U mad, invader faggots? U mad 3v1ing me too? Eat shit.
>>336903868
DELETE THIS
>>336903964
Enjoy being kek'd at and wasting time.
>>336903868
Best item in any souls game. Especially when meeting that twink invader with great AI in the DLCs.
>aggro all the enemies I can
>train them straight to the faggot and co.
>>336904132
heh, nice try fgt.
your gank squad is standing around waiting but he's the one wasting time eh?
>mfw I kill blue and white and the host starts running away from me
>>336904556
it works. it's fun
>>336904887
>Kill 2 phantoms
>suddenly CONNECTION ERROR OCCURRED
Gankers are pathetic 2bh
>>336904556
It's a shame leashes seem to be way shorter in DaS3
>squat in the area after pontiff with all enemies still alive
>pop a giant tree seed and dried finger
>dark spirits and Aldrich cucks start pouring in and dying to silver knights
>>336905689
>that cuck who does this with his own trio of cuckguards
Still got two tongues from the blue fucker, worth it.
I don't get all the butthurt about ganksquads, everyone acts like they're this all brand new trend. There were ganksquads set up (specially at Dark Anor Londo) in 1, there were ganksquads (specially in the belfries) in 2. 3 just makes it a lot easier for them to be set up, but shit will fade off as the game stops being new and less people play it
Halfway fortress greatshield brothers here. Yesterday killed 80 men. Nothing gets through greatshield and I do realize its the most broken weapon. 90% of the fights I won. I always laugh when I see a fag 2 handing something, thinking he can get through my 85 stability shield. Only thing I have to look out for is parry. Pretty sure I killed some v lads too. Git gud and bane!, looking at you
>try out my new weapon,Lightning Gotthard Twinswords +10
>some how also miraculously get summoned as a blue like 5 times on Friday
>receive my first hatemail from a mad invader
At first I tried to be a good sport with reds, but since lothric castle every one Ive seen has been a huge faggot with a some cheese setup and they always hide behind enemies. Now I can return the favor
>>336906181
I suspect it is less that gank squads are new but that the game makes it so easy to go easy mode with phantom armies that invaders are frequently facing 4v1 with enemy mobs being completely impotent to do anything even without seed.
>see faggot host with 3028420948 phantoms
>chameleon in a hard to find spot and go play another game
nothing better than wasting the time of 4 faggots
test
>>336903868
>play aldrich faithful
>invade, host pops a seed
>bc out immediately, chuckle about him wasting the seed
>get summoned to another world within less than 20 secs
Totally mad
>>336908724
>chuckle about him wasting the seed
Well, he popped the seed to more easily get rid of you, and he succeeded at it
>>336906924
>but since lothric castle every one Ive seen has been a huge faggot
Is this actually a thing?
Because I don't get invaded that often in this area but every single one of them acted like the biggest faggot on earth.
Good thing I can't remember losing once in this area.
Its okay OP that item is completely balanced because min/maxing dictates that invaders can take on any AI mobs.
I'm so mad at Fromsoftware right now. I have spent 10 hours of my total life trying to get summoned in Irithyll's courtyard so I can at least defeat 1 Aldrich covenant member.
>summoned
Host is dead
>summoned
Host is AFK, gank squad just waiting.
>Seed is popped then wow its nothing because the area is massive and if you can run past the archers so can the invaders.
>summoned
Its 4v2, one grape, one red and two Aldrich.
>Can't see how many you're up against. Just can't win when more than 2 invaders have range like sorcery combined with R1 spam type weapons.
>Sorcery + rapier spam = not a chance in winning
This game is good if its working, but when I looked at the Darkmoon list and saw the top guy has 2000 kills, it just broke me. Fuck you Fromsoft.
Give back blue orb, fix sinning, and prioritize summoning Darkmoons for the host when he/ she is actually invaded by Aldrich at their courtyard, not reds.
>Blue sentinels have double priority of being summoned in the courtyard based on experience.
>When using the red invasion orb, every other covenant worked like a charm.
Most of the frustration came from the summoning itself, not players.
Not fun. Waiting 1+ hours for a chance to be summoned.
Watching a host from a distance as three or four fags wail on him as he spams dodge roll outside the church is fucking stupid too. He can't win. It was already decided the moment they spammed spells, firebombs, and rapiers at him.
And its mostly shit players that do this too. Waiting for the system to pile up the Aldrich, red and purples. They totally can't win when alone or when the situation is reversed. Exception are those who can actually parry and don't spam spells and R1. Deserves respect.
No longer afraid to admit but Dark Souls 2 is the better game. Dark Souls 3 creators seem to think that more = better and threw balance and gameplay design out the window.
>>336910991
I'm 80sl with +10 wep, farmed around 30 ears yesterday
feel free to go back to DaS2
>>336908274
what does that even achieve? if they weren't retards they would just progress through the level and then hit the fog door and you get banished
With all of these 3 phantom rape quads I feel like a protector of the stage monsters now.
