Band of Bastards (DLC) yay or nay?

[Sharkon]

just finished it and it has been very cool.

not my favorite one (like the Sir Carpon one more for it's humor) but I can't wait for the final one! had no bugs or any issues either.

so I would give it a "yay".

[Eminem]

the content description said it was combat intensive... did you find it so?

[Sharkon]

Originally posted by soge99:

the content description said it was combat intensive... did you find it so?

there is more unavoidable combat in this one, so yeah I would say that sounds about right.

in the main game like 80% are about other things, not combat and even from the remaining 20% there is avoidable combat trough other tactics like stealh, speech ect.

KCD isn't about combat really. it's something to avoid usually but there are of course times with no other option.

depending on the players personality there can be a lot more combat. I have watched some streamers fighting a lot more than I do. at some point (better character skills / perks / gear) the combat isn't that much of a challenge anyways, even on HC with all neg. perks active.

[aussieguy]

Ok what the hell, i can not mount my horse now when im carrying to much on me and my horse is full so now i have to dump half my items so i can mount my horse

[jasta85]

Originally posted by Sharkon:

Originally posted by soge99:

the content description said it was combat intensive... did you find it so?

there is more unavoidable combat in this one, so yeah I would say that sounds about right.

in the main game like 80% are about other things, not combat and even from the remaining 20% there is avoidable combat trough other tactics like stealh, speech ect.

KCD isn't about combat really. it's something to avoid usually but there are of course times with no other option.

depending on the players personality there can be a lot more combat. I have watched some streamers fighting a lot more than I do. at some point (better character skills / perks / gear) the combat isn't that much of a challenge anyways, even on HC with all neg. perks active.

I'm starting a new playthrough, how far along should you be before jumping into the BoB quest? I want to enjoy the fights but not feel too OP.

[Hawk]

How many hours did it take you?

[Skoggeee]

I finished band of bastards in 2h, i also got all achievements except 1. I really enjoyed this dlc. And the cutscenes was amazing! Might replay, and choose other options in dialogue i missed.
+ There is some cool new gear you can pickup!
The battles in this dlc is like the Robber Baron quest, but cooler imo

[Sharkon]

"I'm starting a new playthrough, how far along should you be before jumping into the BoB quest? I want to enjoy the fights but not feel too OP."

@jasta85 think about 4 Hours to complete. I did it after the final Main Story Battle. used my savegame with every quests already completed but it's on "Hardcore whith all negative perks active" so no compass, map location, fast travel and all the debuffs but with my well equiped and experienced Henry. rolled back after the final DLC battle because I had to complete a sidequest (with a Ring involved) first to complete everything.

[venerable mort]

DLC is quite short imo. Combat is way too easy (normal difficulty). In first day of patrol I killed the whole gang of bandits myself which burned down the house. It was said "deal with the bandits", so i did lol. And nobody ever said something about it, like "good job henry". When I reached camp we instantly went for patrol for second time. That was odd. Then you can choose if you want to save the girls or you want to wait a bit til the bandits get drunk. So I decided to go immediately, we killed the bandits.....and no girls at all. Even a small cutscene with girls running and screaming would be enough. But nonetheless I loved the new dlc and looking forward for the last one. GJ Warhorse.

[Jackal]

well obviously if youre playing normal and at end game with best gear and maxed everything

[Zachy]

yay

[JOINT MASTER -LONG JOINT SILVER]

nay it took me 15 mins , our band leader died at the first engagement ( we saw the enemies he left our squad , he ran into set enemies and died , ) , quest over ,

[theSeb]

I don't recall enemies in the first 15 minutes of the quest. Not sure what game you are playing.

[two2ahorse]

Originally posted by mort:

DLC is quite short imo. Combat is way too easy (normal difficulty). In first day of patrol I killed the whole gang of bandits myself which burned down the house. It was said "deal with the bandits", so i did lol. And nobody ever said something about it, like "good job henry". When I reached camp we instantly went for patrol for second time. That was odd. Then you can choose if you want to save the girls or you want to wait a bit til the bandits get drunk. So I decided to go immediately, we killed the bandits.....and no girls at all. Even a small cutscene with girls running and screaming would be enough. But nonetheless I loved the new dlc and looking forward for the last one. GJ Warhorse.

I did the exact same thing, went back to Kuno and he read me the riot act for being so stupid! When I went back to the BoB camp after reporting to Sir Radzig, I had to initiate the 2nd patrol. (There don't seem to be any girls left whichever choice you make about when to attack.) I think the number of possible scenarios makes play time variable as well, from really brief, to quite a bit longer. I give the DLC a big 'YAY!' - but also see the pinned BoB thread for more opinions.

[theSeb]

I enjoyed it, but was also disappointed that it was so short. Mostly because I really like this game and would love to have more quests and stories to play through. I think there were some missed opportunities. The first mission mentioned above is a good example. There seems to be no way to attack the bandits as a group, which is silly. I ended up killing all of them by myself, but there should be some repercussions later on. Missions like tight spot and the last one could be harder or easier depending on whether you wiped out the camp.

if you keep them alive it would have been nice to have a “radiant” like quest where you could ride out with them to attack the bandit camps around the map already there with regularly respawning bandits.

I have 330,000 groschen. It would be nice to have something to spend it on. Maybe you could convince one of them to join you by hiring them and have a companion/bodyguard

All in all, the DLC is certainly worth the asking price, but it really left me wanting more.