Massive Co-op

Summary:

Enforcing a weekly Level Cap. Designating weekly Archstones. Setting up events to obtain PWWT or PBWT. Keep players evenly leveled and areas active.

Massive Co-op

PSNVextha 09 May 2010 11:37

Hello, I am currently working on a system for Massive Co-op (MCOP)in Demon’s Souls. If you are interested please follow these guidelines.

You will need…

1. A new PSN ID. This ID will be designated for MCOP Only. Please keep this PSN private and do not post it yet.
2. Create a Main Host Character (MHC). This will be the character that stays in Human Form and Hosts games. Then create two (2) Blue Phantom Characters (Blue Characters or BC’s for short). Use these to join up with Hosts.
3. Defeat Phalanx. Obtain Blue Eyes Stone with each profile.
4. Add psn DS-MCOP, once we get 50 people we can work out the weekly schedules. ^__^
Once we get enough players to join we will begin the MCOP Weekly Schedule(WS) and Monthly Events (ME).

Weekly Schedules and Level Cap:

Each week we will have a Level Cap (LC). It’s okay to go a few soul levels beyond the LC but not too far. Also we will keep the LC low so that players will have to rely upon party systems to defeat bosses.
The Weekly Schedule will start on Monday and end Sunday (Midnight Central)
Monday through Thursday will be Blue Character day. This is the time to get both your BC’s past the designated bosses and levels so they may be summoned by hosts.
Friday through Sunday will be Main Host Character days. MHC’s will be doing all of the summoning during these days. They will be the most important aspect of MCOP. In short, we need dedicated MHC’s. On the other hand you may choose to become a dedicated BC.

MHC days (Fri., Sat., Sun.,) will begin at 5pm Central and end at 10pm Central. This will give players a good window of time to play MCOP. Blue Character days have no restrictions except for Level Cap.

Monthly Events:
Each month we will try to obtain Pure White Soul Tendency and/or Pure Black Soul Tendency in designated areas.

Dedicated Main Host Characters:

A dedicated MHC player will have two(2) characters that are always in Human Form. These players will get parties started and keep them going throughout the MHC days. You can have more than two MHC’s if you’d like. But please refrain from beating the designated areas in one day. We are going to try and spread out the gameplay so everybody can be involved.
Dedicated Blue Phantom Characters:
You can have an entire roster of BC’s if you’d like. You can defeat most of the Archstones. Only restriction is to stay below the LC (or a little higher). BC’s may also Host games if they cannot defeat a certain boss (For example: Flamelurker at NG++++)

Getting Started:
Log into your MCOP PSN account.
Add all MCOP players to your friends list. (List will be continually updated)
Monday-Thursday: Get your Blue Characters past the designated archstones. You don’t have to do it all at once.
Fri-Sun: Load up your Main Host Character.
Update your PSN status to Host, area and availability. (Example: Hosting in 3-2 Open, or Hosting: 5-1 Filled)
Message BC's. Arrange to summon them.
Defeat bosses and collect souls ^__^
Load up your BC and look for a Host to join.
Rinse, repeat

Who can play?
Anybody, just follow the above steps. Find out the Weekly Schedule and Level Cap. Grind levels to catch up and join in on the action.

What MCOP ‘is’ and ‘is not’
The objective of MCOP is to eventually reach the last play through cooperatively. This means keeping a low soul level and relying on Demon’s Souls party system. If there is a need to up the LC then we will.
MCOP is not for PvP. But PvP won’t be restricted as long as you stay within the Level Cap.

Please discuss Level Caps. Let’s not make it too easy or too hard. I also want players to have builds that are not geared towards PvP but for PvE. You can have a tank, spellcaster, thief/backstabber, Brawler, Close quarters fighter, ect,…

Let’s try to realize the full potential of Demon’s Souls.

Tips
Reached the level cap? Don't know what to do with all those souls? Invest in Spices and healing items. Buy Stones for upgrades from vendors. Purchase arrows and buy all Miracles and Spells.
Since this won't be PvP you might want to open up all Miracle and Spell slots. But keep in mind, Black Phantoms may also invade once the Level Cap reaches the PvP range. But hey, we'll have a full party to deal with them.

More to come…

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Re: Massive Co-op

(account deleted) 10 May 2010 09:56

Ummm, sounds crazy ( ish ) good luck tho … have you had any response about this idea ? is it up and running ?

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Re: Massive Co-op

PSNVextha 10 May 2010 10:55

I just created the main PSN Account for everybody to add if interested. I'm not going to launch until I get at least 50 people that have all the steps ready.

Re: Massive Co-op

Anorack 10 May 2010 00:54

Biggest problem I see with the Event's is the Online Average.

Re: Massive Co-op

PSNVextha 10 May 2010 09:45

I'm trying to get more people on the wiki to help. We may be able to PWWT an area but only for so long.

