Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-6132984-20130527010542/@comment-4511886-20130528151322

I'd say either Pyromancer, Knight, Warrior or Bandit. They all start with decent equipment and don't require any advanced knowledge.

I would strongly recommend to NOT go with Deprived (for obvious reasons), Wanderer (the Slash damage is near useless on most enemies) or Sorcerer (you'll be left wide open if you miss a soul arrow and you have a major penalty when it comes to melee due to only having a dagger at first.)

Armor is the least important aspect for a starting class imo. But the Pyromancer fast rolls in their full equipment. Warrior and Bandit mid-rolls and Knight fat-rolls.

The best classes for good weapons are either the Pyromancer for it's pyromancy or Warrior for the well balanced Longsword and the Heater Shield. The Knight's Broadsword is basically a Longsword without the thrust attack, but the Tower Kite Shield is pretty decent. The Bandit's Battle Axe is easily the best if you can make sure that you hit every time. But you'll stumble and increase ending lag of the attack if you miss your target.

As for new equipment, the Elite Knight Set is decent but remember that you can mix any pieces of a set with any combination of other armor pieces. A full set is rarely as effective as a combination of different things. The Halberd is a pretty popular weapon, it works in a similar way as the Battle Axe.

I would NOT recommend the Drake Sword as it will ruin your learning curve due to it not having scaling, and upgrading it is a waste of souls, time and dragon scales. You're better off using a weapon that takes a few extra hits to kill an enemy.