Yeah, it's the first RPG I've played with a leveling system that doesn't force you to grind (well, a little bit for some things if you really want them).
I got my Flame to +5, Club to +5 lightning, got Dawn's Circlet and bought the Bellowing Dragoncrest ring. All of that and I went from having four kings around me at 1/2 boss health to killing each with 20 seconds to spare. I really didn't expect those things to have such a huge impact. I got them all first try, and made plenty of mistakes.
Being an SL1 Darkwraith really is the most fun you can have in this game. I usually just try to intimidate people, and really only try to kill their phantoms before I open up and drop my guard all the way down. There is so much variety. One invasion you're circling around an SL15 knight teasing them, the next you're in a delightfully honorable PvP match. I just wish there were still new people on though, I mostly only get long-time players doing new builds.
I've decided I'll round up enough Humanity through invading as I need to get the Chaos Servant scrolls, then properly abandon Darkwraiths and switch back once I'm done. I wanted to do it before then but I never had enough at one time.
I'll also upgrade my Chaos club the rest of the way (couldn't get a sword like Turbo suggested). Since Chaos scales with Humanity, it's a Darkwraith's best friend.
