What DLC's Should i buy

[CrimsonCrips]

Scowering through the DLCs and some a lot of them were controversial
So i cant make up my mind

[Ordinary Dark]

utopia is a must have + the story packs rly bring depth

oooor you jsut find soem1 with all the DLCs to paly with sicne in MP they get unlocked for every1 ;)

[Sero]

The "controversy" ou read in the reviews usually has very little to do with the DLC itself.

The consent is that the "must have" is Utopia. I think it's because of the megastructures.

[Teyloune]

You want Utopia, and then get any DLC with a theme that interests you.
I also recommend the Synthetic Dawn DLC, as it ads Advisor Voices which can be very helpful and nice to have, as they point out some important things when they happen, that are otherwise easy to miss.

None of the DLCs are controversal, they are all wonderful just how they are. In fact ever so often old DLCs get new value added to them with free updates.

And here as a little bonus for you, If you go to the website 2game.com you can currently get the game and DLCs on a sale, enjoy.

Here is a direct link to the sale
Base Game - https://2game.com/stellaris-standard-edition
Utopia - https://2game.com/stellaris-utopia
Synthetic Dawn - https://2game.com/stellaris-synthetic-dawn
For the DLCs simply scroll down and pick the ones you like.

[𝒞𝒶𝓉𝓎𝒶♡]

Originally posted by CrimsonCrips:

Scowering through the DLCs and some a lot of them were controversial
So i cant make up my mind

Utopia is like a must have imo.
And Ancient Relics adds so much flavor to the game even meanwhile still learning things.
Leviathan's also has some cool extras for first experiences IMO.

If really would have to have top3 that would be it for me as a "Starter pack". Others bring more choices, control, options, planet destroying, Titan class ships, diplomacy options.. that are nice and cool, but for first games -those 3 would be my picks for sure.

Federations and Overlord give nice starter Origins and plenty of "cool stuff" also imo, but are they needed on first game while learning? Nope. A bit more "advanced stuff" when you wanna micromanage/lead federations/vassals scheming and all that.

Just my take. Some probably disagree a lot.

Still, i'd say that all DLC are good and i will eventually get them all!

Only missing 3 or 4 or so anymore myself. :) Most are race packs that i don't have yet, i play as human most of the time, since the galaxy belongs to the humans and aliens belong to my miner jobs as "servants". :D But i'll still get those for the extras they got, and eventually will play all races too anyways for their different types of playing & perks/limitations to keep things interesting. :)

[steven1mac]

Always wait for a sale if you can. Utopia has always been the top DLC for a reason. After that it depends on what you want, the most expensive ones give you more mechanical changes if that is what you want, the others give you flavor or new species.

[Druitt]

I did the same thing a month or two ago...

1. When a new major DLC comes out, a new release of the base game comes out at the same time. Many of the bad reviews are talking about these changes that occurred in Stellaris itself that coincide with the DLC. The DLC builds on and expands the Stellaris changes, so they are related, of course, but not all negative DLC reviews are about the DLC itself.

2, They do listen to feedback and DLCs change. For example, people complained that when you play as a magacorp, too many competing megacorps also spawned. So they cut the chances of competing megacorps spawning in half. (Still may be an issue, but they did something about it.) As another example, the species packs were originally just extra art for role players -- not worth the money for many of us -- but now all of the species packs add functionality as well. As an example, Lithoids includes rock creatures and ships art, but the Lithoids themselves live on minerals instead of food, changing the gameplay.

So many of the negative reviews are out of date. You can't totally ignore the negatives, but you do have to account for these two variables.

3. You could spend $200 buying everything at full price. So if you can, wait for the regular sales. Most stuff went on sale half price in the Winter Sale. (The latest expansion DLC, Overlord wasn't discounted, and the previous one, Nemesis was only 20% off.) I would not buy the everything-bundle myself -- there are at least four DLCs that absolutely don't interest me personally.

4. They have three kinds of DLCs: expansions (Utopia, Federation, Nemesis, etc), story packs (Synthetic Dawn, Ancient Relics, etc) and species packs (Lithoids, Plantoids, Aquatics, etc). the expansions are more expensive. That said I would recommend -- like pretty much everyone else -- the Utopia expansion. Then learn the game and wait for the next sale (Summer sale?)

I got stuff quickly (sale) ad I do have to say there are a LOT of mechanisms and things in Stellaris that interact and it is a complex game. Those mechanisms have the basics built into the game and extra stuff in the DLC, but the more DLC you add at once, the more complicated the game gets, so starting small, getting your bearings, then making meaningful choices during sales is a good strategy.

