I really don't understand why Astorias was supposed to be so hard for some people. I beat him with a +14 Zweihander on my third try, when I took my armor off, used power within and a resin before stepping through the fog gate. Do people, except for retarded streamers, really spend 3 hours on the same boss?

The dragon was much more difficult. It killed me a dozen times, before I got him.