by zzombieboy Tue Aug 07, 2012 5:01 pm
I think your argument for not having upgraded gear by level 50 is a little unfair. If you so chose, you could have chaos weapons before even visiting the Burg; that's the way the game has been designed, and why shouldn't people use it to their advantage? For anything later than the parish, people using fully upgraded gear is perfectly acceptable in my opinion, as players who are being invaded already have several advantages - possibly being higher level, using estus, having phantoms. Upgraded weapons equal the playing field for an invader.
Secondly many people (like myself) only use scaling weapons, and so need +15/14 as soon as possible to keep up with those who chose to use chaos/lightning weapons so that they can pump vitality.
I think in general in Dark Souls, many invaders have become jaded by their experiences of being summoned to or invading into the world of gankers, especially in the high traffic areas such as Gankroot. Don't expect many Forest Hunters to allow you the privelage of a 1v1 if they invade any you are already fighting someone, as 95% of the time in the forest it's 2v1's and as far as the new invader is concerned you already had a phantom and the other blue killed them. Personally, I allow people to 1v1 in the forest if I invade and someone else is already fighting the host, however as soon as I see them heal, I jump in and help my fellow hunter, because as far as I'm concerned a higher level host healing during a 1v1 when the host is deliberately hanging around for PvP is just as bad as ganking.
I really wouldn't see many situations outside of the forest when you would frequently be invaded by more than 1 phantom at the same time, so I assume that you are reffering to Gankroot in your post regarding that. I also really wouldn't advise people who are inexperienced with PvP to practice in the forest, as all you will learn to do is backstab fish, which is not only boring but will also be extremely ineffective in a 1v1 situation with an experienced PvP'r.
Also, as others have said there is a massive difference between ganking and coop. Invaders should generally expect the host to have a phantom, and be prepared to deal with that situation. 2v1's only become ridiculous in ganking situations when the host and the phantom(s) vastly out-level the invader
Edit - P.S I find disconnecting as a host thoroughly unsporting. Disconnecting from a griefer in the Burg/Parish, or disconnecting from gankers as an invader seem perfectly acceptable though!