Why is there only 4 players in co op max?

[Deviant]

Dark souls 2 could have 2 phantoms 1 host and 3 invaders so thats 6 and dark souls 2 was literally 10 times smaller in size than elden ring so why the hell we got only 4 in such massive open world theres no problems increasing the cap people have done 20-30 people in seamless co op with no issues so again why?

[Sparhawk 59]

Maybe you answered your own question, ER is massive compared to the others and as we know the servers are poor at best. Also maybe the 1v3 it is mizaki having fun

[Deviant]

Originally posted by Sparhawk 56:

Maybe you answered your own question, ER is massive compared to the others and as we know the servers are poor at best. Also maybe the 1v3 it is mizaki having fun

dark souls 2 had 6 they also had poor servers so that dont make sense

[Sparhawk 59]

I remember so many threads about all of this. PVP invaders saying its not fair PVE players saying it is as its a single play game with added bonus of coop and invasions maybe thats the reason, they decided to keep numbers down as its all been done ii other ds games.

[Illumina]

Originally posted by Sparhawk 56:

Maybe you answered your own question, ER is massive compared to the others and as we know the servers are poor at best. Also maybe the 1v3 it is mizaki having fun

The "servers" have always been the players computers and consoles.
The only server doing any amount of work is the one that shows player signs and ghosts.

[Sparhawk 59]

Originally posted by Illumina:

Originally posted by Sparhawk 56:

Maybe you answered your own question, ER is massive compared to the others and as we know the servers are poor at best. Also maybe the 1v3 it is mizaki having fun

The "servers" have always been the players computers and consoles.
The only server doing any amount of work is the one that shows player signs and ghosts.

We know how bad they have been then

[Sabaithal]

Because FROM gave minimal ♥♥♥♥♥ when it came to MP in this game, which is why it was completely broken until one of the more recent updates.

[cridus]

some say it's because the PS4 and the older Xbox (I don't even know the name) wouldn't be able to handle 6 players. but I think it's a bit ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥...

[Sabaithal]

Originally posted by cridus:

some say it's because the PS4 and the older Xbox (I don't even know the name) wouldn't be able to handle 6 players. but I think it's a bit ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥...

Yeah, I don't buy that. Hardware wise each generation progresses in terms of hardware capability. Cost effectiveness is a different story, but that's hardly related to the topic.

[bozohontas]

No idea tbh....
And I also don't know why they didn't include covenants and just implemented coop the way it worked in the older games although it's no really ideal for this type of game.
But at least there's a workaround for the coop part.

[IrishUnicorn]

I must agree on the fact that multiplayer and pvp are very dissapointing in elden, had I known the situation I would probably not buy the game. Dark Souls 3 had it nailed in my opinion. Elden has had a lot of potential to make said multiplayer even better, but it is like they decided to just focus on the size of the world and catering to casual players.

[Deviant]

Originally posted by ProestUnicorn:

I must agree on the fact that multiplayer and pvp are very dissapointing in elden, had I known the situation I would probably not buy the game. Dark Souls 3 had it nailed in my opinion. Elden has had a lot of potential to make said multiplayer even better, but it is like they decided to just focus on the size of the world and catering to casual players.

this is exactly how i feel they could made elden ring so much more better it had insane potential but they just kinda wasted it its still a good game dont get me wrong not counting the crashes im still getting but this game could really been game of the decade with the potential it had