What No ? I felt its the easiest.
You have lifegems that can heal you despite of how many estus flasks you carry. That IMO is a big advantage over other DSes
DS3's netcode for PVP is top notch but I feel DS2's PVP was great. It was much more varied than DS3. In DS3 everyone ran around with either a UGS type weapon and played defensively or used a dagger fast weapon to counter a UGS.
Very rarely I saw people using twin swords or spears or Curved swords.
DS2 was nothing like this, I myself loved the stone twinblade. A very off meta weapon, just because how it looked.
And the santier's spear ! Twinblade + Halberd + Spear in one weapon
