[You have been penalized]

[Call Me Daddy]

I played Dark Souls 3 in offline mode.
Upon playing it online a few days later I get a message saying my game data is invalid
(I dont read the information tab so I didnt notice it at first)
Found the message this morning, was worried that I got banned so I hoped in and tried pvping, it worked so I didnt think anything of it.
Got banned 10 minutes ago.
Is there anything I can do? Can I still pvp? This is really fustrating to play a game 135 hours on a character and get it taken away from you and banned cause of an auto detection system.
Suppose pleading ignorance isnt a good excuse, but this is kinda ridiculous

[cridus]

You gotta delete/rename/move your save and create a new one with a new character. You will get unbanned in about 1 month.
You can also try restoring a backup if you have one, but if you have no idea what got you banned, you can't be sure that backup will be valid.

Did you cheat? You get banned even if you cheated offline, as long as something not legit gets saved in your save.

[Call Me Daddy]

I can only assume an auto detection saw my soul level jump from 30 to 130, cause I was playing in steam offline.
Can I just delete all my characters when I click load game or do I have to delete actual files in appdata or something?
And if what you say about having to wait 1 month is true, I suppose thats alot better than being permanently banned

[[Jintoro]]

Wait, did you actually cheat to get to that soul level? Cause just leveling offline doesn't warrant a ban.

[Call Me Daddy]

no, I didnt cheat

[Call Me Daddy]

I was googling around and ive seen some people have similar issues.

[UnnamedBeast]

Originally posted by Durn:

I was googling around and ive seen some people have similar issues.

did you do the following:

Use DS4Windows
spawn items that are the following - upgrade materials, boss souls, covenant items
change your attributes - VIG, END, STR, DEX and etc without leveling up to the equivalent level (e.g deprived level 1 levels 1 vigor with cheat engine and puts him to level 2 = no ban)

[Call Me Daddy]

No, ive used a cheat table for a first person cam run, but I did that run months ago and dont even have the character anymore. I have no idea why I got banned, and I wish at the very least theyd tell me.
Give to me straight doc, am I ♥♥♥♥♥♥?

[UnnamedBeast]

Originally posted by Durn:

No, ive used a cheat table for a first person cam run, but I did that run months ago and dont even have the character anymore. I have no idea why I got banned, and I wish at the very least theyd tell me.
Give to me straight doc, am I ♥♥♥♥♥♥?

did you get invaded by a hacker and picked up an item or a dlc item before the dlc was out?

[Pepegangster]

Originally posted by Durn:

No, ive used a cheat table for a first person cam run, but I did that run months ago and dont even have the character anymore. I have no idea why I got banned, and I wish at the very least theyd tell me.
Give to me straight doc, am I ♥♥♥♥♥♥?

Go to bandai namco internet page, choose costumer support, choose ds3 and then mail them.

[Lumen]

Can we close this "Cheater gives other cheater advice" thread please?

[Call Me Daddy]

Thanks for your guy's insight, guess ill have to go bug namco about it

[You Kissed a Boy and Liked It]

The banning system in this game was balls from day-dot... and it seems like nothing has changed.

Anecdote:
Was playing co-op with a friend in the past and I occasionally used a 'no-clip' (CE) to find each other in areas, a script that changed the look of my weapon to the aesthetic I liked and also (later on) I toyed around with my levels, by removing a level point from one attribute and giving it to another (for fuller customisation of my character). On the other hand, my co-op cohort never used cheats and only availed the "save scum" technique to avoid -- what would be for him -- game-breaking frustration, stemming from the series' infamous back-tracking requirements after death.

Result:
- He was warned and then subsequently banned (after not playing for weeks)
- I was warned before I was using the above 'hacks', then the warning was removed (after an update) and I was never warned (or banned) thereafter, despite always using said "cheats".
(NB: I always used the 'level rejig' trick offline, never while online. The others I used while online, as implied.)

tl;dr:
The anti-cheat tech FromFlaccid are using, is wack and broken; and not unlike Denuvo, mostly punishes fair, paying players, and not actual cheaters and / or griefers. (v_v)🔫

[GMҞ]

Why were you playing it in offline mode?

[UnnamedBeast]

Originally posted by You Kissed a Boy and Liked It:

The banning system in this game was balls from day-dot... and it seems like nothing has changed.

Anecdote:
Was playing co-op with a friend in the past and I occasionally used a 'no-clip' (CE) to find each other in areas, a script that changed the look of my weapon to the aesthetic I liked and also (later on) I toyed around with my levels, by removing a level point from one attribute and giving it to another (for fuller customisation of my character). On the other hand, my co-op cohort never used cheats and only availed the "save scum" technique to avoid -- what would be for him -- game-breaking frustration, stemming from the series' infamous back-tracking requirements after death.

Result:
- He was warned and then subsequently banned (after not playing for weeks)
- I was warned before I was using the above 'hacks', then the warning was removed (after an update) and I was never warned (or banned) thereafter, despite always using said "cheats".
(NB: I always used the 'level rejig' trick offline, never while online. The others I used while online, as implied.)

tl;dr:
The anti-cheat tech FromFlaccid are using, is wack and broken; and not unlike Denuvo, mostly punishes fair, paying players, and not actual cheaters and / or griefers. (v_v)🔫

Denuvo is DRM not anti-cheat lol

[MundM]

Originally posted by UnnamedBeast:

Originally posted by Durn:

No, ive used a cheat table for a first person cam run, but I did that run months ago and dont even have the character anymore. I have no idea why I got banned, and I wish at the very least theyd tell me.
Give to me straight doc, am I ♥♥♥♥♥♥?

did you get invaded by a hacker and picked up an item or a dlc item before the dlc was out?

You can't get banned for being manipulated by a hacker anymore.