Souls PVP is it's own weird brand of special with a dedicated community. I wager Elden Ring PVP wouldn't still be nearly as popular if the servers weren't offline for the rest of the games currently.
As someone who did a decent bit of PVP in DS2, and then a TON in 3 for the covenants, I absolutely despise it in Elden Ring for just how braindead easy it is to run and roll forever due to near zero punishment for poor stamina management. Combine that with the lack of decent rewards (No PVP covenant rewards and Rune Arcs don't gate summons like Humanity/Embers) and there really just isn't much a reason for it unless you missed griefing noobs with end game gear or troll builds the first few times around.
I had some fun running dungeons, pointing out secrets, and beating bosses for people with absurd builds and weird fashion choices, but considering at least half ended with connection errors even that made any multiplayer hard to enjoy.
Ditching it all and just having Mimic Tear, Oleg, or whatever other legendary ash you prefer bail you out when if things get a bit rough is probably the best experience.