Read the article again, this isn’t a response from FromSoft, this is a response from Bamco’s PR department that likely has no idea what they are talking about, this is just a clickbait article.

This isn’t From Soft “saying” anything, this is Bamco PR making statements without any knowledge on the matter. The weapon skills you are showing reduce damage and prevent stagger regardless of poise and are based on equip load. The poise stat itself does literally nothing so if it’s “working as intended” and it’s…