option to remove messages without going offline.

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[NEON KNIGHT]

why do you want to remove them

[Gyson]

Originally posted by NEON KNIGHT:

why do you want to remove them

Probably because there isn't an option to remove just the useless ones.

[TomDoc ↑→↓↓↓]

Originally posted by NEON KNIGHT:

why do you want to remove them

there is one currently in front of a door im trying to open but the moment i press y it opens the still no lover message some edgelord placed down.

[Arthur Morrigan]

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[NEON KNIGHT]

Originally posted by TomDoc :

Originally posted by NEON KNIGHT:

why do you want to remove them

there is one currently in front of a door im trying to open but the moment i press y it opens the still no lover message some edgelord placed down.

you can toggle between opening and reading the message.

[Cairn.L]

Originally posted by NEON KNIGHT:

why do you want to remove them

Sometimes it's an eyesore when I'm taking screenshots, and the 'Read message' is blocking my screen despite already turning off HUD in the settings.

[Krazy Wallet]

I would understand this more in prior souls games. If you enjoy the PVP element and you don't want any spoilers to invisible walls, the option to remove signs makes sense. Although 98% of messages for invisible walls are trolls so it may not be that big of a deal. Similarly, it can draw attention to traps and ambushes even if you don't read them.

However, on Elden Ring, I don't really know why you would want to remove signs and stay online seeing as PVP only happens through summoning or co-oping. Perhaps it's the reasons above and doesn't want ambushes and traps spoiled. Or perhaps, he doesn't want to read the messages but wants the chance to have his messages positively rated for the health boost.

Even in Elden Ring, I can think of a few use cases where one could want messages turned off. I'd support the option as it really doesn't influence anyone else's game if the host turns off his own ability to view messages. However, I'd prefer they fix invisible enemies first before focusing on quality of life changes.

[Gyson]

Originally posted by NEON KNIGHT:

Originally posted by TomDoc :

there is one currently in front of a door im trying to open but the moment i press y it opens the still no lover message some edgelord placed down.

you can toggle between opening and reading the message.

Yeah, you should be able to use the left and right arrow keys to switch between options in that situation. I'm not sure what the controller buttons are.

[SubTonic]

Been playing offline since launch and my experience has been better for it. The unfunny meme message spam got old within the first twenty minutes. I know there's some legit funny ones out there that have spawned memes, but I don't wanna sift through the trash.

[EternalLoop]

but but my ... try finger but hole

[Snefru]

I want this also. I’d like to see bloodstains still but get rid of the messages. Especially my first playthrough. Bloodstains look natural in the environment but the signs completely ruin the atmosphere for me. So I just play offline but seems like something they could option in.

[Et lux perpetua]

Originally posted by NEON KNIGHT:

why do you want to remove them

I've started playing in offline mode because of them. There's so many it ruins the atmosphere of the game for me. I don't wanna see a bunch of messages before every ambush, I wan't to experience the game for myself. Loving the game but the message spam is annoying.

[Cairn.L]

Originally posted by GoldenKEKW:

but but my ... try finger but hole

So you're the one who wrote that message? lol!

[SubTonic]

I actually think it was a mistake to let people place messages from the very start in these games. It worked better when you had to get the requisite item first, cause then there was a better ratio of people getting the item with the intention of being useful with it, and it kept the amount of them lower.

[NEON KNIGHT]

Originally posted by Cairn.L:

Originally posted by NEON KNIGHT:

why do you want to remove them

Sometimes it's an eyesore when I'm taking screenshots, and the 'Read message' is blocking my screen despite already turning off HUD in the settings.

that's actually a good complaint.