are the dlcs worth it?

[TerrorBlade]

Im new too the arma franchise and the milsim genre but i want to learn more any tips? also the title

[Pripyat Lizard 🦎]

ACE/ACRE/ACEX and then mods for whatever factions/maps you want to play is what you're looking for, most likely.

[RealLocutus]

He asks for DLCs and you give him mods - learn the difference :D

Ad Topic: Not every DLC is worth it.

Karts/Jets/Tanks DLC - gives you new vehicles to use.
Marksmen - gives you a few new weapons
APEX and Contact - give you new maps, new campaign and new vehicles/weapons

Are you interested in a specific dlc?

[Jaden Vance]

The most common, usually required by online units, is APEX (which is a very good DLC). In very rare occassions, CONTACT, but this is a very "mixed" DLC, you don't really need it.

The MARKSMEN gives some nice weapons but you can get a lot better from mods like RHS and CUP.

The WESTERN SAHARA CDLC gives some nice items as well, and is cheap.

If you're up to other eras, the amazing S.O.G.: PRAIRIE FIRE which is based in vietnam era and is one of the best CDLC's for this game so far (for me), or the very recent SPEARHEAD 1944 CDLC which places you in WW2, the recent update added good stuff.

[Pripyat Lizard 🦎]

Originally posted by RealLocutus:

He asks for DLCs and you give him mods - learn the difference :D

No he asked if they're worth it and they're definitely not.

[Captain chimp]

It really depends on the servers/game-modes you are playing, and your play style. I would recommend starting with Apex and maybe Marksmen so that you can use the DLC weapons on servers without the annoying popups. Past that its really just personal choice.

I really like to play CAS and messing about in the helis, so jets and helicopters are a must have for me. but someone who is more into the boots on the ground side of things may be perfectly content with the base game helicopters and planes.

S.O.G Prairie Fire is pretty fun, but you wont really see its assets used on many of the base game servers so its only needed if you're looking for that Vietnam experience.

The DLC usually gets a hefty discount every major steam sale, So if you hold off till October you can pick up a lot of those less important DLC for the low.

[xBCxRangers]

I must have about 500 hours in this game, and never once, not even for a minute, played the vanilla portion lol.

Everything is the SOG or Spearhead dlcs, or Mods from a more historical context. For me, the DLCs sold the game.

[Shenji]

IMO:
I have CONTACT and felt sorry for buying it. Not very fun, totally unnecessary for enjoy the game.
APEX/MARKSMAN/TANK/JET are decent and should have, Kart and that humanitarian dlc is useless. But you can get all of them dirt cheap when sale off.
SAHARA cDlc is not bad, but I don't like some recent 'balance' about the Extraction scenario.
QRF cDlc is okay, but didn't see the contents used much in community.
I don't have other DLCs (or just forgot I have), and don't feel any kind of urgent for them.
ARMA 3 official contents are okay-ish. What makes this game super great, is those brilliant community mods and addons.

[Disgruntled Cuttlefish]

No, they are not. Don't buy any of them, wait for Arma 4.

The only good DLCs are Karts, Apex and Laws of War. Aside from that, the other ones are only meaningful or essential due to them sometimes being required for certain basic activities in servers scenarios etc.

Contact is interesting because of the map. There are better maps though and last I checked, Livonia runs like ♥♥♥♥. But, oooo, the wheat fields and stuff. The edges of the map look funny, like many landlocked Arma maps, another reason why islands are ideal, or at least a lot of coastline.

I would avoid it all, at all costs.


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[SGTツD͞oB͞eRinO]

just hit up the autumn sale for ARMA3 get the complete Edition ,if you really want to play the game I recommend all DLC`S ...you get it for about 20 Bucks ...dont really need the WW2 dlcs or PrarieFire
You can have a good time with the workshop mods also but if you want to join a server its almost every Apex dlc you nedd!

[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]

Originally posted by Jaden Vance:

The most common, usually required by online units, is APEX (which is a very good DLC). In very rare occassions, CONTACT, but this is a very "mixed" DLC, you don't really need it.

The MARKSMEN gives some nice weapons but you can get a lot better from mods like RHS and CUP.

The WESTERN SAHARA CDLC gives some nice items as well, and is cheap.

If you're up to other eras, the amazing S.O.G.: PRAIRIE FIRE which is based in vietnam era and is one of the best CDLC's for this game so far (for me), or the very recent SPEARHEAD 1944 CDLC which places you in WW2, the recent update added good stuff.

what would you recommend more sahara or marksmen ?

[Corpo.Rat]

I would say that with the age of ArmA and its DLC content only reasonable option is to get them all in bulk on one of the sales (and those happen often).

Originally posted by johnny:

Originally posted by Jaden Vance:

The most common, usually required by online units, is APEX (which is a very good DLC). In very rare occassions, CONTACT, but this is a very "mixed" DLC, you don't really need it.

The MARKSMEN gives some nice weapons but you can get a lot better from mods like RHS and CUP.

The WESTERN SAHARA CDLC gives some nice items as well, and is cheap.

If you're up to other eras, the amazing S.O.G.: PRAIRIE FIRE which is based in vietnam era and is one of the best CDLC's for this game so far (for me), or the very recent SPEARHEAD 1944 CDLC which places you in WW2, the recent update added good stuff.

what would you recommend more sahara or marksmen ?

Speaking value for money - Sahara. In general if you put this two on a scale it will always be Sahara.

[I like ants]

Sahara for all around content(Map Vehicle Variants ,new weapons, new Assets and a decent 4 player coop mode) marksmen if you want like 5 Sniper rifles and 2 MG s i think