Well this group lasted all of what...3 days? I think that was enough time to establish that Dark SOuls doesn't lend itself too well to setting up your own co-op or PvP partners.

I've added quite a few of you to my friends list, hopefully others have done the same.

I have found that what works particularly well is after summoning or being summoned by a random player via soapstone signs, is msging them afterwards and seeing if they want to keep going with co-op or to have a PvP match: you've already established that you have similar levels and that you can summon each other, and already have an idea of the persons play style.

I've also done this with PvP characters who have invaded me and kicked my a55, sending them a simple msg to re-challenge: "again."

I think overall I've learned that the already tried-and-true method of sticking to lvl 60 or lvl 120 works best ///