Leaving a covenant = Lowering "NG+" level ?

[Felky]

Does it ?

[Dented Car]

I don't believe abandoning a covenant does anything. It has no effect on your character or the game.

Seems pointless, because the word covenant has a stronger conotation.

[Roflmaou]

no

[Felky]

So if I joined one "by mistake" (not knowing it will make monsters more powerful etc), I'll have to recreate a character to find the Normal difficulty again ?

[ClonE]

NG+ triggered by bonfire ascetics are permanent, as is a full game clear. If you joined the Champion's Covenant which makes monsters stronger (more hp, more dmg), leaving that will revert the changes.

EDIT: You join Champion's Covenant in Majula, if you follow the cliff right of the path leading to Heide's Tower of Flame.

[Roflmaou]

oh that covenant, yes it will lower the difficulty with no penalties

[Dented Car]

Originally posted by Nosoler:

So if I joined one "by mistake" (not knowing it will make monsters more powerful etc), I'll have to recreate a character to find the Normal difficulty again ?

If you join a covenant, even by mistake, just abandon it. There should be no penalties.

The permanent effects are caused by items like bonfire ascetics.

[Felky]

Yes the Champion's Covenant is the one I joined..
Thanks, I guess I'll leave it and stop getting one-shotted now :'D

[Hydra_360ci]

You can leave most convenient with no ill effect (in that you retain your convenient level, when/if you rejoin). The only exceptions are the red and blue ones, since they oppose one another.

As for the Champion's Covenant.... to level up in it... easiest way is to play offline and kill NPC Dark Phantoms, such as the one that spawns in the Rat Sewers.... 12 times I think it respawns. Then activate NG+ and 12 more times.... and so on (kinda makes the Leader Board pointless....)