"New game plus - quests will have no rewards..."

[Vahlnir]

Dont ever recall them stating youd get exp and rewards with it. Again, this point was not a typical point brought up in most discussions regarding NG+. It almost always was about being able to replay parts of FFXIV, not be a tool for leveling. So as far as I know, they never hyped the feature as a means of leveling. They hyped it as "Hey, you can replay some of your favorite MSQ stuff," and left it at that. Anything beyond that is the playerbase hyping it.

Beyond this, I do wonder if people even consider the ramifications of adding exp to it? Far as I know, theyve never said it wont give exp (I could be mistaken), but if there was 0 consequence to having exp and everything going for it do it that way, the devs wouldve just added that aspect. But I suspect that why you dont get exp is that itd screw with other leveling aspects of the game to much.

It was never said, no. And personally I would have been surprised if they kept ALL of the rewards available for players going through NG+. Exp though? I figured that was a safe bet. Sadly I lost that bet, but there was always a chance of that happening. That's fine though, it really is. People can spam PotD and HoH and Fates to get themselves to 70 (and you know, buy their way through jump potions), probably in a shorter time frame compared to NG+. I don't really see the issue there. It wouldn't mess with any sort of balance. It would just add another option and that's not a bad thing. MMOs thrive on replay value, after all. I just think NG+ could be made better (and used by many) if people could gain exp from it.