best dlc

[Dogtown1]

been waiting for this to go on sale, I have more than 200 hours in AOW3 (many offline hours) and this is very exciting
sadly I am po folk and will have to buy the dlc a little at a time, lookin for opinions on the best one and why

thank you

[Yoinkyz]

prob invasions for me

[jagholin]

shakarn and oathbound are both nice factions, but you can safely skip them if you don't want to play them.
revelations introduces anomalous sites(nice addition to the map that can give you anything from resources to high level heroes and gold sectors on exploration) and heritor tech that can be useful for any faction. It's also the cheapest dlc.

[Emperor Fooble]

They each add quite a lot, if I had to pick, I'd have to lean towards invasions mostly because of how much it can shake up and change the end game and provide a new challenge that the standard AI simply cannot to an experienced player.

[The Doctor]

FWIW, my recommandation would be to start with 'Revelations' and buy them in the order they were released. 'Revelations' is also the cheapest while 'Starkings' is the most expensive.

Revelations gives you the Heritor secret tech which I would find the hardest to play the game without. The Forgotten NPC faction is also one of the best as well. Their tier 4 Eater of the Dead unit is an absolute monster.

You also get anomalous sites to explore. Plus, you get the piggies in the wildlife. I don't know if the piggies are part of the free patch or not but they are my 'favourite' wildlife to fight against.

Once you've learned how to play the vanilla factions with those features, then add the new factions as they all play very differently from each other.

[Akazury]

Personally I'd say Invasion is the 'best' mostly because of the shake up that World Events & Invasions provide. Revelations is interesting as it adds the Anomalous Sites which give you much more information on the Star Union pre-cataclysm. I'd get Star Kings because it adds the most interesting Faction/Race to play as.

If you care about the story/campaign you should probably stick to the order the Expansions where released in. Outside of that I don't think there is specifically one Expansion that stands over the others.

[NINJEW]

pick one out of a hat you won't be unhappy with your purchase

[Dogtown1]

great suggestions everyone thank you