Best DLC for Beginner

[Endivida]

Hello guys, i wonder whats the best paid dlc for me to buy first? Is it Scorched Earth, Extinction, Aberration, or Genesis? I wanted the dlc with great gameplay, not too hard, interesting, and of course fun. Actually i don't need it now (cuz i have a real crappy laptop and that makes the game real unplayable even at super low settings and i have no cash to buy a pc or upgrade), so im just asking in case i got a new laptop or pc

[Rotiart]

All the DLCs are advanced, you'll want to start on The Island.

[𝔇ave]

Originally posted by Rotiart:

All the DLCs are advanced, you'll want to start on The Island.

pretty much this^

[Elric Kvothe]

Agreed. Play a map like The Island or The Center. Get used to the game mechanics and such before going into DLC or mods.

As far as the "easiest" DLC, I'd go with Aberration. Followed by Extinction, and then Scorched Earth was the most challenging. The new Genesis expansion I would save for last. It changes some of the core aspects of gameplay. I would not recommend playing Genesis and then going back to one of the older expansions.

[Lori37]

Originally posted by Elric Kvothe:

As far as the "easiest" DLC, I'd go with Aberration.

That would be incorrect.... Aberration is really tough....

[Rotiart]

Originally posted by Elric Kvothe:

As far as the "easiest" DLC, I'd go with Aberration.

Yeah uhh, Aberration is the hardest DLC in the game. Unless you mean the boss in specific.

[Serangel]

Scorched Earth is probably the easiest of the 3, followed by Extinction, then abberation but none of them are all that hard. SE is a beautiful desert map but it's kind of small and it doesn't add all that much but it's still a fun map. Extinction is fine I just don't like the layout but that's a personal opinion and doesn't mean the map is bad. Abberation is the best if the maps but it can be daunting for a newer player because of some of it's features like ravagers and nameless. Many people complain it's way harder but it's really not. They just can't play the game without flying tames.

For what you are asking, SE would be the best one to get. It's only major challenge is water and once you get the hang of it, it's not bad at all.

[retsam1]

Originally posted by Pentaripped:

Hello guys, i wonder whats the best paid dlc for me to buy first? Is it Scorched Earth, Extinction, Aberration, or Genesis? I wanted the dlc with great gameplay, not too hard, interesting, and of course fun. Actually i don't need it now (cuz i have a real crappy laptop and that makes the game real unplayable even at super low settings and i have no cash to buy a pc or upgrade), so im just asking in case i got a new laptop or pc

I suggest then to wait until the actual time when you actually get a decent laptop to ask this as that seems like a rather long ways off.....

[Melll <3]

id say probably extiction is the easiest it might be a bit too big with all the biomes spaced out tho and most of the map is the wastland

abberation was my first dlc it is pretty hard for newer players tho when it first came out i couldnt even find the ramp to the blue area but since then i have gotten better and i think it is my favorite dlc yet

scorched earth for me at least i feel you could have the same experience on ragnarock the free dlc but it is a pretty easy dlc and i love to just have a chilled time on there well maybe not a chilled time its pretty hot

genesis is probs my least favourite because its a very open map but you cant use flyers on it i also dont really like the shop and minigames on it either

but no matter what dlc you decide on good luck
the dlcs are always gonna give you some fun playing

[Endivida]

Allright, thank you all

[Hotaka]

Valguero is a great beginner spot, too. It's easy, not many intense carnivores to worry about, and an abundance of resources that can be harder to get on other maps.

[Lemon]

Originally posted by Hotaka:

Valguero is a great beginner spot, too. It's easy, not many intense carnivores to worry about, and an abundance of resources that can be harder to get on other maps.

the map is littered with rexes wym!!!

[Aeter Vespernox]

I would recommend playing them all in order. The Island > Scorched Earth > Aberration > Extinction > Genesis. They all get weirder and less traditional as it progresses. You start with extinct creatures, then the desert offers up mythical beasts, the caves present mutated monsters and finally straight up cyborgs in the wastelands. Then all odds are out with Genesis, since none of it is 'real'. The game mechanics also change from dlc to dlc, adding in oil fires, weather, water scarcity and the like in one and progressing all the way to tower defense and completely ingame micro-transactions.

You should very much get used to the mechanics in each one before moving on to the next.

[Veeshan]

You can start on any DLC, all of them fully support brand new characters. There are plenty of places to set up great beginner bases on all maps. The game isnt structured to NEED better skill/knowledge or higher level characters per map.

There are a few more packs of unkillable at low level monsters on Aberration but you just go elsewhere, like with Allos on Island or Corrupted on Extinction.

[Veeshan]

Seconding the "play them in order" recommend. I believe the story follows the map order (perhaps loosely) and so does the weirdness. Island is basically Jurrasic Park with a few weird electronic stuff snuck in and Genesis is... well, let's not get into my opinion there.

[SD]

hold on you cant fly on genesis ?????
thats fkd up