RepostThatShit

In previous DS games it was possible to just set your firewall settings so that peers from Russia can't connect to your game and fuck it up with their cheats. Is this still possible? I definitely want to buy this game at point of release, but I won't if I can't block 99% of the day-1 cheaters by just ruling out Russia. They made DS2... ugly.

Like so many others, I was inspired by that (extremely well edited) video that I first saw on this subreddit. I cleared out my own invaders in Belfry Luna, healed up, and began spamming that red crystal. After several hosts who attacked me on sight (even after they saw me fighting the bell guardians), I finally completed my first genuine bellspank.

Invading the world of Sir Ricard as a dark spirit. I spawn at the top of Belfry Luna. Running down the stairs I glimpse a bell guardian standing halfway down the stairs, sizing up my host who's patiently waiting on the second floor, wounded from destroying the mobs. The bell guardian turns for a second in my direction, realizes I'm a red spirit

I'm about ready to give up. A week ago it was maybe one cheater per ten invasions / arena matches. Tonight I managed to invade a total five sinners and four were completely invulnerable to harm.

Everybody's just using the same hacks now and it's getting more and more common now that they know there are absolutely no repercussions. It's not enough that I have to look for co-op opportunities (which is insanely difficult at high soul memory), but after getting that fidelity token, there's now a 80% chance that it's a waste of time because I'll have to black crystal out anyway.

Anyone else seeing this trend?