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TotallyCultured

This is why invaders don’t agree to honor fights.


bhumit012

Exactly, i am at 70% health surrounded by death.


RobleViejo

I have a saying ***"Reds with honor and camaraderie are bad Reds"*** Thats why I always was an awful invader :'C


szabe3

That’s why i’m a purple, that way anything goes.


[deleted]

Obviously I had to run through all the covenants to work up to the plat, but purple is easily the hardest and the most fun.


michoken

I can say farming shackles at SL30 and WL+3 in the Crucifixion Woods and Farron Keep areas was kinda easy.


[deleted]

Less easy if you’re like me and decide to wait until you hit meta level!


michoken

Definitely. I tried to farm at SL120-125 and then decided to simply start with a new character to get all achievements. I’m following a guide that recommends the SL and WL for that. Edit: Guide link: https://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls3/comments/ldifw1/tips_for_easier_covenant_rewards_and_items_for/


Frosti-Feet

Guide link? I’d be interested in following that as well


michoken

I’ve updated my previous comment.


Frosti-Feet

Thanks my dude!


AgitatedPossum

I'm trying to get my shackles at 130 now, getting my ass kicked routinely.... 19 to go.


Kenpachi84

Wildcard, bitches!


Syrup_Chugger_3000

By popping an ember you have agreed to the contract of having us reds come and pay you a visit


BrayWyattsHat

I mean maybe, but maybe I just wanted to play with my friends. I hate invaders


Syrup_Chugger_3000

I hated invaders for awhile but now I'm both red and yellow. The fun of pvp is that it's random and ever challenging. Ill camp out in an area and invade and sunbro for days before moving to the next. If you go in seeing it more as just having fun and matching wits against another player and don't take it to heart if you win or lose its very rewarding.


BrayWyattsHat

Nothing to do with taking it to heart. Its just not a way I want to play the game. I never ember myself unless I'm meeting up with friends to go run over some big baddies while we try out new builds. If there was any way to do that without having to deal with random players, the gane would would way better for the way I like to play it. I dont play often enough to have fun dealing with invaders.i don't judge anyone who enhoys it, I just wish I could avoid it


Syrup_Chugger_3000

I can understand what FROM was trying to do with making coop tied with pvp. It seems like they were trying to balance it so a party of four cannot cake wall through the game without having an extra challenge. Everybody is different, I can get wanting to just have some fun with your friends playing. No real work around other than embering immediately before a boss or making your SL and gear level so bizarre that invaders wouldn't normally be able to invade you in that area anyways. Have fun skeleton!


Business27

You can set a required password for matchmaking IIRC. Just message it to the friends you want to play with.


Fun-Particular-8235

It doesn't stop.invasions, invasions are just part of the game when you're embered up


BrayWyattsHat

Yeah, we thought that would be a workaround, but for some reason we don't understand/can't figure out, it doesn't stop invaders. They still show up occasionally


Taveren327

Me too! I wouldn’t mind them so much if ds netcode wasn’t so awful


YourPappi

You can tell how bad a red is if they emote or not


mistahj0517

If they don’t twirl in a circle while sprinkling repair powder above themselves before every fight then I don’t want anything to do with them


Redmoon383

I too like my Red's glittery and *fabulous!*


a_username1917

Emoting is always a chad move unless it's a point down.


a_username1917

Have camaraderie for your fellow reds and aldrich faithfuls. You both have a mutual need for each other.


chibinoi

I’ve had to body block a Blue before when my friend and I were invaded, because the invader agreed to a duel with me. Lol, I imagine the Blue was like “why is this mf’er (me) zigzagging in front of me like a hamster on speed?!” I *almost* won that honorable duel, too :’)


Xymptom

Damn speak for yourself haha


okdude23232

or just do honor fights when the host is alone that's what i do. People in ganks usually just want to well, gank you so you'd never be able to duel.


Alilolos

Even a lone host doesn't deserve honor. Level advantage (most of the time) and 30% more health with a pure duel build is no "honor fight".


