Distress signal level range ?

[Buurt]

so after finishing the game ive wanted to help people killing some bosses, but i only get people fighting the last or second to last boss, is there a distress signal level range or something ? i thougth you can help anyone with anything... kinda lame to just fight 1 or 2 bosses, i mean your level gets down to the distress player level so why are there no people with other bosses

[Marsson]

Is it even working correctly? I have around 25+ hours in the game, and I've only managed to help someone twice. All other tries result in a "no distress signal found"-error, which seems to be caused by the first patch.

[Buurt]

Originally posted by Marsson:

Is it even working correctly? I have around 25+ hours in the game, and I've only managed to help someone twice. All other tries result in a "no distress signal found"-error, which seems to be caused by the first patch.

its sometimes buggy and everyone wants to help so there are more people want to help than that there people searching.

[Silwest]

I did most of my companion rank achievement on the story bosses and not in the depths so people definitely play but often it finds nothing.

And there's probably a 50% chance i end up either in the final boss, the duo or in the cathedral but those are probably just where people want support most.

[Rialstrom]

Originally posted by Marsson:

Is it even working correctly? I have around 25+ hours in the game, and I've only managed to help someone twice. All other tries result in a "no distress signal found"-error, which seems to be caused by the first patch.

If you or whoever the host is you're connecting to has to many bloodcode loadouts, it'll cause that problem.

Buurt, if you're attempting to farm for Marks of Honor, it's best to do it in the Depths.

[Buurt]

Originally posted by Rialstrom:

Originally posted by Marsson:

Is it even working correctly? I have around 25+ hours in the game, and I've only managed to help someone twice. All other tries result in a "no distress signal found"-error, which seems to be caused by the first patch.

If you or whoever the host is you're connecting to has to many bloodcode loadouts, it'll cause that problem.

Buurt, if you're attempting to farm for Marks of Honor, it's best to do it in the Depths.

i have to go in the depths and search for distress signal than ? for it to find people there ?

[SayakiArt]

Originally posted by Buurt:

Originally posted by Rialstrom:

If you or whoever the host is you're connecting to has to many bloodcode loadouts, it'll cause that problem.

Buurt, if you're attempting to farm for Marks of Honor, it's best to do it in the Depths.

i have to go in the depths and search for distress signal than ? for it to find people there ?

exactly, thats how i farm my medals, quick and easy 3-4 medals each summon

[JefTheReaper]

Don't think there is any range, I was looking for a signal somwhere in the starting area, and instead ended up teleported to help somebody with the final boss.

The only real distinction is, using the signal in the normal world and in the depths.
But in both those you can end up anywhere in the world, or anywhere in any of the depths when awnsering a distress signal, likewise when you send a distress signal, any player anywhere in the normal world or in any of the depths can recieve it.


There might be some hidden conditions like level or if you have already beaten a boss before you can be summoned, but I'm not sure about that.
Never tried multiplayer in the early parts of the game when I was still low level.

[GreyKarasu]

Well only difference/range is sending/searching signal from Depths or not. Other than that there is no lvl/location restriction (except region lock).

[Mandz]

I think this may be it, but after experimenting with a friend, I've discovered one criteria that makes sense: You're not eligible to connect to someone who has progressed in the story/bosses farther than you.

That's probably to prevent spoilers, or to avoid people fighting bosses they don't know how to fight yet.

I noticed this when I realized I can't connect to a friend who is just starting out (who's on the sewer boss) even though I'm on new game plus (Oliver), but he can connect to me. The moment we've finished doing sewer boss on my playthrough (now we have the same progress), I can now finally connect to him.

Now I'm staying in the endgame (Just before Silva) without going NG+++, and I'm staying there while looking for people to assist. So far I'm able to assist people from any part of the story that way. I've noticed that lots of people are asking for help with Emily, Juzo Mido, Gilded Warrior and IceFire Tagteam, I'm able to connect to all of them just fine.

Some are a bit laggy though, even with the country restriction. But still very much playable.

May I suggest that the devs add a note in the multiplayer screen clarifying these criterias in the next patch, or make it so that NG+ players can connect to anyone, they've already beaten the game after all, so they'd know what to do.

[Chad "The King" ThunderCuck]

as far as i can tell you just connect with people looking for help in the area you look for distress signals in. your level gets scaled up/down to the hosts level, but that effects your hp and damage by like 15% at the most. you cant summon people in areas youve beaten.

[Mandz]

Originally posted by Chad "The King" Thundercock:

your level gets scaled up/down to the hosts level, but that effects your hp and damage by like 15% at the most. you cant summon people in areas youve beaten.

I've observed this as well. But your current location while searching for distress signals doesn't matter (though you can't search from Homebase). I'm able to assist with the boss fights I mentioned above while waiting at the mistle on Oliver's boss fight area.

Edit: Though to assist in the depths, you have to be on that same map to receive signals for it.

[Chad "The King" ThunderCuck]

Originally posted by Mandz:

Originally posted by Chad "The King" Thundercock:

your level gets scaled up/down to the hosts level, but that effects your hp and damage by like 15% at the most. you cant summon people in areas youve beaten.

I've observed this as well. But your current location while searching for distress signals doesn't matter (though you can't search from Homebase). I'm able to assist with the boss fights I mentioned above while waiting at the mistle on Oliver's boss fight area.

Edit: Though to assist in the depths, you have to be on that same map to receive signals for it.

interesting. ive had nothing but connections in the areas i search.

[Mandz]

Originally posted by Chad "The King" Thundercock:

interesting. ive had nothing but connections in the areas i search.

That probably has something to do with your current story progression.

Progression-wise, I'm at Silva's bossfight (in fact im NG ready, the blinking star is on my homebase door), but I'm searching for signals on the Oliver area, or sometimes at the ribcage boss area (Aurora is dead in my current playthrough, so her arena is rather serene) and I'm still able to connect to other players.