the new game plus feature with 1.06 update... (spoilers)

[DevilDoll]

So i started a new game and after Lanvils interogation i went to the #1 as marked on the map at the end of the first play through and interacted with it
Now it seems i can choose any chapter i want but when i do i get there completely naked with no companions no relics no materials no nothing... So what is the point of this new feature can a dev please explain what we are supposed to do with it?
I thought we were supposed to get a new game plus with our gear carried over which is harder like everyone expected...

[Fairy 08]

Well I agree with DeviDoll, there is no point to skip chapters if you are "naked" and have to farm materials again from zero to make your favorite gear. By skipping chapters you dont get unique items like "Champion's belt" for example, and red items from Boss'es.

[DevilDoll]

to make matters worse once you choose the chapter and get there and the autosave kicks in you are stranded there with no option of accessing the chapter selection feature again, even after going to the X1 on the map and interacting does nothing...

[Fairy 08]

We cant call it true New Game+ at this point, its just like "cheat option" to skip chapters and thats all. Game leave you without materials and without hellions.

NG+ is when you can transfer character stats and gear to new playtrought from beginning to finish game faster at ease.

[DevilDoll]

i agree naming it NG+ is giving people false hopes

[Belgen Gunther]

Oh I actually got all the blue relics in that room after I selected a chapter and came back to it, that is how I got all the endings. Also first statue is the light ending, middle is dark ending and third statue is the neutral ending.

[DevilDoll]

yeah its still just a cheat mode nothing more...

[Belgen Gunther]

It is, there is no denying that but hey I don't have to grind for the endings anymore even though it sucks :( :)

[Fairy 08]

It would be simpler to just allow in new game load completed save file and transfer all gear from there to fresh game.

1. Begin New Game? Yes
2. Do you want to load completed save file? Yes
3. Your items has been transfered to New Game+

[Saint Slashr]

Ursprungligen skrivet av DevilDoll:

So i started a new game and after Lanvils interogation i went to the #1 as marked on the map at the end of the first play through and interacted with it
Now it seems i can choose any chapter i want but when i do i get there completely naked with no companions no relics no materials no nothing... So what is the point of this new feature can a dev please explain what we are supposed to do with it?
I thought we were supposed to get a new game plus with our gear carried over which is harder like everyone expected...

(I'm going to add my previous reply to you from the main update post here since it's relevant for anyone who may stumble into this thread!)

Hey DevilDoll - thanks for the feedback. There are definitely a variety of ways to implement New Game+ mode (yours being one of them). It's an idea that we love.

That said, our priority is to deliver what we can, with the largest impact, in the shortest amount of time to players so they can enjoy themselves now. Our goal in this particular instance is to ease replayability and time investment to unlock features players would have had to play 10-20 hours to get back to.

That being said, is an expanded New Game+ something we would love to revisit? Definitely. Trust me when I say we're doing our best to implement what we can with the resources we have at our disposal.

[Rognar]

It is possible to beat the final boss naked with a couple healing items.
You get 2 level ups which you spend on damage and build your party smartly. Sleigh and Mercantile will help you get more healing items down the line should you meet a merchant and dont shy away from swapping teammates instead of spendings hundreds of hellions healing them. there is also a single campfire that allows rest/recreation. for the boss fight just ignore anyone thats not the boss and you're good. I've done this twice and its a bit tedious since a fully geared party will steamroll the place but its far from being impossible.

[NoRudeLaw]

Like many others, I was under the impression that NG+ would allow us to carry over items, stat/perk increases, special items, codex entries, crafting plans, etc..

True, doing this repeatedly would obviously result in Lyric maxing out her perks and being able to fill every party roll, but... isn't that sort of the point of a NG+?

I'd actually made sure to not equip any of my red items, in hopes of being able to equip them on characters in NG+. Now I discover that sticking them in my box was essentially useless.

[Crax]

I need to ask, if you "skip" all the way to Chapter 3, and the sidequests are all auto completed, does it auto unlock all the possible costumes that could exist between those chapters? And what about the choices, does it make you select while you chapter skip? (busy now, can't play)

EDIT: Also, I don't think this NG+ is necessarily "bad" per se. It's not what we were expecting, but it basically provides you access to all the dungeons that you can have before the turning point, unlock most recipes and allow you to grind most of the materials you wish to grind in between. There are no leveling in this game, so there's no issue of being underleveled either. I think it's OK, personally.