What am I missing if I do NOT start a new playthrough? Pros/cons of continuing with an old save

[chippy]

Hi! I recall a devblog or two mentioning that there will be full questlines starting in older chapters that will continue throughout the game, and other older quests / maps being fully changed as well.  Map changes / the way certain events play out isn't anything particularly new with Rejuv updates, but the way some of those devblogs were worded cause me to be concerned about missing or suboptimally experiencing the update's juice. I am more than willing to start a new playthrough, I just want to be informed before I do.

I want to know:

1. If the new questing system causes any potential issues with completed content.

2. Any quests / events that are "time sensetive," aka they are missable and unable to be completed with a save from an older version.

3. How exactly older saves interact with these revamped events / quests (are you able to play/replay through any missable quests without making a new save)

4. If these new events include story changes to existing information, or story additions that introduce known / new ideas at an early time.

 

I personally am cool with spoilers for the purpose of figuring out what I will or won't be missing. A more verbose changelog may be too laborious, but not unappreciated. Whether I continue my old save first, or I go ahead and start my Renegade Route save; either way I look forward to playing 13.5. Thank you so much to the devs for continuing to build upon my favorite RPG of the last 4 years. This post is just me figuring out if I wanna do a new playthrough for both routes or not, if my current Paragon Route save is worth keeping for future versions.

[Z..]

I personally wouldn't start a new save since the dev team might do another massive overhaul of some parts of the game

[chippy]

1 minute ago, Z.. said:

I personally wouldn't since the dev team might do another massive overhaul of some parts of the game

I think they claimed that they won't be doing "revamps" or quest changes to old areas anymore, just polish/QoL here and there, supposedly. I imagine that will stay true, though I admit I wouldn't be surprised if they do another overhaul. Worth considering.

[Z..]

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I think they claimed that they won't be doing "revamps" or quest changes to old areas anymore, just polish/QoL here and there, supposedly. I imagine that will stay true, though I admit I wouldn't be surprised if they do another overhaul. Worth considering.

In that case I say go for it, I am not too far into v13.5 (mainly just doing story stuff) But everything is so new and different especially the areas.
Also for your questions
1 and 2. There for sure are some issues a lot of the quests just got completely reset
3. The stuff like talon, flora, florin stuff are fine but some quests like save my starly will be reset and won't be able to be completed after restoration
4. Pretty sure Terajuma got a total story overhaul. Don't know for sure but when playing through the game a lot of the npcs were thanking me for doing things i never did back in v12 and 13

[chippy]

18 minutes ago, Z.. said:

1 and 2. There for sure are some issues a lot of the quests just got completely reset
3. The stuff like talon, flora, florin stuff are fine but some quests like save my starly will be reset and won't be able to be completed after restoration

I'm curious about how many quests are "reset." Sounds like that means they were removed. I appreciate the responses, and hope for more insights as more and more people play the update.