Quote Originally Posted by Nicolas View Post
It actually does it based on Soul Memory range. This should explain it for you. Well, at least the first comment should give you how it works very roughly. But it seems that can be changed on the fly and they might have lowered it to get people around your levels.
Ahhh... that explains a few things. See, I just beat NG+ and am almost at 7m in soul memory, but have kept my level at 150 and only bought lots of cracked eye orbs and other usable items for all the souls. And I sometimes encounter fast-rolling havel mages with enough inteligence to have 5x Crystal Soulmass orbs while also having enough strength to carry Havel's sheild. Aww well.