Invades can invade dead or alive

like the topic says Invades can invade even if your hollow or alive and you can both fight for humanity or whatever i mean i would like to invade more but lot of people don't go human because its risky and so its hard to find people to invade.

There needs to be a way to prevent people from joining your game, so I say no.

I think invading while human or hollow and if the host has killed the boss or not would be cool.

However, there's not enough details in the op for me to arrive at an actual conclusion, so I picked maybe.

Sorry as a person who dislikes being invaded, I shouldn't have to be forced to play offline if hollow. Don't forget, some players stay hollow so they can grab their stain without the risk of losing it to another invader killing them. If people could invade you as human or hollow, most people wouldn't get past 1st area because they would be constantly invaded and possibly losing the souls they had for leveling up.
Also I've noticed, (mainly in undead berg), the servers allow people to invade before the phantom you are trying to summon. So, having hollows invaded will make summoning more difficult.

twigsterxd wrote:...Sorry as a person who dislikes being invaded, I shouldn't have to be forced to play offline if hollow...

I can see where you're coming from, but I disagree.

I just accept my death, farm some soft humanities and go at it again.

Animaaal wrote:

twigsterxd wrote:...Sorry as a person who dislikes being invaded, I shouldn't have to be forced to play offline if hollow...

I can see where you're coming from, but I disagree.

I just accept my death, farm some soft humanities and go at it again.

Humanity means you want to revive to human, correct?
OP is saying you can be invaded either dead or alive. So for a noob, it would be harder for them to do that cause they can be invaded. Also, looking at DkS, when you drop your white as human, it disappears when invader is coming. Dropping white as hollow, gives same affect, making it more difficult to progress in game. Since you can't shut off invasions, how do you co op in a busy invaders place like undead berg or even the forest if you lost your stain and can't get to it in time cause of constant invasions.

That's what I meant when I said I just farm softs.

Anyway, I can see how it would frustrate rookies. I just think there are a lot of limitations on invading as is.

I guess that would imply I'd also like to be able to farm softs when the boss is dead.

Again, I see where you're coming from, but I've played offline a lot to accomplish certain things:

-Farming chunks, slabs.

-Item/weapon hunts.

-Making chaos weapons.

-etc.

Playing offline has its benefits. Its just that some people would prefer it if they could just co-op and not pvp. While I appreciate that perspective, I also think its not very "soulish".

I'm also thinking bout the people on pc, they can't play offline. So for them it would be more of a nuisance

twigsterxd wrote:I'm also thinking bout the people on pc, they can't play offline. So for them it would be more of a nuisance

Hmmmm, didn't think about that. There's no way to play offline for PC???...no way at all??? That would kinda suck.

As much as I want to be invaded and thoroughly killed and massacred...I would still like to farm New Londo in peace if I wanted.

Anyway, you learn something everyday....

I read that on here a week or 2 ago. Can't remember why but it wouldn't be fair for them if this was to happen. But you and I both know the adrenaline rush you get from a good battle. Always at risk of being invaded would give an old guy like me the DT's all day lol. And my blood pressure high enuf as it is

Bad because there's no risk/reward. However I don't mind the idea of summoning a dark spirit if you're hollowed, though the reward item would have to be something else other than humanity. After all, humanity is the plot device for invading and making that available to the host will remove the risk/reward for using humanity in the first place.

I like that idea better for hollows. That way you can decide if you want an invader.
Animaaal would hunt for tags then LOL

Hmmm, I don't really consider the risk/reward as anything that really affects the game.

Humanity is pretty easy to come by. Its almost too easy to come by imo.

Animaaal wrote:Hmmm, I don't really consider the risk/reward as anything that really affects the game.

Humanity is pretty easy to come by. Its almost too easy to come by imo.

That's because your obsessive play has made you a god at playing DkS. Like I've said to other skilled players, you forget your level of experience vs newcomers and moderate players. Having humanity gives access to summoning help who might be very experienced and help them kill that boss that was giving them a hard time.

steveswede wrote:

Animaaal wrote:Hmmm, I don't really consider the risk/reward as anything that really affects the game.

Humanity is pretty easy to come by. Its almost too easy to come by imo.

That's because your obsessive play has made you a god at playing DkS. Like I've said to other skilled players, you forget your level of experience vs newcomers and moderate players. Having humanity gives access to summoning help who might be very experienced and help them kill that boss that was giving them a hard time.

Point made, I forget about that sometimes. I don't think you need to be Godlike though, otherwise, it wouldn't work for me.

Again though, that's a good point.

I think they should keep the human/hollow invasion prerequisites, but I think they should make invasions possible even if the boss is defeated. That would keep people from just killing bosses and being able to invade without repercussion.

