So I wanted to start getting more Humanity as I lost about 4 early on in game and hadn't seen anymore until yesterday. I finally picked one up randomly and used it to turn human. Now I'm waiting by Tartarus' entrance with my summon sign for someone to invite me. But its been about 15 minutes so far. Should I go some place else? Is there more demand for summoning later on?

I'm not advocating not helping people online, but there are better ways to grind humanity. Namely the sewers, there is a bonfire next to a ton of rats that drop humanity about 5% of the time. Later in Sens castle you can get a ring that boosts your drop rate from 100 with 0 humanity to 300 with 0. meaning you get a 15% drop rate with well over 8 rats. You almost have to get one every run.

Haven't reached the sewers yet. Been really anxious about not screwing up so I pretty much stopped past the boar. Guess Ill wait a bit more then man up and move forward.

The sewers are a ways off, I would suggest getting at least 2 humanity by the time you get to the church-y place. This is so that you can kindle that bonfire, the most important one in the game in my opinion. besides that humanity isn't rally necessary.

I'm just trying to help people with the Ornstein boss fight atm because it was a brick wall I smashed my head against for so long... no one is seeing my sign though. Not a huge fan of the way online works this time around.

Online is fucked with the new lobby system, everyone has been complaining about not being able to be summoned or invade other players worlds because of how the new p2p system works.
 
I have both a soul sign down outside S&O and the Cat Ring on and I'm lucky to get a match in either after 15 minutes of waiting.

I was wondering about summoning, myself. I've put my Soul Sign down at the entrance of the Bell Gargoyle boss fight hoping to help some duders out, but I can't go too far away from it before the damn sign disappears. How far CAN I go before it'll fade away? Because whilst I don't mind waiting for a few minutes to see if somebody pops by, I thought the point was that I could put the sign down and go on questing and be summoned later...

I was wondering about summoning, myself. I've put my Soul Sign down at the entrance of the Bell Gargoyle boss fight hoping to help some duders out, but I can't go too far away from it before the damn sign disappears. How far CAN I go before it'll fade away? Because whilst I don't mind waiting for a few minutes to see if somebody pops by, I thought the point was that I could put the sign down and go on questing and be summoned later...

I'm just trying to help people with the Ornstein boss fight atm because it was a brick wall I smashed my head against for so long... no one is seeing my sign though. Not a huge fan of the way online works this time around.

@Floppypants said:

After an absurd amount of practice, I finally killed the two solo, Ornstein second.

I spent a dumb amount of time trying to beat this guy and eventually Megazord Ornstein glitched through a window and after about 5 minutes of nothing, he died. I help people because I wish I could have had some help. No signs would ever show up when I went human and that NPC only helps for the first part, and even then, he isn't much use.

@Floppypants said:

@SuperWristBands: I only managed to kill Megazord Ornstein with my longbow. By positioning myself in the right position behind a broken pillar, I could shoot him with my bow while his lightning bolts hit the pillar. It was cheese, but that's how you beat Dark Souls.

God damn it. I didn't even think to use a bow. Maybe that is what I will do when I try a different character. What arrows did you use?

You're waiting to be summoned. What do YOU do to fight back the black phantoms of boredom? Due to my particular media setup, I unfortunately cannot access the internet while the game is up, I can't get game audio while I'm using my computer and if I get summoned I will be totally unaware. I usually feather the LB button just ever so slightly so that my guy constantly raises and lowers my shield as fast as possible, while running around in circles!

You cannot summon for the first boss as you do not get the sign till after it. You also must be within 10% of their level to be summoned in, so you cannot be level 66 like me and hope to be summoned for quelaag unless someone is extremely dedicated to farming. Hell, its hard for me to get my sign summoned in sens fortress as i hit that place in my 60's..

I've only put one summons sign down and I was summoned within seconds. I didn't even have time to move out of the area.

I have had no problems being summoned into other people's games whenever I've tried, but summoning people into mine has been hit or miss.