and PVPing from there forever. They want you to continue playing the game, continue adding NG+, and continue on fighting higher and higher level opponents.
Then why did they soft cap every stat so low? Adding SL much past 150 just turns everyone who doesn't intentionally gimp themselves into a Havelmage.
I like the SM design, but I think the PVP system in Dark Souls isn't really exciting and still is weighted towards the invader. The mechanic is a nice change of pace, but it's no endgame or long term hook for me, personally.
This for sure, if they had a 'real' co op game, this game would be a lot funner
What do you want them to soft cap stats at, 85? Just because returns become diminished doesn't mean they become nonexistent. You can still use whatever gear and play style you want at max level just as you can at level 150. Seems to me that a system in which everyone is identical stat-wise is a system in which skill would become the most apparent (a PvP player's dream?).
As nice as those examples may be, the control scheme oneveryMH game has been generally unplayable for me. If MH had the feel of DS it would be incredibly fun, but it feels like a 15 year old game still lol
How about 40-50 like the other games, instead of 20-30 in this one? Not only are the soft caps much lower, the DR is more pronounced AND you level a hell of a lot faster.
Turns out the problem was with the emulator I was using. When I used a different one all the buttons made way more sense (the right joystick did nothing, the strong attack top triggers turned the camera, etc).
Nothing is as broken as starting Dark Souls 1 late to the party and getting face-fucked by low level people with end game builds. That can't happen in this game = this is a better system to me. Each of the games had a lot of problems but the matchmaking in DS2 is better than either of the previous two games both in terms of reliability and fairness.
The characters may be even, but the circumstances for summons are outright broken so far. Belfry Sol and Luna, maybe I don't get it but guaranteed 2vs1 is not exactly fun. Pharros Doors, getting summoned into kneep deep water with the mastodon and the fucking aids dog still alive and immediately going for you as the player rains down magic on you? ugh.