>>336903868
pussy invanders trying to talk shit then get hit they run like bitches to hide behind some mobs and drink hahahahahahahahahaha
>>336908724
tele to shrine and talk to the tree thanks, another seed easy kid
Anyone playing the cracked version? Did you guys managed to summon/be summoned or invade?
I only managed to summon 1 guy out of like 100 tries.
>Invade a pair of spam-happy faggots with straightswords.
>I guess I'll equip my great hammer with perseverance then.
>Or maybe I'll just equip my greatshield and two hand it
Don't try to out-shit a shitter.
>>336904887
>>336905434
>invade dragons peak
>host gank squad
>manage to kill 3 phantoms somehow
>now, time for the host...
>look at the overlook past the crooked bridge
>see host is already through the hallway running back to the bonfire
It was like straight out of some comedy scene.
>>336905832
>actually using forked tongues
>not keeping them as trophies of your conquest
It's like you're not even trying to be edgy
>>336911897
I have 50 ears at my box.
Most of those kills were made as a blue sentinel, and yes I actually get summoned as a blue sentinel in the Aldrich faithful yard. But very rarely as an actual Darkmoon. Outside this area, summoning happens like every 10 minutes. But in the area that is actually important to the covenant it doesn't work. The faction that is designed to take on the Aldrich guys.
I'm saying getting paired up with Aldrich as a Darkmoon doesn't work. And I have spent 2 days straight testing this out.
Dark Souls 2 has at least the cracked blue eye orb and a proper Colosseum. It's online is superior to Dark Souls 3.
Game would be 1000% better if summoning phantoms respawned all enemies.
>SL20
>Raw Astora Sword +2
>Carthus Flame Arc
It's always hilarious when people try to gank me. They don't realize that they get killed in 3-4 hits.
>>336912046
I feel like the embodiment of git gud. Killing someone that needs 3 or more phantoms to get through the game and resummons when you kill them, how big a pile of shit they must be.
>>336912602
Why not +3?
>>336908886
lol mad as fuck
>>336912237
For me, it takes 20 secs. For you it takes more time, also you maybe lose some progress. You still get the short end of the stick
>Collecting sun medals
>Summoned into a world
>wave/bow/whatever
>host just ignores it and runs into the boss room.
>follow and then BC out of the boss room.
Enjoy your powered up boss you rude cunt.
>>336912009
Not him, but a lot of times they don't even want to make progress toward the gate, they just want to gank phantoms.
>>336912834
Autisim speaks.
>>336912554
Yeah, I'm talking about Darkmoon, I'm constantly getting action
I don't know, maybe I'm just lucky
maybe I'm just lucky
>>336912237
This is not guaranteed though.
>>336912430
What are you trying to say?
>4v2
>Be a sorcerer
>Can't use most of my spells due to friendly fire
FROM is pandering to the casuals way too much
>Phantoms hunters covenant
>goal of the covenant is to kill a hosts phantoms
>get nothing for killing a host
>infact you are incapable of damaging a host and vice-versa
>may be required to kill more than one phantom, similar to mound makers
>?get a bonus of some sort against friendly phantoms?Idk, extra damage or something.
There I solved gank squads.
>>336912884
>Manners are autistic.
It's the opposite anon, they have a hard time understanding things like that.
>>336912834
I only do this if they have a meme name or some other dumb shit. Rest in piss sasuke917, orichimaru1517 and sadfrogguy.
>>336912912
Yeah I get summoned constantly in front of Aldrich's church and everywhere else in the game as I stated, but not against Aldrich faithful in their turf.
So are you like the PR guy or did you just reply to talk about your ears?
>>336913103
Do you really think manners matter in a video game?
>>336912834
I hate all this bow/wave shit. When invaders do that I just trow a kukri at them. Fuck's sake, you're supposed to be a rude cunt.
>>336913198
Who's bitch this is!?
>>336904887
>Farming Shackles in Firelink before going into NG+
>Get summoned by someone, was using a great hammer or axe, don't remember specifically
>Using Lothric Greatsword, have a pretty good fight and claim my shackle
>Summons me again, tries to cheese me with chaos pyromancies
>Get him one hit away from death, he disconnects right before I can get him
Fucking faggot.
>>336913082
>Summoning phantoms has interruptable animation
>Summoning phantoms has a cost (gasp!)
>Summoning phantoms respawns all enemy spawns
NOW Phantoms are fixed.
4v1 or 4v2 gank squads are annoying yes. But having the same assholes resummoned over and over again with absolutely zero repercussions is retarded.
>>336912084
>gets 2x as much estus as the invader
>probably guzzles every drop like a slut
>still whines about estus
ISHYGDDT
>>336913198
If someone takes the time to acknowledge you, you should acknowledge them back. It's the most basic of human interactions.
