Best download region?

[TheBookMasterd]

I keep looking around for pvp and i cant manage to find anyone to invade. Does anyone know the best download region for both coop and pvp?

[Janz]

they killed that "feature"
we are all toghter now

[Steve Mahanahan]

Originally posted by januzzi:

they killed that "feature"
we are all toghter now

You will find that summoning someone from the same download region is certainly quicker and more reliable than from other regions. That "feature" may be dead, but download regions still have an effect on who you can summon and when.

Most players use Lan USA Lan Europe or Luxemburg. I know I spelled that last place wrong, but I am no expert on towns on other continents.

[Askania]

I am on luxembourg it works well but some times I switch over to LAN usa, and yes they may of killed region locking but it still helps a lot to change region.

[Askania]

Originally posted by Steve Mahanahan:

Originally posted by januzzi:

they killed that "feature"
we are all toghter now

You will find that summoning someone from the same download region is certainly quicker and more reliable than from other regions. That "feature" may be dead, but download regions still have an effect on who you can summon and when.

Most players use Lan USA Lan Europe or Luxemburg. I know I spelled that last place wrong, but I am no expert on towns on other continents.

what steve said ^^^

[Pirate]

Originally posted by januzzi:

they killed that "feature"
we are all toghter now

Except, not. Region lock "died" on January 19th 2015, but the game via steamworks still uses your steam downlaod region to establish initial peer-to-peer connections. It's supposed to then search other dl regions for additional connections while giving those using the same dl region preferential treatment.

However, after a world wide crash on september 12th 2015, the "search other dl regions for additional connections" seems to have stopped. I play almost daily and I mostly co-op... after the 12th of September I've only been able to connect with others when we were both using the same download region.

Even if we were all together (how that would work without a dedicated server I have no idea. There is no dedicated server for Dark Souls 1), the game defaults to a maximum node count of 20. Assuming that each node is not only an active connection to another player, but a proxy to everyone that player is also connected to... everyone having 20 unique nodes would mean 400 people connected to each other. Given that there is anywhere between 1000 and 5000 people playing DS at any given time, that is hardly everyone.

LAN Event USA
LAN Event Europe
LAN Event Asia
Luxembourg

Those are probably the most popular atm. If you go LAN Event, I suggest the one closest to where you live to give you the best chance of minimizing latency issues.

Also: what everyone else said. ^_^;;

[Askania]

it would be cool if we could make out own servers for DS mabye it might happen one day :3

[Maaximilien]

does having the same covenant like way of white or solar make it easier too?

[Askania]

Originally posted by Maximilien:

does having the same covenant like way of white or solar make it easier too?

I think so not sure what one it is tho :L or mabye I'm thinking of dark souls 2.

[Pirate]

Originally posted by zad:

Originally posted by Maximilien:

does having the same covenant like way of white or solar make it easier too?

I think so not sure what one it is tho :L or mabye I'm thinking of dark souls 2.

You're thinking dark souls 2 and the Name-Engraved Ring.

In Dark Souls 1 the Way of the White, the Princess Guard, and the Warriors of Sunlight are the co-op specific groups. Being in one of those 3 is supposed to increase your chances of finding friendly summon signs and make it more likely your summon sign will be found... however, I have not seen any concrete data on this.

Being in the same covenant as someone else does not have any known impact on summoning.

Furthermore, there will always be a chance for invasions. Every game world can have no more than 4 people in it. 1 spot is for the host (obviously), 1 spot is always reserved for invaders. The other 2 spots can be either friendly phantoms or more invaders.

[Bones]

I think way of white and other co-op covenants reserve a space for friendly phantoms. Most of the information about these covenants is questionable at best.

[Varit Rockatansky]

Steam Download Regions and Dark Souls Region Lock are not the same thing. They may sound similar but actually none has to do with the other.

[Sirius]

The "Best Download Region" is obviously the LAN Event closest to your actual location.

Of course you can go LAN US when you are somewhere in Europe, but be prepared to deal with bad ping.

[sekai]

Originally posted by Pirate:

LAN Event USA
LAN Event Europe
LAN Event Asia
Luxembourg