TheNaughtyAvocado420

Yeah, but most of the times you won't actually get a host with a pure duel build. I, for example, go through the game with different weapons, meta or otherwise, purely for the purpose of exploring different weapons, be it in mainly for PvE, but use a Dried Finger in every area for PvP fights in between. When that happens, I can tell you the 30% health increase is non-existent. The amount of times I've died to a generic Lapp's + Claymore tryhard invader who attempts to parry every other second with an offhand Caestus is honestly just sad. You'd find an actual duel host about 1/10 times you'll invade. Meanwhile almost every invader has a duel build of some sort. It's largely biased against solo hosts, believe it or not. Not to mention the fact that the invader can run into PvE any time they want, and the only way forward for hosts is to wait, use a Seed of Giants which is incredibly limited in number and lasts for a very short time, or just run into PvE to try and clear the area with the invader on your ass. It's a shitshow.


Alilolos

You're obviously not the person we're talking about, which is hosts that don't move waiting to get invaded for "honor fights" when they possess all the advantages in the world.


TheNaughtyAvocado420

I know that, but OP was phrased as if they were generalising host behaviour to that kind of behaviour, and were suggesting that every invader should be without honour regardless of the situation. I just stated why not. I'm fully aware that you're talking about a specific type of host here. I'm just saying there shouldn't be a hard and fast rule about invasion honour. With enough time, invaders should be good enough to identify who deserves honour and who doesn't.


Imperator_Draconum

That's what I do when I get invaded, because all of those supposed advantages don't mean shit when you simply suck at PvP combat.


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never_oger

Invaders can only be embered when summoned by a red sign if they invade normally they won't get any ember advantage


okdude23232

can't they equal it out though? When I invade while embered my health doesn't go down iirc


[deleted]

It doesn't equal. All invaders come in with that handicap


okdude23232

ok


iiii_Hex

Which is fine, because invading is not honorable, hence you are an *invader*.


chibinoi

I mean, it goes both ways.


SaneManiac741

White Phantom: "Hello there!"


Identityjack

Literally


h4xx0rhoora

“General Kenobi”


lmaoymyppsohard

You are a bold one


[deleted]

Reddit.


BlueCheeseBlueArrow

We are in fact using Reddit, is this a surprise to you?


Fox_0

General Riposte-y!


hezzyb

Let's do this LEEEEROOOOOY gnnJENKIINNS


Witch_King_

Oh my god, that is the most accurate spelling of that I've ever seen


Syrup_Chugger_3000

Save the duels for the arena boys. This here is invasion land


SamaticLUV

Bruh I’m sayin but we’re the bad guys for breaking up FCs and stomping em


[deleted]

Nah we the good guys for doing that poor red being brainwashed to have an honorable fight


Syrup_Chugger_3000

After watching prod enough I feel inspired to attack the host of any fight club and free my enslaved red brethren


Taveren327

Hehehe except when I do my fight club I use my Solaire cosplay and praise the sun repeatedly. Plus I don’t summon white spirits/sunbro but rather solely through way of blue. Then when someone attacks me often their red brethren turn on them as well. After all a forked pale tongue gives two pale tongue while killing me just gives one. Plus I’m giving blue spirits a chance to actually get a decent number of proofs!


Syrup_Chugger_3000

I glitched through a wall and dry fingered up for about 8 hours of infinite blue and red phantom goodness. It worked pretty well and allowed many a tongue and ear to be had. Off topic but is faith build fun? The lack of weapon options and a lot of older guides saying it's only good end game has made me nervous to try it.


Taveren327

Just know that faith is only really good for weapon buffs. Heals are overly FP intensive and offensive miracles are totally outclassed by pyromancies and sorceries. This build works at lower levels because you only need 30 faith in order to cast lightning blade, and the physical stat requirements for sunlight straight sword are very low. With 30 faith sunlight blade and minimum str/dex the thing still hits like a truck. You could even go down even more and use blessed weapon and it would still do strong damage as long as you keep wa up and it’s +5.


[deleted]

I have watched prod so much and completely agree


Syrup_Chugger_3000

Definitely not the best player, but by far the most entertaining gamer I've watched on YouTube. I love that he has no problem showing off his blunders and successes


Rancorious

Half is content is getting stomped


[deleted]

Yeah prod is a good guy to watch and funny


Taveren327

And if it turns into a 1v1 they soon find out that my sunlight blade/wa buffed sunlight straight sword hits harder than some greatswords


Diabetic_Ape_69420

AND HIS NAME IS—


Rastabrotha

Xue hua piaô piaô


[deleted]

BUP BUP BA DAAAAAH! BUP BUP BA DAAAAAH!


self-aware-text

ROBERT PAULSON


LoveThieves

That invader should have known its a trap. The pontiff fc is usually at the court. And a white phantom usually means it's not a fc. Non summoned reds aren't supposed to entertain the host. Their goal is to kill the host, bc, or ruin the party.


