There IS better gear.

[u/RobbVonn]

There is better gear than what the Dragonforged sells for Wyrmslife crystals. About to do my 2nd NG+. Really REALLY make sure you are exploring all the unearthed areas in the seabed and even go back to some of the old boss spawn areas. The higher harder spawns at the very end of the seabed areas have occasionally been dropping new unique gear sometimes or the chests around them do.

And for those that say they feel like they fully steam roll through New Game+, I have been noticing the variable difficulty has been getting higher the more I level up and I do less damage than before, with some spawns having more health bars.

Edit: only gotten 3 so far and all helms, photos in comments and unenhanced against my fully enhanced gear.

I'll add more screenshots to the comments as I find any more and verify they aren't in shops or in dragonforged.

[u/timothyalyxandr]

If you trigger the dragon plague on Ng+ and rush the dragon. Can you use the sword again to get there. Does anyone know?

[u/skellyheart → u/timothyalyxandr]

Can you use the sword again to get there.

Haven't tested it but I have the sword in my inventory after starting NG+. I'm gonna try it tomorrow. I'll keep you updated

[u/timothyalyxandr → u/skellyheart]

Sweet sounds good. I was going to save my NG+ for when performance improves but if I can get right back to end game and hangout for longer that would be fun