Hello wonderful people of this sub. I'm once again asking for your financial support.

The game is Dark Souls 2

My Steam profile is Voit Peak

First of all, I would like to add a Spoiler Warning for Dark Souls 1 / Dark Souls Remastered.

So, yeah, I'm in this sub for like 2 weeks and this is already my 5th request... Not because of greed, because I'm too dumb to make a decision for one game, I closed all my other requests. But it's FromSoft, how can you make a final decision for one of their games? I want to play all of them, that is already something that is a 100% for sure, no matter what. And now, after playing the hell out of the first one, I know, I want to play them in release order, assuming this will give me the fullest Souls experience.

Okay, so here's my story:

When Dark Souls: Remastered was on sale a couple of weeks ago, I finally bought my first ever From Software game. I have played other "Souls-like" Titles and for years I was fearing that I wouldn't like the genre defining originals, because they might be too hard or something. But yeah, I finally got one, and then... I played the living hell out of it. I finished my first playthrough, and immediatly started NG . Not only because the game was absolutely amazing, but I wanted to get every achievement as soon as possible and I also wanted to try to finish some NPC quests. Seeing Solaire with this god damn maggot on his head was terrible to witness.

Shortly after I finished the game for the first time, I watched a very nice video (not sure if allowed to link here) which explained some more of the lore and what is happening in general (The video is called "The Day the World GOT GUD"). Normally, I play a game, finish it, and look up what could've happened if some decisions would've been different. But i wanted to actually live through it and experience it first hand. So I tried everything I could to save Solaire and in general, talk to people and accompany them on their own quest as much as possible.

After suffering and farming a lot in NG , I wasn't able to save Solaire again. Okay, so I started NG and at least finished the missing achievements. After I completed them, I started my actual third playthrough, with a pure dex build. But with a couple of twists:

1. Shields are only allowed if I'm in a critical situation (like a whole lot of enemies at once). I want to get better at dodging and parrying. So my loadout was a Rapier and dagger, and alternatively the Uchigatana two handed with the grass crest shield on my back for the buff.
2. I save Sif in the past before fighting him for Artorias' Ring, so that I'll get the alternative cutscene. Which means I enter the DLC Area quite early, at least compared to my first playthrough.
3. Except for a little strength, I only invest in Dex, Endurance, Vitality and Resistance. No magic, no miracles, no pyromancies, no "heavy" weapons.
4. No heavy armor. I want to be able to do the fast roll at all times, no matter what.
5. I save Solaire. Even tho I would like to battle Gwyn 1on1, I want to have Solaire on my side for the last fight.

I actually managed to do all of this, and god damn that was a fun experience. I learned so much, the playstyle was so different, it didn't feel repetitive at all, even tho I already just did 2 playthroughs a couple of days/hours beforehand. I got the cutscene with Sif after doing the DLC midway through the game (which also gave me the opportunity to get 2 awesome armors!) and it broke my heart. I saved Solaire and I felt absolutely glorious, even tho it again broke my heart to see him like that at the end. I was able to kill every boss without using a shield (except Nito, the damn skeletons!).

And after I killed Gwyn for the third time in less than 2 weeks, what to do now? Well, I started what is in my current opinion the hard mode of dark souls: I started another character, this time a pure Sorcerer. As least points as possible went into Vitality, Endurance and Strength. Now, I never was the biggest fan of "Magic only" characters in any kind of RPG and sadly, it applies to Dark Souls as well. So I stopped shortly after entering Anor Londo.

I thought to myself "Let's play some of your backlog for a little change", which I did. But every day since then, I'm looking online if Dark Souls 2 is on sale anywhere. I was already eyeing some shady grey markets and I keep googling if they're "legit" or whatever, not to find a reason to buy it there, but to keep myself reminded that this is something I shouldn't do. And this was the point were I thought to myself, maybe this sub is currently my best option.

And with currently I mean, that this and next month will be the last ones where I have no job and no money (to be more precise, this is my last month without a job, expecting the first payment at the end of next month). After that, everything will get better for me, including the ability to buy video games without having to be anxious for it being a terrible financial decision.

Yeah, well, that's my current state of being. I love Dark Souls 1, I need Dark Souls 2. No matter what game I'm touching currently, it doesn't spark the same excitement. I would like to use my last week being unemployed playing the hell out of Dark Souls 2 as well, so that after I receive my first paycheck, I can get myself Dark Souls 3 as a treat.

No matter what's happening here, I hope you had a little fun reading this and thank you so much for doing so, or even for just taking a look at this post and using a single thought on it. And if you're actually considering fulfilling this wish to me, thank you even more! Have a good day and praise the sun! \[T]/