Should I meet Hanako at Embers or go to Dog Town?

[yamo]

sup chooms,

So I'm on my first playthrough. I'm at the point in the main quest where I can either meet hanako at embers,
or meet Songbird in Dog Town. I've done about 80% of sidequests and gigs. I've looked up some things but I didn't
want to spoil too much. For example I know that meeting hanako is the point of no return, but I don't know anything that
actually happens, or anything about Phantom Liberty. I'm not sure what to do next.

So should I just go ahead and go to Dog Town? Or should I meet Hanako, get one of the vanillia endings, and then reload
and play phantom liberty? I'm conflicted and tbh i'm kinda of scared to look up specifics because I still want to
get the story first-hand.

Experienced players, without too much spoilers - please tell me what you recommend.

Thanks and happy new year!

[METAL]

I have complete the main game first, then continuing the game after the credits, I went to dog town.

[orcaa]

Beat to play with or without the phantom liberty dlc on first play though?
I am thinking of finally picking this game up now that so many things have been fixed. Is it better to have the PL DLC installed on the first play through? Will it make the base game better? Do you play the new content after finishing the base game, or can you branch off and play it anytime?
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Originally posted by Graf Erik:
I'd say: Get PL. It adds a lot of stuff to the base game. More cyberware, more weapons, more vehicles, more perks...
But to access it you need to at least start PL (you can then go back to the base game after finishing the intro quest).

Can you do that at any time? No. You have to play to the mid of Act 2 to get the call that starts PL. (But you have PL in your journal from the beginning as some sort of meta-quest, selecting that will tell you which main quests you have to finish to start it).
Hint:

This question has been asked a few times since the PL expansion launched. And you felt the need to ask it again.

[yamo]

@orcaa ok thanks man, yeah sorry if this question gets asked a lot. i guess i'm going to do the first quest line in dog town and then go from there