Agreed. There was a dude I came across who had a sword, I had a sword too and when I saw him I bowed. He stopped then bowed back.
Then the duel commenced.
This is the honor of the blade
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Back when I was a DUST 514 merc, it was semi-common practice to let the Nova-Knifers have their space to duel. The person who switched to their gun would be immediatly executed.
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This is the duelist code in dark souls
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The guilty don't receive such formalities, everyone else gets an obligatory bow. I also used to let people finish duels and heal before I stepped in, especially in the bell tower. But in DS 1 as a darkmoon the guilty always pay the price.