How does Sup Forums feel about gank squads?

How does Sup Forums feel about gank squads?

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don't care if i invade and they're already there. Its when they start summoning more phantoms the second they get invaded that annoys me

pretty gay, if the guy has summons invader should become more powerful

Gank squads in the forest were fun to fight using Brandon's build. Getting them mad by melting through their health or getting them to fall off a cliff was pretty entertaining.

More lambs to the slaughter

Wtf is gank squads

Most cancerous things about the Souls series and From has only made it easier as the games went on, the fucking mongoloids

If you PvP in Dark Souls, you deserve to get ganked.

if its a proper gank squad then you should have buddies, just wait for them and co-ordinate

most invaders probably spawn, run right to where the host wants to fight and then get rekt in a 3v1, you gotta play smarter than that, use bows, force them to come after you, lure them into monsters, lure them into choke points, split them up, play the level etc.

basically go full saint riot mode, V E R T I C A L I T Y, turn and burn, etc, all the memes

>invade in Crucifixion Woods SL25 +2
>host and 2 passworded phantoms in endgame meme gear waiting for me
I would instacurse these fucks if I was on the pc but >xbox. That said it goes the other way around and when I am winning they cannot cursekill me like they do to a pvpfag friend on the pc.

Yeah, this is it. Be the one annoying invader that uses the map in his favor. Unless the host consumes that one seed that makes the enemies aggro on your ass. Good fucking luck if that's the case.

Gank= gang killing, an MMO term. In Dark Souls context it's usually host and their phantoms sitting in an area while the host fingers themselves to reduce the invasion cooldown timers and to summon more invaders and then they slaughter invaders non stop.

If you get ganked as an invader you're a little bitch if you complain.

If you don't want people to try to kill you then don't invade them fucking retard. You're the one that is initiating.

I-isn't his wife Japanese. Is he cucking his wife?

>the host fingers themselves
This shouldn't make me laugh, yet it always does

>intrude on someone else's game
>complain that you get fucked over instaed

Depends, do you mean people trying to get through the level and murdering invaders? Fine

People sitting in pvp hotspots with 3 phantoms just to kill invaders? Pretty fucking gay desu

Especially in DaS3 where invaders basically had all options taken away from them and got fucked

>image
I might be autistic but the background for that image was chosen poorly because it is taken from the Grand Archives bonfire area with the door closed. Why does this matter? Because the area is closed off for summoning and invasions before the player opens the door to the archives so the scenario in the picture cannot happen because none of the phantoms can realistically enter the scene.

Dark Souls PvP is fucking cancer, gank squads with host standing far away and choking on estus, latest meme builds, weapons that let you do a 180 during attack so any idiot can hit, weapons that can't be parried and have long reach and high damage, backstabers with anti-backstab clothes, idiot mages that try to hurt you with AoE attacks during summoning but fail, people running away for the fifth time and healing themselves, katanas, estus, katanas and estus, magic heat-seeking balls, spending 10 minutes checking wiki and applying all buffs the game can offer. No roleplaying, no matching clothes, no mid tier weapons, you attack a faggot or you defend some faggot from some other faggot. Fuck this game.

>isn't his wife japanese
The person in the pic is his little sister

Unless you're a CE using faggot everything is fair game in souls. I hate the pussified invaders who complain about not being able to invade earlygame areas with +15 weapons and score easy kills that way. I like that in DS3 you actually have to earn the host kills.

This. It just makes my victory even more sweeter.

webm fucking related

Dark souls was never meant to be fair.

>play Bloodborne
>PvP/multiplayer is past its prime since release but there's still activity
>invade
>host and one cooperator
>me and cooperator gesture at each other and start fighting
>faggot host steps in to ruin it and drag it out into a 2v1
Why

you can use seeds to your advantage too, aggro a load of shit and bring it to the party

Someone is mad :^)
Don't forget the fucking combos. Let's introduce a weapon with a combo that deals 3/4 of 1500 hp !

>Why
He was playing to win like you should have. If you want to duel get in /bbg/ FCs because we need more new blood.

Happens just as much in DS3 too. Do the exact same thing with a phantom and host acts like an autistic little brother and forces his way onto the fight. Worst part is the phantom doesn't fuck off when that happens either

>invade someone
>faggot sits at the bonfire and doesn't run the level
Why do people do this? I don't want to duel you and your faggot friends, I want to hide amongst the pots and gank you.

Jesus do you really have to post this in every DS thread?
Unironically off yourself

Back in the early days of wow when Stranglethorn vietnam existed there were many times where I was ganked by about 3 level 60's with 100% speed horses and FUCK THIS GAME HOLY SHIT

>do you really have to post this in every ds thread?
You mean helpful advice?

