Starting Gift

[TheBlueFox]

The starting gifts seem a little... MEH to me.

Its sort of a toss up between the ring of health and the fire gem... what do you guys pick?

[Medusahead]

Picked the ring since nothing else seemed worthwhile.

[Sscral]

Ring of health

[Beau Forest]

Didn't pick anything. By accident. However, I didn't miss anything so far.

[SHOKK♥]

They were always pretty garbage, it's that or everyone just picks 1. (Like the Master Key)

[Kama Nightfire]

For myself I normally went with the Sovereignless Soul, it's worth 2,000 Souls, which is a nice early boost!

Otherwise, the ring is an okay choice, a little health-boost can make survival easier, and the ring normally sells for 1,500 souls elsewhere. :)

[TheBlueFox]

I'm probably gonna up and try a sorcerer with the fire gem. I think thats the way to really make a sorcerer kick some ass early

[Gumu]

That's a free bonus, why should we expect something to get carried by ? I think it's pretty fair for a "Gift" that could have not been here at all.

[TheBlueFox]

Originally posted by Kurtlol:

That's a free bonus, why should we expect something to get carried by ? I think it's pretty fair for a "Gift" that could have not been here at all.

Im not saying I wanted the drake sword from DS1 or like, a full set of armor.

I'm just saying the choices we were given didn't really feel super amazing. There wasn't any unique item, like the witch's ring in DS1 that let you talk to Quelaag's sister

[cklambo]

I picked the white branch, no idea how its useful though.

[AzrielProne]

Originally posted by Krivvin:

Rusted Gold Coin has been used to great effect though. It massively boosts item discovery, useful for getting all of the drops in an area.

I did the same. Its helping alot for early game.

[SundownKid]

This game has the worst starting gifts of any Souls game. Most of the ones in DKS2 sucked but at least there was Healing Wares. In this one they are all terrible, I'd say Life Ring is probably the most useful.

[Medway]

How many of those coins do you get or is it infinite?

[Jon]

Originally posted by Krivvin:

Rusted Gold Coin has been used to great effect though. It massively boosts item discovery, useful for getting all of the drops in an area.

You realize it only lasts around 30 seconds, right?

[Noun]

No starting gift.

[erk2]

I picked fire gem because fire claymore is amazing early game and a lot of enemies are weak to fire throughout the game so I havent regretted it