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Archer wrote:

No, I had consistent back to back invasions. I didn't get invaded though, but I also didn't keep playing that long.

I think it's from letting it sit or something. I always put my ps5 into sleep.

So am I correct in this. When you beat the game, you can either reset current world or move to NG+? Mensing, you can't hangout in your current play through like a souls game? If true, I'll probably wait to kill the final boss until dlc. I don't like the idea of having to replay the game when dlc comes out (pending timing, probably will anyways).

I haven’t personally seen the option. But I’ve seen it discussed. They say it appears right after boss fight / credits- problem with this is you have do the to the stigma. visit another location and use the remembrance to get some of the required items for trophies. It’s a mess right now that seems completely counter to their idea- it will prevent you from getting platinum I think.

I think I am completely done with this game. I'm just not having a good time in NG+.

Can you disable invasions? Legit hate that crap in these games.

Kommie wrote:

Yes, in the settings you can disable all online stuff and never see a single invader. Which is a requirement for this game actually. Because 80% of the people invading you are cheating just so they can farm the currency to buy the ugliest and worst armor set in the game. And they are all like level 500+. Its so fudging dumb. This game does not cap your stats at 99. You can just keep on going. And you can dupe vigor items to get infinite vigor. The trade forum on reddit is just people begging for these dup drops so they too can be level 500+ and walk through game. Dumb.

Kommie wrote:

I wish I got invaded way more. So fun.

Everyone is using crossbow and the lazer Insta death. I don’t understand how they’re having fun with this.

Feeb wrote:

PvP is retarded and everyone just plays the same crap

Apparently? The new game not plus is not live on consoles at all. It’s coming tomorrow perhaps?

https://youtu.be/1RT7rr0u8oc?si=EMLpPeYOnorT-d3u

Kommie wrote:

Sounds like you're not good at it

Feeb wrote:

Yes, this was announced in the first announcement

MrBean wrote:

PvP is generally annoying and pointless. Filled with butt-holes cheating and or using the same cheese method for kills. Sounds like this game has all those issues with PvP

Kommie wrote:

Only it was not clearly announced that the change would not be live on console last week. Hence the confusion on message boards. It was announced the vestige NG changes would arrive today.

Do you still want the steel box from Best Buy @MrBean ??? willing to sell it

Kommie wrote:

I ended up getting one, but it's got a ding in it which annoys me. I could prob flip that one pending yours. Yours sealed / opened / any dings?

Still sealed, no dings from what I can tell

Well this sucks ... now that I'm at the end, I started to look at the endings. Umbral seems cool, but in order to do so, I have to kill off Grendaline - which means I should have given the table to Sparky --- which I didn't because I read this was the better option as you get that rune. Son of a dog.

Sparky gives a trophy. I just gave it to him and then restored my save. Gren gives you a pretty nice rune.

Yep, screw trophies in this one ... oh well

ha, restarted console, put out for a beacon ... got someone right away. some crappy code if you have to reboot your console to play online effeciently.

Since last patch- if I get a match specific for assisting others- if it works or not- after that it will quickly connect and say lost connection. I have to repower console to get another match after that. It does not seem to affect the invasions. I assumed it was trying to connect me to the same unstable match repeatedly- but it happened every time, for hours unless restart.

New patch today does all the stuff the last pc patch did plus the NG stuff. They’ve also added a pumpkin patch quest for Halloween so you can get a Jack olantern head.

Well since there was a new patch today I'll give it another go. I don't want to be a quitter like theJaw.

Hopefully the hyper HPs of a couple of these bosses are now actually fixed in NG+. And having a couple of the vestiges to warp to for doing npc quest will make it more managable than having to run from one end of the map to the other and then back.

Just did the Halloween event. It’s pretty neat.

Got the plat. Second and third playthroughs went by pretty quick. As I was just running by everything to my objectives. The collection stuff is insane. Way worse than any other souls game that I've played. So many damn armor pieces you have to farm. The other big pain in the ass was tracking down a stigma I missed. There are 62 stigmas. One locked behind each of the endings. And 4 from that one boss in 4 arenas you have a chance of fighting him in.

