Oh god, glad i'm not moving in that direction. Blighttown was a peace of cake if you were ready, but considering i have a dex build and i am shit at rollingi definately don't want to get one shot over and over again. And i find it really funny that we can get a titanite slab very easily in the first area of the game, meanwhile in dark souls 1 had to backtrack to an opentional area to get it. 

Damn you are making me want to play as  a caster for my next playthrough!

Where did you use the 3rd stone on? I'm at the boss and i haven't found anything that needs it. 

Is it true every enemy has a limited number of respawns?..how many times?

There are 2 spots for them in the bastille, 1 to get to the belfry and 1 in a large room with a statue. I used the first 1 in the forest of the giants, in a basement behind the crossbow trap.

Playing co-op with 2 other casters is awesome. Spells flying every where. I just find a ring for an extra spell slot, 6 total now, I added emit force into the mix. I couldn't resist taking a look down the well in Majula, I had just enough health now to survive the first drop with the silvercat ring. Ofcourse the game tricked me 1 step later by a beam breaking away, made it down to grave of the saints on the 2nd attempt, got another pharros lock stone as a reward.

Somehow I got summoned to another world down there, it all looked the same. I killed some stuff as a grey phantom but got overwhelmed and died. Back to my own game. Thanks for the heads up I guess, as I made it through to the second bonfire. Btw what's up with the pharros lock stone devices all over the place. I saved my 1 stone for No man's wharf. Either most of them are traps or fakes or I need a dozen stones down there. Next rat investation boss: I last quite a while, dodging/herding, using up most of my spells (damn obstacles kept getting in the way and I didn't have that extra spell slot ring yet) The overall boss health was still at 65% :/ So I switch to my weapons, get poisoned soon after, dead. I can really use a pyromancy glove here.

Still not content of leaving the gargoyles behind I go back there. First I put my summon sign down, see if anyone takes me there for some tips. Alas just down the Sinner's tower where I meet the boss. Quite a fast mover, I keep losing target, it's so dark. Then connection lost half way through, bah. Back I summon two helpers at the bonfire to get on with my goal but the game mockingly blocks of the entrance to the belfry...  Since I have them anyway I take them with me down the sinner's tower. Good practice I guess, all is easy until the boss. I get killed instantly after entering, embarrassing. Visions of Capra demon :(

Anyway Belfry was the target, so I go up to the boss door there first this time. I get invaded by 2 grey spirits. Maybe they can help me with the boss, nah they rather just kill me. They would probably vanish anyway when I enter the mist? Second attempt, I summon someone. Not sure if I should wait for a second ally. An invader joins and kills my ally right as I vanguish the invader. A couple of minutes go by, a new summon sign appears. This time I'm not waiting and enter quickly. My ally tanks while I line up the shots with lightning spear, I love how it goes through multiple targets. I manage to survive drawing their attention and a 3rd one on my back through my highly trained dodge reflexes. Victory is sweet.

I saved at the Belfry bonfire, new area to explore yay. And still No man's wharf waiting for me.

True and 10. Kinda useful since some enemies are a bit too close to bonfires for comfort. Easy to get rid of them.

10 times per bonfire strength. If you use a Bonfire Astetics, you'll respawn all enemies in their NG+ equivalent counterparts.

@SvennoJ

There's two NPCs which you can give your extra loot. One is the petrified woman in the ruins near Majula, after you unpetrify her with Branch of Yore. Any gear you unload on her, she'll equip.

The other NPC, and the better choice, is Gavlan. He'll buy off your extra pieces of loot for some nifty souls. You'll find him first on No Man's Wharf and he'll move to Door of Pharros after finishing the first area. 

It's better than getting 0 souls per extra items as in previous games

Drangleic Castle is one of the best locations in any Souls game ever made. Kudos to From for that particular place. Currently trying to get my bearings on Undead Crypt.

It's funny, my SL is at 134 and I still get invaded and see a lot of co-op opportunites. I guess since the game is longer and people are still trying to find the best builds, PvP SLs won't be as low as the original Dark (sweet spot was at 80 if I recall correctly).

Also, 1000 Def+ against everything rocks

Odd comment for a Souls game!

I found Gavlan. No Man's Wharf was no cake walk, I had to switch to shield plus sword and relearn how to fight that way. I forgot that stamina regenerates really slow with a shield up. But too many opportunities to fall in water or off things, and enemies are too fast for slow casting spells. (Plus for some reason the targeting is screwed up in this area, I practically have to stand in front of them to lock on)

Spells worked fine on the spider things anyway, easy souls. Hurray for spell merchant, I have a good arsenal now and 7 spells slots. The boss was easy with the new spells. Unfortunately the spell merchant was gone after I got the pyromancy flame. Now I can't upgarde it. Gavlan vanished as well.

I searched everywhere, found some secret walls, but no branch of yore. So I'm back to Sinner's exile or Grave of saints. No man's wharf didn't lead anywhere new. I'm currently in Grave of saints. What's up with being summoned as a grey phantom. It happened again. I go on exploring that level, kill some rats when someone else comes up and hits me. I dodge, not interested in pvp, I kill some more enemies maybe he'll get the hint I want co-op. He's still intent on killing me, I dodge, run away, heal, further explore the level. He's got a bridge down and a waterfall going. He comes at me again, dodge again, keep on looking around. This goes on for a few times until the classic souls glitch, 1 hit backstab kill from 20 meters away.

I'll try that rat infestion boss again later with anti poison herbs and regain spell uses items equipped.