Heide's Tower of Flame wtf...

[Bergman777]

How is this supposed to be early game? right of the first bonfire theres 2 white knight guys and 1 big guy all aggoing you the moment you leave the bonfire, and each of them take like 10 hits to kill and 2 hits from anyone of em you are dead, how is this supposed to be doable? first area was super easy then instantly this ♥♥♥♥?

[Redux (Mattotk)]

Use a mace or club like weapon, it deals massive damage against armored foes like the stone knights, roll to their right arm, take a bit of distance and wait until they finish the 3 hit combo, then attack 2 or 3 times, repeat.

About heide knights... well try to take them 1 at the time, you can backstab them but its kind of tricky, do not be too greedy when attacking, do hit and run if you can't stagger them.

If you need help with the area I can assist you.

[Enderspoons]

Originally posted by Bergman777:

How is this supposed to be early game? right of the first bonfire theres 2 white knight guys and 1 big guy all aggoing you the moment you leave the bonfire, and each of them take like 10 hits to kill and 2 hits from anyone of em you are dead, how is this supposed to be doable? first area was super easy then instantly this ♥♥♥♥?

The white knights stay passive and never attack you, at least until the area boss dies. Their main weakness is getting parried and riposted, which you can do with the Dagger from Things Betwixt at the start of the game and the Crimson Parma collected on the way to Heide.
If you're not confident in your parrying skills, I say there's no better enemy in the game to practice on than the white Heide Knights. Their arsenal has a grand total of three attacks, one of which is extremely super predictable and easy to parry once you have a grip on the timing.

Parrying is hard mainly because there's a small delay between pressing the button and getting parry frames. You will want your shield to connect with the enemy's sword right around when your shield passes in front of your face.

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The big green dudes are all weak to blunt weaponry and will generally die in 4-5 hits from such a weapon with no upgrades: Merchant Hag Malentia (who I think you may have found already) sells clubs, but the game also throws you a Morningstar literally at the very beginning in Majula that you can use — assuming you find it, that is.

[Bergman777]

Yeah i kinda cheesed the fatty boss down the drain, now i can't get to the dragon cuz theres swarms of enemies everywhere, if it was only the green guys it would have probably been doable, 1 by 1, but with this horde it is near impossible, but guess i will try to go down to that underground area first and come back to this place when i have leveled up some more or something... So far this seems waaay harder than ds1 remastered

[Enderspoons]

Originally posted by Bergman777:

Yeah i kinda cheesed the fatty boss down the drain, now i can't get to the dragon cuz theres swarms of enemies everywhere, if it was only the green guys it would have probably been doable, 1 by 1, but with this horde it is near impossible, but guess i will try to go down to that underground area first and come back to this place when i have leveled up some more or something... So far this seems waaay harder than ds1 remastered

Yeah. Unlike Dark Souls 1, 3, Elden Ring, or Sekiro, Dark Souls 2 demands that you be able to exercise patience when dealing with the chaff enemies populating each area. If you try to skip any, they'll just casually follow you to the next room until you have a giant horde snowballing your way.

So yeah. Probably best to pick them off one at a time. You should also be doing this anyway, as respawning dudes in Ds2 will eventually stop respawning after being killed 12 times.*

*(If you want them to respawn some more, e.g. for item farming, you can sign up with the Company of Champions covenant in Majula to make them respawn perpetually again for as long as you remain a member.)

[vida]

Originally posted by Bergman777:

Yeah i kinda cheesed the fatty boss down the drain, now i can't get to the dragon cuz theres swarms of enemies everywhere, if it was only the green guys it would have probably been doable, 1 by 1, but with this horde it is near impossible, but guess i will try to go down to that underground area first and come back to this place when i have leveled up some more or something... So far this seems waaay harder than ds1 remastered

What i usually do is parry the sword wielding heide knights (since you've been to the forest you should have a buckler which makes it easy but any small shield will do) and for spear wielding ones bait their leap attack and roll-backstab them. Hope it gives you some ideas to tackle them.

[Squirel_squire]

1. Use blunt weapons for Giant (Old) Knights
2. Heide Knights only aggro after Dragonrider is killed, so it's optional
3. Parry heide knight or come back later

[Yal]

There's also an NPC summon sign outside the boss arena on the left-hand side as you exit it (Masterless Glencour), you might need to "cancel the human effigy's effect" at a bonfire to re-enable multiplayer again to see it

(basically burning a human effigy at a bonfire cancels multiplayer functionality for that area for a time, it's applied automatically each time you beat a boss to give you respite from invasions)

But yeah, any mace will make the stone guys MUCH easier. There's a free Morning Star hidden in Majula if you explore the coast thoroughly.