LOL… what? You’ve been saying stupid shit like I have a personality disorder and then when I question why now I’m the one deflecting? OMFG. You’re just some dumbass child aren’t you?

What is your obsession with personality disorders? All because I think Elden Ring’s co-op could be set up better? And I’m the one with the problem? Nah, go fuck yourself.

And you like comparing apples to oranges.  

How dense are you? From themselves added co-op. It’s in the game. Do you not understand this? So how does me wanting it to be set up better equate to people demanding PvP be added to game? It doesn’t. I’m not demanding co-op be added. It’s there!  I’m questioning some of the design choices around its addition.…

I don’t give a shit about PvP. That is a stupid example. What does that have to do with with wanting a more fluid co-op experience? Nothing. It’s people like you that are the reason the From fanbase has a bad rep. It;s like a damn cult. Someone can’t just not like something without a bunch of cultists acting…

One, this is my opinion on how it is set up. Two, you are plain wrong about playing with friends. You keep saying that and it’s not true. That is the entire reason the multiplayer password exists. For playing with friends. Playing with friends is in fact intended so you can quit pretending it isn’t and that I’m…

Look, I know how these games work. I’ve been playing since the original Demon’s Souls. But I’m also a fan co-op games and this one is set up poorly. You can make excuses about servers or whatever, but other co-op games don’t have to do that or handle it more gracefully. And, let’s be honest here, as great as From…

No, it’s always cumbersome. Again, even if I were connecting with random people why can’t you just walk into a side area? Why have all the segments? It’s stupid to have to disconnect, walk a few feet past a mist wall, and then reconnect. Utterly pointless.

I never said it wasn’t intentional. It’s just pointlessly cumbersome. If you don’t want people playing co-op then just don’t add it in. But they did and it’s janky.  So I’m giving my opinion on it.

Wah!  Someone else doesn’t agree with me!  Oh, no!

Co-op doesn’t need to be cryptic. It’s just janky for no reason. Here is how a typical night goes:

I feel much the same way about Elden Ring’s byzantine and hamstrung co-op.

I think I’ve an invader do that to/for me as well.   I had one a couple of days ago that just stood there while I blasted them with magic.  I figured they were doing as you did and just wanted to get through the quest line or had terrible timing with a dead controller.

Yeah, I thought the forced skill swapping was a bit too much. You had to do it over and over and over for every single character when all I really wanted to do with play with a combination I enjoyed using.

Didn’t they make this same promise before crunching on Cyberpunk 2077?  Yup.  I’m not buying it here.

You mean the 8 years since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine?

It actually worked differently in previous games. You could only be invaded when not in hollow form. That mechanic isn’t part of Elden Ring. So now you get invaded while playing co-op.

I just invaded and then used the item (I forgot the name) that sends you back to your own world.  I didn’t even try to PvP.  Just left.  The quest line still advances.

You can casually play GT7 without grinding and still enjoy the game.

Maybe leaderboards? At least I’d imagine that would be one of the excuses. But the simple answer solution to that is to not allow any results obtained while offline to be uploaded.