This game is really hard! I am about 15 hours in and still getting killed left right and centre.
However I killed the first boss (yay me!) and killed mini boss who has that katana but I think I cheesed that fight (run hit, run hit etc) and it took good 20 minutes! And I can't use that kataan yet as I need 16 dex, oh well.
I am playing a Knight and I have 4 heal potions and they are not enough! Is there anyway I can use heal spell? I don't use my FP so I was wondering if I can somehow get heal spell on top of it.
I am loving the Gothic atmosphere, its really well done. The adrenaline rush is pretty good when you kill a mob who has killed you lots of time!
Also I have no idea whats going on in the game. Is there quest log or something I am missing?
I feel for ya, that's how how felt with DS1. At bout the 20 hour mark things started to click though.
For using miracles you'll need the faith requirement ( it should tell you in the heal spell description) the heal spell, attunement slots and clerics sacred charm. Then you can cast miracles. Once you have that you put the spell in the attunement slot, equip the chime in your off hand and then you can cast it.
There not much in they way of story. Basically as far as I can tell your looking for the lords of cinder to defeat them. There is a lot of lore to be gathered by item descriptions and NPC's and that's about it. It's not really a game about story and the game will tell you next to nothing about what to do. It's about discovering what to do and how the game works through exploration and experimentation.
As for combat, study your enemies move sets and experiment with different tactics to find weaknesses. Be sure to use everything at your disposal, bombs, throwing knives, arrows, weapons arts, backstab, parry & riposte, etc. try different weapons as well, a different move set can make a battle feel totally different and have a different outcome. Also with the high difficulty level never feel bad about cheaping an opponent, many times it setup for you, enemy by a cliff, sneak up and kick him off, lure enemies to cliffs and roll out of the way to watch them fall to thier deaths, plunge attacks when available, etc.
Be sure to upgrade your weapons with titanite shards or enchant them with fire, poison, lightening, etc. Also read descriptions of items and really study thier stats as any little advantage is worth it.
It will get better with practice, as I said I felt the same way in DS1 and now in DS3 I ran through the first area and didn't suffer my first death until after firelink shrine.
Good luck, any other questions just ask.
