>>717318272
Bonfire Ascetics are fucking dumb. Nothing but a band aid to a world system that fucks itself. The solution is simple. When you give a boss soul to a blacksmith/spellcrafter, don't limit to one fucking item.
The one thing DS2 did right was the Covenant of Champions as it acted like an in-world difficulty system with unique rewards that could only be accessed by collecting enough awestones, which were exclusive item drops while you were in the covenant.