What to do before starting NG+?

[Itsumade]

Just finished my first run of ROTN, was wondering if I should do anything before diving into NG+. I currently have the map 100%'d and have the first time bonuses for all the food items.

[Algester]

SHARDS and get Gebel's glasses (gained by 100% the shards) so you can cheese the rest of the game on NG+ cause you need to get more shortcut shards

[Okay]

If you want to increase the difficulty in NG+ you might wanna get any shards you would consider using to rank 9 grade 9 if you can, get all the yellow shards to rank 9 for the passives. Mastering all the weapon techniques might be useful too so you're not limited to the 'learning' weapons for each technique. Otherwise there's not really much you would be limited with in NG+ if you did not do in NG.

[Emerald Lance]

My "must do before NG+" list consists of 100% map, all food buffs, Gebel's Glasses, Time Stop, and both the Money Up and the Luck Up yellow shards completely maxed out. Especially Gebel's Glasses and Time Stop!

EDIT: Apparently there is a bug right now preventing people from getting all shards, so Gebel's Glasses may either have to wait for a patch or be saved for a future run. Which is a shame because it really is my favorite kind of reward item.

[Zaphied]

Can you even get Gebel's Glasses right now due to the bugged item shard?

That said if you are an obsessive player gun ammo maxes out at 999. Takes 9 runs if you get every single ammo capacity upgrade each run. Which coincidentally you need to max out certain boss shards.I forget the total ammo up amount per run if it was 105 or 115 or 125. Just remember the first time I did it I missed maxing it out by 2 pickups.

Also of some benefit is making sure you have deconstructed and reconstructed all items and weapons armors and accessories that you can. If you find you desire to redo the quests for whatever reasons it is helpful to know what is needed to make/buy them from Dominque.

[Algester]

I'm not sure how the logic applies but as far as I could think the game tracks your shard rate probably pre "DLC" but not sure someone has to try?

[Emerald Lance]

Originally posted by Algester:

I'm not sure how the logic applies but as far as I could think the game tracks your shard rate probably pre "DLC" but not sure someone has to try?

My first guess is that it probably checks the percentage value of completion each time a new shard is gained. If the bugged shard counts towards this percentage in-game, it would probably keep people from getting the glasses.

It is just a first guess though. There are all sorts of ways this could be setup, and any number of them could offer different results.