Re: Massive Co-op

Nintendoblivion 10 May 2010 01:23

Sounds a lot like my post (copycat), but you over complicate it, you are taking the game in to a more serious matter, just set no restrictions (except the ever so often LC) and let players do what they want, this game is for fun and making it too organized or too serious would take away that fun

MHC and BC takes away the fun, but you get to brag that you have 2 identical characters except one is in soul form and the other isn't, just let them have one character, its easy to get your body back, without even defeating a boss

Also one area a week, i can beat the game in the matter of hours, it would be a slow process for a lot people and vetrans who can play this blind folded with their hands tied behind their back and taken on the worlds largest rollercoaster would find themselves waiting for a couple of days to play for what, 5 minutes

Time restriction would prevent some people from playing, what if they can't show up or are out of town for the week and can't play, they will fall behind the group and won't be able to catch back up or what if they can't play around that time because it is in the way of their job

Any player with experience can beat DS at a SL of 20 if they tried (False King SL 25), so i personally think that it wouldn't work out that way

I can see this happening, some jerks join in and decide that one will host the other will be a Black Phantom, the host summons and the Black jumps the BC for souls making people want to quit, there are many ways that this system can be used to gain a ton of souls

If you think this through too much, you make it sound like a chore, a BORING chore, as it is, i don't see any more than 5 people joining you with a the system that you set up
I realize that I may have gone a little over the top, but hey that's what happens when you copy someone's idea (copycat)

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Re: Massive Co-op

PSNVextha 10 May 2010 09:45

It's not over complicated. You just sign on and play as either a hose or a blue phantom. This isn't supposed to be about level grinding for hours alone or with random people, this is for bringing the entire Demon's Souls community into higher levels, but gradually.

It's not supposed to be about speed runs. This mode is for the gamers who have but little time to play Demon's Souls and for the Hardcore players that do have time to lend a hand. How boring is it to sit and wait outside the Tower Knights fog at level 20 for somebody to summon? More often you get invaded by Black Phantoms that have kept their levels low enough to kill you (My little brother was doing this and getting a kick out of it). You don't play for 5 minutes since you'll have two blue phantoms and a load of hosts in your friends list. These are pickup games made easy since everybody has a level cap. Like I stated in the Level Cap area, I don't want it to be too easy. I want a level cap where you 'have' to depend on a party system. Eventually we'll be at higher level NG+'s.

Whoever works Fri-Sun, I pity them. Most jobs are Mon-Fri and the schedule is set for the evening time. Players will get plenty of time to play.

If you fall behind you can just level grind to catch up on the next week.

"Who can play?
Anybody, just follow the above steps. Find out the Weekly Schedule and Level Cap. Grind levels to catch up and join in on the action." Grind levels to catch up and join. That's not so overcomplicated. Unless you didn't read the entire post.

Any player? This is geared for those just getting the game to have more people online, to breathe life into dead areas, ect. This isn't a place to brag about who can do what at which levels. This is about community. If you are not interested please go somewhere else. But thanks for posting so I can give others a clearer understanding.

I admit you gave me the idea, I'm just trying to organize something here. I also posted in your topic too.

Black Phantoms are a part of the game. If players do abuse the community then we'll avoid them entirely. You can check 'players met' just before you are summoned. If it is not your host you can simply kill yourself or do something to break free of the summon. Easy fix for that.

Re: Massive Co-op

PSNVextha 10 May 2010 09:47

And players can do what they want on their other PSN. This is why we create a separate PSN for MCOP.

Re: Massive Co-op

Nintendoblivion 10 May 2010 14:46

You just dumbed it down making it easier to understand, for me at least
Most of what i said was anger out of you pretty much copying me
50, you over estimate how many people view this forum, i see a lot of messages from the same people here all the time and i doubt you will get 50, try a lower number then work your way up

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Re: Massive Co-op

PSNVextha 10 May 2010 21:18

I was planning to link this at the official DS website to get more traffic. Granted it will take time to get that many players. This isn't going to happen next week or even next month. But i'm sure at least 50 people play DS in NA. I'm going to begin sending out messages over PSN to people I play with, linking them to this forum ^^ (yay for more traffic?)

Re: Massive Co-op

Nintendoblivion 11 May 2010 05:29

Ok, i thought it was going to be a a quick gathering and done in a few weeks, but you are giving it time, i say set a list of participants (PSN)
If you need any help organizing anything, or setting dates time, making a list of anything, anything really (unless i don;t know how to do it) i will be willing to help seeing that you are planning this out and going to more places than this
but you may want to dumb it down a bit, then set a list of rules and stuff, it will help people out a lot more
you may want to mention this to Stooge or Iklar, they will help you set this up, and i would be surprised if they dislike something like this
I still say you copied me, but you seem to have thought this through to the point where you could actually pull something like this off, so i apologize for looking down upon this idea

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Re: Massive Co-op

Yakul- 10 May 2010 21:23

This Actually sound like a great idea, but since your Text is so long, a ton of people would probably turn down this, and i just play with friends xD

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Re: Massive Co-op

PSNVextha 11 May 2010 02:23

Thanks, I'll try to revise it.

Re: Massive Co-op

Benjamin_Draco 10 May 2010 22:43

Woah…….far 2 many words, most will just look away from this. If u get 2 serious for planning all this, the game would become much less fun.

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