Confused about Tower of Trials and NG+

[Aven Fallen]

Hello!

So, I just recently beat Code Vein on my first playthrough. Before going into NG+, I want to do the DLC-Stuff and the Tower of Trials.

Am I already in NG+ at this point? My savefile has this Star-Icon.
Because I am quite confused with the Tower-Bosses, I have read something that they are 1 NG-cycle above the current one, so NG will be NG+ in the Tower, NG+ will be NG+2 in the tower and so on.

Is this true?
If yes, are the bosses in my current playthrough NG+ or NG+2? Like I said, I have this star on my playthrough, but I did not go through the door into NG+ yet.

Because I beat the first Tower and the Butterfly was way more tanky, but manageable. The Successor of the Claw felt normal to me.
But the second Tower is really a pain, the Excecutioner feels so tanky and hard-hitting and Juzo Mido at the end really wrecks me.

Like I said, I am kinda confused what the difficulty is.

Kind regards

[Renniged]

Venom is a realy stupid status against Mido and executioner. Try it and reapply when needed.

[Aven Fallen]

Originally posted by Ren:

Venom is a realy stupid status against Mido and executioner. Try it and reapply when needed.

Thanks for the Tip! I honestly did not know that Venom works against Mido, I did not use it when fighting him in the Main Game. I am just confused, because he seems to be harder in the Tower.

And funnily, the third tower was very easy compared to the second Tower.

[warlok]

You have to go through the door at the base to get into NG+ and get an option to increase difficulty. A single star is an indication that you beat the game on normal and with each difficulty increase it will add another one, once you beat it.
Yes, from what i remember, towers and dlc should be scaled to a higher difficulty. If you didn't go through that door, they should be at NG+1 for you.

[Aven Fallen]

Originally posted by warlok:

You have to go through the door at the base to get into NG+ and get an option to increase difficulty. A single star is an indication that you beat the game on normal and with each difficulty increase it will add another one, once you beat it.
Yes, from what i remember, towers and dlc should be scaled to a higher difficulty. If you didn't go through that door, they should be at NG+1 for you.

Ok, thank you. This explains why I struggle at Mido so much. I thought the Butterfly and Excecutioner were just upscaled, because they are very early game-bosses, because the Claw felt normal.

But this solved my confusion, thank you!