When To Do DLC

[skeet1983]

Hi guys. I have both DLCs/Expansions, but have not finished main story of W3 yet. Can I do the Expansions after main story is complete, or do I need to do them beforehand? Does the game continue after main story? Thoughts and help appreciated :)

[sorenthewild]

You need to do the dlc's before ending the game(before going to the race track).
The game ends when the main story is done.

[skeet1983]

Originally posted by sorenthewild:

You need to do the dlc's before ending the game(before going to the race track).
The game ends when the main story is done.

Thanks for the help! Um, where is the Race Track area, so I can avoid it until I am ready?

[Texman]

it is called "yuma county speedway" you can go there no problem, at the point of no return the game warns you that there is no going back if you wish to continue.

yuma county is pretty much the very last place you go. so there is nothing to worry about

[arrak]

"When To Do DLC"
if you want to have No cash shortages:
Do the Steeltown, before you decide to go after any of the 3 Bucanin kids :)

[Noodlesocks]

I usually start Steeltown once I've reached the minimum recommended level. Steeltown first cause it has decent gear.

Cult of Holy Detonation I usually do around the time I'm about to travel to Denver because the DLC offers an alternative solution to Colorado's energy problem.

[Heau]

functionally, the DLC difficulty and gear levels scale with yours unlike the remainder of the base game content so you can do them basically any time between the moment they are offered to you and the end game.

On a blind playthrough as Arrak suggested, doing Steeltown early will basically address any and all early game gold shortages that are common. But if you want to play the game vanilla like, I'd suggest to delay it some. Not so much because of the gold, that's not too game breaking, but because of the gear and in particular the weapons that you can obtain from it that are very strong for the level curve and make the game quite easier past it. They are not as good as the vanilla last tier weapons, but the player can only get 1 or 2 top tier vanilla weapons until very late and so steeltown weaps substantially increase your power curve if done long before you get the last radiation protection tier on your truck. It also pushes your level quite ahead of the vanilla intended curve which has essentially the same effect of making everything else easier than vanilla.

[ElPrezCBF]

I don't have the dlcs but finished the game on SJ. My impression is the base game is already packed full of content that any further additions are just squeezed into it since the main quest line isn't very long. Neither is the base game so difficult that you need dlc items to make gameplay more practical/enjoyable. Starting a game with all the dlcs makes more sense only if you've never completed the base game imho.