the true third eye opening moment is realizing that in the game's current state, with how many things give pen and with how many weapons have a lot of pen built in innately, the truly awakened approach is simply just not taking any armor at all, picking up berserk, pumping 6 proficiency, putting on an isshin's ring and simply believing in the process seriously this stuff is so beyond not okay at the point that i can whip out a stone cslots greatsword that, when speed demon procs, can posture break somebody for like 120 true damage i don't need drugs when i have Collapsed Lung