Open World PvP

[BaconBits]

Griefing is fun only for people suffering from self-esteem issues. Schadenfreude, you need to google that.

Spoken like someone that has never invaded in Dark Souls.

Have we made PvP great again yet?

Not until we get a silly hat that says "Make PvP Great Again!"

Personally, I'm torn between either a Flat Cap, or a Calfskin Cap.

[Roeshel]

Spoken like someone that has never invaded in Dark Souls.

I haven't played Dark Souls. The MMORPG with an open world that I've played is Albion online. The game is free to play of course because no one in their right mind would be paying sbi to have others make them feel miserable. In that game you lose everything you have in your inventory once you are killed. So it's the perfect breeding ground for griefers. I started the game because I liked the player-driven economy and the crafting system. I did try ganking once. It is not hard finding randoms for parties that are going to gank up on people. The ganking experience was extremely unpleasant for me and I just couldn't understand how can people enjoy doing that on a daily basis. I felt pathetic doing that, I don't know how you guys don't.

[BaconBits]

I haven't played Dark Souls. The MMORPG with an open world that I've played is Albion online. The game is free to play of course because no one in their right mind would be paying sbi to have others make them feel miserable. In that game you lose everything you have in your inventory once you are killed. So it's the perfect breeding ground for griefers. I started the game because I liked the player-driven economy and the crafting system. I did try ganking once. It is not hard finding randoms for parties that are going to gank up on people. The ganking experience was extremely unpleasant for me and I just couldn't understand how can people enjoy doing that on a daily basis. I felt pathetic doing that, I don't know how you guys don't.

You should give Dark Souls 3 the old college try to be honest. Typically unless it's a solo player going about their own business, the host has more apparent advantages than an invader. Namely higher health, the ability to summon up to two additional players to their side (including password summons, which typically ignore level/weapon level restrictions and can be incredibly obnoxious to deal with despite having their stats scaled down), plus having a covenant that repeatedly summons blue phantoms specifically to deal with invaders. If they use an item known as a Dried Finger, they can summon a third player as well, though that allows one more invader to join in. Also, I might be remembering this wrongly, but there's no limit to how many times a host can summon a new phantom to their side after one of their previous summons is defeated.

In contrast, invaders that barge straight into some other player's world only comes equipped with nothing more than the armor on their backs and weapons in their hands, a whole lot of gumption, and maybe some more experience in PvP than their opponents. If they get lucky, they might get a second invader to back them up, but there's absolutely nothing stopping said second invader from turning around and sending their butt packing back to their home world. If they do decide to cooperate, then they have to deal with friendly fire and avoid accidentally slapping each other silly while the host and their band of ahem- JOLLY COOPERATORS are free to lob whatever they feel like with impunity.

In my opinion, there is no greater satisfaction than utterly dismantling a 4 man gank squad, smashing through an endless sea of Blue Phantoms, catching the host trying to run back to the bonfire to resummon their allies, and absolutely destroying them in single combat as the Gods intended...

Of course that all goes to waste if they just disconnect the router lol.

Oh, if you have a PS4 and do end up trying it out, feel free to hit me up. It's been a while since I've done a fresh run.