Multiplayer boss fights.

I agree we should get another old monk style boss, he was really fun.

Don't forget that the host was at a disadvantage too as the invader had the soul masses auto generating from the hat. Awesome stuff.

another alternative is to do something like the ur-dragon in dragon's dogma, have a creature that can be fought by 3 hosts and their phantoms simultaneously. with an absolutely ridiculous health bar of course. but if you want to fight the creature solo or with only their phantoms some balista things similar to those used on the dragon god become avaliable that you can use to bring it down by 2 thirds, the rest of which must be taken care of by the player ... so give the boss like 60,000 hp in ng and 120,000hp in ng+ for solo , but if the host has phantoms but not the 2 other hosts+phantoms the hp is 90,000.

A boss like the Old-Monk would be amazing.

Or something like my Princess Guardian covenant idea(not that I would self promote or anything. It just seems it would be more...organized since being the boss would be voluntary and not by chance.

https://soulswiki.forumotion.com/t17759-princess-guard-covenant-way-of-white-revamp?highlight=revamp

Just beat Old Monk on mine. We need something like this in DS2 or it just wouldn't be the same. Maybe this time we could get a special shield that isn't really helpful unless you are two-handing your weapon? (Like a Grass Crest Shield but with 0% physical block)

Dibsville wrote:Just beat Old Monk on mine. We need something like this in DS2 or it just wouldn't be the same. Maybe this time we could get a special shield that isn't really helpful unless you are two-handing your weapon? (Like a Grass Crest Shield but with 0% physical block)

I'd like a shield that reduced crit damage while 2H (as obviously allowing 1H would just make it the ultimate turtle shield)

Old Monk was great, and a similar fight should definitely return.

Another idea I had was have a dedicated covenant that invades mid-boss-fight.

Serious_Much wrote:

Dibsville wrote:Just beat Old Monk on mine. We need something like this in DS2 or it just wouldn't be the same. Maybe this time we could get a special shield that isn't really helpful unless you are two-handing your weapon? (Like a Grass Crest Shield but with 0% physical block)

I'd like a shield that reduced crit damage while 2H (as obviously allowing 1H would just make it the ultimate turtle shield)

This also. Maybe a shield that is like the Morion Blade, but 50% PhysDef. Maybe a piece of armor that gives stamina regen?

I would like a return of Old Monk, but perhaps as an optional boss.

Definitely an Offline mode similar to the original Old Monk, otherwise if glitching/abuse becomes too great many people will get stuck.

As well imagine a boss you couldn't fight if you do not have an online connection.

You didn't say whether or not there would be an offline mode so I figured I'd just bring it up.

Tolvo wrote:I would like a return of Old Monk, but perhaps as an optional boss.

Definitely an Offline mode similar to the original Old Monk, otherwise if glitching/abuse becomes too great many people will get stuck.

As well imagine a boss you couldn't fight if you do not have an online connection.

You didn't say whether or not there would be an offline mode so I figured I'd just bring it up.

This is true. They should make it optional. They should also make it so that you can only fight the boss if and only if someone gets summoned, otherwise you have to wait by the Fog Gate. Would stop any abuse of a glitch/exploit.

The boss would need to be optional or have npcs for help for the people who dont have access to wifi.

EeAyEss wrote:In DeS, it spawned a standard NPC phantom. It could just do the same. Or, it could be an optional online boss, but I don't like the idea of a certain part of the game restricted to online play. Sounds to EA-ish for me.

Yeah, that doesn't seem too fair. Although, I think the boss should be skippable, and only fightable while online. (Like Priscilla, but with the jump out on the outside of the Fog gate). If you were online, the golden gate would turn white when someone is summoned. And the boss shouldn't give you any Souls except what you would get for a normal PvP fight. (fighting as a SL 1 then getting 60k souls for killing another SL 1 doesn't seem fair, I would prefer the 300 souls). This would mean that the only purpose for the boss would be an extra item and souls that scale with your level, (assuming someone around your level is summoned).

I'm not saying the area should be online-only, I'm specifically saying the boss should be only accessible while online, and you can still leave the area with out having to kill the boss, although being online and killing it would net you that free item.

Maybe an item that can help, but other items at that point are better. (Like the Monk's Headwrappings, although helpful, you only need Ring of Sharpness and/or [maybe] Kris Blade for the magic boost, anything past that is overkill).

Bleh, 120% extra damage is disgusting. Try these damn glass cannons (of which I own one). Darkmoon Talisman (50 FTH), Ring of Sun's Firstborn, Crystal [Insert ANY weapon here] +5, Darkmoon Blade, Power within, Dragon roar, red tearstone.

EeAyEss wrote:Boom, composite bow headshot.

Fast roll under it.

I'm behind the idea of an Old Monk esque fight in Dark Souls as long as it is:

A) Optional

or

B) The stats are capped

If I'm not mistaken, the Old Monk fight was a problem for some people simply because the person chosen would come in with all extremely powerful/endgame gear. That doesn't make for a very fair fight.