First of all, Dark Souls is not Primarily a PVP game. It's a single player Westernized Role Playing Game with jrpg aspects that happens to have a robust set of multiplayer modes in the back seat.

Second, no, it's never hard to find people to invade. It's difficult if you're over or under leveled, however, each game area as a consistent pool of invadee's around an average level.

You may not find as many folks to invade 'today', which is certainly understandable, as the game has been out for over eighteen months.

It's a little maddening to hear someone say they 'really want' players to be more vulnerable to invasions because 'I can't find enough people to invade as often as I would like!!'

To be absolutely plain, the key concepts of the game and the machinery built in to provide players with difficult yet fair avenues to triumph over the darkness, only works because at bottom, there's a way in which players can be guarrenteed that they'll never be invaded. The consequence for playing in this mode is of course, you're no longer able to summon help, even if you really need it.

This delicate balance is more important than your invasions. However you feel about the invasion system, those feelings just aren't as important as ensuring that players have options, including the option to play through the entire game un-harassed.

-Emraluces

emraluces wrote:...First of all, Dark Souls is not Primarily a PVP game. It's a single player Westernized Role Playing Game with jrpg aspects that happens to have a robust set of multiplayer modes in the back seat....

First of all, very eloquent and well said

As far as the quote....it might be true for Dark Souls and Dark Souls 2, but I think we all know if the game sees more sequels....it might not be true in the future.

Take me for instance. For me pvp is primary and pve is secondary. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to be subversive towards the overall experience and direction of the game by saying this, it's just my preference. Also, I LOVED the souls experience without the pvp aspect. But the thing I loved the most, is being able to make a character anyway you want, and then take them into "known pvp grounds" and battle it out. It's like making a jedi in KOTOR then going online and fighting other jedis...I LOVE IT!

We all know the forum and pvp community is what sparked the phenomenon that is souls. I really hope the pvp and co-op functions of the game get some more love in Dark Souls 2. FROM made an obvious attempt to make those experiences better in Dark Souls than they were in Demon's Souls, and I hope they show the same type of progressive thinking in Dark Souls 2.

Without pvp, the souls games would be in my top 20, maybe even my top 15, but not in the top 5.

That's just my 2 cents.

Again, I love how you word your posts.

Epicfailville wrote:I think they should keep the human/hollow invasion prerequisites, but I think they should make invasions possible even if the boss is defeated. That would keep people from just killing bosses and being able to invade without repercussion.

I agree with this, one of the things I would change if I were to make DaS would be the invasion system. I don't really like how people can invade without repercussion. I would like that if you were in certain covenants (ring based ones, catbros, darkmoons) then you could invade someone in your area even with the boss dead, but for normal invasions (darkwraiths, darkmoons) you would need the boss alive both in your world and in theirs, so that invading also has the risk of being invaded. I think too many people take the host for granted and don't realise the 90% of the time the host isn't there just so that they can invade and d**k them. He's just going through the game.
I think more people need to be hosts, to give everyone a larger PvP pool. It's not so bad on the consoles, but it's very noticable on PC. You get paired up with a couple of hosts and once you invade them and win they tend to not go human again, and you're left stranded. It's one of the reasons I always host when I can.

emraluces wrote:
It's a little maddening to hear someone say they 'really want' players to be more vulnerable to invasions because 'I can't find enough people to invade as often as I would like!!'

I feel exactly the same. I haven't seen to many posts about it on here, but it pops up on reddit pretty frequently. You get people that just want more people to invade, the problem is however that these same people tend to be the ones that invade with the intent of using the cheapest tactics to ensure they win. They never host, and the way they invade doesn't enamour people to PvP, so the host ends up staying hollow and then they whinge that there isn't enough people to invade.
The response I always give when they want more people to invade is "why don't you host?"
I still haven't heard a decent reason as to why they won't host.
Sorry for the rant.


Also you can play offline on PC it's just a pita. You have to connect online, then pull your network cable to kick it into offline mode where you're still signed in. If you are offline when you boot the game up it will say 'could not sign in, cannot save' and you won't have any save data, which is silly because it's stored locally.

Epicfailville wrote:I think they should keep the human/hollow invasion prerequisites, but I think they should make invasions possible even if the boss is defeated. That would keep people from just killing bosses and being able to invade without repercussion.

Farming in some places are a pain as it is. Being invaded after the boss is killed would ruin that portion of the game. Keep in mind, not everyone is a PvP'er and if your build is crappy because you haven't been able to work on it because you're constantly invade, might deter people from either playing online or even purchasing the game. The way the invasions go are the way they have always been, why mess with success. Keep it the same way. If we could be invaded anytime during gameplay, I'd be playing offline cause I'd be furious. I look at undead berg, 1 of the busiest invader areas. For a person who sucks at PvP, I'd never make it to the boss.