Elden Ring PC Fears.

[AutumnInJuly]

Been dying to get back into this game. For reference I have over 500 hours on console but gifted my PS5 to my little brother so I’m only PC now. I had multiple mules and every weapon in the game a thousand times over and all I did was make builds and help others get their stuff. I’ve read that on PC it’s incredibly easy to get banned if someone unknowingly drops hacked gear and runes so I feel like I won’t be able to do anything without the constant fear of being banned and on top of that wanted to get a full drop at the start so I can basically pick up from where I was on console but once again the fear. Now needless to say I'm not looking to peddle hacked ♥♥♥♥ or receive it just in general the off chance i run into it bothers me.

[Fineous🔥]

Self awareness and common sense will get you far. Also of course you decide with who you interact in-game.....a little example: Player with a cringy profile, loads of insults in the profile messages and 20 vac bans.
Will you consider to do anything with that person?. Answer fast without thinking more than once about it. That answer will determine your Elden Ring PC version future.

[cridus]

cheaters can't get you banned or ruin your save anymore since like early March or something.

[AutumnInJuly]

Of course not but i have heard of issues with people running into people who have never had any issues and someone comes in a drops something that they didn't even know was a problem and got banned for it. Just never had these issues on console.

[cridus]

as I said, that can't happen anymore.

[AutumnInJuly]

Originally posted by cridus:

cheaters can't get you banned or ruin your save anymore since like early March or something.

Is there a source for this? Also where is the most lively trading forum? I normally used Patches Emporium on Reddit but any clue where i could find someone willing to drop everything in the game for a full mule character?

[cridus]

dude. don't be paranoid.
these unmotivated fears of old exploits always take so damn long to disappear, just because people are always so paranoid and also eager to believe the first hearsay they happen to catch.

go look at the patch notes of the first few patches and you'll see they'll mention stuff about invalid items being fixed. they won't say what they did in detail though, so I suspect it won't be enough to completely put you at ease.

the truth is: they made it impossible to drop invalid items on the ground, and to see them when dropped by someone else (since cheaters would be able to make it possible for them to still drop them). so, 100% fixed.
they also fixed some other exploits like "shadow realming" that could (only seemingly) "brick" saves.
source: very knowledgeable dudes who reverse-engineer the game. of course you'll have to trust me on this too.

[Darth Invader]

Originally posted by warriorx:

i always used mod to give myself multiple copy of every item and also to make fully geared level 20 toons to kill noobs in invasions; never got banned

Not what the OP asked but thanks for outing yourself as a sweatlord lol,

To the OP, a lot of that paranoia comes from DS3 and its 1996-era anticheat. It hasn't been a problem in ER.

[Yal]

shadow realming

Oh yeah, I've been victim to that exploit once right after it got patched and can confirm it's fixed now - even if you get your respawn position set outside the map you'll respawn at the start of the area you were in last after you fall out and die.

[Terminator]

All you need - Google - how to backup savegame files in DS/Elden ring - profit

[cridus]

Originally posted by Terminator:

All you need - Google - how to backup savegame files in DS/Elden ring - profit

also this, yeah.

[AutumnInJuly]

I decided to not risk a ban and not get it but thanks for all your guys help.

[Dragonirian]

If someone drops you Deathbed Smalls or a piece of a Brave set - go to task manager and kill elden ring process ASAP. This may keep your savefile frow updating with the hacked item.
Have a backup save always. Replace your current one with it if previous method failed, also asap.
If you do this you may not even get banned, or your ban will be lifted shortly.

Any bans can be lifted if you provide detaled description of what happened (steam ID of the hacker may be helpful) to the bandai namco support service, the more evidence the better. Always make sure to mention that you replaced the save with the hacekd item with a backup, they have some sort of way to verify.

[Fineous🔥]

Originally posted by AutumnInJuly:

I decided to not risk a ban and not get it but thanks for all your guys help.

Ok...fine you are welcome and i still take you seriously and all. But with all due respect....this is the most pathetic and lousy excuse i had the pleasure to read about not willing to buy Elden Ring oh my Elden Ring.

Here i am, playing since relase. 1500something hours and i never got a ban and not just me....a lot of the people around can say the same.

[FerrettoVT]

xz<cvbm,.-

[Hyoka]

Originally posted by cridus:

dude. don't be paranoid.
these unmotivated fears of old exploits always take so damn long to disappear, just because people are always so paranoid and also eager to believe the first hearsay they happen to catch.

go look at the patch notes of the first few patches and you'll see they'll mention stuff about invalid items being fixed. they won't say what they did in detail though, so I suspect it won't be enough to completely put you at ease.

the truth is: they made it impossible to drop invalid items on the ground, and to see them when dropped by someone else (since cheaters would be able to make it possible for them to still drop them). so, 100% fixed.
they also fixed some other exploits like "shadow realming" that could (only seemingly) "brick" saves.
source: very knowledgeable dudes who reverse-engineer the game. of course you'll have to trust me on this too.

Word of mouth is the best source of info! Dumb and silly things like this make folks enjoy the good old days of single player games and the option to use a game genie if you wanted. Nowadays one persons foolish desire effects a multitude!