NG+ Query

Yes.

It is also advisable to respec your character if you intend to do so before NG+ or you'll be stuck with the same build until u get Tempest.

Oh, also, does the male default animate well enough or should I make a custom one?

I wondered about Remnant VI, based upon companions' skills. For those who do not know, unspecced companion skills will have the Tier 6 option locked out until the Loyalty Mission is complete. If the skills are fully specced, they remain unlocked.

Starting the NG+ at Level 72, I had four very different Favorites ready to load. I switched to a "new" build as soon as boots touched Habitat 7. (One with Remnant VI, coincidentally.) The inventory issue was annoying, until they upped the starting value to 100 items. (It has glitched back to 50 for me, once.) Since I'd planned for the lower cap, I had a lot of free space. One hundred items is a threshold with which I'll likely never have trouble. I've yet to invest in the Inventory Capacity perk during my NG+.

One minor thing that kind of annoys with NG+ is the armor coloring. I have to go into my wardrobe and return my armor colors to "basic", more or less, before importing. If you don't, you end up with some ugly, crazily colored AI armor. It seems like it would've been easier to just let me start the game with the NG+ armors I already own. We should've been able to visit the loadout screen aboard Hyperion, rather than simply grabbing a helmet and a single sidearm. Even if our loadout were restricted to the Predator I in a NG, at least we'd have been introduced to the mechanic. Then, for NG+, we could've equipped the stuff we want to equip before reaching the Nexus.

Actually what I intended to say is, you can use the med-bay respec to get all your skill points unallocated before NG+ save. That way, you can carry your skill points over to the NG+ and allocate skills when you are in Habitat 7.

Not sure about Remnant VI... didnt pay attention cos I never use it 

I just saw this question, and I'm also curious. He looked like a goon before the patch. He was always squinting, his eyes darting, and his eyebrows jumping about. I'm curious as to whether this stuff was addressed. If so, I'll give him another shot.

There is definitely improvement to both Ryders after patch 1.05. Honestly, I think the CC sux and custom male Ryders shares all the funny animation with the default ones.

Since I have my helmet on all the time; well whenever possible at least, "Animation" aint bad. 

I played both default and (asian) custom Scott. They animate the same so if you don't like some expression/animation chances are switching default-to-custom or vice versa won't make a difference