@biggieU_U Oh definitely, all the npcs are amazing, what is also cool is that you can find them throughout the level and not just right by the boss. Dark Souls 2 put so much care into the "multi-player" elements, both online and offline.
@xXMessmerXx It's so funny to me that after 16 years people still call invasions "griefing" mechanics. How delusional do you have to be to think that a developer implements something for almost 2 decades just to piss off the playerbase and not because it is a PROVEN FACT they are beloved.
@rehvion For that specific seed, my strategy (assuming the randoms followed me) was doing the monk, rushing the flask upgrade and do the nearby dragon. After that I was like level 3 or 4 and basically set for night 1.