Any tips on how to return to this game?

[supermichael]

I quit the game when I finished story mode and did some farming for weapons and made my character level 50 all of them. I quit before the extreme dungeon existed and before there was any level cap increase.

I was wondering how should I return to this game? I can imagine a lot has changed. I noticed there is this option blooming of forget me not, should I play continue or play in the DLC?

[Velmoria]

I assume you already bought the game in premium so why not check it out?
If you want to follow update progression, do Ancient Apostle free DLC first which you can find it at base.
Leveling will be insanely quick in "Blooming oFMN" DLC story if you play at least on Hard difficulty. And ofc, the equipment grinding still as tiring as usual. At least drops in DLC area give more consistent stats depending on difficulty setting.

[Solo Swordsman]

Do not follow what that last person said, you'll have to rough time if you do.

Ancient Apostle dlc's were free content updates which are basically the equivalent of friendship quests from the previous games. They give the featured character of the dlc new unique gear. You can either play through it or skip it. I don't really think it mattered much. If you decide to play through it, you can start them by heading into the campsite with the long table at Centoria.

Blooming of Forget me not is the first paid DLC. The fights become incredibly difficult midway through.

So first you should continue your save and work on leveling too at least 60. You can speed it up by raising the difficulty and farming levels in the raid dungeons and mutated beasts. That way you can also score better gear.

Don't focus to much on the gear farming though. What you'll really want to be doing is mutated beast battles. You can go there from the raid dungeon monument. The mutated beasts give you colored shards which allow you to raise your +5 gear to higher levels, all the way up to +20. This way you'll be able to raise your stats, which will be needed for the DLC.

I'd say anywhere after level 65 and +15 gear is a good time to play the DLC on normal difficulty. When you're ready save your game then return to the main menu and select Blooming of forget me not. It will load you into the game with your character data and continue the story from where the base game ended.

PS. They added a "True ending" into the base game which is where the DLC picks up from. So, if you haven't seen it, you should at least look it up on YouTube to see it.

[Velmoria]

I come back from hiatus rather recently about 3 weeks ago from before Extreme Raid update as well. Whether able fight lv80~100 enemies as lv50 character is depends on how much grind previously done (main 2h-sword btw). It should not be a problem if previously (lv50) able beat those base game Gold Divine beast on Normal.

My level reach about 60 by the time I finished Ancient Apostle DLC on Hard. Then at first map of Blooming DLC, my level pretty much jump to lv95-ish from those story enemies. Currently I stopped after 3rd DLC map, grinding for new gear and upgrades.

[supermichael]

I guess I know what to do now, I will do the new quest Ancient Apostle.

When I play I have to fight against weak monsters to get my touch back, it has been years since I last played.