SnakeLinkSonic
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Solo Souls is the best Souls.
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Dark Souls PC Mod allows immediate summons between friends
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Solo Souls is the best Souls.
AcceptableGhost
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Playing Demon or Dark Souls solo is the preferable way to play your first time so you have actually learned how to play the game. It is pretty obvious that you probably have not. Coop play is little more than skipping content in the souls games, none of the fights / scenarios are designed around it.
If by solo you mean totally offline then no. But nobody is calling offline Dark Souls broken so I don't know where you got that from.
...based on what?
Riposte
Member
It sounds like you are too busy trying to answer me aggressively to even follow what I've asked.
You asked if I thought that solo Dark Souls was Bullshit. What did I miss?
Lost Fragment
Obsessed with 4chan
Why is Dark Souls online solo bullshit, but Dark Souls offline isn't? I mean you don't have to go human and open yourself to invasions if that's what you're talking about.
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Yeah, I meant not interacting with phantoms/invaders be it offline, hollow or whatever.
Lost Fragment
Obsessed with 4chan
Don't reverse hollowing. Problem solved.
SnakeswithLasers
Member
Dark Souls threads always turn into this, don't they?
Which would seemingly be the 'easy mode' I first responded to.
Can't be helped.
Riposte
Member
Follow the quotes back.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Re-installing now.
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
If this forums wasn't moderated, I would expect more than half of the responses as "git gud noob"
hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka
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This thread:
Glass Rebel
Member
It could, if people actually read what this does.
Back to where you responded to someone not enjoying being killed by a 'lag backstabbing cheater' by saying that they just wanted the game to be easy?
Again, is the 'lag backstabbing cheater' actually a 'legitimate player' who's being moaned about because they won, or does bad netcode, hacking or powerleveling/exploiting mean that the challange of dealing with this guy without being able to summon or escape actually spill over into bullshit territory rather than just 'I like things easy'?
As it is we just get the more eloquent version of the same thing.
PetriP-TNT
Member
So about that Dark Souls thing, if I get someone to buy me a key from Amazon for 15 bucks (if the offer is still on) can I redeem it on Steam? Or is it some sort of IMPORT PIRACY YOUR ACCOUNT IS FUCKED thing?
Crimsonclaw111
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hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka
Member
Looks like the sale has ended.
PetriP-TNT
Member
Well crap. I snooze I lose.
Just_myles
Member
This intrigues me. Is there a link to a video that shows long summon times (more than 2 minutes) so I can get an understanding of what the issue is I checked the OP but didn't see anything.?
Do you know how to read? This fixes a technical issue, an issue that isn't apparent in the ps3 (console versions?) of the game.
:lol at this gifThis thread:
AcceptableGhost
Member
No, it is a band aid. It doesn't fix the spotty online in whole, it only gives preferential treatment to people on your friends list. Who you shouldn't be playing with. It is a worthless mod.
Lost Fragment
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It's not really a technical issue. FromSoft deliberately made it difficult to MP with your friends, and both he PC and console versions are exactly the same in this regard. Or they were, before this mod.
Maybe you should read Durante's post, though I'm sure you know more about the technicalities than he. Of course.
This gif is amazing.This thread:
I didn't read the last few pages before making my previous post. People actively hate this mod? What?
Lost Fragment
Obsessed with 4chan
Durante's godlike for what he's done but it doesn't make him right about every goddamn thing, so drop the fucking attitude. It's true that Dark Souls has shit connectivity and matchmaking, but what this does is give preferential treatment to specific people, which isn't something that was really intended. If this mod improved connectivity on the whole, then yeah, I would agree.
That said, I don't really have a problem with the mod or anything. I think it goes against developer intent to a degree, but I don't think it's a big deal.
It's an optional mod. I would like to play co-op with a friend. I appreciate that I can install if I want. Why would anyone not want an optional mod to be available? How does it hurt anyone else's experience?
hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka
Member
Just a clarification: People aren't calling the default summon system broken because of its intended use and purpose, but the fact that it doesn't work as well as it does on PS3 or 360 for some reason. It's fucked regardless of the number of players or eligibility of summoner/summonee/invader/invaded.
Lost Fragment
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If it's true that this patch just brings things more in line with the PS3/360 versions then maybe I did misinterpret things, but going 10-20 minutes trying to summon a specific person on the 360 version was a pretty common thing for me, open NAT and everything. So I kinda just assumed that the PC version was the exact same in that regard.
old manatee
Banned
You can still play the game single player. You can still play it online without using the mod. This is an option for people who don't want to wait an hour every time they want to summon someone, or people who want to play with a friend, which you could already do with the old system by coordinating where you leave the summons sign.
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
Getting some PVP matches going on in the PC version is a fucking pain.
it's not like people have been explaining for 5 pages that the online on PC is borderline broken and way worse than the console versions.
The community has been fixing the port since the games release.
And developpers intent really doesn't matter, especially in this case, since the way the developpers did it doesn't work.
Lost Fragment
Obsessed with 4chan
There were like 2 or 3 people saying that in a handful of posts that were easy to miss, and I never had any idea that there was any difference between the PC and console versions in this regard since it's always worked the exact same on PC as it does on 360 for me, just with less people.
I've done coordinated online co-op on both ps3 and PC versions.
PS3 version: Averaged about 30 minutes to an hour of waiting to get summoned by gf. Summoning sign was at a previously-agreed upon location. It just took ages for my summon sign to show up in her game, and some days it just didn't happen at all.
PC version without mod: Flat out did not work. Ever. Even if we were on separate computers IN THE SAME HOUSE. Spent many hours trying fruitlessly.
PC version post-mod: Summon sign showed up within seconds of me seeing it placed on my gf's pc screen. This was fucking sorcery as far as I was concerned.
Women. Always making us wait.
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
Did you try with with DSfix?
Looking through the thread I can't believe some people are complaining about this. It simply makes something that used to take 20 minutes - infinite amount of time a lot faster. It's not like you couldn't do this before. If you wanted to co-op with friends in Demon's Souls, it was this easy, you just have to tell the other person where your sign is and it almost always shows up in the other world without issue.
Sometimes you'll meet a stranger in the game and decide to do some bosses together or PVP or trade some items. Now it's less of a pain in the ass, less waiting and more playing. I've spent hours trying to connect with other GAFers. Waiting around 30 minutes for a 2 minute boss fight. This mod is in no way a bad thing. It still has all of the same restrictions in place for summoning/invading. It just puts people on your GFWL list at the top of your IP pool, instead of having to wait for it to cycle.
The only minor downside of this is that gankers can summon their gankbros more easily, but who cares. They were going to do it anyway.
I'd love for more GAFers friend me on GFWL for this, my gamertag is my username.
You can already do this easily. Once you get past the bullshit summoning, once you finally connect, you can connect to that person easily.
Sometimes you'll meet a stranger in the game and decide to do some bosses together or PVP or trade some items. Now it's less of a pain in the ass, less waiting and more playing. I've spent hours trying to connect with other GAFers. Waiting around 30 minutes for a 2 minute boss fight. This mod is in no way a bad thing. It still has all of the same restrictions in place for summoning/invading. It just puts people on your GFWL list at the top of your IP pool, instead of having to wait for it to cycle.
The only minor downside of this is that gankers can summon their gankbros more easily, but who cares. They were going to do it anyway.
I'd love for more GAFers friend me on GFWL for this, my gamertag is my username.
You can already do this easily. Once you get past the bullshit summoning, once you finally connect, you can connect to that person easily.
Yeah but the game looks like vaseline and is like 20 fps there.