I'm trying to figure out how the saves work in Hardcore mode, for DS2. Everywhere I've read, it states that there are only 3 saves the entire game. Well, the question popped up in this thread here and I answered by what I read online. Now RA_Fox proved me wrong, and others online. I went in the game and did a test for myself. Its seems to be 3 saves per play session, at least on the PC version. I went in game, played HC, and i saved 3 times, and i could not save anymore, then I exit the game, got back in, and I received 3 more save tickets. I did this with 3 different save locations, I haven't tried a 4th one yet.
So with just reloading the game from the menu, if you get 3 saves every time, then it equals to unlimited, by just exiting and reloading. I just wonder if this could be a bug.