what's up with op phantom protecting host from invasion ?

[Lesmir]

im currently farming covenant item on a lv 35 character with only a +2 weapon ( fairly new ) and every time i face a host 1v1 fight are nice and i got like around 500 soul for killing them but when they have 1 or gosh 2 phantom with them they alway wear end game gear or are in full havel fast rolling while casting end game spell at me like a gatling gun ( hence tones of FP ? ) and if i manage to kill of them they usualy give like more than 35k souls at once...

isn't there a range of level for summoning people ? otherwise how am i supose to farm those covenant item if every host got op friend with them. its already hard to win a 1v2 or 1v3 i dont need them to be 100 level over me...

[Doppleman]

I understood that sl999 players are nerfed when summoned in a sl30 host.

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Mathieu lähetti viestin:

I understood that sl999 players are nerfed when summoned in a sl30 host.

They are nerfed in stats but not gear.

[Dr. Uncredible]

If you set a password you can summon phantoms using that same passwords regardless of level. They -will- be downscaled, so they are a lot weaker than they should be, if that´s any consolidation.
So they are either friends co-opping together through the game, or they´ve requested help from someone and agreed on a password.

[Lesmir]

well they still got end game gear+10/+5 infused have 3 time my HP and FP and mostly 1 or 2 shot me. kind of hard to deal with 1 or 2 of them...
and let not even start talking about ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ lag , most of the time i get backstab by dude 10 meters aways in front of me

[Major Warrior]

Yeah that is the power of Password Matchmaking for you. Now it isn't as bad as it could be. The Phantoms that are with the Host should be lowered in base stats down to the Hosts level as well as their weapons will be brought down to their level.

When you see a Phantom with a Blue Chestplate and a line thru it that means that they have been debuffed due to the level and gear gap.

Altho there are ways around the reduced damage, primarily from casters due to Rings and other gear that boost the damage.

At your level I would suggest maybe trying out the Dark Hand as a weapon. Might need to move your stats around a bit but the Dark Hand at low low levels does crazy damage. I made a level 11 character that started at Deprived and I only put 10 points into health and used the Scholar and Priestess ring for extra Dark Damage and used the Dark Hand and wow does it hurt.

The Dark Hand might lack in range but it uses up very little stamina and has no weight and does very good damage. Armor also has no real value in PvP so you can go in with rags and still have solid defense.

I would say move your stats around to where you only put points into Health, Intelligence and Faith... or just all Health since at that level Health is OP. Just make sure you go thru the game and have all of your Esuts upgraded.

Altho you should note that very high level Phantoms will still retain a lot of their base defense. They might get a lot of their health lost in when summoned but they still have their defense which makes them super tanky, even if they only have a couple hundred HP.