Regarding the "working as intended" poise stat.

I have read the patch notes throughly and was not attempting to "attack" From or anything. Just growing weary of translucent responses from developers regarding community brought up issues. It may just be because of some recent company's responses to how they handled things (not to mention any names Hello/EA/etc...) and slowly seeing less direct responses but I'm not sure. I thought I would try reddit out but clearly it's not the place for me. Considering I have one fellow employee who shares a love of the dark souls universe as much as me, and can talk about issues without sounding agressive in his replys, I'll probably just keep my discussions between me and him.

And regarding the patch notes, it says they are adjusting poise values "across the board." " poise will be more effective for heavier weapons and armor" I consider that a little more extensive than the usual buffs and nerf that are to be expected.

I obviously have infinite respect for From Software and it's employees for delivering possibly my favorite game of all time. With the exception of Dirt Rally and IL-2 Battle of Stalingrad, it's one of the very few games with a seemingly non existent skill cap which, to me, directly corresponds to replay ability. Also, totally unrelated, I'm really excited about Nioh and the 4 hours I spent with the beta were throughly enjoyable. I found out the beta was active on the second to last day so didn't get to finish it to receive the bonuses for beating the bosses.

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