Skill magazines & NG+ tip

[Jeff]

For anyone planning on doing several NG+, make sure you grab all your skill magazines before starting your next run.

They are permanent character buffs and do stack. They will be in the same location each run but the one you find may vary.

I ran past all of them not knowing, in my grind for lvl 10 powers.

[fauxpas]

They stack? I was under the impression that they didn't ... hmm.

[Jaggid Edje]

I've read in about 8 different places that they don't stack. AT least not in the way you are describing.

Now, I have no reason to believe those places over you, but what is your basis for saying differently?

This reddit thread for example has quite a bit of credebility given the sheer volume of information provided as well as his testing methods described.

But if by "stack" you mean you can continue to rank up the perks that the magazine gives, that's true. Up to the limit for that perk. Which is lower for most of them than the number of NG+'s required to cap out Powers. And you can find the magazines multiple times in a single playthrough.

He provides links to a document listing the actual perks, and what each rank gives. For some of them it's not an "additive effect" but rather a different effect for each perk level. That's why I wouldn't use the term "stack" to describe the process.

[Jeff]

ooh ok cool. I did get one of a different effect and one that I thought was stacking.

It's actually a relief if they don't stack because I didn't want to get them multiple times to get like carry weight to 500. That sounds exhausting.

I was following a video that said where each one was and I was getting different ones in about half the locations, a few I had grabbed before in previous plays and most were completely new.

[fauxpas]

Originally posted by Jeff:

ooh ok cool. I did get one of a different effect and one that I thought was stacking.

It's actually a relief if they don't stack because I didn't want to get them multiple times to get like carry weight to 500. That sounds exhausting.

I was following a video that said where each one was and I was getting different ones in about half the locations, a few I had grabbed before in previous plays and most were completely new.

Yeah, honest mistake and an easy one to make. Thanks for the clarification.

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by Jeff:

It's actually a relief if they don't stack because I didn't want to get them multiple times to get like carry weight to 500. That sounds exhausting.

Just as an FYI, you don't have to keep carrying them around. Once you get the bonus you can just stash them, or even ditch them entirely.

[rjenkins16]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

Originally posted by Jeff:

It's actually a relief if they don't stack because I didn't want to get them multiple times to get like carry weight to 500. That sounds exhausting.

Just as an FYI, you don't have to keep carrying them around. Once you get the bonus you can just stash them, or even ditch them entirely.

Yep, even sell 'em, if they come up in the store interface.

[EB64]

I've found multiples quite a few times since I started, but always forget to check to see if the effect stacks.
It gives the little popup you get when you first pick one up, so I just assumed they stacked.
I dunno.

[dethtrain]

Originally posted by EB64:

I've found multiples quite a few times since I started, but always forget to check to see if the effect stacks.
It gives the little popup you get when you first pick one up, so I just assumed they stacked.
I dunno.

And a sound effect. I noticed that if you picked one up and there was no pop-up with sound effect then you most likely grabbed a duplicate

[fauxpas]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

Originally posted by Jeff:

It's actually a relief if they don't stack because I didn't want to get them multiple times to get like carry weight to 500. That sounds exhausting.

Just as an FYI, you don't have to keep carrying them around. Once you get the bonus you can just stash them, or even ditch them entirely.

I like keeping them simply to keep track of which perks I have.

[EB64]

I keep them because I have a strange compulsion to save at least 1 copy of every book/magazine/data disk I find...