The madmen actually did it. They deliberately made a game that exposes people that only got through DaS games by cheesing them. Literally every crutch mechanic is gone.
>no coop to get carried by other players >no shield block backpedal >no vitality/end pumping >no broken armor set >no cheese weapon setup >no bow poking >no down-time during bossfights since their healthbars are posture based which means you can't just continuously run away and take a quick sippy if you don't want their healthbar to recover >stats increase through limited items which means you can't just farm yourself to an insanely high SL to power through encounters >weapon moveset is deliberately simple, low range, doesn't have easily accessible poke moves that you can hit from a dozen dick-lengths away
All your really had to say is "no magic build". Everyone knows the shitters always made pyromancers so they could one shot enemies with fireballs from across the level.
