Just had an amazing NG+ experience. Playing on my Guts character, with nothing but Caestus, Avelyn, and +10 Greatsword. I reach High Wall of Lothric and am almost immediately invaded. I wait by the first bonfire but he's a no-show. So I go about killing monsters and picking up items. Then suddenly I run into the guy and he's using a concealment ring, and isn't attacking me. As if that'd ever work on somebody who is SL 120. In the first tower he's fucking around, so I take the opportunity for a backstab. He drops down to the lower level before the Wyvern shows up, and I almost kill him but the little bugger gets away. He's trying to bait me out through the monsters. There's no way I can catch up with him, so I just keep playing through the level normally.
Turns out you can light the bonfires even with an invading phantom, which is nice to know.
In the tower under the second bonfire there's a Sunbro summoning sign. Some dork in the Nameless King set. Odd spot to leave a sign but I figure wth I need help with this maroon. We get to the second symbiote hollow and the guy takes him out before it transforms, and I wanted the goodies. All of a sudden *HEADSHOT*, the summon phantom is killed in a single blow. Turns out the invading phantom was parked on the roof across the corner from the ladder, with a Dragonslayer Great Bow. I gave him an applause because goddamn that was a good shot. He's parked on that roof and there's only one angle to jump on there. So I fuck around with him a bit. He gets a few shots in on me and I'm downing Estus, hit him with an Avelyn volley but that's not gonna kill him so I just keep playing through the level normally. He tries to come down and shoot me in the back while the spear knight is aggro'd on me, but I take out the knight and get a few hits in on him with the Greatsword. I seriously got him down to 1 Health but the fucker got away from me down the ladder, and made it past the winged knight to heal up. So I go back and kill the monsters, get the items. I'm hoping this guy will quit but he just doesn't give up. Rare patience.
He's trying to shoot me while I'm fighting the knights in the courtyard, but no dice. At this point I'm down to 3 Estus, and he's trying to bait me into the Red Eyes Knight. There are plenty of summon spots in front of the Boreal Dancer section, so I start summoning one in. Now, finally, after investing all of that time into trying to gank me the invading phantom quits and returns to his world. Real anticlimax. The guy I summoned in really wants to fight the Boreal Dancer, so I'm luck fuck it YOLO. Kill the old lady and summon the dancer with only 3 estus. It got pretty hairy a couple of times, but we both knew how to fight her. I completely downed my estus, and she almost killed me with that damn super combo, but we took her down and now I have early access to Lothric Castle.
God DAMN I love this game. If only invasions weren't prioritized on guys with summoned phantoms in NG.
Turns out you can light the bonfires even with an invading phantom, which is nice to know.
In the tower under the second bonfire there's a Sunbro summoning sign. Some dork in the Nameless King set. Odd spot to leave a sign but I figure wth I need help with this maroon. We get to the second symbiote hollow and the guy takes him out before it transforms, and I wanted the goodies. All of a sudden *HEADSHOT*, the summon phantom is killed in a single blow. Turns out the invading phantom was parked on the roof across the corner from the ladder, with a Dragonslayer Great Bow. I gave him an applause because goddamn that was a good shot. He's parked on that roof and there's only one angle to jump on there. So I fuck around with him a bit. He gets a few shots in on me and I'm downing Estus, hit him with an Avelyn volley but that's not gonna kill him so I just keep playing through the level normally. He tries to come down and shoot me in the back while the spear knight is aggro'd on me, but I take out the knight and get a few hits in on him with the Greatsword. I seriously got him down to 1 Health but the fucker got away from me down the ladder, and made it past the winged knight to heal up. So I go back and kill the monsters, get the items. I'm hoping this guy will quit but he just doesn't give up. Rare patience.
He's trying to shoot me while I'm fighting the knights in the courtyard, but no dice. At this point I'm down to 3 Estus, and he's trying to bait me into the Red Eyes Knight. There are plenty of summon spots in front of the Boreal Dancer section, so I start summoning one in. Now, finally, after investing all of that time into trying to gank me the invading phantom quits and returns to his world. Real anticlimax. The guy I summoned in really wants to fight the Boreal Dancer, so I'm luck fuck it YOLO. Kill the old lady and summon the dancer with only 3 estus. It got pretty hairy a couple of times, but we both knew how to fight her. I completely downed my estus, and she almost killed me with that damn super combo, but we took her down and now I have early access to Lothric Castle.
God DAMN I love this game. If only invasions weren't prioritized on guys with summoned phantoms in NG.
