We only need to look at the difference between the souls available in ds 1 and the souls available in ds 3 to see this . The best soul available in ds 1 ng is the soul of a great hero . The best soul available in ds 3 ng is the souls of a crestfallen knight I believe , its something fuckin miserable anywayWe don ' t have great heroes because there is not such a large quantity of soul energy just out and about in the land of lothric . If having a powerful soul lets you become a powerful being , its no wonder we don ' t see many great heroes , because they are simply scraping for soul energy . The reason for this is that its all been burned on the first flame to sustain the age of fire So why do we find more powerful souls in next NG cycles ? Going into the next cycle should make world a little more weaker right ? What exactly NG cycle means then ?