Talk:Ultra Greatswords/@comment-193.150.228.149-20140114014755

So it was my first playthrough and I was level 30 or 40 or something. I still just had my starter wanderer armor and my best weapon was the dragon sword I got from the Hellkite. I was basically a complete n00b and hadn't quite figured everything out yet, so I was just struggling to survive running around Undead Parish, gathering souls and trying to get the rats to drop humanity.

Then, on my way to the rats, I accidentally ran up some stairs instead of climbing down a ladder, and then I ran straight into a Black Knight. He killed me pretty much right away. Thing is, I left a fair amount of souls in my bloodstain and I didn't want to leave it behind, so I went back up, grabbed the souls and ran for my life back to the bonfire.

That's when I learned that enemies in this game follow you forever and that bonfires don't work during combat. So now I had to fight him again. To this day I have no idea how I did it, but I actually won. The guy kicked my ass, but somehow I dealt enough damage with my desperate hacking to put him down. And then, I swear to God, he dropped his Black Knight Greatsword.

I was nowhere near high enough level to be able to use it, but I took this as a sign, so I focused on strenght and endurance until I could weild it well. It completely defined how my character evolved. Been using it ever since. True story.