DLC artes needed ?

[KAgeRO_XD]

I bought the regular edition because I didn't want use more money for costumes. But then, I recently heard there also extra artes in DLCs and they seem to be good.

So my question is : should I buy DLCs to have these artes ?

[namvfpx]

3 titles for each character, DLCs are separated to male and female, if you want all titles for male and female, you need to buy 6 DLCs. Not affect too much to your character.
I responded here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/740130/discussions/0/5020940479399067524/

[marsHm311oW]

The artes are nothing special. Never used any of them.

[Zombina]

you nee to buy the 6 Costume DLC for Female and male. it's just costumes but they give you a Title with an Unique skill .
Some of the DLC artes are good but not needed to beat the game

[Xariot]

Unless you really want the costumes don't bother. At best the DLC titles would make the game easier, at worst they are just a waste of money.

If you want the game to be easier just lower the difficulty you lose nothing for doing so.

The artes you get in the base game are more than enough. The game wasn't made with the DLC titles in mind. The DLC artes are costume related bonus fluff on top of an already amazing game for people who like that kind of stuff.

[Ka-mai19]

They're not necessary, but they're helpful. Especially with Kisara since her range of artes when she joins your team is pretty sparse.

Her two DLC artes includes a multi-hit wind attack and a multi-hit light attack, which were helpful when I first started using her.

Eventually you do unlock enough artes to the point that the DLC artes are just nice extras.

[Ka-mai19]

Actually I just realized that Dohalim's AoE heal is a DLC arte, which is pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ scummy,

It restricts his ability to function as a support character and an alternative healer to Shionne.

[Simon]

The DLC artes are just reference to previous tales games. Some of them can be somewhat helpful, but they are not needed

[dustin1280]

18 Skill trees locked behind a paywall of $30.00

Said skill trees provide
1 unique arte
3 passive skills
and 1 capstone passive
for each title (18)

So effectively
18 unique arts
54 passive skills (majority of which stack)
and 18 capstone passives

are locked behind a $30.00 paywall and said skill trees/titles cannot be obtained in game in ANY way.
That said none of them are required to beat the game (even on hardest difficulty)

But it's easily the most scummy anti-consumer DLC they have done in a tales game.

[Arkhanium]

not 18, only 3 are locked behind paywall (doesn't make it less scummy), 18 is the total number of titles, 15 unlocked in game without dlc.