Chose a Bandit as my start class, because I figured I'm reasonably good at scouting and sniping from a distance

Did not expect a random tree sentinel on a horse to cleave me in half right in the beginning

So I'm 9 hours in as of last night. I'm at Level 20 so at least figured out how leveling up works.

But beyond that... no clue what I'm supposed to be doing.

I ventured toward Stormveil Castle, just to repeatedly get my ass kicked

Ventured elsewhere, just to repeatedly get my ass kicked

Finally moved a bit without dying, when OMG THOSE ROCKS ARE A MINI-BOSS

19 hours in. Spent several hours farming runes near the beast arena so I could get better gear and upgrade my stats.

Got past the first mini-boss in Stormveil.

Then resumed getting my ass kicked 🤦‍♂️