Hey all,

I need some help with that world tendency stuff... I just can't figure it out. At the moment i am at flamelurker i think (the boss before the dragon god) but i am still running around with my starting gear :S  I have been looking around and it seems that I partially need world tendency to unlock fights that could give armor. But i can't seem to shift it, every time i want to enter the first gate at the first stone it is still closed :( 

Now my question is if someone could explain it clear what i should do about this, i don't know if it helps but my console is connected to the Internet (i have read something about being online while trying to shift it).

Thanks in advance.

I've never played the game but it is my understanding that world tendency gets darker every time you die. On Halloween it is as dark as it can get, and at Christmas it is as light as it can get. I'm not sure if you need it lighter or darker, nor am I sure how being connected to the internet affects shifts.

Number one:  You don't need better armor, you need to practice your dodging.  Not getting hit is infinitely better than getting hit and just taking less damage from it.  If anything you need to focus on getting a better weapon, the starter weapons are junk unless heavily upgraded.
 
Number two: WT goes down when you die in body form, kill a friendly NPC (one exception to this rule actually), or invade another player and kill them and or their blue phantom allies.
 
Number three: WT goes up when you kill a boss (mini bosses don't count), kill a black phantom player who invades you, kill special named black phantom npc's that appear in pure black WT, and kill primeval demons which also only appear in pure black WT.

I really hated the WT stuff. It's a cool concept but is such a hassle to configure.

" Hey all, I need some help with that world tendency stuff... I just can't figure it out. At the moment i am at flamelurker i think (the boss before the dragon god) but i am still running around with my starting gear :S  I have been looking around and it seems that I partially need world tendency to unlock fights that could give armor. But i can't seem to shift it, every time i want to enter the first gate at the first stone it is still closed :(  Now my question is if someone could explain it clear what i should do about this, i don't know if it helps but my console is connected to the Internet (i have read something about being online while trying to shift it). Thanks in advance. "

You should almost never buy weapons from an NPC.  Any weapon you find can honestly be upgraded and made effective if you have the right build behind it.  On new game 1 though most people just make a +5 dragon weapon.  Some weapons are from WT events this is true, but you most certainly can get a good weapon without using one of those.