Cheating for Covenant Items?

[Varkster]

I've spent nearly all day today farming covenant items off PVP and mobs and...well, it's not pleasant. I've "platinumed" the other two Dark Souls games multiple times (both here on Steam and on PS4) and the grinding in both of those entries as WELL as Bloodborne is nowhere near as tedious and abysmal as it is here.

The drop rates are ridiculous... PVPing does seem to be quicker, however it's heavier on the nerves when all that happens when you invade is you get ganked up on and spammed with gimmicky builds that stun-lock you. I understand that being a completionist is my own fault and these are the consequences, but I thought to ask and see if I could somehow circumvent the endless grind somehow instead of wasting days upon days on essentially just killing the same mobs over and over and over again.

Does anybody know if there will be consequences for altering values and cheating covenant items into my game IF done in offline mode? I've seen some threads on the internet stating that FromSoft checks profiles even in offline states, which didn't really make any sense to me. I do not plan to use this account for PVPing, in fact if I wanted to make a PVP build I would probably start the game over and make a much more balanced character, so I just wanted to ask if anybody here has any experience in this.

Yes, it's cheating. But man, this is not teaching me anything. This grind is not based on skill. It's based on complete luck, and the rates here are very low for anybody who isn't finding friends online to summon and gank a bunch of poor invaders. Though I admit, defeating that one host who was doing that to me 3 continuous times in a row with other invaders was quite amazing.

[Are you ok?]

"""Technically""" if done right there shouldnt be problems , but nobody can guarantee that it wont get you banned. Do it at your own risk.

[Darth Invader]

It starts with a few covenant items and next thing you know you're flying across the map with a head the size of a parade float firing 60 greatarrows a second and summoning the Carthus sandworm as a friendly phantom. Seen it 1000 times.

In all seriousness, don't cheat for achievements. Is 100%ing a game really worth risking a ban that is next to impossible to get lifted?

[Varkster]

Thanks for the replies, I'm the kinda guy that 100%'s a game JUST to put it into my "completed" folder and never touch it again. Dark Souls is that kind of game because I just don't see value in PVPing. Most of it is just laggy and unplayable, I've had maybe 1/40 fair and actually cool PVP matches with people where I didn't have to blame lag or unfairness.

I wouldn't be so stuck up onto 100% a game in most cases, but because this is a series I've spent so much time on thus far, and even this game I have already accumulated an easy 60+ hours of gameplay on, I really just want to get it "over" with and be done with it for good until the next FromSoft game comes out.

That being said, I think the platinum in this game IS quite absurd and my complaints are justified. Dark Souls 2 with the Sunlight Medal farming was bad enough with the terrible, terrible drop rates, but this...6 covenants need to be ranked up essentially meaning that you have to farm 150 items is just...what were they thinking?

[Varkster]

It's alright I just started drinking everytime I warp back to the bonfire. Gonna be a fun farm.

[Darth Invader]

Cheers buddy! Hope you got at least a pony keg!

[Varkster]

I prefer my mixes and hard liquors, so RIP.

[Some Imbecile]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/374320/discussions/0/1692662484259493432/

[cridus]

The best part of dark souls is the pvp, if you don't dislike it a priori. Putting it on a shelf (figuratively) after getting all the achievements is such a waste...

[Varkster]

Originally posted by cridus:

The best part of dark souls is the pvp, if you don't dislike it a priori. Putting it on a shelf (figuratively) after getting all the achievements is such a waste...

The best part of Dark Souls in YOUR opinion is the PVP. It's a very bold statement and opinions vary. I don't hate the PVP but it didn't blow me away, especially since there is absolutely no balancing so in the end I can't take it seriously, like, say, something like Counter Strike or a fighting game. It's a fun time for a little while, but getting swarmed and cheesed by 95% of people you match up with does get old.

I played these games mostly for the challenge and metroid-like exploration as well as the lore and the art direction. While Dark Souls 3 is slightly disappointing in design, it doesn't mean I would value PVP more just because the gameplay is more refined than previous entries.

[Makiya Kasunri]

you'll be fine but jsut play offline to be safe

[cridus]

pvp is what keeps people playing this game for several hundreds of hours. The pve players (mostly speed-runners) who play the game for hundreds of hours are very few, in comparison.

[Varkster]

I don't know what point you're trying to prove. Most online games have people playing it more excessively because of the nature of limited single player. Eventually single player content runs out whereas in PVP there is a constant variety. That doesn't mean that the PVP is the best part of the game at all, I don't see how these two things correlate.

As I said, if I want to play a competitive online game - Dark Souls is not my go-to solution.