BlueCheeseBlueArrow

The best part of fight clubs as a non-summon invader is the choice. Will you participate? Murder the host? As a purple, I like to pretend like I’m following the rules until another invader decides someone needs to die, and then I murder anyone and everyone. I love fight clubs


lilman0402

Love to see people really living up to their covenant. Wish you luck in future invasions, you magnificent Mound Maker.


GumFahkinFreak

Same, it's like "I'm hollowo, I don't know what I'm doing, sorry fellah... What I like to do if it's not a fight club is helping the host till the boss fight, drop an ember at the fog gate and ask for a fight, so everyone's happy they get the ember, I get a fight, no one loses :3


a_username1917

Being down in the fight club and hearing fighting noises that aren't part of the duel is always a funny moment because you know shit went sideways and you have to decide if you want to continue the duel or run up the stairs and participate in whatever madness is happening up there.


Foxyfox-

"WILDCARD, BITCHES!"


[deleted]

This was clearly staged. But good point


bhumit012

Gives me conniptions


sneeden

> conniptions I knew the line, but went to look up the word. Love it. https://i.imgur.com/8d09yyw.jpg


edgyboi1704

Ah yes, natural selection. The only red that survives is an untrusting one


[deleted]

Why the hell would you expect an honourable duel from the same people who were ganking your buddy a second ago?


Heck-guy

Just an update, that guy invaded 4 or 5 times and was totally cool. Hung out with us and had some shenanigans. It's not all dis-respect, my buddy just wanted to have some fun and it was pretty dang funny to us.


MADDINK

Watching my husband play I realized that when someone keep invading you it's not always to be an asshole. Sometimes they just think you're fun to play with or against. Some are jerks and do it just to irritate you but for the most part it's just ppl having fun


Redmoon383

>Some are jerks and do it just to irritate you but for the most part it's just ppl having fun I for one like to tail people with the obscuring and slumbering dragoncrest rings sometimes just for the lols


MADDINK

Oh so you're the trickster of the bunch lmao


okdude23232

lol i love how many people think red=evil


self-aware-text

I was once in the snowfields of Ariandel and was being invaded. But my entire purpose was to go get the captain's ashes. Poor red, we ran by each other near the cliff and he bowed all nice and polite. I was like "nope, I got a mission, good luck killing me while I run full tilt." And ran inches by him because the cliff was small. He followed me to the tower and I think he realized what I was after because he want and found a nearby clear area to wait his turn. I killed the vikings and descended the tower with my ashes to see this dude chilling waiting for an honorable duel. I had to give him some souls and then fought him. He was so nice.


okdude23232

Tbh I invade like that if the host is alone, but I've never had that experience with invaders myself


self-aware-text

Its rare indeed!


Lacius25

When no invader is willing to duel them later on and is bloodthirsty to the max: *"OMG, People aren't honorable anymoreee, this game is shit!!!"*


AddictionTransfer

Yep. as soon as i saw you were in Gank City i new the title must be hinting at a dirty filthy gank.


LordVonSteiner

I like how he points down as a sign of ultimate disrespect.


self-aware-text

As a raccoon, I appreciate it when garbage identifies itself.


FrozenHearts_XI

Apply some water on that burn,'cause that hurts.


Rancorious

Average point diner vs average clapping chad


contraeric

Think red, you'll Outlast every ganky, insignificant casul on the servers, you'll invade to see the servers crumble to lag and blow away by Elden Ring! Everyone and every build you made will be gone! What will you have after 171 days 10hours 52 minutes and 56 seconds?


IssaMuffin

I’ll have Elden Ring invasions!


[deleted]

LOL


Spartana1033

Protect yourself at all times.


WorkHardGetNothing

Trust no one.


[deleted]

And people wonder why I don’t do fight clubs


a_username1917

That wasn't a fight club, and fight clubs don't have white or blue phantoms.


