DS3 Softban Workaround

[konradfun]

My brother got softbanned in DS3 a few months back because he picked up a gesture that somebody dropped when I Steam shared the game to him. If he bought the game on his own account would the softban no longer be there?

[luminaxar]

New account with new save and it should be fine I think.

[konradfun]

But my brother doesn't want to hop between two accounts to play the online portion of a game he payed for.

[Scaryowl]

Originally posted by konradfun:

But my brother doesn't want to hop between two accounts to play the online portion of a game he payed for.

Playing the game with a different account's save file is grounds for a ban anyway.

[Auric Carnage]

Originally posted by konradfun:

But my brother doesn't want to hop between two accounts to play the online portion of a game he payed for.

You're not talking to Fromsoft support, but the Dark Souls community; In other words, people just like you with no authority to reverse your ban. Visit Fromsofts website directly and request to be unbanned.

The only solution (if you'd like a work around which is much faster than waiting for an unban), would be to utilize an alternate account and share all of your games with that account. The only games you'd suffer with would be ones which do not offer cloud saves, and/or saves which are tied to accounts such as Dark Souls, Team Fortress 2, etc. Meaning you'd have to trade items or build up again in games like these (not that you could trade from a banned account).

If you want to play again, you know what to do... Remember to backup your save(s) on your future account before you do something stupid (look it up, we're not going to hold your hand; I'm personally going out of my way here, be grateful; you're not the first person to be banned and whine for help on these forums) and don't pick up "candy" in the future.

[darklinkpower]

yeah...no. The servers don't care/identify if the game is being family shared. The account ban is put in place without regard of that. He can always check with family share if the ban has been lifted or not or send an email to bamco

[luminaxar]

Originally posted by konradfun:

But my brother doesn't want to hop between two accounts to play the online portion of a game he payed for.

Originally posted by konradfun:

My brother got softbanned in DS3 a few months back because he picked up a gesture that somebody dropped when I Steam shared the game to him. If he bought the game on his own account would the softban no longer be there?

So first you said he played on your family share, now you're saying he paid for it?

If he uses a save file that wasn't created with his account, he will be banned. If he wants to enjoy the game with all its features in a populated world, he'll have to start over on a clean slate. The other option is to keep playing the banned account on the shadow server.

[konradfun]

Bought the game and he's still softbanned so I'll just refund it. You're better off pirating at this point

[luminaxar]

Originally posted by konradfun:

Bought the game and he's still softbanned so I'll just refund it. You're better off pirating at this point

I bet my whole steamaccount that he didn't delete any steamfiles from his computer or even just the DS3 files. So he's loading up the game with his already banned save file.. GG

Edit: Or create another family share and this time he better erases anything DS3 from his machine.

[konradfun]

Originally posted by Michalski:

Originally posted by konradfun:

Bought the game and he's still softbanned so I'll just refund it. You're better off pirating at this point

I bet my whole steamaccount that he didn't delete any steamfiles from his computer or even just the DS3 files. So he's loading up the game with his already banned save file.. GG

I know how the softban works and how you have to delete the afflicted file and have at least one file on your PC for From to scan or whatever. I did just that so I guess you owe me your whole Steam account now. Send me a friend request so you can DM me your user and password.

[Alakbar]

You need more Majestic Pudding of the Lords :3

[Scaryowl]

Originally posted by konradfun:

Originally posted by Michalski:

I bet my whole steamaccount that he didn't delete any steamfiles from his computer or even just the DS3 files. So he's loading up the game with his already banned save file.. GG

I know how the softban works and how you have to delete the afflicted file and have at least one file on your PC for From to scan or whatever. I did just that so I guess you owe me your whole Steam account now. Send me a friend request so you can DM me your user and password.

You evidently do not know how the soft ban works. It bans steam accounts. You need to make a second steam account and family share it.

[konradfun]

Originally posted by Michalski:

Originally posted by konradfun:

Bought the game and he's still softbanned so I'll just refund it. You're better off pirating at this point

I bet my whole steamaccount that he didn't delete any steamfiles from his computer or even just the DS3 files. So he's loading up the game with his already banned save file.. GG

Edit: Or create another family share and this time he better erases anything DS3 from his machine.

You misinterpreted the accusation that I was answering to or wrongfully expected me to write a full on response. I do know how the softban system works and have made alternate accounts of my own to play the game on.

[Auric Carnage]

Originally posted by konradfun:

Originally posted by Michalski:

I bet my whole steamaccount that he didn't delete any steamfiles from his computer or even just the DS3 files. So he's loading up the game with his already banned save file.. GG

Edit: Or create another family share and this time he better erases anything DS3 from his machine.

You misinterpreted the accusation that I was answering to or wrongfully expected me to write a full on response. I do know how the softban system works and have made alternate accounts of my own to play the game on.

If your knowledge is so intricate, then you should realize that pirating this game is pointless since you can't access the games online functionality and play with other players. A lot of the VPN and other types of multiplayer clients connect you to dubious and potentially extremely shady people. . . But hey, at least you get to play the game, right?