I think and then wanderd Lordran wondering where I was suppost to be going and just leveling up instead of upgrading gear. I remember beating the gaping dragon and going to blighttown and then back up to the valley of drakes totally missing Quelaags domain at around Lv.30.
I believe he was Lv.60 and never saw Quelaag.
I looked back on my first character on Xbox360 and it was awful! He was using a Zweihander with only 18 strength so he was two handing it always and had like 38 endurance because for whatever reason I thought having 1 more swing of my weapon was better then doing any damage. Spoliers! Dont read if you want your first playthough to be blind! This for everyone else to read. Half the fun of playing a new game is going in blind. Perhaps its your weapons and armour that are poor choices or upgrades. If you feel that you've picked that poorly and you aren't that far into the game you could consider restarting. There isnt any offical way of reseting a characters stats.