Talk:New Game Plus/@comment-24920791-20140515085658/@comment-200.215.27.197-20160722061543

answering your question about the shortcut, my friend tested, (i can't say that i'm sure, since i wasn't the one who did it), and according with him it works this way: if at the first walkthrough you gave 30 humanities to Quelaag's Sister, and at NG+ you abandoned the covenant, you'll need to go back to Quelaag's Sister covenant (basically, when you changed covenants, your offerings will be halved, and your rank will "fall" accordingly, so you'll be rank 1 with 15 humanities missing to the next rank), but if you abandoned the rank with rank 3 and +80 humanities offered, the shortcut will be usable in any subsequent NG (unless you repeat the process of entering-then-abandoning the covenant, as this process will always halve your offerings)