Case and point, I tried for the first time to fight as the old monk today, and I got someone, He obviously looked well equipped for the fight (He had the Northern Regalia and the Dark Silver Shield) and as we began it looked like he might win....until my Rat Ring and Morion Blade kicked in, and I destroyed him....wouldn't you know it, right before I can get the message that I won and get my *** headwrap, he disconnects. I try again, and as luck would have it, I get the same guy, this time I just straight up massacre him, and once again he disconnects, I assume he didn't try again because I wasn't summoned again.
After that I began getting invasions in 3-2...and the guy I was fighting was a total pushover. All he did was turtle behind a shield occasionally firing off a soul ray until I got in a few backstabs and ended him....
This must have gone on for about 10 invasions...and by the end I was actually feeling so sorry for the guy I ran past him to try and kill some of the Gargoyles, but nope, as soon as I run past him he rolls to dodge me and falls off a bridge...
Was Demons Souls always like this? I mean yeah, you've got tryhards and noobs in Dark Souls as well, but I don't think it's ever been quite so polarizing.