I have the black knight set. Not sure how, somehow nabbed it as i was plunging to my death # 200, lol. Gosh but Dark Souls was great. Remember how it came out Oct 2011? I played for a couple weeks until U3 on 11/1, hurried to beat that so my plate was clear on 11/11 for Skyrim. It took a year for me to return to Dark Souls, Oct 2012. No glitches at all.
Anyway, don't abandon Skyrim and don't start over. I'm at 17 meg save files and playing just fine. No new glitches yet and I'm done with the MQ of DG, entering the last phase of Lost to the Ages. Yes, I had lag tonight but I'm not quitting although I would rather quit than start over every time there's a patch.