I think if something maddens me more than the OP is probably the 4-5 comments per page saying "fans souls are XXXX".
Seriously people stop. Coop in Souls works very good and the community is definitely there, the git gud meme is just that at this point, a meme, and the online for the saga has improved in every iteration of the franchise, is definitely very important and integral to the formula.
At this point and going by the numbers there's a shitton more people pro coop than against it. This is not a niche game/saga anymore.
Stop speaking about "the community" whenever we get a thread like this, happens twice a year and seems to be tagging the whole community and adding to a non-existent (kindled) fire.