The PVP netcode and system is awful

[[TrC] Diabolus]

I've tried to invade players for the last two hours in hopes of getting those cool black and red armour skins. 90% of invades is 2v1, with a rare 1v1. There's a few problems however.

1. The netcode is especially bad. The combat is a slideshow that quickly devolves into a slideshow of me being stunlocked. I can't see the enemy's attack windups, so I can't dodge out of them or block them. At best, I think spell casts are the only things that seem to sync decently. Though if someone's using a bow/crossbow? The projectile may as well be invisible.

2. The game clearly has no level bracket system. I've invaded someone who I do 11 damage to with a +5 weapon, and then done 100+ damage to with the same weapon. I've seen areas I've never even been to, fighting players I can't even hurt.

3. It feels like in PVP, a player shouldn't be sent to the umbral world on death. I got one good connection in a 1v1, and we both took our time duelling it out and I was actually having fun, we wasted all our healing, were being real cautious. I thought I finally got him, and bam, nah, he gets the umbral revive and I was too disadvantaged to continue. Sure, I need to get good at this game's PVP, but it still feels like a disadvantage if you couple the fact most PVP encounters will be 2v1 on top of that.

[Veraxus]

Not just PVP. Multiplayer in general. I just changed my positive review to a negative one because of how horrible the co-op experience has been.

Dodge a bosses attack? Nope, you will get sucked back in and hit retroactively.

Perfect parry? Nope, it doesn't even count as a block.

You are literally better off playing solo than using multiplayer.

[Chobucks]

It’s okay you’ll get them next time

[[TrC] Diabolus]

Originally posted by Veraxus:

Not just PVP. Multiplayer in general. I just changed my positive review to a negative one because of how horrible the co-op experience has been.

Dodge a bosses attack? Nope, you will get sucked back in and hit retroactively.

Perfect parry? Nope, it doesn't even count as a block.

You are literally better off playing solo than using multiplayer.

I think for PVP, people have even been downsizing how good ranged/caster builds are. It seems like the people I get stomped by are using spells and ranged stuff. Wish I could tell better what they're using yet, since the game is so slow building and tough to find things between builds.

[Morbid]

it's 2v1 because if you co-op you open yourself up to pvp. At least it's not gank city like in Elden Ring and DS3

[[TrC] Diabolus]

Originally posted by Morbid:

it's 2v1 because if you co-op you open yourself up to pvp. At least it's not gank city like in Elden Ring and DS3

Except you, as the invader, are ganked due to 90% of the time facing two players, with the awful, choppy, 1fps netcode.

[Squidapple]

I don't think pvp is matcing me with people from my region, it's just unplayable

[[TrC] Diabolus]

Originally posted by Squidapple:

I don't think pvp is matcing me with people from my region, it's just unplayable

It's not just region, it's level bracket too. You will end up fighting people who are much higher/lower levelled than you.