Dark Souls 2 Cheaters. Yaaay... :/

I haven't been invaded by red human players, I think the only two red invades I got were NPCs. I did get plenty of Belfry Luna invades, though.

I think there's no VAC on the game. But I've also heard of From Software banning hackers, so that's something.

In DS1 you could avoid being invaded by staying in Undead form. You had to be human to be able to see other player's messages, be able to invade/be invaded, summon for coop, etc.

Now you can be invaded as an Undead.

Or you can just play offline to simply and completely cut off multiplayer interactions. I must admit, I'm more of a solo player, but as there are a lot of players currently in the game, you see a lot of players' ghost, bloodstains, and whenever you want some help there are always bros available to summon. I think the launch is really the perfect time to be playing the game. Or, who knows, maybe it will last ?

Pedantic correction: Darkwraiths can only invade those who are on the same level or higher. Twinkers in DS1 usually compensate with overpowered equipment.

If you want to start DS1, I recommend to stay hollow as much as you can until you get the feel of the game and don't hang out in early locations as a human until you're, say, SL ~30. Until you're confident that you can take on invaders, reverse hollowing just to kindle bonfires and to summon help. Now go play it, GFWL won't be here forever! :P

I have to say that the implementation of invasions in DS2 is quite questionable, as in staying hollow doesn't do anything to deter them. In DS1 reversing hollowing had a clear advantage (summon help) at a cost (get invaders), but in DS2 the only reason not to stay human is that Human Effigies are rare.

In DS1 you could prevent invasions by staying Undead, you would only miss on player messages. Also the system prevents interactions between players that have a huge difference of level (still, people counter that by just finishing the game at a low level, in order to be able to invade the starting areas with endgame-tier equipment. Not very nice for those who start a new game and are newbies...)

But in 26 hours of gameplay on DS2 I've never been invaded, yet. In DS1 I only got invaded when I was ready to (in human form), and only encountered two or three hackers, the rest were for the most part legit players.

edit : too slow :-/

You can burn human effigies at bonfire to block phantom invasions. Phantom invasion is about 5% of the game. The rest could be a joyous cooperation between players from all over the world - and that what really makes DS2 special.

SweetFx/EnbSeries altair need more sacrifies.

Since you can find out whos been in your game via the player list I've reported those two reds, hope I see thier threads. :3