Nonsense. It's a savage battle for your life. Pleasantry if for the weak.
I bow before every fight, of course, and I do generally let them finish and heal up. But I am by no means required to, and them invading suddenly is part of the challenge.
Besides, you have a decently long warning. If you see someone invading or see the message...don't fight anyone. Check for fog doors. Eventually you can just kind of...feel someone invading. Either there's a sound that's very faint, or I'm somehow in tune with my xbox, but I can guess like 80% of the time if someone's invading me and the exact time they show up.
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Make it +15 and use SLB or DMB on it. WRECKED.
Smough's armor, obviously. Lord Gwyn's actually matches it better, but you need Gwyn's soul so I doubt you'll get it. Not this playthrough, anyway.
Good suggestion. I do need to pick up a miracle or two eventually and hopefully I can get it. I already beat the game already; I'm just doing a new playthrough because my last character was very ill-planned out.