I Bought the game a week ago. At first I was the only one playing it. For about a day and a half. Then one of my roommates started playing, so I was like "ok cool". Then the third one joined this weekend. Now the game NEVER turns off. I mean, NEVER.

I did just get passed Sen's Fortress and am treking my way through Anor Londo now.

Good fun, Anor Londo is one of my favorite areas. Well, except that one spot that pretty much everyone has trouble with.
The Boss is one of the hardest in the game too, but I like it that way. I hate to admit I didn't beat it alone. It was the only boss I beat with the help of white phantoms.

Gonna start my 1.05 run later this evening. Should be fun!

Patch is amazing so much more multiplayer fun. Helped a ton of people beat the gargoyles and the capra demon in my new game.

Does a higher strength stat let me swing weapons faster? I ask because the Black Knight Sword does a fuckton more damage than what I was using, but is also hella slower. I assume it does, but didn't do much with melee my first playthrough.

Anywho, about to start Anor Londo. This should be fun.

No, strength doesn't affect weapon swing speed, and no dexterity doesn't affect movement or roll speed. A guy with an SL110 character with at least 50 STR (he could one-hand a dragon's greatsword for kicks) and I tested it out (I was using my character with 40 Dex and 20 STR). When we partnered up as white phantoms (which took forever) we both equipped a zwei and swung it two-handed, and if there was a difference neither of us could notice it. Same thing with naked roll-speed.

Dexterity does affect casting speed though. Especially for sorcery. At 50 dex your casting time is nearly halved. Miracles and pyromancy much less but still to a degree.

The centipede demon fight is SO MUCH HARDER when you aren't a wizard. Also, fuck its grab attack.

My friend said after spending the whole game using methodical and precise execution the centipede somehow drove him to the breaking point and he just went nuts hacking and slashing at it.

The trick is to go to your right, and hop onto the islands in the lava over there. It gives you a lot more room to manuever around the centipede.

But, yeah. That fight is like a million times easier with spells.