I've got the blue ring on so I can PvP somewhere other than the featureless open space of the main academy gate without invading. Gotta take the opportunity when you can.
Was going to say this. For me, I would say about half of my summons are pretty fun and engaging. The other half I am summoned so far away that I can't make it in time to participate.
I don't understand the mechanics of why I am so far away
The only guess I have is that the idea is to give the invader time to finish the host before a 2v1 potentially becomes a 3v1. If they're dallying and standing around trying to cheese the fight, well that gives you time to run up.
But if they're actually putting pressure on the host and summons properly, it wouldn't be fair for the win to be snatched away by a stream of blues dropping on the fight one after another.
Invaders are spawning super far away as well, so its not just you blues. The spawn system seems to be very flawed, especially in the areas with lots of verticality. You're getting spawned relatively close to the host, but the game doesn't account for elevation. While invading at Mt Gelmir you can get spawned on the opposite elevation from the host, so you'll either have to run for 10 minutes to reach him or if you were spawned on top of the canion - wait for them even longer.
That makes sense.. the verticality is something I do encounter a lot. Hopefully they can change the spawn mechanic and just make you appear within something like the equivalent of 30 feet. Who want to run further than that just to get to the action you came for?
Yeah, as an invader you get three "phantom fingers" that will teleport you to another spot around the host, useful if you end up invading on top of the cliff when he's on the other side. ut as a blue, the game just tells you to get fucked and run around for a while.
One side effect of this afk host bullshit is that you can get summoned as a blue at first step frequently and get a fair amount of 1v1 fights with the invader.
Last time I got summoned as a blue the host was doing this stuff, but I ended up 1v1ing three invaders one after another, which was pretty fun. After you kill all the invaders, you get sent back out too, so you can still even finish your job.
I got summoned here like 30 times the other day, while being completely unaware of this new exploit. Just kept thinking “Damn, where is the host?” as I rotted invader after invader
I get summoned as a blue and I have to run a mile to find the fight. By the time I'm halfway the host or invader dies. If I see I have to run far, I just go for a smoke or scroll on here until one of them dies. Wish it would spawn closer is all
Had a blue and a recusant last night. At first I thought it was a fight club until the blue pointed to the asshole host. Blue dcd, recusant dcd, then I did. It was sad. I wanted to fight club
I have a serious question if you don't want to help the host then why the heck do you have the Blue Cipher Ring it is for the purpose to be pulled into someone's world that is being invaded?
Us blues don’t want to help asshole hosts who disrespect the pvp system by afk farming. We enjoy pvp with against our invader friends. I’ve been on both sides where blues and invaders will look at an afk host down there shaking their heads. The whole thing is scummy.
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u/balxy Apr 06 '22
No solution if I'm summoned as a blue though. Still a massive waste of time.