welcome to the party, that's where it picked up for me too... burg is pretty much stressful the whole time, but parish is interesting.
i spent tonight in the garden grinding on the forest saviour power rangers and invading sinners. kept hitting this scythe clad ghost guy and his golden retriever who kept doing me in. they weren't even cheap, they were just good. whenever i went after the retriever the scythe backstabbed me out of nowhere.
but i must've hit them like 7 times tonight... frustrating, cause i would've liked to hit someone i could actually take.
their initial method was, the ghost hides beside the stairs from the bonfire, and the golden summon lures you out, which i fell for like a sucker. should've realized the whole 'just stanidng here what up' thing was a trick.
good times though. i'm getting less freaked out at invading. it's easier in anor londo cause i know the place pretty well, whereas in the garden, i still dunno how to move around properly. but it feels like everyone in anor londo is tanked the smurf out.
moonlight butterfly shield made. not even one 100 defence stat... seems crap.