Best thing to buy?

[Brids17]

I've only been playing the game a couple of days now but I've really been enjoying it and want to support the devs. That said, there's a huge amount of things to spend money on and was wondering if there's something that gives the best bang for your buck?

[Red Shift]

Steams Lunar NY sale should start tomorrow, CNE has a pattern of putting about a third of their dlc's up on sale each time with a 33-50% discount. Assuming they participate in this one (very likely) you should at least wait until then and see whats on offer.

[Phantom]

The only thing that you can spend real money on that is remotely beneficial are the familiars

And they are pretty massively overpriced IMO

[a holy terror]

Originally posted by Phantom:

The only thing that you can spend real money on that is remotely beneficial are the familiars

And they are pretty massively overpriced IMO

Totally agree with this. Also depends on how you view the expenditure...i spent $90 or so dollars on the last AAA game i bought, and got about 20 hours play, have spent about half that on this game and have around 2000 hours in it.
just don't be tempted to go overboard and buy lots of shiny things just because

[Brids17]

Are the familiars all the same or are there ones that are specifically good?

[Soteria]

They're all the same functionally. I agree that they're the best thing to spend $ on. I usually buy them on sale.

[ptor]

If you're feeling ultra-flush, beside the familiars you could want to buy the speed-increasing golden epics (Briv's dragon, Hew's eggs, Melf's book)

[Jimmy]

Yeah my first money on this game was a familiar.
Getting to 6 so you get the auto distraction killing is pretty strong especially at the start of the game.
So getting 1-2 extra familiars and supporting the game is your best bet early on.

[Noeh23]

1) Familiars - if you plan to stick around then they are worth the buy
2) There are specific items for specific characters that HUGELY benefit from having a Golden Epic applied (which you usually can only buy) but that you can leave for much later as you probably don't even have those heroes.
3) There are a few heroes that will be relatively hard to get/equip because they are from Year 1 and are getting phased out so if you REALLY wanted to support CNE you could buy the character which usually comes with chests and other item. IMHO not worth it, but that's your choice

[OldGamer]

Also, there might be free golden epics stil out and about. My first DLC pack was generously given to me by someone in the community (Celeste's) and then a Bruenor, promotion happened on (I want to say) Dnd Beyond?

It is nice you are thinking of supporting the devs though, so early on. I agree with other replies. Familiars first.

Don't do what I did and buy Black Viper...(even though she's my fav character in DnD, she has limitations/caps in the game) Although I don't regret buying her...I just mean, play the game before you decide anything too in depth or expensive.

After awhile, say a month, you will know what's good for you. Familiars at first can also be bought in game with Gems, (the mage hand) so I would personally buy that first, see what they do then buy whatever tickles your fancy. (and is within your price range)

[finderbaum]

The 5$ familiars when they go on discount for like 3$ are a good buy. I also bought Avrens starter pack. He is the best support in the game. Don't buy from the "characters" tab in the shop, buy from the "packs" tab.