Talk:Black Iron Greatshield/@comment-24.63.55.181-20140416022249/@comment-667748-20140531194646

Frankly, if you are NG+, then the rate at which you gain souls will be greater than what Frampt will give you, making feeding Frampt... a net loss in souls/minute. The only solution is to never have picked up those items you didn't want in the first place. THAT said, once picked up, feeding Frampt tons of extra items is faster than dropping them items.

In regards to the shield, to be honest, while I love the Black Iron Greatshield, I have not found a single situation in Dark Souls where I'd want to be using the Black Iron Greatshield over the Greatshield of Artorias. Artorias hands down beats Black Iron in terms of weight + stability. What Black Iron has going for it is fire defense, which is useful in basically 2 spots: Quelaag and Gwyn. Both those fight, I'd rather have a Black Knight Shield: Even better fire defense, and the ability to parry...

So if your Black Iron Greatshield is already +10, and you also have a "backup" copy in your inventory, then by all means, trade your +10; you'll save on upgrade material.