@MrBean Figured out the co-op boss trophy only pops if you help someone beat one of the 5 main bosses guarding a beacon. And both players get it when the boss is beaten. Doesn't matter if host or summon. If you need this still and can't get a random hit me up.

Feeb wrote:

I didn't even know there was one. Must be that pumpkin helmet thing? I didn't really pay attention to that.

Archer, I got it by rebooting console and summoning. As soon as they show up, it popped the trophy.

I still haven't finished, haven't played anything for several days. Don't remember where I left off but pretty sure I'm at the end. Hopefully wrap it up soon.

Dunno how you guys do the NG runs already!

I pretty much only have the umbral ending left. Just figured out opening the winterberry vendor lets you buy the item find 3 paws. That’s huge for some of the ultra rare drops. Hopefully I’ll get some time to wrap it up soon.

The Halloween event has a boss fight at the end. Not too bad but a variant on the red reaper with no healing allowed.

I'm still debating whether or not I do the umbral ending as my first ending. My fear is not having grendoline to be able to support me in the dlc. Because I don't plan on starting an ng.

The biggest thing she offers is a rune that allows you to ignore a weapons requirement if it’s slotted- if you give her all 3 quest items.. You can prolly get it beforehand- I wouldn’t be too concerned about anything else since she doesn’t offer much as vendor and sparky can provide upgrades and runes at vestiges.

Oh yeah, I read about it ... and for some stupid reason, picked her for the tablet, so I lost Sparky. To get umbral, I have to kill her ... which means, I can't do any more upgrades - aka dumb AF.

MrBean wrote:

Oh yikes I see. There are only 4 or so +10 items per run. You can also get one from coop like 300 coins. Just find those and get upgraded prior. Runes as well. They aren’t that great some give a mana regen, item find etc that actually feel tangible.

I mean at this point I don't see changing gear, and I'm upgraded. I just wanted to leave my game pre-NG for quick dlc jump in. Killing off the uograde vendor may bite me in the ass.

I want to be able to (dunno if I will) play the dlc without having to go through the game again. I tend to leave these games at those stages, but still roll a new toon years after dlc to play it.

I dig the idea of NG+ and what not but hard to justify the time with so much in the backlog. So replaying years later is typically what works best for me.

There are so many weapons to try too. I’d like to try to build a range / crossbow or throwable. I did three mains, a shield and a catalyst to 10. Wish they’d just not be stingy with that last mat. Not sure why everyone wants to do that- unlimited up to 9. Souls way I guess.

It goes super fast when all you are doing is rushing your objecting and running by everything, lol. Second ending for me took 6 hours with doing 2 NPC quests and just that ending. Third took me 3 hours with 2 NPC quests and just that ending. As long as you remember the pathing its very fast.


No, save it for last. There is a major bug that hasn't been patched yet that fudges up all your NG cycles afterwards once you do it. So do not do it first. The NPCs come back when you reset the game world. But the issue is the rune of adyr and not being able to open the castle to finish another cycle. This has fudgeed thousands of players over who did the umbral ending first.

I did this last night after seeing your post. I was disappointed in what the boss was. I was expecting something new, not a reused boss.

Feeb wrote:

Yeah, I leveled everything up I wanted to try to 9 first. Then only went to 10 with what I knew I'd used for the rest of my time.

So tier 3 is unlocked for Putrid mother. I absolutely want that gear but 1600 eyes? Gtfo. I have 101... After 40 hours. F that noise.

Those feel a bit inflated. Most vestiges have a hotspot for lanterns- but they seem to sho every 2-3 resets, require online and only give 3 per. I traded most of mine for scourings since you also have to buy the 50 scouring cost item for umbral / npc quest too.

Also none of those are required for the trophies, so I wouldn't waste time farming for them unless you really like how they look. And there is an item Mulhu sells, the weird eye thing that shows as 10 in stock. If you use that it supposedly increases the amount of red lanterns you see in your world. Also if you have a VPN, for some odd reason Australia gets insanely high amount of the covenant items. Something 150 per. And their cost to buy things is half of everyone else. So people have been using a VPN to connect to Aussie land and farm it up faster. At least that is what reddit has lead me to believe. I haven't tried it as I don't care about them.