Is it worth to buy DLC when you are newcomer?

[Sabi The Worst Player Ever]

I have this game on backlog since winter and wanted to play it now. However, I noticed it received DLC with additional content. Question is - does it make sense for me to buy it? I can hardly judge on my own since I have yet play base game itself.

Thanks for replies.

[Tactical Drongo]

From what I've seen so far the dlc seems to be good, mostly adding little options

in every city you visit you now can send your people on missions (whose timer still runs if you shut down the game) to give them a little extra experience and sometimes special materials

also the missions are key to unlocking the new monsters which can learn any special moves the wild monsters you encounter can learn and to use their special strenghts (and weaknesses) for you

[Scorpiova]

You are able to access the dlc content early - as mentioned above it adds features throughout the game. So I would recommend getting it along side the base game. Being able to do "away missions" is great for building up characters, you can earn extra rewards, more customization options, along with extra battles/content.

Plus being able to access 3 more human classes, plus a range of recruitable monsters, with a class system of their own.

It will strengthen your overall experience.

[[☥] - CJ -]

i got it as a new comer, though i got it while it was on sale.
But yes, its worth getting.

[Black Hammer]

It adds more throughout the run rather than extra content at the end, so unless you see yourself doing multiple playthroughs for sure, might as well get it now.

[King Joshington]

I would say yes. Even early on it makes enemy monsters in battles more interesting -- which means the battles themselves are more interesting.

[Doom_Cookies]

I put off playing this until the DLC came out. It is ABSOLUTELY worth buying before you even start the game if you want the features the DLC brings. The DLC would feel lackluster if you had beaten the game beforehand since it's meant to be experienced throughout the playthrough.

[Soul4hdwn]

the DLC helps midgame (loosely defined as most the game) the most, when you're done with first temple and still learning the game, all the way to before final nonsensical story moments.

the missions add a wat to keep AP flowing through your extra units and sometimes gold or new things like the extra classes, free units or items, or challenging souped up monsters or larger battles than usual.

the DLC is to give the journey a bit more comfort and options to do. plus monsters are interesting to customize.

[Sines]

The missions are really nice for maintaining a larger roster of units, as they can still learn AP and XP, good if you want that kind of thing. There's a bunch of new items throughout the game that fill some useful niches. And monsters are a fun addition which significantly increases your options for building a party.

This isn't like, for example, XCOM 2 War of the Chosen, where you are overloaded with stuff such that it becomes hard to learn if you use the expansion on your first playthrough. There ARE a lot of options, but the equipment is integrated easily, Missions are easy to understand, and you can use monsters as much or as little as you wish.

I'd only recommend playing the base game alone if you're short on money, or if you're not sure if you'll like the game enough to want to spend extra on it. The game is pretty darn good without the expansion, and while the expansion gives you a lot of extra toys to play with, they're not anything that you really need, nor do they fill any great void present in the base game. It's a great expansion that I definitely recommend, but if you want to save money, you're not going to end up with a half-finished game.

[lucian.silverblood]

The missions really help round out the experience and AP gain options, so I would have loved my first play through to have some of the things the DLC added. Instead I may just play my new game + through with the features. If you can get the extra content right away from the DLC I think it'll add to the experience and give you some other options for getting through the story. The game pretty much provides a lot for you from the get go, but I think the DLC adds some elements that come online really early for characters.