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

[ForteNightshade]

I will say something: the ability to replay the whole story was always there. All anyone needed to do is to create a new character. Just because of that I don't understand the point of new game+

I can only speak for myself, however I have very little desire to replay ARR. I also wasn't the biggest fan of Stormblood; more specifically the Ala Mhigo arc. Now if I only want to re-experience Shadowbringers, I have a very lengthily grind ahead or I'm out $50. Furthermore, this alt has none of my glamours and may not have access to them since many are raid drops or from the cash shop. On top of all that, The Unending Journey does not have every single cut scene and offers no means of redoing story battles like the level 50 Dark Knight encounter.

It should offer:

- Exp again from Quests n MSLonly as reward, with like 100% Bonus, therefore no Gil, no Items, no Gear Stuff, just only increased exp, fore those who want to level alts faster.
- A title maybe for having replayed once completely a certain part of the game, ARR, HW, SB, SH, and for having replayed once the whole game to current plot end, lets say Storyteller/Historian/Hero Titles based on those story segments being replayed at least once.
- Special earnable Glamours of Weapons n Gear for having replayed fully either ARR (Gaius Weapon/Armor), HW (Estinien's Bloodred Dragoon Gearset), SB (Lyses CG trailer Weapon/Dress) or SH ( Y'shtola's Blackmage Staff/Dress with Hood) from the SH CG of the expansion's trailer CG.
- Some unique TT Cards, Pets n Mounts to receive as one time rewards for replaying completely the game for the first time, like for example a Phoenix Card for ARR, an alternate Estinien Card that shows him in his Past HW Gear for HW, a Papalymo Card for SB that shows him in his last moments, and an Emet Selch/ Hades Card for SH ect, just makibg examples for cards only now here.

See, how you're forcing people who otherwise were content not redoing the story to go through it again if they happen to fancy collecting titles, mounts or glamour. Why does it need rewards when the entire purpose of NG+ is re-experiencing the story? If that alone doesn't interest you, then the feature was never intended for you. It's the equivalent of asking for a story or "easy" mode version of Ultimate because it's content you wouldn't touch otherwise despite it being designed exclusively for those seeking a challenge. And no offense, but I find it a bit amusing you think they would put any of those items or outfits in the game for free. Those will find their way onto the cash shop because SE likes money.

As for your mention of ARR. That would actually be a waste of resources. Not only is it a monumental undertaking; Yoshida citing it would require them essentially rebuilding all of the zones from the ground up. You want to funnel people back to content six years old when it could be put to use in Shadowbringers. Contrary to what people seem to think, coding New Game+ likely requires very little in terms of resources. All they need to do is have a system which unchecks the flag for your MSQ completion upon accessing the NG+ menu. That's significantly less work than redesigning whole zones.

Seeing how the MSQ skip has a giant Gold medal with the number 1 on it, I'm thinking not as many as you think. The story is good, but out of the millions of players, not many want to replay it for the sake of replaying it. If it gave XP I see people using it to lvl up other jobs.

Yes... to skip all of the cut scenes and have a hilariously easy, overpowered means of speed leveling. Which kinda defeats the entire point of NG+.

That gold medal only means more people have bought that recently than any other item. We have no idea how many have actually sold though. It could be as little as 500 skips if the next closest item is at 499, well the jump potion will get a medal. Regardless, people typically buy those to rush an alt for end game purposes. I know plenty of raiders who do enjoy the story but due to wanting to tackle end game quickly, skip everything and eventually go back on an alt. This feature very much appeals to them since they can enjoy the story at their own pace without it interfering with their end game.