I think he is only merchant that sells repair powder too, unless you buy the DLC. Repair powder is really only needed for pvp I guess too, and only if you are using a very fragile weapon.
I tried for about 8 hours to get KB+M to work with this, and while it's playable, the game works far better with an Xbox 360 Controller. I can't recommend enough to nab one to play this game on.
Hacking is pretty common on 360 too. Though most of it is armor stacking, max stats on low levels and everything else that's attainable with save editing. At the end of the day, if you've played a bit and have some decent gear yourself, this isn't a big deal, the invaders are still killable. I've even trolled invaders on a regular NG with a 500+ level character with gear (thanks BB & DHS glitches).
Yeah I'm months late, but I just wanted to point out this is exactly what they already do in Dark Souls. The very first NPC you see when you land at Firelink tells you you're supposed to ring the two bells, one up in the church (he even tells you about the shortcut, saying "but the lift is broken" so you'll have to go through the Burg) and one far below in Blight Town. He then says something to the effect of "Blight Town will probably kick your ass, so don't go down first."
Well sure you have a NPC telling you where to go. It's not obvious at all how you get there however. He doesn't say you have to go through the Burg, or which direction is the tower, or blighttown, or anything. There's nothing in what he says that suggests it's not toward the area with skeletons. Mostly my issue with the start is the design of the first area, as I said. It's a very small thing really and doesn't detract from the game at all, but unlike Demon's Souls which was really a go do whatever the fuck you want, Dark Souls is actually pretty directive, yet still confusing. The path to the Burg should simply have been more obvious. It makes little sense to have a NPC tell you "eh you should go there" and then not show the way if it's not obvious or make it simply obvious. Out of all the directions you can go from the starting area, the one to go to the burg is the least obvious one(along with going downstairs since the stairs are a bit small). For example I remember when you have to go to Sen Fortress, they actually show you what it looks like and I knew right away where it was cause I ran past it earlier. Having a dynamic camera showing the path from the start to the burg should have been fine.
Good sir, the reason this game is so highly appraised is because of it's combat and general mystery + depth. It feeds you victories and knowledge slowly, much like MMOs of old used to do, before every little kid could just open the Quests menu and find out where they were supposed to go to collect bear asses. The minimalist style and not holding your hand is the whole reason I enjoy this game.
Yep - part of the appeal of this whole series is the fact that you start out not knowing shit. The lore of this game is almost all told in the items you find, and with the minimal dialogue you have with npcs. That being said, the story actually mostly makes sense and fits together - check the link Budos posted earlier with the guy going into detail about all the lore.
