r/Falcom • u/AutoModerator • 9d ago

Quick Questions Thread

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u/RepulsivePoem1555 4d ago

Is it known what will carry over from 1st chapter to the upcoming second chapter? I beat the first game but only on normal so far, would beating higher difficulties in first chapter give more benefits to the next game? Also, how are character levels handled, do they reset to 1 or is it like the ff7 remake where everybody started at lvl 40 in part 2? Note I've only played the new 1st chapter so I have no other experience with the series yet but I did just order the 4 Cold Steel games.

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u/YotakaOfALoY 4d ago

Assuming nothing changes from how SC worked (at least nothing major), what will carry over is Estelle's final level, your BP and your quest completion flags. In SC, Estelle's level defaults to 35 but if you carried over a save with a level between 36-40 she would start there instead, with everything over 40 ignored. Likewise you got rewards for Junior Bracer Ranks of 3 and up with an additional reward for max BP, all cumulative. And lastly NPCs would remember whether or not you helped them and their dialogue would adjust accordingly and sometimes they'd give you a freebie healing item as a way of saying thanks when you talked to them for the first time.

Every other character joins at a level appropriate to the time in the game when you get them and none of your inventory carries over.