Question About Rouge New Game + | Potential Spoilers Beware!!!

[l8fuzzyn]

Beware those of you that have not completed Blue's quest as there are potential spoilers in this question!
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So I beat Blue's story and I beat Rouge so I could continue as Blue. I am just wondering how new game + works with Rouge at this point now. With Blue I obviously had all magic possible and leveled him decently with sword arts for the physical stat boosts as well.

So if I new game + and pick up Rouge, what exactly does he retain? Is he a copy of Blue and will have all the physical stat boosts, plus sword techniques and magic that Blue had?

I started T260G after Blue so I won't likely pick up Rouge until I start Lute or Asellus, but kind of curious if anyone else has gotten to this point and can explain. Either way if he does not retain stuff like I hope, he is by far my favorite character in the game alongside Roufas so I do not mind grinding with him if need be.

[Nicholai]

Originally posted by l8fuzzyn:

Beware those of you that have not completed Blue's quest as there are potential spoilers in this question!
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So I beat Blue's story and I beat Rouge so I could continue as Blue. I am just wondering how new game + works with Rouge at this point now. With Blue I obviously had all magic possible and leveled him decently with sword arts for the physical stat boosts as well.

So if I new game + and pick up Rouge, what exactly does he retain? Is he a copy of Blue and will have all the physical stat boosts, plus sword techniques and magic that Blue had?

I started T260G after Blue so I won't likely pick up Rouge until I start Lute or Asellus, but kind of curious if anyone else has gotten to this point and can explain. Either way if he does not retain stuff like I hope, he is by far my favorite character in the game alongside Roufas so I do not mind grinding with him if need be.

Okay so, when you NG+ into Rouge, he will receive the stats he had as Blue. So taking full advantage of that you can grind to 50 in all stats and then have them doubled. (Save for your charm and defense.) to get them capped naturally without need of gear. He will carry over the gifts of all spells save for Space and Time, and he will not have life at all. He retains and cannot obtain gifts in any spells from here on out as he has them all so they counter his ability to pick up any of them. He will keep any skills you have taught him in Martial, swords, and guns.

Now one thing I learned the hard way is if you NG+ into the Fuse case scenarios, Rouge and Blue are separate people. The stats of Blue from his scenario carry over. However if you choose Blue over Rouge and learn a bunch of new tech and build up stats, NG+ into Rouge again will NOT carry over, just as the stats from Rouge will NOT carry over into Blue as he is his own separate person.

[l8fuzzyn]

Dang! Thank you so much for this answer! Super helpful. I figured there would be some wacky shenanigans with Blue and Rouge New Game + but I won't pick up Rouge again for quite a bit. I am saving Fuse for last so I will have to keep all of this in mind. @Nicholai you = rock star!