So where did all my hard earned skill points go!!!

[Kungfu Panda]

I played through the game twice trying to get the skills maxed. Right now there is simply no replay value left. Won't play until the next patch is out...

[Jork]

they claimed earning skill points from quests in ng+ was a bug so they nuked it.

you need to spend 8 hours killing 99999 bad guys to get a single measly skill point now.

i honestly don't mind any of the other changes the patch made, but this one change almost ruined the game for me.

[TheTool]

Those were not your skill points, you just thought they were.

[*D4rKsKy*]

Originally posted by TheTool:

Those were not your skill points, you just thought they were.

Wrong

[abugaj]

They took your skill points because in their eyes you cheated but in reality you just played the game. You are being punished for a mistake they made. I refuse to play the game now after this patch.

[Serath]

The thing is in another thread somewhere here someone said New Game+ isn't actually in the game. People are just restarting the entire campaign over thinking that it is. He also said the actual NG+ was going to be a mode with randomly generated missions, which might also be back skill point rewards.....just in a different game mode. (He unfortuantley, did not give a link.)

"Future updates "will include new missions and an ultra-hard challenge mode alongside new weapons, items, and co-op ninja characters," the studio said. "

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/10/21/shadow-warrior-2-free-post-launch-content/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rockpapershotgun%2Fsteam+%28Rock%2C+Paper%2C+Shotgun%3A+Steam+RSS%29

This could be it. Who knows. We don't have this update yet. We just have a patch. Did anyone read this? This could be very well the reason for the skill point drop.

[KobraKira]

Originally posted by Serath:

The thing is in another thread somewhere here someone said New Game+ isn't actually in the game. People are just restarting the entire campaign over thinking that it is. He also said the actual NG+ was going to be a mode with randomly generated missions, which might also be back skill point rewards.....just in a different game mode. (He unfortuantley, did not give a link.)

"Future updates "will include new missions and an ultra-hard challenge mode alongside new weapons, items, and co-op ninja characters," the studio said. "

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/10/21/shadow-warrior-2-free-post-launch-content/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rockpapershotgun%2Fsteam+%28Rock%2C+Paper%2C+Shotgun%3A+Steam+RSS%29

This could be it. Who knows. We don't have this update yet. We just have a patch. Did anyone read this?

I don't think anyone read up on this, if there's this much complaining

[gameragodzilla]

Originally posted by KobraKira:

Originally posted by Serath:

The thing is in another thread somewhere here someone said New Game+ isn't actually in the game. People are just restarting the entire campaign over thinking that it is. He also said the actual NG+ was going to be a mode with randomly generated missions, which might also be back skill point rewards.....just in a different game mode. (He unfortuantley, did not give a link.)

"Future updates "will include new missions and an ultra-hard challenge mode alongside new weapons, items, and co-op ninja characters," the studio said. "

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/10/21/shadow-warrior-2-free-post-launch-content/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rockpapershotgun%2Fsteam+%28Rock%2C+Paper%2C+Shotgun%3A+Steam+RSS%29

This could be it. Who knows. We don't have this update yet. We just have a patch. Did anyone read this?

I don't think anyone read up on this, if there's this much complaining

The link doesn't say anything about skill points, just a challenge mode and some new missions which doesn't necessarily translate to skill points for NG+.

[Serath]

Originally posted by gameragodzilla:

Originally posted by KobraKira:

I don't think anyone read up on this, if there's this much complaining

The link doesn't say anything about skill points, just a challenge mode and some new missions which doesn't necessarily translate to skill points for NG+.

But it mentions bugs. Like Jorkfriend said, you getting skillpoints in the fabled "NG+" everyone thinks we have was actually a bug. You were never supposed to get them in the first place. Whatever this challenge mode is might be that NG+...and it might give skill points for rewards. (on top of regular XP from enemies.)

Originally posted by KobraKira:

I don't think anyone read up on this, if there's this much complaining

If that really is the case, how typical, people just going straight to the complaining. (Not nessecarily pointing at you.) It's literally right there on the news section for the game on Steam.

[gameragodzilla]

Originally posted by Serath:

Originally posted by gameragodzilla:

The link doesn't say anything about skill points, just a challenge mode and some new missions which doesn't necessarily translate to skill points for NG+.

Like Jorkfriend said, you getting skillpoints in the fabled "NG+" we currently have was actually bug. You were never supposed to get them in the first place. Whatever this challenge mode is might be that NG+...and it might give skill points for rewards. (on top of regular XP from enemies.)

Originally posted by KobraKira:

I don't think anyone read up on this, if there's this much complaining

Typical, people just going straight to the complaining. (Not nessecarily pointing at you.) It's literally right there on the news section for the game on Steam.

I remain skeptical that it was a bug considering the way it worked before is how NG+ works normally. Shadow Warrior 2013 didn't keep me from picking up Chi Crystals and Karma pools in NG+. If I can keep and improve my gear through a second playthrough, why not skill points?

Either way, bug or not, it made the game more enjoyable. It wasn't an endless grindfest that the current system is.

[Serath]

Originally posted by gameragodzilla:

Originally posted by KobraKira:

I don't think anyone read up on this, if there's this much complaining

The link doesn't say anything about skill points, just a challenge mode and some new missions which doesn't necessarily translate to skill points for NG+.

Actually, the link I posted was just the one that I saw. I didn't actually find the info from what the other guy was saying, I was making a guess.