Man, only one more day of smugness.
A word of advice w.r.t builds...
If, like me, you go for a pyromancer, don't expect to go for a big bashy man with extra bonus flames, like you could in dark souls 1. Powerful pyromancy does require more than a glove now.
This has caused me to be fairly underlevelled for the whole game so far.
Currently at
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Irushiiru of the Icy Valley (which is almost certainly transliterated differently, but still). Bugger me those spinny people hit fast. And the dog thing is a right chompy bugger.
Boss to get there was a right dick. Not a particular fan of the timed boss idea in general, and had to spend lots to create a big bashy club that could destroy him before the room became uninhabitable. With that he were piss easy.