>>336913224
I didn't say anything about invading, but thanks contributingnothing
>>336913197
Oh, somehow I didn't get that you were complaining about not being summoned to specifically cuck Aldrich fags. Understandable. Anyway, I was just bragging about muh ears, that's all.
>>336913224
As an invader I usually just take the part of the host, and act as they expect me to act.
If they bow I emote back, if they try and ignore me to kill shit before engaging me I let them.
Hell I had one host as soon as he saw me he started chugging all his estus right in front of me till he was out, I did exactly the same.
>>336913406
So they hurt your feelings.
Grow up
>>336913198
When someone is helping you kill a boss because you're to shit to do it by yourself, then yeah, I do think it matters.
>>336913362
Risk of invasion is the potential cost of summoning a phantom.
The game is a PvE game with a PvP twist.
>>336903868
Why would I be? I invade as purple all the god damn time, which is exactly the same thing.
Not to mention It's far more fun dragging all the enemies I can to the host and branching to switch agro over to the host/any phantoms the baby has summoned.
>>336912696
So he can invade anyone starting out. Weapons are on a +/- 2 differential, SL is on +/- 20, So technically he can go to SL 21 and be fine.
>>336913179
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krPyKSiw17w
>>336912237
I've found that seeds only drop when you DIE to an invader, not when someone invades, leaves or gets killed.
>>336912834
I always strike towards a bowing opponent. fucking gaylords, keep your gestures for after the fight
>>336913652
Clearly you're retarded and can't read.
>>336913560
Chance of invasion occurs regardless of whether you summon or not.
If invaders are designed to balance PvE Phantoms than the PvP must be functional for the PvE to work.
>>336913525
now this is a good player
>>336913198
Manners always matter.
>>336913563
My brain fucked up, for some reason I assumed you start on +1. I hope I didn't do that on my twink.
>>336913506
Well yeah. Congrats on reaching 30 anon!
I actually just want 1 "Proof of a Concord Well Kept".
I have enough "Proof of a Concord Kept".
You only get them by actually defeating an Aldrich faithful. But matchmaking in that one area has been hell for me.
Its so easy for reds to get "Forked Pale Tongues" but I can't say the same for the double ears, at least for me.
>invade
>host seeds
>cast hidden body, ignore every enemy
>stare-off with host in a hallway
>punch a mimic awake and watch it fly at the host
seeds are ok
>>336913624
Just random occurrence. I've had it spawn on a fresh character that had yet to even die.
>>336913742
same would apply if I ever summoned anyone. that shit is erp tier cringy
>Dragon Armory Bonfire in Lothric Castle
>Invaded
>Sit down in the corner in front of the bridge
>Guy seems to not be able to see me and runs across bridge, getting deep fried cause dragons will shit fire as long as I'm there, which hurts Invaders
>Dies falling off the bridge
HOW ARE PEOPLE THIS BAD.
>>336913951
You have to be 18 to post on this site.
>>7648723
>get invaded
>phantom no where in sight
>after 5 minutes of waiting in a clear spot, go kill some mobs
>get hit a few times
>suddenly guy comes out of nowhere with estoc spam
>playing squishy sorcerer so I'm dead in 2 hits
>point down emote
Congrats on your victory I guess.
Do people really struggle this much killing enemies before killing the host?
Bastard Sword/Executioner Sword as a back-up?
Faggy, Y/N?
>>336914275
No, but it's another tedious hurdle to go through.
>>336913571
Not bad, but I prefer to watch them die, bein bthe cause if circumstance allows.
>>336914256
Maybe you should stop being such an easily killed little bitch.
If you aren't up to beating dirty invader tricks then get rid of your embers immediately.
My only real complain as Invader is how the host can summon THE SAME people over and over again.
Like fuck I killed the same phantom 5 times back to back while the host runs around
>>336914275
Most of the time it's the surprise that gets you, when some mob attacks you when you aren't expecting it.
Another part of it is the principal, if the host uses it and he already has 3 phantoms summoned you're only making it easier and eliminating the only advantage you have.
Plus if you do die before killing the host then congrats, you just did all his work for him.
>>336914539
Last night I fought a phantom that chugged away all his estus so the host BC'd him out and then resummoned him.
>>336914394
Neither are great anon. Claymore has the moveset, WK has the damage, BK has perseverance.
Executioners is strike damage. so that's something. Some of the worst players will just wear the heaviest armor they can find so it's effective against them. But if they're that bad they'll fall for perseverance repeatedly.
>>336903868
>aggro all the hard enemies
>dodge roll toward the host with a train of giant grabs behind me
If you wanted to fight all the enemies that badly you could have just said so.
>Grape until I get a win, which is surprisingly consistent even if I play the role of the good guy
>Hosts are just so fucking bad
>Latest one ran across Dragon Armory bridge and lived
>I sat down to a toast and he died as I raised my hand, at the hand of the Knight on the other side
>After embering up, swap to Way of Blue and run my world with Dried Finger active
I can't be the only one who does this.
