The Official Dark Souls Thread - .....It Begins

[lestatdark]

Parasitic said:

lestatdark said:

So literally pulling the plug is your way to deal with bothersome invaders? That's very brave. At least you could try an ingame solution, like going to the boss fog wall, which means failed invasion for any invader, no matter the covenant. 

Plus, low sin players rarely get invaded by Darkmoons, especially if there's a player at your level with much higher sin. It's the darkwraiths or the random Cracked Red Eye Orb invaders that usually invade the most. 

I've had one of the "pull the plug" invadees in my Darkwraith runs, mainly because he had run out of estus flasks and had no humanity to heal. It screws up your invasion and it means wasted time. If anyone can't handle the online component of the game, better if they play it offline and stay out of the online.

I've only pulled the plug twice out of the many times I've been invaded so far. I never mind fighting an invader who actually fights but....I started noticing way more of them playing hide and seek, or running away to safety to heal once their hp is low. It got legitimately frustrating =/ 

Trying to fight an invader with all sorts of nasty tactics in ng+ is hardly ever fun when they're hiding behind the dinos in Lost Izalith. If I had Strong Magic Shield, I'd have no problem with using it to glitch and kill those types - my friend does it often.

With all that being said, I'll probably start disconnecting more often whenever people decide they wanna play dumb and waste time. Hell, some of them are even doing this during pvp sessions in Anor Londo! I ended up leaving the center platform lowered - the amount of invaders that run straight for it once they're in is sad, and once I see them do that I'll be more than happy to double team them with whatever white phantom I have with me.

Well invaders are always at a disadvantage in comparison to those they invade. Invadees can heal with Estus and can summon 2 more people to help them fend off invaders, so it's common most of them resort to cheap tactics and such. I once invaded on Dukes Archives and had to fight with three people, the invadee and two helpers, and it was one of my most fun invasions. 

I can hold out my own against the dinos on lost izalith, even without Strong Magic Shield since their attack patterns are quite easy and you can goad them to use their butt-stomp often which leaves them wide open. I never had any trouble with invaders on lost izalith (especially if you tone down the Gamma on your TV to get rid of the nasty bloom effect of the lava). 

I think some of the worst invaders are the Forest covenant ones, but most of the times they've got a reason for it, since there's no level limit for invasions there. You can read in this thread some of my experiences with them, to the point of fighting 3-1 with TWOPs and Crystal Ring Shields. 

Invasions is all about killing the host in the most effective way. PVPs (with the Red Soapstone) should be a different matter on the other hand, since that's supposed to be an honourable duel (as you have to accept it), though I have seen a lot of cheapness from the people who summon red signs (as waiting on top of the summon sign and cast TWOP for immediate backstabs). 

All in all, those are the consequences of playing online in the game. I take on all challenges, be them fair or cheap, lasting seconds or a handful of minutes, since that's the fun of it, you never know how the people on the other side will react.