I am close to two hundred hours now finished it for the second time now I am messing around with the covenants.I think I have a problem Dark Souls is destroying all my free time.
Ah but you know what will happen,you will finish it then you will start thinking about all that stuff you missed,doors not opened and the next thing you know you are busy beating the last giant boss.Yeah, you know it's bad when you start thinking of putting off plans or making excuses, just to play some moar.
The thing is I can feel I am SO close to finishing, I just want to finish it now!
Ah but you know what will happen,you will finish it then you will start thinking about all that stuff you missed,doors not opened and the next thing you know you are busy beating the last giant boss.
Dark Souls 2 is undoubtedly the best game ever!! I wish I could go home now and play.
no question about it. the fact that, even after 90 hours, it still feels as fresh as the first hour, speaks volumes for its quality! it's just astonishing. no other game would be able to keep you engaged, despite often having to replay an area many times over.
So what do I do with all my boss souls? Use them to buy stuff to go into NG+?
use them to craft weapons at Straid or Ornifex. I know that some souls give diff weapons in NG+ (e.g. Dukes Dear Freja gives Moonlight Great Sword) but not sure if it works with her NG soul, of if you have to use NG+ soul. having said that, you gonna kill her again in NG+, so may as well spend this boss soul now on weapon, and get another weapon in NG+
I finally freed Straid... have to say the weapons are less than impressive. Beside the Dragonrider Shield, none of them were more useful than the Ultra Greatsword and Fire Longsword I picked up off the ground. :/
Perhaps in NG+ there will be more. Anyone know where I can BUY Titanite? Shards, Slabs, Large ones - the 10 that you get from the first blacksmith doesn't go very far.
the DragonRider BOW is quite good, as it does normal + magic damage. have not bothered with the rest of the weapons, other than to craft 4 of them in order to get the BLACK gear from Straid (just talk to him after spending 4 souls).
you will meet a Stone Trader at the beginning of Harvest Valley (keep talking to her and she relocates to Majula). Having said that, she also sells limits quantities until you progres sin the game and defeat additional bosses. also, the blacksmith in Lost Bastille will end up selling titanite. Here is a link with info :
http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Ores#.U2C3GPmSzUA