Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-6132984-20130527010542/@comment-108.181.7.82-20140709045542

108.181.7.82 wrote: warrior is good, choose that, get master key, beat the asylum (if u cant do that, wow) go to the graveyard place, get the zweihander by running pass a few waves of skeletons, grabbing it, then dyeing......(pronounced Z-WHY-HANDER) get enough stats to weild that (preferably 1 handed, if not, have it as a secondary weapon and mainly use a sheild and other 1 handed weapon prefferably the drake sword, search for a video to get it..... shoot the fat red dragon in the tail like 50 times..... if u have low dex, less if u have more.) Then u should spend all yo souls on endurance, cuz imma be honest, dodging is fun... like REALLY fun, and more skill-based... i dont want dark souls to be like a turn based game, like ``ILL WIN IF I CAN DO MORE DPS THAN THIS BOSS! I JUST GOTTA TANK THESE FOR A WHILE!``because u wont be able to do that..... plus, u learn more. ALSO, if u plan on playing NG+, the enemies i think only get stronger stat wise, and so, ur tanking will eventually come in vein. (plus u cant guard certain bosses) BUT, if u can keep on dodging (i think dodging will be the same difficulty no matter if ur on NG or NG+) you wont take damage, as in, dodging moer effective if u plan to go further in the game.

NOW! I KNOW THIS DOESNT SEEM LIKE A BEGINNERS GUIDE! but new players can still do this easily, (mabye not the NG+ part, but,) u just need some experiance with the controller, not neccisarily game knowledge... i hope this helps some of the more umh... energetic new players....

also, this is a continuation... (same person here, couple things i forgot) IF u manage to get further in the game, u will need to get 40 endurance while putting little bits of vit and dex or strenth depending on the situation, and dex or strength depending on ur weapons u shoose to use, vit if u need more health, dex or strength for damage.`DO NOT HESITATE TO PUT MORE IN OTHER STATS! YOU DO NOT NEED TO GET 40 ENDURANCE RIGHT AWAY!!!!.... (buuut.. screw resistance, dont get that XD), at 40 endurance, that is the maximum stamina u can get, that means more blocking ( it is EXTREMELY prefered to have a high stability sheild, that blocks 100% damage if possible), that means u die less.......after 40, getting more will not give u any stamina, just more weight load soooo.... after that,start going up vit to 50, after 50, the amount of health u gain from leveling it reduces DRASTICALLY! keep putting in vit, while putting a little bit of strength or dex depending on if u think u need more damage for the situation. AND YES leveling vit that much will be a BIG long thing, and u will be near end game by finishing it i think, but this is a progressive thing that new players would use, its not like `hey! i need 50 vit and 40 endurance before i can start being good at the game! this IS near end game. after u get these stats, the rest of the stats u get should be strength or dex depending on the weapon u choose to use. by this point u should have decently high stats, something like this: vit:30-50 endurance:40 strength:?? (depending on how much u put in along the way) dex:?? (same with strength) if u use weapons with more strength scaling put more strength than dexterity, but still putting a little bit in dex so u can still use the weapon. and vice versa if u have a more dex scaling weapon. any other stats shall remain untouched. keep on increasing the damaging increasing stats from there if ur weapon uses more strength, get that, and keep dex to a minimum as long as u have enough to equip ur weapon. or vice versa. OR if u like experimenting with different physical weapons, in that case, by the near end game, ur dex and strength should both be 40. but if not, the more dominant stat should be mabye near 50-70, while the other is 20-40.

If u find u cant roll with a mid-roll, consider either using lighter gear, or upgrading the endurance a little, that mid-roll is important.

PLAYSTYLE: kill things you normally would easily, but play a little more defensively, using your sheild, with your new gained stamina u can keep using it hopefully. when faced with enemies u cant block, use 2 hands and just dodge, and beat the crap out of it while dodging. this means bosses. i do not prefer rushing pass enemies unless u are SURE u cannot kill them, or they wont follow you,or you will be better off doing so, i hate that moment when i miss a few enemies, and later i turn my screen rotation a bit to the surpirse of 5 stone golems about to crack my skull...

I REALLY HOPE THIS HELPS EVERYONE OUT THERE!!!!!!! If you dont like the playstyle, try a different guide, remember, different playstyles for everyone! there are tons! XD