How good/bad is the coop?

[石の雨]

I used to play Prepare to Die Edition DS1 for a while and there you usually had to use an external coop client for it to work. Is this still necessary here or does the base Remastered coop work fine?

[Silent Warrior]

This mod doesn't work with DS-Remastered, and isn't needed at all. Coop works fine. Well, as long as you can find someone, the game isn't so active how it was back in the days.
Keep in in mind: for random coop you need to know about the matchmaking, especially the right weapon upgrade level. This system got added to DSR, the PTDE didn't have this restrictions.
When playing with password on, it works very well, no waiting times and searching for "nodes".

[Bandy]

Some adjustments:
http://darksouls.wikidot.com/co-op
https://darksouls.wiki.fextralife.com/guide+to+co-operative+play

[Lapladav]

https://www.nexusmods.com/darksoulsremastered/mods/527
Assuming you want to coop with a friend and not randoms, this mod allows you to coop without restrictions, you will be able to do 100% of the game in coop (including areas that weren't meant to allow coop) and without needing humanities. It also allows you to invite and join games through your steam friends list.

It does however disable the regular online play, so you won't be able to summon randoms or do any kind of PvP.

[TizianOwO]

The reason DS1 co-op was busted and needed wulf's mod is it only connected you with around 20 people at a time, and it was really ♥♥♥♥♥♥ at disconnecting your world from people who you're unlikely to interact with (in a totally different area for example), wulf's mod fixes that.
But DSR doesn't have that 20 person restriction at all, so wulf's mod isn't necessary.

[石の雨]

Thanks for the help!

[Tz]

PvP unorganised is dead most players cheat or dc instantly