OK been playing a while and reading complaints and hate and just plain pleas for help from people that are stuck.
My first try I kind of "beelined" as fast as I could moving along and got to the Dapper Old Gent and got my butt handed to me time after time. Read the tips on how to do it but no luck. Then I remember what I find myself telling newbies in various online games that I play/have played- sometimes you may get a mission/quest you are not ready for and you need to "train up for it". Figured that was the same going on for me in DS3 so Instead of trying in vain to kill the Gent with my lvl 15 char I went back a bunch of saves to lvl 7 and then made sure I did each and every mission/quest I could BEFORE i went after the gent.
Between getting to lvl 25 and all the cool equipment I got I killed him first try. So that's my tip- not a game for the "short attention span theater" types and if you are stuck you have probably missed a bunch of "growth" opportunities and should step back a bit . I'm enjoying the game immensely and the camera stuff people complain about just doesn't seem to bother me. I think the story line is great and my only complaint is the actress' voice for Katrina. She sounds like freaking Zsa Zsa Gabor! Not the accent I'm complaining about- its the robotic speaking. The other chars and NPC's are much better and believable.
Hope this helps someone. Enjoy
