So, I was sitting in sen's fortress waiting to be summoned, then that message popped up. I had never noticed anything different, but then I only went into the first room to drop my sign. I was actually surprised to see it say that. I was expecting something more along the lines of "you are being summoned" lol. So, I guess some gravelord servant tried to make my game harder. I never really noticed any signs or messages unless it happened when I wasn't looking. Is it silent or did I just miss it?

I thought it gave you a message when they infected you, but maybe it doesn't. I haven't had it happen yet, hopefully if this 1.04 patch ever comes we'll see it more often.

From what I've read around here, the gravelord covenant isn't working right. Unfortunate...

What does it even mean? I got that once the other day as well. I noticed no difference though... What's it do? What's it mean?

I've gotten this message before while farming New Londo, it happens when the gravelord leaves the area or gets killed.

Being infected by a gravelord servant is SUPPOSED to put down a wandering sign allowing you to invade their world to break the curse. Dying subtracts half your souls and rewards the Gravelord servant accordingly and is supposed to scatter black phantom versions of the normal NPC's about the world in key areas that impede/prevent progression until they are dealt with and are about as difficult to kill as vagrants, something else we don't see enough of because of the current multiplayer issues. A victim dying does not break the gravelord's curse either, so they can keep losing souls to the Gravelord. Their only choice is to leave the area entirely and come back later.

However as you can see there is basically no effect when using Gravelord and then you still get the message when the curse wears off.

I have been invaded by someone I infected once, I killed him and that was all, the rest of the evil eyes produced no results.