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I didn't see anything about any.

Sweet. Just remember these things and you'll do great:
1)Squidheads are *********
2)You can run in the swamp, but you can't roll.
3)Blessed weapons cheese the game.
4)Arrows have weight and Item Weight sucks.
4a)Always carry the Herculean Strength ring. You can get it by trading something found in 1-1 to someone at the Nexus.

I just finished my playthrough and started my Dark Souls run. Ended up going Estoc and fire magic, so I'll be continuing that into Dark Souls, with a plan to go Lightning Estoc and Pyromancy. May also get a Swag Sword and make it either Fire/Chaos or Raw(for weapon enchants and resins).

I was being vague on purpose in case he wanted to explore a bit.

Sure, if he really wanted to.

Royal is OP. Almost always my starter class. Also, there's a ******* Sword in 1-1(dodge a rolling boulder to open a path, then go back to where the boulder fell). That one might also be up your alley.

But the real question: Did you manage to kill the tutorial boss? Also, male or female?

He's actually pretty easy on a royal. Hug up on him and go around him as he swings, then punish with the soul arrow. Also, female gets a pair of increased soul drop bracers in world 3-1 that are really nice.

If you need to go ranged make sure you have a bow and not a crossbow, as you could not manually aim with one in DeS and DS1.

Made me think of this:
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Edited, Mar 18th 2015 3:10pm by Shojindo

You got invaded in DS1? That's kinda neat in a way even if you did get lagstabbed.

I actually got invaded 3 times in DS2 this weekend in NG at low soul level, like Hiedie tower and giants low.

In DeS news I did 1-1 with both Royal and Hunter up to the first boss. Decided to go hunter for that sweet sweet longbow. Also replaced my ax with a longsword. I like the medium armor set up on the hunter alows for fast roll even with a decent shield.

Don't get me wrong, Royal is rock solid and was fun as well. I will use that one on my magic play through for sure. I just decided to make a quality build my first run instead and hunter was a solid start for that. Plus I like archers since I enjoy bow shooting IRL.

Edited, Mar 19th 2015 12:14pm by Shojindo

Wait till the "Teen hero/heroine wielding a bow" fad ends, and the prices drop back to normal.

That's pretty much the only reason I'd get a bow. And if I got one, I'd probably get a yumi, because I'm a dork.

Nothing wrong with that, though he is surprisingly easy to melee. Did you find the safe spot where the fireballs can't hit you? Also, the next zone has two paths down. Go left and take the "safer" route through the caves, find the pit of crystal lizards and get the Dragon Longsword +1. Or go right and hop down to the boss in no time flat once you get the platform locations down.

I seem to recall that they'll respawn after you kill the boss, though. Lemme go check.

Edit: Ah. Here's the rules for lizard repops and such.



Edited, Mar 20th 2015 3:41am by Poldaran

Yeah I just used the cover spot with my longbow+3, he went down pretty fast. I did not have any fire resist gear or special shield so I played it safe since it was late and I wanted to get him down before bed.

So far I have just been doing the first boss of the worlds in order so I did:

1-1
2-1
and am now in 3-1.

I've read some different idea's about how you should approach order. Any suggestions from you DeS vets?

*Edit: This looks fairly reasonable for example:

http://www.ign.com/wikis/demons-souls/Walkthrough

Looks Like I am kind of following this without knowing I was.

Edited, Mar 20th 2015 12:39pm by Shojindo