The Official Dark Souls Thread - .....It Begins

[lestatdark]

NotStan said:

I am at an impasse, currently using Drake's sword and it doesn't seem to go down much at all - I mean I never had to repair it yet and I've had it for quite some time now (Since I don't use the strong attack), Should I continue to use it and upgrade my Shortbow to +5, seeing as I use my bow quite frequently if I can lure the monsters, or upgrade a spear or something.

Also - What covenant should I join? There is currently an option to join the White covenant or something, with the cleric who's camping near the elevators, or should I just wait until better ones come up?

PS. I also like the way you obtain other classes abilities as you go through the game - pyromancer's, mages etc, so nothing is directly exclusive in the game. (Well not sure if that's so, but I've already found the knight's and thiefs armour)

Well, you shouldn't upgrade the Shortbow since you'll find much better bows as you go in the game. When you get the DragonSlayer then you won't need any other bow in the game. 

You should join whichever covenant you feel benefits more for your playstyle. The Forest Hunter covenant is a good one for hunters/thiefs, but you won't be able to kill Sif if you're part of the covenant. Currently I'm in the Chaos Servant covenant trying to open a secret passage way in one of the end game dungeons, but it's optional. White covenant is a good one if you wish to help a lot of other people (you'll get Sunlight medals for that, instead of humanity drops from bosses) and it's easier to find people to help (i.e, easier to get summoned).