>wooooooow they're actually trying to kill me

You know what im talking about cockmongler

>That fucking limp running attack
God how I hate that nerf.
Of all the things to nerf, why nerf the one ACTUALLY FUN MOVE that makes an otherwise shit weapon class situationally viable?

Alright calm down. None of my posts or the filenames had anything to do with what you seem to have a problem with.

If the host wants to play the waiting game then either waste his time and force him to come to you or black crystal out and try again.

>play DS1
>get invaded
>drop down a moderate ledge to fall back
>get backstabbed mid air
And that's when I just started alt f4ing when anyone invades. No point in trying to PvP if it doesn't even work.

What about my eygon cosplay? I've even committed to fatrolling so I can wield the hammer and the shield.

>I agree though katanafags and sunny d chuggers can die in a dumpster fire.

>mfw dealing with gank squads and virgin arenas in Demon's Souls 4-1 by using the walking firestorm glitch on a low level ganker

Shit was fire, literally.

Perfectly acceptable

When invading, anything goes

>no roleplaying
You should either invade low levels because I see a lot of ERPfriends when doing that or alternatively insanely high levels. Invading SL100-120 bracket is the worst because it's bound to be full of ridiculous tryhards and gankers.

My only problem is that the host can keep summoning forever. Standing on a summon sign and interacting with it should put you in a special animation that let people riposte you, making it a risky choice.

I'd rather have ganksquads than soulmemory as an anti-twink measure

>Get invaded
>Fight invader
>He runs to enemies
>Ignore him and go to the boss instead
>"SomeHardGuy sent you a message"
>"Wow...coward lol"

It ruins Dark Souls' honor system
Duels are supposed to be 1vs1

This. I started invading around SL 250 in DaS3 and the faggotry was minimal. Of course they were some gankers, but most people just played with whatever the fuck they liked. The invasions I did around SL 300 were the best, surprisingly it was very active.

>honor
>dark souls

the honor code is the most important aspect of the souls series
it's not a game like CoD where you teabag your opponents after killing them


you must always fight 1vs1
you must always bow before a fight
you must not use magic nor any ranged weapon
you must use a single weapon, no dual wielding
you must not heal
if you won, you must bow after the battle

etc

>low level invasions in blighttown before the rusted iron ring became common knowledge
>all those poor sods who thought a shield could save them from my shotel

>I want to ruin this guys gaming experience
>wait no
>stop
>quit ruining my gaming experience
Anyone who complains about gank squads are shit scrubs who needs to stop playing and get their head out of their ass

...

I genuinely wish for some kind of draconian age verification for online games

you can just tell when you're playing with or some other such underage playing hooky from daycare

Do arena if you want that shit.

Being invaded is not having your experience ruined, quite the contrary.

And somehow Dark Souls 2 has the best pvp

It feels pretty gay desu.
People always counter with "lol you invaded." which is true, but hopefully the invasion system is set up so both parties can potentially have fun. I'm not ruining anyone's "gameplay experience" I am a gameplay experience. It gets so lopsided by the time you get to DSIII it's a bit ridiculous, I hesitate to really call it an experience.
Invasions where always the most fun when it's one sod vs. another, and I feel like their should be downsides as well as upsides to playing online. If you want the benefits, then also be ready to deal with the downsides.

Then gank squad should be okay.

Apparently netcode is the best but that's it.
I can't really tell, I just coop

If he doesn't want people to get the wrong idea, don't you think randomly bringing up watching incest animes is counterproductive to that.
unless he was brimging it up as a subtle "dude get off me and my sister's dicks already!" message to people fixated on the idea of them engaging in a little midnight swordplay every now and then.

>I've even committed to Fatrolling
Well you'd need godly amounts of VIT to fastroll with a full cosplay.

Best pvp was dark souls 1

If you're not invading to ruin someones day, you're doing it wrong.
I bet you're bowing too.

If you want to have a fight, drop a red sign

People having summons is ok.
People being able to summon forever is not okay.
Actual gank squads are extremely gay and unfair, because if they are organized they are basically invincible, even with shit builds. Picture related.

Ganking is fun, but dark souls pvp is for retards who can't play fighting games

Its life or death, fucker. Dont invade if you cant handle it.

Where did I say I wasn't there to mess them up? The whole point of this game is fighting stuff and then beating them to progress, or alternatively dying and trying to get better.
I don't see why an invader should be any different. Having a system that purposefully throws invaders vs. other players with summons is pretty dumb. Clearly that player wants to be on easy mode, so fine, but let me at least get at the other players.

