Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-67.212.188.13-20140314173221/@comment-68.10.186.182-20150616120816

It is a benefit to new or unskilled players. If you can't manage to get through one section of a level but have the tenacity to keep trying death after death eventually some of the enemies will stop spawning and you can make it through.

Sure it is a little annoying when you are item farming and there is no more stone knights or whatever, but they built in a fix with the champions covenant.

Aside: I wasted a lot of time trying to cut the rope on Carhillion's dock at No-Man's wharf thinking it would drop that hanging ship and open a shortcut or secret.