Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-67.212.188.13-20140314173221/@comment-6003396-20140314215451

Veteran Legionary wrote: in the forest of the fallen giants the enemys there don't disappear i've died and respawned like 50 times at that bonfie and all the enemies are still there even the ones i've killed 50 times.

Enemies don't spawn after maybe 10-15 kills. If you used a Bonfire Ascetic there, though, then I'm really not sure how that works – if the spawn counter is simply reset or if they respawn there permanently.

I personally don't think the change is anywhere close to a game breaker. If you want more action, then just move on to the next area, and then NG+ and beyond.