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Experiment with a new class anyway. It won't hurt to go through the tutorial with another class just to get a feel for controls. You will notice a  class with lighter armor or magic makes it a competely different game. This isn't a race. It's for fun. You may find that you hate the game as a knight, but then really love it as a 'Royal'. (Hint)

I started two classes and switch back and forth. They feel different. A mage and a royal.

Yeah! Heavy armor is a no-no. You need to move freely and evade, evade, evade. And although you can't level up your char, you can level up your weapon one or two levels if you have enough shardstones and farmed souls. 

If it isn't obvious yet, you really need to manage your stamina bar (the green bar). When you hold your shield up and absorb a hit, it will eat your stamina, thus you don't want to get up close to enemies and just absorb their attacks, because actually they are slowly killing you too. You should circle and backstab when you can or wait for them to swing and take advantage of their animation. If it helps maybe you can farm shardstone in 1-1 and level up your sword to +1 or +2 for extra damage, but don't worry about farming yet. Only if you really can't progress. Have fun!

Also, dont ever try to fight more than one enemy at a time, always pick them off.

I honestly feel like the tank/knight build for Demon's Souls is a trap for new players. It's a great learning curve, but using magic and stabby swords might get you through the first area a lot easier. A tip: You shouldn't worry so much about the 'blood stain'. You can muscle through as a ghost. You will collect enough souls to level up when you kill the boss. I don't think you can level up at all until you kill the first boss in 1-1, so you're gonna have to force through. You also don't have to kill everything. You should only try to kill things that you can't avoid. Also, those fire bomb throwing enemies are probably the toughest thing about the level, when they all gain up on you. But you got through farther this time, that's good. I also don't think you can summon help until you kill the first boss either. Don't get too frustrated. Feel free to ask us for tips and help. @Yarger, @whatsacow are pretty knowledgeable and @asrealasitgets (that's me!) also can offer advice. I think you did good man! 

Also, there is a useful ring that gives you more HP as a ghost in 1-1. It is at the bottom of the stairs where that first 'blue-glow' knight is blocking a fog door. Also, a lever to open a shortcut back up to the fog door.

I thought the game was pretty fun, albeit very similar to Wow and Guild Wars 2-- in a good way. I will definitely play when it releases.

As for NeverWinter, actually I've seen a lot of rage over the cost of the Dragon-face expansion lol. I don't play NeverWinter but I want to try for my MMO Summer. Do you play it? Maybe you can offer advice for the best server, class, race etc. I really want to try NW next. 

I'm glad you liked the video. A lot of that stuff is from the Alpha, and those people payed $150 just to test the game. There are some new things in there (Pirate sea battles/ Castle seiges) that I don't think I've seen before. It looks pretty cool. I just don't know how much of it will be behnd a pay wall, and I really need to try the launch game to find out. We should play when the game launches, and we will be like pirates lol!

Most MMOs have built in grinds, and then end game is just raids and gear. That's not what I like about MMOs. Actually, The Secret World doesn't really have levels, and you can swap out different weapons/classes when ever you feel. I'm sure ArcheAge has end game grind, but it supposably also has persistent world elements. There just aren't many sandboxes out anymore. 

I had a hard time getting into Divinity. I thought the controls were wierd. It looks good though. I need more impressions before I jump back in. 

I might do a Dex or Magic build? Hmm...

I should have known about this? I might make a female too now. I actually was going to try a magic build because I normally tank and don't use magic. 

Well, it is a controversial game. Would love to see comments from you about why you hate it. Hope to see you in discussion.