I was invading/hosting at the Anor Londo bridge today and I encountered two really annoying tactics to use in future sessions. I was a little angry at those guys; but I can't deny their cleverness, so I thought on sharing them with you guys.
The firs one I encountered was as a Phantom, when I spawned I couldn't see the host in the bridge; but I noticed that the rotating part was up (connected to the upper floor of the chapel) so I make my way to the rafters trying to catch the host.
S/he was waiting for me in the balcony just outside the rafter, I tried to start the fight with a plunging/jumped attack; but I missed and the host proceeded to kill me via WoG. Cheap? Maybe. Effective? Definitely.
The second one is probably pretty well known; but I still fell for it, the invader lured me to the rafters and tried to to make me fall using a greatbow. The worst part is that I managed to avoid the first shot; but then while I was returning to safer grounds I slipped and fell to my death, the invader probably had a good laugh with that. But I managed to reverse the situation when he invaded me again a few minutes later.
At this point I had lowered the rotating bridge and pursued him from the other side; but this time I was packing my own greatbow + hawk ring, even if you don't have the stats to wield them, while the damage is awful (4 on a Painting Guardian) they still have the great knockback effect, so I shoot him off the rafters.
What about you guys? Have you encountered/used tactics like this during invasions?
The firs one I encountered was as a Phantom, when I spawned I couldn't see the host in the bridge; but I noticed that the rotating part was up (connected to the upper floor of the chapel) so I make my way to the rafters trying to catch the host.
S/he was waiting for me in the balcony just outside the rafter, I tried to start the fight with a plunging/jumped attack; but I missed and the host proceeded to kill me via WoG. Cheap? Maybe. Effective? Definitely.
The second one is probably pretty well known; but I still fell for it, the invader lured me to the rafters and tried to to make me fall using a greatbow. The worst part is that I managed to avoid the first shot; but then while I was returning to safer grounds I slipped and fell to my death, the invader probably had a good laugh with that. But I managed to reverse the situation when he invaded me again a few minutes later.
At this point I had lowered the rotating bridge and pursued him from the other side; but this time I was packing my own greatbow + hawk ring, even if you don't have the stats to wield them, while the damage is awful (4 on a Painting Guardian) they still have the great knockback effect, so I shoot him off the rafters.
What about you guys? Have you encountered/used tactics like this during invasions?