Hit boxes are pretty screwy, yeah. Poise still seems to be the be-all end-all of winning in PVP; dunno how many times I've been stunlocked for eternity by a guy with a fire longsword. But I've killed as many invaders as I've been killed BY them, so it's all good. Oh, and latency still makes magic a bitch to dodge. Because not being able to evade the constant spamming of great soul arrow because of lag is just 2fun4me.