Dark Souls (aka Project Dark)

[Goat]

Oh, and you don't get the Black Knight armor til the last dungeon of the game.

I know, in the Kiln right? I looked it up after posting, haha. Buzzkill.

Right now I'm still going for the Grim Reaper look (chasing the Gold-Hemmed robes and Lifehunt). Currently depending on the Drake Sword, but that's becoming boring pretty quick.

I spent like 2 hours doing the 300-soul farm trick from the Hellkite. Does anyone know of a faster farming position in any of these areas? They're the ones I've yet to really explore:
The Catacombs
Darkroot Garden
Valley of Drakes
Blighttown

What Rick said. You'll need 20k for the key to unlock the gate though.

I'd ring the second bell already if I were you, just so you can get the Gold-Hemmed right away.

What SL are you now btw? I'm currently playing on a SL52 character (and I won't level it up beyond its current SL for the sake of always playing coop in Anor Londo; most common SL range of players there = 50) so if you end up being near that range, we can coop.