Complete DLC order

[Smokus]

Now that all planned DLC's have been released, what is the ultimate proper order to play them in combination with the main campaign?

[Schlumpsha]

Erm, we're still short of the 6th and last DLC.

[Smokus]

Originally posted by Schlumpsha:

Erm, we're still short of the 6th and last DLC.

For real? I was under the impression that The Lord of Nothing was the last one.

Oh well, what would be the best order for all 5 current DLC's then?

[Gold Dragon]

Play Inevitable Excess, Thru the Ashes, and Lord of Nothing before starting the Main Game.

The other three can be completed within the game (Treasures starts in Act 3, the others in Act 5)

[Schlumpsha]

Chronologically you first play the main campaign's Prologue and Act 1 until before you need to defend a certain tavern. Then you switch to the Through the Ashes DLC campaign. Afterwards you continue the main campaign until the end of Act 4. Then switch again to the Lord of Nothing DLC. Rinse and repeat to the main campaign. When you reach the very last boss battle, switch yet again to the Inevitable Excess campaign. And return to the main campaign one last when you're done with the DLC. The 6th DLC is scheduled to be within Act 5 of the msin campaign.

The other DLC's have multiple stages and span between numerous acts. Last Sarkorians begins in Act 1 and ends in Act 5. Treasure of the Midnight Isles can be begun in Act 3 and also ends in Act 5. Or you can tackle both later in Act 5.

[ajfusch]

I seem to remember I could only import my main party into The Inevitable Excess after I finished the last bossfight in the main campaign? So if you want to play that before the last bossfight you need to do it with a different party ...
Do I remember wrong or did you mean it like that?

[Triple G]

Actually what also works, and what probably has a way better game flow, without many interruptions is to play the base game, then Through the Ashes, then Lord of Nothing, and then Inevitable Excess.

I mean the idea of importing stuff is nice, but it´s not that You´re missing out on many things, and none of them are mandatory or that good that it makes it so much easier. And then maybe play through the game a second time, and have more variety, and / or see what the different DLC add. Doing it the other way around (playing all the DLC before the main game) could involve spoilers for the main campaign.

[Kanaev]

Originally posted by Gold Dragon:

Play Inevitable Excess, Thru the Ashes, and Lord of Nothing before starting the Main Game.

The other three can be completed within the game (Treasures starts in Act 3, the others in Act 5)

What? No! Absolutely don't play Inevitable Excess before main campaign, unless you want to be spoiled.

Go with what Schlumpsha wrote.

Originally posted by ajfusch:

I seem to remember I could only import my main party into The Inevitable Excess after I finished the last bossfight in the main campaign? So if you want to play that before the last bossfight you need to do it with a different party ...
Do I remember wrong or did you mean it like that?

The game makes an "autosave" when you go to the last boss, but it doesn't show up in the loading list, because it's a save for import into IE. So you go to the last boss - quitout that dialogue to the main menu and start up IE with your party import. Afterwards it let me import into the main right away when I loaded a save before the last boss.

[DragonNoz]

I thought there were 6 DLCs, with the 6th being the last for the second season pass. did they mention making more?

[Schlumpsha]

Originally posted by DragonNoz:

I thought there were 6 DLCs, with the 6th being the last for the second season pass. did they mention making more?

The upcoming 6th one is scheduled to be the last one. It is highly unlikely Owlcat will do more for WotR after that one in the forseeable future.

[Triple G]

^
The question will be how many patches they will deliver after it, or rather how long they "support" the game after it, as there are some things, which could use some fixing. Or will they just abandon it, after the last DLC and maybe 1-3 patches which focus on newly introduced bugs in the DLC?

When i read the stuff about kingmaker, and parent companies, and kickstarter funding, and investors - it has something of a shady business i have to say, even more so when they still work together, while the rights on the game were "lost", so they "couldn´t" work on it any more, and wouldn´t get any money out of it...

[Schlumpsha]

Rolling out updates for fixing bugs will continue. That much we know from the devs. It's just that we won't see new content added beyond what Season Pass 2 entailed.

Kingmaker's case was unique in that Owlcat lost the rights to their game and cannot update it anymore. They'd need to buy off the rights to it again from their ex-parent company. Saying it's costly is an understatement. Neither WotR nor Rogue Trader share this particular problem.

[Soul]

Originally posted by Schlumpsha:

Rolling out updates for fixing bugs will continue. That much we know from the devs. It's just that we won't see new content added beyond what Season Pass 2 entailed.

Kingmaker's case was unique in that Owlcat lost the rights to their game and cannot update it anymore. They'd need to buy off the rights to it again from their ex-parent company. Saying it's costly is an understatement. Neither WotR nor Rogue Trader share this particular problem.

yeah.... also the fact that the game itself has already probably made its maximum value in profit... I mean its been out for a little while already so buying it back would be more costly than what they could currently get back from it....

though I think after they built up a library of games as an independent company and grow into bigger and better graphics with their games.... I could see them buying back the rights to it and possibly make like an updated graphics version of the game with whatever tools they have improved with over the years... like a remake of the game...

[Triple G]

Originally posted by Schlumpsha:

Kingmaker's case was unique

... also because it was the first finished game of the company. All i said is: let´s see how they do it with the second.

And i´m unsure why one needs a kickstarter campaign with a parent multi million dollar company, or rather as a part of it - which then also gets the rights of the game. Usually You have these big companies to fund the thing. Now everyone who donated money to it funded a company which apparently sold for 650 millions...

[Smokus]

Originally posted by Schlumpsha:

Chronologically you first play the main campaign's Prologue and Act 1 until before you need to defend a certain tavern. Then you switch to the Through the Ashes DLC campaign. Afterwards you continue the main campaign until the end of Act 4. Then switch again to the Lord of Nothing DLC. Rinse and repeat to the main campaign. When you reach the very last boss battle, switch yet again to the Inevitable Excess campaign. And return to the main campaign one last when you're done with the DLC. The 6th DLC is scheduled to be within Act 5 of the msin campaign.

The other DLC's have multiple stages and span between numerous acts. Last Sarkorians begins in Act 1 and ends in Act 5. Treasure of the Midnight Isles can be begun in Act 3 and also ends in Act 5. Or you can tackle both later in Act 5.

Thanks!

I've just gotten to the part where I need to talk to Iredath in order to defend the tavern.
I decided then to start with Through the Ashes like you said, however I am unable to import my current party form main campaign. Is that normal behaviour?

[Triple G]

Originally posted by Smokus:

I've just gotten to the part where I need to talk to Iredath in order to defend the tavern.
I decided then to start with Through the Ashes like you said, however I am unable to import my current party form main campaign. Is that normal behaviour?

It should happen somewhere in the dialog, beginning or end - i don´t remember. I actually saved the game before i spoke to her, and then played the DLC. But i didn´t do this for the other DLC and played right through act5. I for myself would play them after the game, else i lose track...

But it should prompt somewhere then. If anything fails, You probably have an auto-save when You entered the tavern. Could be that it triggers, when You say that You´re ready for the battle, and not right in the beginning. If You start the battle, and it didn´t trigger something is off.

Or wait - do You mean You can´t import Your main campaign party into the DLC? It´s stand alone with a new party. Which is why i´d suggest to play them later...

Edit: even more so when You can import the party from Through the Ashes into Lord of Nothing...