Looking to get the Sunlight Covenant achievement (currently on NG+), and I'm wondering if I should hold off on some boss fights so as to be able to help other players with them, thus lowering the requirements to join (or at least discover) the covenant.

Does this matter? Or should I just throw down white summon signs in the pertinent areas and hope to get summoned, regardless of whether I've finished the boss? I figure worst case I can just hang out in the Kiln and fight Gwyn over and over. Thanks!

Going for the Foxiest of Hounds achievement, and I know for a fact that I've never had one set off in the "traditional" sense, but I've hacked everything in sight. While I know that I've let the timer hit zero and then attempted again, I'm PRETTY sure I reloaded anyway (I quickly realized that reloading was faster than waiting for the 30 seconds). Soooo, now I'm at a point where I kinda want to abandon my all-in-one-playthrough attempt for fear that I let an alarm slip by, and that I'll spend the whole game playing super stealthily and reloading only to have the achievement not pop when I finish.

This isn't too muc of the problem (I wouldn't mind playing through again, though I doubt I'd have time), it's just that this achievement goes hand-in-hand with the Pacifist one, and I don't want to play through twice using the same playstyle. I guess I could just start killing people now, though I ditched a hell of a lot of ammo.

In any case, no way to check if I've ever tripped an alarm, is there?

I've been playing to get Pacifist and so don't need the mods for the most part, but seems a shame to sell em off, as they go for a pittance. Also, as related in another post, I discovered I may have botched my Foxiest of Hounds achievement by hacking, so might just say f*ck it and start using lethal weapons anyway.

In the meantime, is there any way to stash items? If I drop them on the ground, will they remain there indefinitely? If I drop them and leave Detroit then return later, will they remain?

Thanks!

Probably not my favorite, but this always stuck with me:

 
"My name is Atma. I am pure energy and as ancient as the cosmos. Feeble creatures, GO!"

 From FF3 (US) on SNES. Badass game. If you never played it, shame on you.