>>80554675You could get any item you wanted again without having to go into NG+ and all of the covenants provided rewards that allowed you to once again, avoid having to NG+ to get more of.
The devs wanted you to live in the world without having to replay it every time you wanted to try something new.
And then NG+ in DS2 is the best in the series because of it adding new enemies and even cool little details like the giant spider boss attacking you earlier in the zone and giving you the chance to damage it earlier on.
A feature that Dark Souls 3 would then copy for the wolf boss in the DLC