Best time to start Phantom Liberty questline?

[Frostbite]

I usually play the game in this order, and i want your help with plugging-in Phantom Liberty in there somewhere, considering any and all gameplay additions that the DLC has(i dont know anything about them, please try not to spoil) and lore-wise as well(*);

Intro
Clear Watson
Heist questline
Clear Westbrook
Takemura questline
Clear Santo Domingo
Parker questline
Clear Badlands&Pacifica
Panam questline
Clear Heywood
Voodoo-Boys questline
Clear Corpo Plaza
Ending questline

Also, without spoiling anything, if you can list all the regions(watson, westbrook, sandom, badlands, pacifica, heywood, plaza) that PL questline takes you until the final conclusion, that would be amazing. Thanks in advance.

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(*): If i play it too late, i would miss out on all the new gameplay elements, but if i play it too early i would forget the impact the DLC missions had to the story and/or the state of Night City by the time i finish the game.

[Bishop-Six]

I havent finished PL yet but i learned that it can be an advantage to have already made some friends during your story.

Lets say there can be ways and decisions where its good to have some contacts in NC and around.

And you have those friends by finishing "their" questlines / main missions like Panam or Judy for example. Or at least made already significant progress in their questlines.

So i would consider the next time playing PL to get me some nice friends before i jump into Dogtown.

[Speerek]

Right before meeting with Hanako in my opinion, it's good to make friends before starting, it will help you out a lot later, trust me, I just finished PL

[Speerek]

Phantom Liberty mainly takes place in Dogtown and some places around Night City, but that's just a few parts of quests. PL doesn't really have that massive impact on the NC itself before the ending but if I say more I will spoil the fun

[Snackille O'Meal]

I gotta agree with most here, I was already well into the game and pretty much only had "Meet Hanako at Embers" and a few miscellaneous quests left, and I feel like I played PL at the perfect time in the game.

[Vexillarius]

I like to do it early as it has some unique iconic weapons/cyberware. For example the only silenced smart gun in the game or an optics implant that gives a 30% flat crit buff among other things. It just has all the coolest toys and if you want to get the most time to play around with them hit it as soon as you can.

[Bogmore]

I would say just do the fight for O'five.

[Occasum_Solis]

Dont do it after you get Johnny Silverhands Weapon/his personal Storyline, mainly because the Silverhand-Relationship Indicator is bugged rn and when you do Tapeworm and start PL DLC it jumps up to 85 % - pretty much spoilering one possible ending/outcome.

[Cat]

Ending of the DLC or the main game itself?

[Speerek]

Originally posted by The_Guy:

Dont do it after you get Johnny Silverhands Weapon/his personal Storyline, mainly because the Silverhand-Relationship Indicator is bugged rn and when you do Tapeworm and start PL DLC it jumps up to 85 % - pretty much spoilering one possible ending/outcome.

I didn't know it's a bug. I just did all possible quests before starting PL and thought it's normal but I wouldn't consider that a spoiler

[Frostbite]

Originally posted by Speerek:

Phantom Liberty mainly takes place in Dogtown and some places around Night City, but that's just a few parts of quests. PL doesn't really have that massive impact on the NC itself before the ending but if I say more I will spoil the fun

Could you kindly list all the places that PL takes you to except Dogtown, even if its just passing through. That would be great.

[Avy]

Exit church - Songbird calls.
Then stop before party.
Do side missions around city like for Lizzie etc
Then go to party.

Overall 2 DLC endings out of 4 give 1 new main story ending. So you finish DLC story before Hanako ofc.

[Speerek]

Originally posted by Frostbite:

Originally posted by Speerek:

Phantom Liberty mainly takes place in Dogtown and some places around Night City, but that's just a few parts of quests. PL doesn't really have that massive impact on the NC itself before the ending but if I say more I will spoil the fun

Could you kindly list all the places that PL takes you to except Dogtown, even if its just passing through. That would be great.

Main quests: Corpo Plaza, The Pacifica District and one place that I shouldn't tell you about because that's a pretty big spoiler of the ending.
Minor never ending quests like "take this and bring this to me" take you pretty much all over NC and Dogtown but I can't tell you nothing more, unless you are willing to see a minor spoilers.
And there is a one gig that takes you outside of Dogtown but that's it I think. I might be mistaken, I can't remember all of the new quests but I think I'm right

[Speerek]

Of course you have to drive to these places or use a fast travel so it depends on which route you take

[Drahknon]

It is a little confusing, and to some extent there's no one right answer. For me, I liked doing it right before the "point of no return" mission in the main story (OP55N1). I did the DLC and then tried out the new final game ending that's possible to unlock with the DLC.

I will say the new final game ending is a richer experience if you have all of the potential main game contacts and a good relationship with Johnny.

[LeftPaw]

I have nearly done everything bar meet Hanako. When that's my only quest left I will jump into PL. One things for sure I gorra have Johnny's gun.