Congratulations, Pete for President! Enjoy that Dark Soul! And of course, that invader deserved his fiery death.

progressI have not gotten my dragon; I can lure him down so I can wail upon him, but he then keeps dashing across the bridge. I need him to do a breath attack instead of being knocked down, life drained, only to clamber up and see him charging from the other side of the bridge.

Had enough Green Titanite to make a Divine weapon +3, and went to explore the Catacombs. Fell fatally down a certain shaft (scream, soul dissolving and all), but apparently close enough to the opening at the bottom to trigger the blacksmith scene and instead lived. Murdered Pinwheel like he was a cow and I wanted steak. Found the Tombs a little less forgiving. Answered Patches wrong, killed him. Rescued Reah, but got a little stuck further on.

I did meet a charming lady in Blighttown, but we were not right for one another. Rang the next bell, and killed a gigantic discharge. Ignored the golden fog for now.

Sen's Fortress. Rescued Big Hat. I have a feeling I am about to fight a giant golem.

Equipment-wise. I have been rocking a Titanite Catching Pole +3 for some time. Its built-in magic attack and knock-down ability have been pretty large factors in my keeping of it for so long. I have been suspecting a good +10/+15 weapon would do it shame, but the only good place I know for farming are the slimes in the Depths and its both a hassle and soul-unfulfilling. My second-hand equip is a Composite Bow +5; again a lack of colored Titanite has held me from upgrading it. Right-hand, I use a Spider Shield +5 because of 100% physical reduction and good reduction rates for everything else, and a wand/talisman for whatever magic/miracles I want to rock. I, uh, sort of splurged on armor because I was annoyed at how easily poisoned I was, but I think getting all the Tattered swamp gear +5 was a bit useless in the end. I still rock the torso piece of that, but have switched the arms, legs, and head out for the Stone Knight set.

PVP, it has been pretty fifty-fifty in the Forest Hunter Covenant. You know things are going to be hard when you look around and realize he has killed everything else in the forest. Otherwise? There is a chance. One time, I spawned in Alvina's room, went outside to see a guy and a gold phantom running to get me, so I went out the other way and Camouflaged myself near the mushroom kids. Guys come out, start killing the kids, and I got to lunge out with an R2 attack, knock down my target, and kill him before his Sun Brother could do a thing.