He says as he chugs on estus behind three white phantoms holding up shields 24/7 until after infinitely respawning said phantoms, gets backed into a corner and disconnects.

Maybe the same could be said for all games

theyre part of the game and can be pretty fun to play against at times, anything goes in invasions

if i wanted "fairness" id play at the faggy SL "meta" and stick to carebear fight clubs or arenas

>the week Sup Forums BTFO reddit

great times

>gravity can kill gods
this is why i like souls especially pre-nerf golf swing 2

>mfw a gank squad is waiting for me

Nah dark souls pvpfags are the smashfags of smashfags

Kinda gay if its a bunch of reds. Hilarious when its like in the OP. Ya'll mother fuckers consented to what ever ass beating you get served the moment you decided you wanted to invade. No mercy.

>honor in muh vidyagaems

L O L

Well I had fastroll but I died in about two hits from everything. Had to go down on Rosaria's hot grub puss to save the build.

I legitimately don't care. If you're invading, you have the enemies on your side (barring a seed), and usually if there's squads, a lot of other invaders are coming as well. But the whole premise is that YOU'RE INVADING. You're on the attack. Why should I, who is playing the game with a friend or two, be concerned that it's not fair to the person whose literal goal is just to fuck me over? Why should I want to be fair to him?

Dark souls is trash
and so am I

This one slick motherfucker kept running around the bonfire summoning his friend. He wouldnt even help the guy, I'd kill him and go right back to chasing HoE. Eventually he disconnected.

But this isn't a duel. It's an invasion. Your goal as the invader is simply to kill the host and collect souls. Go to Fight Clubs after Pontiff or the arena if you want set rules. The point of invading is essentially to be an 'obstacle' as the invader. Your goal is to kill the person, and the goal of the host/friends to to not die/protect the host. That's it. There's no honor to it. If you want to duel and some guy accepts and you chicken out when losing then you're a fucker, but there's no honor in invading to begin with.

>muh honoraburu dueru
fuck off autists, nobody has to follow any rules.
if you invade, tough shit

>Be the host
>Get invaded
>Chug every opportunity
>Kick invader off of ledges
>Summon lackeys
>Use chameleon and hide forever
"Muh honor" is code for "oh yes why of course I'm a little faggot please destroy me repeatedly"

This. There's no honor in invading because you're fucking invading. Your goal is to kill the person in any way you can. You are an unplanned obstacle in the game, yet you think you should invade and immediately get 1v1s with the host. You're another enemy. You're practically an NPC. If I have a couple friends in my world, am I supposed to 1v1 every Silver Knight I come across? I'm doing everything I can to live, you're doing everything you can to kill me.

>"I'm afraid of losing so I do whatever I can to win!"

Typical f4 babbies, everyone

>you must play like me or not at all
ah invader-san! reipu shite kudasai!
fuck you

f4 babies are the worst.
Imagine being so afraid at losing in a videogame you prefer to risk a save file corruption or softban than just take a meaningless death.

Here's what the equivalent of invading is. Say you're walking down the street with your friends. An unarmed man comes up to your group and tries to rob just you. Are your friends supposed to sit back and say 'hey, 1v1 him in a fist fight or you have no honor'? Fuck no, you and your friends are either going to ignore him and go around him and if he attacks you you're gonna group up on him and kick the shit out of him. Is it fair? No, but it's not supposed to be.

i miss DS1

>No weapon/armor level restrictions on who you can invade
>Get to keep same HP and number of Flasks

i would literally rape parties of people alive, dark souls died the day they started punishing invading

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yeah this, I just want to play dark souls with my friends and I don't need to be wasting time with the 20th fucking smurf character

>order the hottest wings in a restaurant
>get mad when they're too spicy for you
>ask friends to help you eat them because you're too pussy to commit to your decision

The typical gankfag

>"dark souls is for le hardcore gamers xDD"
>everyone summons two phantoms to play the game for them

Why even have the feature then?

Usually alone hosts are though as fuck to deal with. Those with summons, once they are alone, get absolutely destroyed in seconds.

>food analogy

>tfw play offline
feels good man

What weapon is that?

Possible to deal with if you keep a few things in mind

>Don't run into them head on
>Force them to split up then use hunter talismans
>If they use a giant seed, just throw alluring skulls near them
>There will always be some shitter that will end up mashing R1, kill them first

I'm going to start collecting smug moeshit posts and compile them into a huge screencap because I absolutely have never seen a smug animu poster contribute ANYTHING valid or thoughtful to any thread, not once.

Dammit I love souls games so fucking much. There is something addictive about them.

Can't wait for WWI themed Bloodborne 2

>get indaved
>none of my buddies are playing with me at the moment
>eject disc

Every time