Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-3514681-20140509211653/@comment-1687225-20141208215720

In hindsight effigies are so easy to obtain large quantities of, that running out of them in the first place is a fear that's not really warranted. You COULD use aesthetics for the sole purpose of getting more effigies, but there's little meaningful point to do so unless you don't have access to the shrine of amana and find yourself constantly using whole batches of them.