>Load into Catacombs
>Dried finger activated
>Seed of giants
>Chameleon up in an inconspicuous spot near the start
>Go afk and come back with a shitton of souls later
So fucking fun
>>336914778
Grape is my favorite, I just wish the rewards weren't so shit. A weeb weapon and a nerfed Warmth.
Some other covenants should have services you can buy with the items, like the Fingers.
>>336914962
I like hiding in the shortcut right next to the starting platform. It's crazy how many people don't know about it.
>there is no notification of an invasion
>single players have as much chance of being invaded as a host with summons
All I ask.
>>336914713
Cheers, only issue with Executioner's is that it can't be infused meaning scaling is straight up shit.
>>336914778
I just wish I could play the good guy better as an invading grape. The amount of players willing to summon you from a sign is getting less and less.
>>336914962
I think the only reason to use warmth is to heal the host as an invader, as its the only real means of doing so. Even then they should at least make it take only 1 slot or something.
>>336915039
Meant for >>336914952
>>336914539
I once had to kill the same phantom 7 times while invading in Anor Londo. The host wouldn't stop running away, summoning the same 2 guys, rinse and repeat. By the time I was actually able to chase the host down I had 9 kills
>>336913820
>You only get them by actually defeating an Aldrich faithful.
Really? Now I get it. That's actually fucking weird design, the description made me think you get them just by defeating a guy who pvps a lot.
>>336903868
>hornet ring parried with a sneaky smough hammer fucker
>fucking no health on my bar but I'm alive
>guy panics
>take out his near full health bar before he gets another chance
I came
I always help my Grape-bro's out by summoning them and co-oping to the first bonfire of the area, when we get their I'll either strip naked and start punching them or duel them.
>>336914962
>A location that will buy your Covenant drops and exchange them for other Covenant drops at a rate of 2:1
That would be fucking amazing.
>Grind out shitty covenants by just playing Grape until my eyes fall out
>>336915052
>No invasion note
That would be a royal pain in the ass.
>Solo players have equal chance of being invaded
They actually do. It's just that there's far less of them than people who use Summons, so it seems like people with Summons have priority.
-Ft. guy who doesn't Summon and still gets regularly invaded while on fire
>tfw you wipe out an entire gank squad and then wreck the host
I really don't care about 3v1 as an invader, that's why I have the NSC enemies on my si-
>it's a seeded world as well
No fuck you, I am actually mad.
>using the word gank when specifically talking about invading
I thought it meant when the host summons you for a duel and has like 2 other guys specifically there to fuck you up when you spawn.
I noticed a new invader meme lately. A lot of people are invading, popping Iron Flesh, and then spamming that grab pyromancy to one shot kill people. I saw it like 10 times today in Kiln.
was there a youtube video about this lately or something?
>>336903868
>*Phantoms die*
>MOM PULL THE CORD!!!
>>336915515
Gank just means gang kill, it predates souls.
>>336915570
Iron memeapple spilled the beans, but yes there is a glitch that does that
>>336915515
gank simply is an abridged portmanteu for gang killing denoting simply a number advantage.
>>336915570
Yes there's a popular youtube video about it.
>>336915570
I've encountered a few gank squads where the host iron fleshes so you can't end the session as easy, but not that sacred flame shit. Sounds great.
>get summoned for nameless
>tell host to go through, I eat nameless for breakfast
>summons like 5 other phantoms
>we go in
>all other phantoms die in the first phase
>host runs to the far end of the arena to sip his estus and beat off
>have to fight SS3 Nameless King 1v1
>die
>host sends me a message
>u fuking suck dude
>>336915515
To gank is to kill another player with little to no effort.
In Dark Souls this typically means 1v3 situations.
>>336915570
It's been a thing for a little while, but I think IronPineapple made a vid' recently and that's where it took off.
It's hilarious against shitters, but useless against anyone who's aware of it/has a brain.
>>336915515
Its over used true, but its just slang that's caught on.
That said the same shit can happen when your just invading.
Was trying to get an early tongue of the 5 cracked orbs in the beginning in one playthrough and 4 out of the 5 invasion a squad of twinking phantoms was waiting on my spawn.
>>336915570
I saw one trying that shit in duels without iron flesh just moments after watching the video today.
Shit's funny if it works, but it's so predictable that you have to be really bad to fall for it.
>>336915661
>>336915683
>>336915761
Ah ok my bad
>>336915570
i see lots of people doing it, but most of them don't even come close to hitting me, it's so telegraphed
Is it safe to pick up dropped items from invaders in Dark Souls 2 SOTFS? I've heard you can get hacked from that. One dude did that in my game and I just killed him instead and ignored the item. But I feel a little bad because he wasn't attacking me.
>>336915721
It's not just that you can get the grab off, but like this guy said
>>336915679
it seems like a glitch where it does insane damage.