[CrimsonCrips]

Originally posted by Teyloune:

You want Utopia, and then get any DLC with a theme that interests you.
I also recommend the Synthetic Dawn DLC, as it ads Advisor Voices which can be very helpful and nice to have, as they point out some important things when they happen, that are otherwise easy to miss.

None of the DLCs are controversal, they are all wonderful just how they are. In fact ever so often old DLCs get new value added to them with free updates.

And here as a little bonus for you, If you go to the website 2game.com you can currently get the game and DLCs on a sale, enjoy.

Here is a direct link to the sale
Base Game - https://2game.com/stellaris-standard-edition
Utopia - https://2game.com/stellaris-utopia
Synthetic Dawn - https://2game.com/stellaris-synthetic-dawn
For the DLCs simply scroll down and pick the ones you like.

Will this purchase be applied to my steam acc or what?

[Elitewrecker PT]

You'll receive a steam key and then you redeem it to your account, via the steam client for example.

You can use https://isthereanydeal.com/search/?q=stellaris to track several legit retailers at any time btw.

[CrimsonCrips]

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

You'll receive a steam key and then you redeem it to your account, via the steam client for example.

You can use https://isthereanydeal.com/search/?q=stellaris to track several legit retailers at any time btw.

neato

[Dreams of Fury]

I get tips in cash and my wallet was fit to explode so i took half of it and dumped it into steam and snagged Utopia, leviathans, and apocalypse, as a newbie myself while i am not sure what events belong to what but im stupidly happy with the outcomes of the new ones compared to ones I encountered in my first playthrough......one that wiped out my fleet sitting in a system an agressive AI kept coming into my territory through turned out to be a boon cause it kept blasting them while i built up my fleet again, killed it, captured it for my own use and then wiped out the AI afterwards.

[Sarkas1704]

ALL!

[Druitt]

Originally posted by Dreams of Fury:

I get tips in cash and my wallet was fit to explode so i took half of it and dumped it into steam and snagged Utopia, leviathans, and apocalypse, as a newbie myself while i am not sure what events belong to what but im stupidly happy with the outcomes of the new ones compared to ones I encountered in my first playthrough......one that wiped out my fleet sitting in a system an agressive AI kept coming into my territory through turned out to be a boon cause it kept blasting them while i built up my fleet again, killed it, captured it for my own use and then wiped out the AI afterwards.

Similar to what I did. The various DLCs have additions that are obvious, but also ones that are not. So you find out after the fact that a favorite Megastructure was actually introduced in Nemesis -- what, I thought that was the espionage DLC?

[Dreams of Fury]

Originally posted by Druitt:

So you find out after the fact that a favorite Megastructure was actually introduced in Nemesis -- what, I thought that was the espionage DLC?

I was thinking it was too, will have to dig a little deeper and see whats what, specially with a few friends picking up the base game and I'd like a few DLCs to fit thier playstyles as well

[Elitewrecker PT]

Originally posted by Druitt:

Originally posted by Dreams of Fury:

I get tips in cash and my wallet was fit to explode so i took half of it and dumped it into steam and snagged Utopia, leviathans, and apocalypse, as a newbie myself while i am not sure what events belong to what but im stupidly happy with the outcomes of the new ones compared to ones I encountered in my first playthrough......one that wiped out my fleet sitting in a system an agressive AI kept coming into my territory through turned out to be a boon cause it kept blasting them while i built up my fleet again, killed it, captured it for my own use and then wiped out the AI afterwards.

Similar to what I did. The various DLCs have additions that are obvious, but also ones that are not. So you find out after the fact that a favorite Megastructure was actually introduced in Nemesis -- what, I thought that was the espionage DLC?

An expansion dlc for just espionage would be rather light.
But megas in nemesis? Cant think of any.

[Reaper King]

I'm a bit new but I personally picked up Apocalypse and Utopia and have had a blast playing with both of them. Apocalypse is really nice if your interested in space combat as it adds some extra upgrades to space stations and then brings Titans and Colosi. Titans are mega ships which add buffs to your fleet and can alone increase your fleet score by 10k which is always fun and Colosi ? Well, colosi are simply the best. Why ? Cause it puts the power of the death star into your hands. No more stupid ground wars, no more stupid alien revolts, no more worrying about fallen empires. Don't like someone ? ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ crack there planets and leave what was once a sparkling empire in nothing but ash. Or if you wish to build more colonies bathe those planets in a neutron swarm and then claim them foryourself. Its an absolute blast !

Utopia as others have said is a must have. It gives you the abillitiy to truly go nuts with contructs allowing for things such as , Orbital station building ( allows you to increase habititation and output without needing more planets) and the creation of true megastructures including Ring Worlds, Dyson Sphere's, Galatic Surveilance Stations and Mega Reaserch Facilities.