What are the "Must Have" DLC?

[daterxies]

Topic.. what is, in your opinion the best DLC? Not limited to just one.

Thanks!

[Metadragon]

None? The Campaigns are pretty alright. Age of Charlemagne is good. If you like the Base game then you'll like it.

[Brad Pitt In Troy]

Age of Charlemagne is the only must have if you're going to grab one, the others are meh, if you want to play as certain factions, grab a dlc pack.

[Nick Naughty]

Depends

If you prefer grand campaign then any culture pack dlc, viking, celtic, longbeards, empire of sands, slavs.

If you prefer mini campaigns then Age of Charlemagne and Last Roman.

[Old School Internet Warlord]

If you don`t want to play as a DLC faction buy none!
If you`re interested in DLC factions buy what suits your taste.
AI has all DLC units even if you don`t buy anything.

[Zero]

Age of Charlemagne definitely

Factions DLC to taste - many people will say some are better but is really just a matter of personal preference (i.e. Empires of Sand may have more fine tuned factions, but if you into Viking may want to grab that instead and ignore people ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about its lack of unique mechanics)

[Kblocks]

the replayability even without faction dlc is pretty dope.. last roman or charlemagne.. I keep reading that charlemagne has better design.. wouldn't say they're mini though

[Cronotekk]

New upcoming Slavic DLC for true Slav Experience!
Without playing it is a Cheeki/Breeki

[Maschinengewehr]

Age of Charlemagne with mods imo.

[Uugly]

Originally posted by Old School Internet Warlord:

If you don`t want to play as a DLC faction buy none!
If you`re interested in DLC factions buy what suits your taste.
AI has all DLC units even if you don`t buy anything.

No they don't. Those dlc units only available to the ai, if you purchase the dlc. Don't know about the Empire of Sand or Slav but the Celt and the barbarian faction don't have any of those dlc units. If you haven't buy it.

[Rodso]

must have i would say blood and buring

[Aluminum Elite Master]

Here's my list (in order):

1) Empires of Sand has the best all-round factions, with good rosters, interesting abilities and missions, and some real decisions to make about buildings (the Pleasure chain grants so much income, but can quickly erode state religion).

2) Age of Charlemagne. It's not flawless, but it's a good alternative for when you want to complete a campaign without waiting a minute for end-turn times in the late game. Seriously, it's a nice option for a shorter campaign experience, and the different sides are a little lackluster in their rosters at times but at least all feel different (Avars, Cordoba, Mercia, and the Danish all play pretty differently from each other).

3) Celts. The Celts are a fun group because every unit they own (including onagers) get guerilla deployment. Plus they have some of the better rosters in the game, and have a solid start position.

4) Lastly, I'd pick the Slavic DLC. It's fun to experiment with migrating and resettling in different spots, the number of unique buildings and abilities is high, and it's another start position that isn't just over the Rhine from the WRE or whatever. The rosters feel flawed, though, with poison arrows being OP and most of the holding units (spears, primarily, but also mid-tier and lower melee) being UP and too lightly armored.

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The DLC that I wouldn't suggest (all of which I do own) are:

The Last Roman campaign pack... good for a play or two as the Roman Expedition, but not really a big interest in playing the other sides (Vandals too under fire immediately, Franks too small, Ostrogoths too big and able to turtle, Visigoths too out-of-the-way).

Viking DLC is pretty meager. The factional/cultural abilities are mostly lame, the rosters are somewhat feeble, and all that is really left to enjoy is the start position and a couple of axe units and berserker units.

Longbeards are lack-luster. Each one of them has one or two truly interesting units, but their rosters are still a bit on the small side. And you already have the best one-settlement-wonder Germanic Pagan barbarians in the base game IMO (the Franks). If you really really want yet more Germanic Pagans to play as, I guess they're okay, but it was really a DLC that added to an area that probably didn't need to be added to.

Blood and Gore is completely optional... I'd say to skip it, but it's so cheap that I'm not really going to say it's something anyone absolutely *has* to stay away from.

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All just IMO, though.

The real take-away, if anything, is: the later the DLC came out for Attila, the higher the chances I'd tell you to consider getting it. And the inverse (or converse?) is also true: the earlier the DLC appeared, the more likely I'd suggest to skip it.

[Old School Internet Warlord]

Originally posted by no1:

No they don't. Those dlc units only available to the ai, if you purchase the dlc. Don't know about the Empire of Sand or Slav but the Celt and the barbarian faction don't have any of those dlc units. If you haven't buy it. [/quote]

You`re sure about this?
I thought they did but I might be wrong.

[SageHashirama]

editing camping map DLC

[Songbird]

I never liked campaign DLC in Rome 2 so I also skipped both in Attila. - Personal pref. there.

The other DLC:

-Bloodpack is good, would buy it. It sucks to have to pay for blood but thats another topic.
-Celts introduce new and different units so I would recommend them.
-Longbeards add nothing new.
-Vikings add nothing new.
-Empire of Sands add some new things but you can already play as two desert factions, wouldn't recommend but aren't bad - more bang than vikings and longbeards for sure
-Slavic add new units so I recommend them.

[Fiona]

Depends, none are worth their price without sales. And none is a 'must-have'. But I'll suggest Empire of Sands, interesting playstyles for the 3 factions in there. I don't own most of the rest so I can't say much.