I was in full Smough's armour set with 1500 HP but I died from full health. It shouldn't be possible to do that much damage with sacred flame normally, it's just because Iron Flesh gives it Counter damage bonuses
even with counter in mind it still doesn't make sense though, because without counter it will take like 1/5th of your health at best, the spell is crap. But with the counter it's like 2000 damage
>>336914741
>invaded in road of sacrifice
>faggot invader keeps camping around enemy groups, then flees when that group dies
>pop a seed, see what happens
>watch as invader pulls a giant train of enemies behind him across the screen like a fucking cartoon while my phantom and I just watch him pass
>had the opportunity to pull them towards us, but always fled, pulling his enemy groups away as well
>dies off-screen
Honestly seeds make invasions more fun. I don't know why people cry about them.
>>336915883
When I was running a pyromancer it's how I got 60% of my wins, not even using ironflesh/glitch damage. all this 4v1ing as phantoms is making a lot of players really really bad.
>Hornet Ring
>Obscuring Ring
>Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring
>Any other ring you want (I usually am using Silvercat Ring, coz gankers are mentally retarded and are jumping after me to their death)
>Hardes hiting weapon you have
Those fuctards dont even know what hit them. One hitting faggot host with one backstab from the shadow like fucking ninja. I can hear his screaming from other side of continent.
I fight only with HtH weapons and only want actual combat with people.
I don't use heal unless they do.
I don't abuse PVE/environment unless they do.
I only invade when I need humanity/ember, and make myself known before combat unless they prove themselves casual scum. In that case I reduce myself to their level.
>>336916008
It doesn't really hack you, but if it's something that they cheated in and you pick it up then you might be targeted for a softban. Not played sotfs in a while, so I've no idea how anal they're being about it now that DS3 has dropped.
>>336915191
Fromsoft messed up the summoning system in the courtyard past the Pontiff for darkmoons.
I just want one so I can say I was a good Darkmoon and I fought against the forces of the Deep. I got ganked by Aldrich guys too when I first entered the place after beating Pontiff.
But Fromsoft mostly only pairs me with Reds when I get summoned which is rarely.
In fact, I have never been summoned to protect the host against just Aldrich troops. There always has to already be a dark spirit there.
If you ever joined the Watchdogs, you'd know that half the time they come in pairs. So basically its 3v1 against the host until I get a chance to be summoned.
The odds are staggering bad against hosts there. Meaning Dark moons have it even worse.
>>336916057
>invade in road
>host is seeded
>2 phantoms
>a purple
>a red
>me
>and the two exiles all aggro'd
jesus christ it was chaos
>>336916048
The glitch involves using it with the white hair talisman, so that's a big give away. If they're using a pyro flame then it just does decent damage.
I never payed any attention to SOTFS, but should I upgrade my dark souls 2 to it? I never played the dlcs by the way
>>336915570
As anons have already said, Iron Pineapple made a NEW META video. Worse, though, Oro made a video on it while playing the One Punch Man OST, so now it's double-meme'd.
>>336915883
>>336915805
I fell for it because I didn't know about the meme, I didn't see the spell as a threat because I knew it's too weak to kill but then suddenly 10000000 damage
>>336916008
If you're on pc yes, if an invader drops an item and you pick it up it can fuck up your shit, at least it could, i'm not sure if that was patched.
In Ds3 there's a similar thing but all they have to do it hit you.
Honestly it's shit like this that purposely play souls games on console. those extra FPS are not worth it.
>>336915374
>Run, they all start chasing
>About-face and fake whiff a roll attack
>Parry when they try to punish
>Watch as they desperately try to R1 me through invincible animation as I lay their buttbuddy into the ground
>Repeat 3 more times
It just works.
>>336916306
>there are 0 cheaters on console
wew lad
inb4 show me hackers. anecdotes are not real evidence.
>>336912858
This. And since you're taking up an invader slot, they won't get invaded as much, consequently wasting their time.
I honestly have better things to do than annoy a ganksquad like that, but it's good that some don't.
>>336916095
I'm making a build that's going to do this with morne's great hammer. The idea is to run up to gank squads and use the special to scatter the fucker all over the place. hope it works out well.
>>336915725
When someone sends you a message like this, don't get mad, get smart. Tell them that if they were good like you are, the boss would be dead by now. Tell them that they are a little bitch boy for needing a summon to kill a boss in fucking Iframes: The Tumbling Experience.
Tell them that they are a sad little fuckface that needs to learn pattern recognition, and hand-eye coordination so they can be good at a videogame and that maybe they can then be good at life.
>>336916173
>Be Aldritch Fanboy
>Dark Spirit has invaded
>He waves and expects me to co-op the host to death with him
I defend the cathedral from ALL trespassers.
>>336915315
>regularly invaded solo
Let me guess you're lv45 and use dried fingers. Hit the wiki, hosts with summons do have priority.