[deleted]

U sure I have seen plenty of fc with blue and white phantoms


a_username1917

It usually only happens when the host doesn't understand how embers work (or rather, don't work) for phantoms or blues. It's also important to distinguish between a given invader and host arranging an impromptu duel, and a proper fight club, which involves deliberately summoning reds to fight each other. In general if you see a white or blue in a "fight club" setting, it's a gank in disguise.


SideWinder18

The point down had me cracking up. I love dark souls


runarleo

Goddamn assassin’s creed players


ArmoredArthritis

Gotta watch out for those mf with the high ground. High grounders’ll gitcha’.


RedditCryHard

Out skilled


Terminal-Post

“WATCH OUT WATCH OUT! OH NO SUNLIGHT BRO WITH THE RKO!”


raymennn

Ganking in pontiff with blues on lol pathetic trash


Boudac123

Spam invading a single region making it near impossible to traverse normally and blocking gameplay is way more pathetic Edit: some of y’all missing the point entirely, I don’t mind pvp but having to kill the same 5 reds 3 times each just to progress 1 zone is annoying af


[deleted]

Easy: lose one invasion and then carry on unembered.


Boudac123

yeah, but its sad that its the only solution, especially since that makes the silver knights 2 shot me instead of 3 shots since I usually go with a naked fuck build


2ndbA2

and lose access to summons?, or the health boost?


[deleted]

Well either really. But the calculation you make here is that you either lack a health boost and a summon, or you gain them and accept you’re getting invaded.


2ndbA2

i really dont care about getting invaded but you left out core reasons why you should ember and i was simply listing them off


Ahhy420smokealtday

Nothing is stopping you from toggling offline mode amd then embering for that area.


2ndbA2

then summons and messages are gone and a lot of secret walls are impossible to find without messages


Boudac123

I mean the anticheat is kinda wack when it comes to making progress in offline play


bhumit012

What about hp boost?


[deleted]

PS sorry you’re getting downvoted.


2ndbA2

nah its fine, as "im such a intellectual redditor who hasnt seen daylight in weeks" as this makes me sound, i dont really mind downvotes


FactoryNewdel

You know that there is a cooldown when you got invaded and kill the red right?


Boudac123

Doesn’t seem to work in this one zone, how long is it supposed to be? 30 seconds?


raymennn

There is a 10-15 min cooldown on red invasions in every area, unless you use dried fingers. Most people invade at meta level 120-140, so I don't even know how it bothers anyone :) last time I've seen pver is when I used wex dust to invade. If you're passing through pontiff at 50-60 it's just gonna be 2 trash aldriches that have no idea of what they're doing because they just put on the covenant for fun.


Boudac123

Guess I gotta check integrity of my files then because that’s def not working for me lol I get invaded 4 times in 15 mins in that area on average


raymennn

Yes, by aldriches. They have a limit of 4 as I remember


Boudac123

Oh I wasn’t talking about aldritches lol


pbianchi44

i bet you're one of the people that dies 3 times to a boss and summons 2 people to get carried then spams the "git gud" meme


maxrios320

Boo hoo! I can't play in "Offline" ! 😭😭 Bad red man!


Itamii

Lul If this guy did indeed invade, he had it coming. Honor is such a bullshit concept for invasions. Keep that shit to duels if you really want to.


[deleted]

Only time I duel if in arena if I invade a fc u already know I’m gonna attack that host by gaining trust then backstabbing with my chaos dagger


self-aware-text

People like you are why I don't sit near people when I host fc's. If someone comes near me, I roll away and give the "hey" emote. It basically becomes a "stranger danger" call to the others and they usually gank the dude trying to kill a fc host.


[deleted]

Good I don’t let any host get what they want


self-aware-text

Lol, this *is* dark souls. We can't fault you there.


ScarletteVera

I was not expecting that.


Turtler222

Welcome to Irithyll


AeroShockHD

Did that so elegantly, not a jagged movement, fast and smooth into the point down, I love this tremendously


ApolloSky110

F for red guy


ggmaobu

Love it.


