Does Dark Souls II have better co-op? Specifically LAN?

[Tyoka]

A friend and I are playing through Dark Souls I, we both enjoy the gameplay a lot and decided to try co-op. However, almost every time we've done so, we get invaded by some OP pvper whom we can't even injure. My scimitar which is one-shotting most NPCs at this point was doing like 20 damage to the last person who invaded us. It's not fun, it kills the mood and is a complete waste of time, especially considering what a pain it is to summon in the first place.

So my question is, does Dark Souls II make this any better? Is there an option for LAN-only play, or a way to keep people from invading while co-oping? Or is this just a game that panders to griefers?

[Rajief]

You can't prevent people invading you unless you turn Steam to offline mode, in which case you won't be able to coop either. But don't worry, since there is almost no one invading in low SM in this game, so you should encounter no one invading you in your first playthrough (although maybe one or two players may invade you, you can never be sure). That said, if you want to coop with a friend, make sure both of your Soul Memories (SM) are similar, since in this game that is what determinates multiplayer connection.

[Rubenticus]

Also get the Name Engraved Ring from the cat, to reduce having to resummon your buddy because someone took his sign. If you're one shotting most NPCs with your weapon, i'm not really sure how that can be fun to be honest. Each to their own I guess.

[Legas]

The connections are considerably improved when compared to DS1.

The DX9 version is nearly dead and you probabily won't ever get invaded in the first playthrough. I don't know about SotFS version.

Engraved Ring made Cooping with friends much easier.

There is no LAN mode.

[Tyoka]

引用自 BRIGHT GREEN POOP：

If you're one shotting most NPCs with your weapon, i'm not really sure how that can be fun to be honest. Each to their own I guess.

Funny, I said the exact same thing about invaders the other night. If I'm hitting you for like 7% of your bar, and you're hitting me for 45%, what's the fun in that? The only significant amount of damage I did to an invader was with lightning bolt, because the invader was busy killing my friend. The invader then light attacked me for as much as my lightning bolt hit him. What's the point?

In my case, I just like playing fantasy games, and there really aren't enough action fantasy co-op games out there. Dark Soul's game play mechanics and world are awesome when you actually get to enjoy them, but that almost always gets ruined by a griefer. It's not fun, and I'm struggling to even be on the fence about buying Dark Souls II if I'm going to spend so much time just trying to GET to the co-op.