Is multiplayer dead already ?

[Nightmare]

I can not seem to find a host that would summon me (I use golden effigy), even though the locations in which i use the effigy are marked as active on map..

So I said to myself fine, i will try to invade... Can you guess what happened ?

Nothing... No invasion either, im only forever getting "Trying to invade other world..." message

Oh and to put cherry on top of the cake, even if I get into multiplayer, (once every half an hour maybe) I get connection error immidiately after spawning..

I am trying on multiple characters with different levels and max weapon upgrades, in areas SPECIFICALLY marked on map as multiplayer hotspots, but without luck.

How is your experience ? Am I just extremely unlucky, am I reading the map wrong, or people just do not play multiplayer in ER anymore? Its a shame considering multiplayer in DS3 was the thing that kept me entertained the most, and the only reason i kept playing the game even after beating it two or so times...

[fauxpas]

Read on how the matchmaking system works as your character might not fit into it.

[Tao314zdin]

I also noticed last days the multiplayer was less frequent somehow.

Well, I don't know what exactly caused it (several opinions walking around from bad breaking connections to less-fun invasions and coop).

The dueling at the academy seem to be going strong though, did not notice any drop there.

[Epstein's Assassin]

Try again during the weekend. Bet you'll have more luck then.

[Scrula]

Many with coop ambitions put the game down for now or outright wait for that coop mod apparently, as the "connection error occured, returning to your world" is rather widespread from the looks of it.

I have not been able to coop with friends since release, so i can understand it.
Even random coop i do get summoned for is not very long lasting in 8/10 cases.
Either i get a crash during the loading screen, or someone just disconnects due to whatever mess is at work here. Be it eac or their dreaded netcode.

[paladin181]

From killed it with their decision to eliminate solo invasions. It's been dying since release, just no one knew it then. Co opers hate the heavy invasions, invaders hate the gankers and solo players have no way to get a normal invasion experience. So co-op sucks because invasions suck because the only people getting invaded are the somewhat small pool of friendship-is-magic-co-op-with-friends crowd and they get it constantly, or the 5 people who use the Taunter's tongue, and they also get hit constantly.

[fauxpas]

Originally posted by melfice181paladin181:

From killed it with their decision to eliminate solo invasions. It's been dying since release, just no one knew it then. Co opers hate the heavy invasions, invaders hate the gankers and solo players have no way to get a normal invasion experience. So co-op sucks because invasions suck because the only people getting invaded are the somewhat small pool of friendship-is-magic-co-op-with-friends crowd and they get it constantly, or the 5 people who use the Taunter's tongue, and they also get hit constantly.

The fact that only "five" people uses the tongue shows what the community thinks about invasions.

[Nagano]

Originally posted by Nightmare:

I can not seem to find a host that would summon me (I use golden effigy), even though the locations in which i use the effigy are marked as active on map..

So I said to myself fine, i will try to invade... Can you guess what happened ?

Nothing... No invasion either, im only forever getting "Trying to invade other world..." message

Oh and to put cherry on top of the cake, even if I get into multiplayer, (once every half an hour maybe) I get connection error immidiately after spawning..

I am trying on multiple characters with different levels and max weapon upgrades, in areas SPECIFICALLY marked on map as multiplayer hotspots, but without luck.

How is your experience ? Am I just extremely unlucky, am I reading the map wrong, or people just do not play multiplayer in ER anymore? Its a shame considering multiplayer in DS3 was the thing that kept me entertained the most, and the only reason i kept playing the game even after beating it two or so times...

Same problem... Until the last patch everything was more to me its not bad

[Nightmare]

I personally liked playing solo and being invaded in DS3, since I had the advantage of higher HP(ember had to be active to be invaded), and more estus flasks than the invader. When i finished the game a few times, the areas started to get kind of repetitive, and getting invaded spiced it up for me, as almost every invader had different playstyle i had to deal with.

Also, if I wanted to, i could play without an ember, and thus without being invaded, get to the boss and pop the ember there.

It was a trade-off, you get stronger with ember, but you also risk getting it taken away from you by another player.
I would have loved this kind of system in ER too, with rune arcs for example.

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

Mp is pretty allive which lvl are you

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

Originally posted by Scrula:

Many with coop ambitions put the game down for now or outright wait for that coop mod apparently, as the "connection error occured, returning to your world" is rather widespread from the looks of it.

I have not been able to coop with friends since release, so i can understand it.
Even random coop i do get summoned for is not very long lasting in 8/10 cases.
Either i get a crash during the loading screen, or someone just disconnects due to whatever mess is at work here. Be it eac or their dreaded netcode.

You mean the one where you can’t get invaded?

[Nightmare]

Originally posted by Mr Jt:

Mp is pretty allive which lvl are you

One is lvl 125 with max weapon upgrade, other is lvl 50 with +4 special weapon and +9 normal weapons, can you recommend me some MP hotspots for that range please ?

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

With that lvl you should be fine. Maybe it’s a timezone thing. Try to switch the internet settings in the menue so that there is no restriction

[Scrula]

Originally posted by Mr Jt:

Originally posted by Scrula:

Many with coop ambitions put the game down for now or outright wait for that coop mod apparently, as the "connection error occured, returning to your world" is rather widespread from the looks of it.

I have not been able to coop with friends since release, so i can understand it.
Even random coop i do get summoned for is not very long lasting in 8/10 cases.
Either i get a crash during the loading screen, or someone just disconnects due to whatever mess is at work here. Be it eac or their dreaded netcode.

You mean the one where you can’t get invaded?

The mod you mean?
This seamless coop one from the blue sentinel maker, have seen it mentioned here and there a bit. Not yet released, but at this point i am more confident in this being a more stable experience for at least coop than whatever From has created here.

Which is a shame, as i don't mind invaders. But if my fights tend to be resolved by who disconnects first... it is kind of pointless.
So i'd rather have at least the coop experience, instead of constant "xy returned to their world", crashes or connection timeouts.

[fauxpas]

Originally posted by Raithe:

I mean the multiplayer system is the worst thing I have ever seen in a game in my life. The game is only good as a single player adventure. Even then its very lacking in content and feels lile a 20 yo game.

That's a side effect of serving a niche community that believes you can do no wrong and everything you churn out is gold.

[Sean8102]

I was wondering if it was just me. I never see co-op summon signs even at spots marked on the map as active. Heck even PVP summon signs are rare. And last night I used the golden effigy multiple times. Only got summoned once.

I am on NG+. Dose that separate me from players that aren't playing NG+?