>>336916575
Don't count on it. After the first time they'll just backstab you. It's pretty much impossible for you to ever 1 shot kill anybody, and it's really easy to roll out of the way.
>>336916426
Yes just not as many. it's like comparing people with aids in africa to a civilized region.
>>336913560
He was talking about the resummoning. I agree with him. If the host has 3 phantoms already, it's tough luck for me.
However, if I manage to kill 2 or maybe even 3 phantoms and the host just resummons them (or others), it's fucking retarded. Making all mobs respawn as soon as you summon seems good. Or give the invader all his estus back.
>>336916605
The reason I invade as a grape fanspirit is specifically to fuck with Aldritch and Farron guys.
>>336916426
Cheaters don't get your account banned on consoles shitlord
>>336916385
It's always maximum lolz when you have 3 dark swords swinging out of pure impotent rage during your hornet ring i-frames.
>>336903868
>mfw drinking crybaby ganker tears
>mfw laughing at them when they cry about "m-muh 3v1! while they run away and hide behind mobs while chugging estus like a little bitch
>>336915725
>try to help a faggot host fight nameless
>wizard faggot so I can 4 shot the dragon, ezy pzy
>he insists on summoning another
>after that he still tries to summon another
>other phantom grows bored and runs off a cliff
>I say fuck this host and run into the mob of enemies on top of the cliff peak and lure them to the host before black crystaling out.
>>336916648
Can confirm about being invaded while solo, I get at least one when I pop an ember, no dry fingers involved. Lvl80.
>>336913845
You get one at the start of the game
I think gankers are former red spirits.
Some of you guys are alright don't go to the Grand Archives today
>>336916575
Great idea. I need to try this out also.
>>336917041
Where?
>>336912918
You type and think like a fucking idiot.
>>336917124
what lvl ftg
>>336916648
No, currently a 71 Pyromancer, no Finger. If I'm just doing my world, I get invaded consistently after ~10 minutes on average.
Exception is right after boss fights, then it's more like 20 minutes.
>>336917043
No you don't, if you go the tree straight away there isn't one there. Like he said it's only a chance whenever you're invaded.
>>336917184
>you
Rude.
>>336917183
literally everywhere
>>336912858
Me and friends do this all the time in the area after pontiff. We just dried finger and go invader hunting. good way to get souls and shackles
>>336917257
I've received one at the start of all of my characters.
>>336917556
Not sure why you're lying on an anonymous board, but okay.
>>336912995
>friendly fire is on, forcing you to git gud
sounds like the exact opposite
>use fingers
>get no invaders
>use eye
>invade almost immidiately
What gives?
>>336903868
>running a third character, just cleared pontiff solo
>get invaded by an aldcuck using dork sword and yhorms greatshield
>repeatedly drop him to a quarter or less health by two handing zwei
>he's estus chugging like crazy
>ultimately ends up fleeing behind the giants, deacons etc.
>pop seed because I can't be doin with this
PVP is honestly shit in this game
>>336917784
This.
>>336916821
>Invade as serial grapist
>Run from host until farron/ dark spirit invades
>Help them repel invaders/ repeatedly spam friendly gestures
>Gain their trust
>Right as they engage boss I become a TWISTED FUCKING PSYCHOPATH and backstab your shit
AROUND GRAPES BE WARY OF JAPES.
>>336917784
It's a new game so it has lot's of people playing for the first time who aren't interested in PvP.
>>336917784
People prefer to gank than to get gank spanked.
>>336914534
I've invaded and been invaded plenty of times, but if I get an extremely easy kill like that guy got then I didn't act like hot shit.
You should drop the tough guy act by the way, you're impressing nobody.
>>336903868
>U mad 3v1ing me too?
Why would I be? Why anyone would be?
I'ts been that way since DaS1 release.
>>336917387
>>336917253
I guess some people are just luckier at this.
>>336917124
Thanks senpai.
>>336917898
>>336917909
But I've use the fingers before and have gotten invader after invader. Now, it's literally nothing
>>336918103
You might've been soft-banned.
Sixty hours in the game and I think I've been invaded three times. The tree hasn't even dropped a seed yet. I'm embered most of the time too. Tell me why
>>336918103
Someone's been cheating topkek
>>336918027
Not nearly as often though.
>invade in Aldrich
>Host starts summoning phantoms like it's going out of fashion
>2 blademoons summoned
>I go ahead and afk on the other side of map while browsing 4chan for 15 min
>I'm still alive when I get back
Every time.
>>336917954
90% of invaders do it to piss people off. If they wanted a proper fight, they'd find a fight club. I actually sense a kind of kinship in people who go out of their way to be particular assholes in this game. Some of the stuff people pull are just straight up amazing in terms of manipulating the situation/ environments and mobs. I have a laugh, swallow my salt, learn from my mistakes, then apply it to other people.
The consequences of dying in this game are pretty much nothing since you can run past most of the enemies anyway.
How do you go about getting hatemail?
>>336918480
By being good and fighting people who are bad.
