Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-71.192.217.193-20150315191517

Before I ask I'll state this one fact, I have no intention of playing PVP simply because I'm not a multiplayer kind of guy. Anyway I'm new to Dark Souls and have been researching it for about a week or so and went and got the game. I know for most it takes the challenge out of the game but for me it really doesn't. Anyway I wish to hit max level and power (Stats) as fast as possible so my questions start with:

1.Since I have no prior save should I play the game unpatched in order to use the DHstone Glitch (Also how do you use it on PS3?).

2.Once I max out can I download the patch and still have a fuctioning game? (No corrupted data and such)

3.Can I play AoTA on the unpatched version or does the game have to be patched in order to play it?

And finally how far in the game is the Dragon Covenant Located? 6 or 7 hours I'm guessing?

I know this is cheating but I like what I call in this case "Natural" cheats which to me are cheats already in game and require absolutely no hacking (I hate hacking!).

So anyway if you could all answer my questions it would be of great help, and in case you're all wondering I'm talking about the PS3 version of Dark Souls.

Anyway to anyone who nicely contributes thank you, to anyone who flames or hates read the top statement again. 