Buying DLCs on Sale...

[alxeu]

I am missing Mare Nostrum, Mandate of Heaven, and Third Rome for EUIV, right now.

Naturally, the steam store front complains of expense versus what is actually in the dlcs, but since on the paradox store, they are cheaper, I was wondering if any would be worth getting at the moment.

Mare Nostrum sits at $7.50 right now, and I am honestly not too interested in what it adds, so it would take a ton of convincing to get me to buy it.

Third Rome is $9.00, and I'd certainly play around in Russia a few times after getting it. Asides from that, it seems that is the only content it adds, so I'm iffy on it.

I like what is offered in Mandate of Heaven, and there are several different nations I'd want to try in the immediate aftermath of buying the dlc, not forgetting the general world-wide effect it adds to the game, with the Ages system.

However, is $16.00 a good enough deal? I'm currently stuck in that conundrum atm.

Of course, I could always not buy anything, but where's the fun in that? (Though admittedly, if most agree that I shouldn't get any dlc, I will probably not buy it)

 

[Siliske]

Mandate of Heaven is definitly worth it,
Third rome is a flavor dlc for the most so it depends on taste.

Mare Nostrum add timeline replay and flavor to naval, spy, merchant republics and condottier.

 

[alxeu]

Mandate of Heaven is definitly worth it,
Third rome is a flavor dlc for the most so it depends on taste.

Mare Nostrum add timeline replay and flavor to naval, spy, merchant republics and condottier.

Thanks!

Prob gonna get Mandate of Heaven, then.

 

[Big Bad France]

Mandate of Heaven is the only one of the 3 that regardless of which nation you play will absolutely enhance your experience every time you play. Mare Nostrum imo is better to have than not have, but you can go entire campaigns without ever really using it. 3rd Rome is the only DLC that I don't currently own. It looks really good if you want to play in the Russian region, but doesn't seem to affect anything else, so I'm waiting on it to get something closer to a 50% discount before I pick it up.

 

[SolSys]

Be advised that the price of Third Rome might seem higher [compared to Res Publica] due to the inclusion of cosmetic DLCs.

 

[mysticdueler]

Oh, I don’t know, 3rd Rome might be worth it to break the game as a custom New World nation (Siberian Frontiers FTW!)

Otherwise I’d agree that MoH is the only true “essential” DLC of those you listed. MN is certainly nice as it adds QoL things, but isn’t a dealbreaker

 

[Peter Kirby]

By the way, there is a Steam sale going on right now.

Personally, I picked up the expansions that I was missing, plus Third Rome and Purple Phoenix (pre-order pack).