Dark Souls 2, OMFGWTFBBQ! Options

[AC9breaker]

Yeeeeeeeeeeees! I'm still knee deep in the first Dark Souls and hearing about this has just made my night!

[AC9breaker]

So hows everyone doing on this game? I picked it up a few weeks before I went on the boat and felt like a total scrub. I died like a million times to the first fat looking troll dood hiding behind some rocks next to the house where you start the game with the old ladies. Managed to kill him eventually but my health bar was sooooo low. Then I made out into the town looking area with the Green herald chick and almost got raped by some zombie pigs. Now I'm just trying to figure out what the fuck to do. I think I started off as a night or a swordsman. You guys have any recommendation on builds or what I should do first?

I was looking at the leaderboards and I hate that all the builds people have look stupid, a bunch weird mismatching gear.

[Oddies da Nerfed]

So hows everyone doing on this game? I picked it up a few weeks before I went on the boat and felt like a total scrub. I died like a million times to the first fat looking troll dood hiding behind some rocks next to the house where you start the game with the old ladies. Managed to kill him eventually but my health bar was sooooo low. Then I made out into the town looking area with the Green herald chick and almost got raped by some zombie pigs. Now I'm just trying to figure out what the fuck to do. I think I started off as a night or a swordsman. You guys have any recommendation on builds or what I should do first?

I was looking at the leaderboards and I hate that all the builds people have look stupid, a bunch weird mismatching gear.

First stop from Majula tends to be the Forest, which is just down from the Majula bonfire along the cliff. Everything is more or less viable on NG as always, though with some of the retarded design decisions this go I would say range have it easier. Dual wield, particularly with power stance is great times, unless on PC running at 60fps, then your weapons just break so fucking fast. I am progressing 2, now a third char at roughly same rate. Have a pure glass cannon mage, a dual wield clubinator melee, and a traditional sword and board. Takes a while to clear an area on all 3, but it gives me a good idea on what works and what just fucking sucks in this game compared to the first.

The pigs and the pair of hippos are largely just stat padding for the death counter. Though explains nicely the dumbed down method to "difficulty" this game has. Solo hippo at least has a nice ring.

It is enjoyable for what it is, but it is inferior to the first with little question.