2012-01-06, 11:56 PM
Many, many areas in Dark Souls have alternate, hidden paths which can be opened up in multiple ways. Pretty much every area also has a shortcut between different areas in the game, to make traveling more efficient (as the bonfire teleport can only take you to a number of certain bonfires in the game, not that that is a bad thing).
And yeah, there are a ton of armor sets and weapons. Even at extremely high levels I was still changing my equipment pretty often. Not to mention you are always changing between your equips to traverse different areas.
Crystal weapons aren't the est tier of weapons in the game, they are simply one path you can take in upgrading your weapons. It is true that they cannot be repaired, but crystal equipment is the only type of items in the game that cannot be repaired. To offset this, they offer extremely high defense/attack, but I really haven't seen anyone use them at all.
And yeah, there are a ton of armor sets and weapons. Even at extremely high levels I was still changing my equipment pretty often. Not to mention you are always changing between your equips to traverse different areas.
Crystal weapons aren't the est tier of weapons in the game, they are simply one path you can take in upgrading your weapons. It is true that they cannot be repaired, but crystal equipment is the only type of items in the game that cannot be repaired. To offset this, they offer extremely high defense/attack, but I really haven't seen anyone use them at all.