dlc for new players

[richardecheese]

My advice for new players trying to decide what dlc to purchase first:

Start with chapter 11... normal difficulty will net you thief rings and ebisu raiment... excellent items to use while farming for gear on other chapters ("increases chance to find rare items"). If you like the whip users... fuma gear is great and much easier to get than the retro gear (hard difficulty suicide runs on the mini boss chests). Hard difficulty will also get you chaos rings for magic regen and potentially a muramasa +1 for when you start doing chapter 10.

Next I would recommend chapter 8.... artemesian/appolonian rings are great for every charecter (normal). Hard difficulty could earn you wing boots... a valmanway... or Simons cloak.

Then I would go with chapter 7.... by this time you should have some cash saved up... lots of great loot on chapter 7. Hard difficulty can get u wing boots, valmanway, royal crown, robe decolette, and miser rings.

Chapters 9 and 10 are kind of a toss up as to who you play. Sonic boots from 9 are nice for all characters, one of the most powerful Shanoa spells, and some nice weapons for soma/alucard. Chapter 10 has some great whip user gear, weapon glyphs for shanoa, and valmanway+1.

Personally I find chapter 10 to be the most difficult because of its length and the huge drop pool... so I would save that for your last dlc purchase.

Of course all of this is just my humble opinion and if you are playing the game and having fun... that's what really matters.

Hope this will be helpful for any new players out there trying to decide what dlc to purchase!

GT: RichardECheese (only on live during weekends)

[ortegatron]

I personally would get chapter 7 first if you are new to this game. Winged boots are crucial and drop pretty often from the boss chest, although they are outclassed by sonic boots (chapter 9). Retro boots and Fuma Greaves (chapters 10 and 11 respectively) are speedy and have good stat boosts. These are for whippers only.

I guess I put a priority on the speed boots because I have yet to find any on my new save and it is driving me nuts. If you have them already, then Richard makes some good observations. They did a decent job of spreading out quality rare items amongst the DLC chapters; probably to force you to by it if you want said item.

I enjoy some of the other DLC chapters more, griding for Miser rings can take a toll on a man, but you can get a lot of useful things from 7 and it is relatively easy compared to other DLC chapters, IMO. Gotta crawl before you walk.

[Commander Raze]

For me the order would go 10>11>9>7>8. That sums up the best drops, in my opinion.

[Kiggy]

I'd say 7. Cause no matter who you are you need something from that stage.

[sorrowsend]

I just downloaded chapter 7, miser ring hunting time.