

New Game Plus mode will also add new skills to unlock in the Drivers' Affinity Charts, and make it possible to decrease a Driver's level at an inn, gaining experience according to that decreased level.

After a while, Blades return with the likes of Gold, EXP, Merc Points, and treasure. Merc Missions, if you've yet to experience them, are essentially off-screen quests which Blades can embark on. "As you might expect", says Takahashi, "you could potentially get them from a Common Core Crystal early in the game, which kind of wrecks the story, but our goal here is to prioritise making the game even more fun to play."Īdditionally, all Blades - including core story Blades such as Pyra and Mythra - can be disengaged from the party and dispatched on Merc Missions. They can join your party in two ways while playing New Game Plus - either automatically once you meet them or by resonating Core Crystals.
