should i start blood and wine or do a new game plus? cant decide!!!!

[Craig Glancy]

finally after starting my save about 7 months ago and after having played it for over 120 hours and including beating hearts of stone i finally beat the game last night, i am struggling to decide what to do now do i play blood and wine or start a new game plus i really want to do both right now i completed the game on the normal difficulty i think i want to start new game plus on death march or should i just start blood and wine but change the difficulty from normal to death march
also for anyone wondering im level 38

[Jac]

I played B&W after the main quest so still have NG+ to do. Blood and Wine does play like an epilogue so you might want to play that last. I had already played trhrough twice before getting it on Steam so it might be different for me. If it's your first playthrough it might be good to leave B&W till last.

[Craig Glancy]

Originally posted by Jac:

I played B&W after the main quest so still have NG+ to do. Blood and Wine does play like an epilogue so you might want to play that last. I had already played trhrough twice before getting it on Steam so it might be different for me. If it's your first playthrough it might be good to leave B&W till last.

yeah i do want to play it i just think doing a new game plus once i beat that it might be the best way to go because its my goodbye to this amazing game then but im so unsure on what i want to do

[JA55er]

Blood and Wine does unlock a certain feature which lets you use ability points and mutagens to further strengthen Geralt.

[Dr. Boom]

Blood & Wine will net you Grandmaster armor if you're into Witcher gear. Aside from looking cool, the set bonuses turn you into a badass. Nevermind that the grandmaster blacksmith in Toussaint is going to give you better rates on weapons and armor. We're talking pennies on the dollar, but y'know ... witcher's gotta eat :>

Might be worth doing the expansion for the sake your crafting ingredients because you'll be oozing in meteorite bars, draconid leather and gems.

I was about the same level as you when starting Blood & Wine, then completed everything at level 51.

Do it.

[Craig Glancy]

thanks for all the replies ive decided to just start a new game plus because my reasoning being when i play blood and wine i want that to be my proper send off wish me luck for death march im sure ill need it!!

[DarkInvader]

you should at least start blood and wine and play a certain side quest to unlock the new character abilites :/ it makes the combat on the second playthrough a bit more fun and adds some variety to the game ^^

[Craig Glancy]

im actually sitting here like wtf do i do haha i might just go blood and wine first then new game plus but i also feel like new game plus death march and then beat it and then finish off my story on blood and wine on that save

[Kblocks]

already played yourself by doing normal difficulty boring and easy af

[Riverstyx]

Originally posted by Craig Glancy:

im actually sitting here like wtf do i do haha i might just go blood and wine first then new game plus but i also feel like new game plus death march and then beat it and then finish off my story on blood and wine on that save

Take Darkinvader's advice. Do Blood And Wine at least up to the point where you unlock the extra skill slots and abilities. It carries over into NG+ and if you skip it you have to wait until pretty much the end of the game for a chance to unlock it again.

[Craig Glancy]

Originally posted by Riverstyx:

Originally posted by Craig Glancy:

im actually sitting here like wtf do i do haha i might just go blood and wine first then new game plus but i also feel like new game plus death march and then beat it and then finish off my story on blood and wine on that save

Take Darkinvader's advice. Do Blood And Wine at least up to the point where you unlock the extra skill slots and abilities. It carries over into NG+ and if you skip it you have to wait until pretty much the end of the game for a chance to unlock it again.

lots of people saying that how far into blood and wine is that to unlock that though?

[Riverstyx]

Originally posted by Craig Glancy:

Originally posted by Riverstyx:

Take Darkinvader's advice. Do Blood And Wine at least up to the point where you unlock the extra skill slots and abilities. It carries over into NG+ and if you skip it you have to wait until pretty much the end of the game for a chance to unlock it again.

lots of people saying that how far into blood and wine is that to unlock that though?

It's a sidequest that unlocks fairly early. Soon after reaching Beauclair a messenger will bring you a letter that starts the quest. The quest is called Turn and Face the Strange.

[Craig Glancy]

Originally posted by Riverstyx:

Originally posted by Craig Glancy:

lots of people saying that how far into blood and wine is that to unlock that though?

It's a sidequest that unlocks fairly early. Soon after reaching Beauclair a messenger will bring you a letter that starts the quest. The quest is called Turn and Face the Strange.

right i think im going to do that thanks :)

[Richardino]

I just finished Blood & Wine tonight for the first time on normal. The main story line was brilliant and interesting. I collected everything what Geralt can earn (from grandmaster gears to mutations for example) so i spent almost 50 hours in game...again.
If I have a lot of time, I would play the whole story in New Game Plus on a harder level. So if I were you, I would do the same what you wanna do. ;)

[sup2069]

Craig, I know you’re off to do B&W but to further keep you locked in, that is one beautiful expansion that neither the main game, nor hos can compare to. The area is gorgeous, and the soundtrack is beyond captivating! And besides, by the time you get through the NG+ of the main quest you still got lvl 80s HoS to do and lvl 100+ B&W. You'll fall in love all over again!

[nochat]

Story wise do new game + then blood and wine, for combat etc do blood and wine first. Blood and Wine gets you badass grandmaster armor + new mutagen system, while if you do ng+ it serves as more of a endgame/epilogue dlc.