Parry is so damn inconsistent compared to DS.
DSII parry was an abomination, and while DSIII parry at least feels like DS, which is great, it's just so inconsistent. And even scrub enemies have attacks you, for whatever fucking reason, cannot parry. It's infuriating.
And because every pvp encounter feels like it's taking place in a pool of soup (where hits proceed their actual animation and player position might as well be a blindfolded game of pin the tail on the donkey) backstabs are next to impossible.
Dex characters are nerfed to fuck here, unless you want to two-hand a katana or whatever like 99% of pvp'ers. So boring.