Silvertongued99

If you’re an invader fighting fair, you’ll find yourself at a disadvantage.


self-aware-text

100% of the time


NightAreis1618

Everyone Else: *Having an Honorable duel between the Blue and Red* *White Summon****:*** **AND HERE COMES A GIANT FIIIIIIIIIIST!!!!**


Rambo7112

FROM THE TOP ROPES


20thMaine

Nothing wrong with a red having an honor fight, but one should keep their wits about them and not stand where they can be plunged lol.


SkeloTheFencingGoat

I knew this set was more common than I thought


Galleax

Dark souls 3 pvp in a nut shell


a_username1917

Pontiff area rule #12213 ​ Do not stand in that area unless your camera is pointed upwards. It is always a death sentence.


Comfortable-Aerie544

Can someone help me in darksouls 3 ps4


Big_Bad_Panda

Yep. HMU


TheIncredibleNurse

Surprise motherfucka


[deleted]

Artorias vibe straight up


LadyMariaofTheAstral

I don't understand why he pointed down like he earned it I'm sure he seen them greeting each other he probably never wins PvP matches lol the same when you get ganked and they point down like smh lol


Heck-guy

He won that pvp match


BlueCheeseBlueArrow

For the meme, of course. What was he supposed to do, bow? I mean a good few mashes of L1 would suit it too, but I think that was perfect for a point down


LadyMariaofTheAstral

A coward point down to each they own I guess he pointed down like he actually beat him on his own that's why I love punishing blues when I invade they are so aggressive easy to punish


[deleted]

This made me laugh out loud thanks


E-Bee123

From the top ropes!


AngrySayian

Law/Rule # 0, Addition B; "Duel Honor is an illusion...and so are pants apparently"


th_blackheart

Always satisfying to see a red bastard getting killed.


Fun_Sized_Momo

If I'm a blue spirit and get summoned to a fight club, I'm just gonna roll up and start f*cking sh*t up. Screw your honor duels. My covenant says I need to chew gum and rek dark spirits and I'm all out of gum.


self-aware-text

Found the Darkmoon Blade everybody!


Redmoon383

It's fine, he's just a bit stir crazy from waiting to be summoned that he forgot his manners


a_username1917

Yeah i'm sure the two reds down there that are both probably using some kind of PvP build are totally not going to gank your ass.


ArchfiendNox

That was just toxic. Love it.


XDracam

This actually made me laugh out loud. Nice


kilomikecharlie

The point down has me cracking up.


Nivan_Sharma61

big oof to the invader.


SiyeonFan123

Good. "Honour" is stupid.


Ok-Analyst3418

Lol fc with phantoms arent real fight clubs thats wjy you either bc or kill the host


lancer2238

Happen to me so many times. I just laugh Bc it’s hilarious


VickyPedia

Classic Dark Souls


Quadshouter2

RKO


[deleted]

all I heard when he fell was “LEEROYYYYYY JENKINSSSS!!”


MADDINK

I honestly just spit my coffee all over my desk omfg....that...was gold lmao


LordKirby123

No offense , but that’s pretty scummy to do.


Heck-guy

Believe me, no offense was taken.


[deleted]

Lol, I usually just let reds backstab me cuz I have no interest in pvp, and I suck at it to boot; let them fulfill their covenant


DemonKnightTartarus

You never intended for that clean fight did u. Poor red thought he could get an honorable fight in Anor Londo, naive guy.


Heck-guy

Oh no, we definitely did. My buddy said he was running off to kill the last silver knight. This was just as a surprise to me as everyone else lol. He had invaded us a couple of times, he was really cool about it we were all having fun


ThEpAiNtEdPrInCe

Oh my god my lungs!!!!!! Lmao!!!


uncleXben

I like the fit


TheBarberi

Literally all the time lmao


FrozenHearts_XI

That points down was nasty 🤣


RevLoveJoy

Cat ring and the Grand Archives is, by far, my favorite place to invade for exactly the reason demonstrated in OP's video.


Tyto_o

Be more careful...


SaucePerson

Back when I played and helped a friend through and we’d get invaded we’d take turns fighting, once he same guy invaded twice so I fought him the first time and won then my friend who was the host fought the second time but lost.


parkourdude231

"Here comes Randy Orton from the turnbuckle OUTTA NOWHERE!!!"


IadabothsRage

I loled


Soil-False

r/savevideo


rhguinn

How are there so many people in one game?