>>336917236
SL99 I'll be seeing you soon enough
>>336918296
>>336918209
I play on ps4 and I don't use the black crystal or disconnect or anything when I play online. Plus, doesn't that mean I have to use that white circlet to play online? Because if so I can't use it
>>336918480
If you figure it out tell me. In 1 and 2 I got a shit ton of fan mail.
This time around I only got 1 fanmail for hours of bullshit.
I blame the delayed players ment on ps4, I tried chatting with the most resent player on the list only to find out it was some guy I invaded 20 minutes ago, the guy I invaded right then wasn't even on the list yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7_PGmTehwM
I'm telling you, this is the Dark Souls 3 PvP experience.
>>336918480
Roll a SL100 blue on DaS1 and invade in Blighttown.
Drink SL30 tears.
>>336917862
>not respecting DarkBros
We are all in this together against the gankers bro show some respect
>>336918480
Greatshield build with 50/50 in hp and stamina
Dung throwing
>>336918438
Of course I know they're nothing. If an invader manages to set up a clever ruse or does some straight up devious shit then I'd applaud them for it.
Ganking someone while they're engaged with two tough enemies is boring and bragging about it is sad.
Using seeds against hosts, eliminating host + 3 phantoms predator style and using the environment in creative ways is great.
Like you said, the host loses barely anything, so why not be a bit more creative.
>>336913525
Was that Crucification woods?
Did you have BKGA?
>>336918780
50/50 hp and stamina
How much more does 50 hp give you compared to 30? the gains past the lvl seem pretty low.
>>336904556
>co. Kills all the enemies before they even get near the host
Nice try
>>336919028
probably not, most of my invasion are in grand peak or archives.
Also I run almost exclusively pyromancers muscle cestus wizards.
>>336919270
>Grand Peak or Archdragon Archives
>>336918480
This is the reason I miss GFWL. If you pissed someone off in DS1 they would:
>Open GFWL
>Go to players met
>Send a salty message
>Recipient gets a notification
>Laughs at their anger
Now it's
>Open steam interface
>Send friend request
>Recipient may or may not notice
>No hatemail
I've gotten maybe 2-3 angry messages since dark souls switched over to steam
>>336919270
Odd, encountered that guy or a similiar one aswell.
Took ages to sip 15 bottles but thats some sportsmanship right there.
Quite a relief compared to all the laggers, rolling out of parry animations with their estoc spam
>>336919421
>PS4 has a players met option
>THAT DOES NOT FUCKING WORK
Xbone is the only platform you can get hatemail on it seems. Fucking gay.
>be grape
>host gets invaded by watchdog
>watchdog thinks i'm going to help him kill the host
>kill watchdog instead and leave
>lying in ambush near the catacomb bridge
>some guy invades too
>cuts the bridge
>crystals out
>dark spirit N**I**G**G**E**R invaded
>>336919405
its 2 am where live I need sleep.
>>336919421
>TFW was being a Grape in Cathedral
>I play the nice guy until I see them low and haven't chugged Estus and then just shit a fireball
>Meet a duo, they're chill
>Summon is a dick-ass thief
>Host is a generic sword guy in Sellsword armor
>We get to the room of the first Giant
>Summon dies to a single hit from the Giant cause "Lol, who needs Vitality?"
>We get across
>Somehow end up fighting the big bitch from the ladder on the bridge above the Cathedral Knight
>Host jumps off to get a stab on the Cathedral Knight, leaving me to kill her
>Am about to jump off after him for the kill
>Get hugged to death
>Afterward, the guy added both of us and asked which one I was
People are weird.
>>336919580
>>kill watchdog instead and leave
>use branch, hide, blue cov set on me
>mad, red and blue spawn
>mad and red kill blue, they bow to each other, gentlemans agreement to search for the host
>mad kills reds the moment he shows his back
It was a good laugh
>>336904132
>you waste a rare valuable item
>he loses nothing
wow, you sure showed him.
>>336916648
I get invaded shortly after popping an ember/getting one from a boss usually. Takes a bit longer when I get embered from being summoned for co-op.
The only shit area so far was shortly before anor londo - multiple invaders usually who really want to get me cheesed by archers and run away forever.
Everywhere else was pretty good, out and open fights or clever little traps and ambushes.
>>336918657
I think it's just people became a little more self aware and don't want to end up on some youtube ebin hatemail video compilation by the likes of afro
why are you even playing this game?
>invade some dexfag trying to get all up in my cathedral
>he can't ever actually land the killing blow
>tries to add me on steam
Why so people do this? Do they think they can convince me to black crystal out or something?
>>336908274more?
>>336920569
>that healthbar
twinks deserve it to be honest
>>336920872
O-Oh my.
>>336906181
After getting ganked by fags at Belfry .5 seconds after I enter the area, I really don't give a shit if invaders bitch about getting tag teamed.
>>336920872
being a squishy wizard is twinking now? both of my weapons, the starter staff and the rapier are +3.
that's definitely NOT twinking.
>Get invaded in Irithyll
>Invader thinks I'm going to follow him into the enemies
>Use a Seed of Giants
>Enemies make an absolute pitiful attempt to attack the invader
>He's literally stood right next to them and all they do is sidestep back and forth near him
The only time I've used a seed and that was the result.
>>336908274
I-I can see her pantsu! This is too lewd.
>>336921212
>>336921126
alright, fair enough
>>336903868
I kinda want to fuck that seed.
>>336916095
What's the point of the Slumbering Dragoncrest for that build?
>>336920698
Some people actually want to get better, maybe he just wanted to ask you questions.
>tfw killing Light attack spamming faggots when they go to shield after 4 or so attacks
>One kick staggers the retards
>Follow up with black flame of sacred flame
>Use charms when they start rolling like the dumbasses they are
>Charge + slam with the gargoyle lance when they run
>>336919421
>Send friend request
For what purpose?
>get summoned for Lothric Princes
>host goes through the foggate
>but I can't
>meanwhile invader comes in and we fight it out
That was weird. Why does shit like this even happen?
>>336922458
You're a big guy.Rare glitch with all fog gates.
>>336904556
>I do this every time
>"xxx123faggyxxx has invaded"
>kills everything I aggro then attacks me
>>336916648
>Start new character
>beat Vort
>get to High Wall Bonefire
>Cant even sit down
>BEING INVADED BY DARK PHANTOM
Nah.
>>336922458
>Summon two Phantoms for boss
>They cant enter
>beat the boss anyways
Bosses arent hard, but jesus christ thats too much health.
>>336917803
>str build
>not using fugs
Go big or go home you casul
>Invade on new character
>its people in NG+ about the fight the dancer instead
FROM!!!!
>get summoned/invade
>host is in immobile hovermode
>>336923671
Then they never leveled up their weapons, since you can only go 2 above your highest weapon on a character.
>>336923675
>Get invaded
>Can't damage invader because reasons
He took a full BKGA R2 to the face, didn't give a shit.
>>336923402
>needing any Estus to beat Vordt
>Be in Grape covenant
>Summoned to fight clubs all day on High Wall
>Fighting some limp-dick white phantom the Host picked off the short bus
>I whoop his ass something fierce so he runs away
>Drops down to a path with a shield up facing me with a sliver of health left
>He doesn't notice the dog running up from behind
>>336923671
>>336923741
>FROM "We'll change you stats based on level when phantoming/invading
>do 100 damage out of their 1,500 health
>die in one hit anyways
>FROM"Except your health"
FROM!!!!!
>Gameplay is shit
>Graphics r shit
>Plot a shit
>Online is broken
>9/10, 10/10 everywhere
Holy fuck will a developer ever make another game again? The fuck is this garbage?
>>336924065
>projecting this hard
>>336924180
Did you have a stroke?
>>336924203
poopy doopy hee hee pee pee :)
>He invades other players worlds uninvited to murder them and gets upset when it's unfair
>>336924324
I find it hard to believe that Invading isnt based on level since I had like 400Health when invading and still got one shotted, despite saying "we'll boost/lower your stats based on level"
>>336923615
>Using the UGS with 2-handed r1s that can be parried.
No thank you.
>Get almost blown the fuck out
> <100 left
>Get parry
>More than enough damage to kill the host
>Before the crushing blow
>Host disconnects
I'd say I was a pretty chill guy but nothing makes my blood boil faster than people who won't accept defeat in a fucking video-game.
>>336922171
You can't send messages to people that aren't on your friends list.
>>336913951
>>336903868
So if you planted it, would another Giant Tree grow?
I thought Giant Trees were supposed to be trees that grew from dead Giants. How does that work if you can plant a seed and make another tree with a Giant grow?
I swear to god the same faggots in here I see crying about "muh 1v3 gank squads" are the same faggots who won't actually fight me 1v1. Who run behind mobs and chug estus, the same faggots that sit under giants in cathedral and Anor Londo.
Don't invade if you are spineless.
>>336924203
>I suck at the game
>I played it through on minimum, windowed, and on lowest resolution
>It's literally the same plot as the last 2 Dark Souls games
>I suck at the game AND have shit internet
>>336925045
Maybe it grows a giant, not the tree itself. A giant who reaches old age turns into a tree, and produces more giants via seeds.
>>336925124
>invading the cathedral
>using all the ambushes in the area to dwindle the host and the phantoms
im here for your tongue, not to play nice. wanna have an entourage? fine, I'll just play it smart.
>>336923615
nobody uses fume, it's BKGA everywhere
>Oh what is it, got hit by my phantom range the size of a fucking Texas and 80% of your hp is gone? Well not my problem, better get gut next time!
>>336917784
Give us this folder anon.
>>336926157I have no such folder, I saved that image from here
