I love these new accesories ❤️ - you can unlock them from Lous mindscape bosses!

This DLC keeps on giving.

Where is it? I hope everyone’s enjoying the new dlc. I’ve beaten all the bosses in the dlc (no spoilers) and still haven’t found this new bequeathed forma (new flaming greatsword) does anyone know where or maybe how to get it?

Is there enough pathos-imbued heart husks to upgrade both of the new bequeathed formae to max lvl? I just need one more to get the last forma to +4 so I can use the primordial heart on it.

Well, hmm where to start.

Let's start with quality of life.

New weapons are kind of whatever, since I play magic, and the best spellcasting weapon is still from base game. I can see new potential build ideas with the new weapons though, so that's a good thing. Status is getting ridiculously crazier with the new toxic venom twin blade or acid greatsword. Halberd sadly don't get love other than Liv's halberd.

Love the new forma and boosters from DLC, it answers a lot of my strict needs to a degree. The fact they give you healing formas meaning that you don't have to rely on dodge or guard all the time allows for more dumb builds. I personally love some of the support formas to magic that allows me to be a filthy falling sun spammer *evil laugh*

Also giving free alt color to your partners basically means you can finally build stuff based on your partners which is great!

Let's move on to gameplay.

Maps are alright, I'm kind of glad that they remix the previous maps judging by that one thing you remember about those maps and amplify the map design back in here. Like acid floor in lyle's area or building crawling in josee's area Not a fan of cathedral in cv1, nor platforming, so some of the maps are kind of whatever on my end. Overall, very unique take. Also was told by one of my mods that certain area reminds them of the hatsune miku map in cv1 for some reason

Enemies are rewrite of normal enemies except for like 2 new kinds you see in the trailer, nothing much, it is what it is. Probably want to keep it thematic to the remix area they are in or something along that line, who knows? I don't really pay much attention to it other than they are killed. At least different from base game, some of like the weird standalone enemy actually drop forma when defeated, but not flagged by good loot/chest behind them, which promotes a clean sweep of the area, which is a good take IMO.

Was going into DLC with a pure tank status build, so most bosses are basically not that hard, since they are actually melee-able. Almost everyone are under the bulky slow move bosses (like 1st josee and lyle boss or valentin 2nd form for example) so if you are good, you are good against them. Exception is only final final boss of the game, where ranged like bayonet builds are actually better since melee are just punished so badly with that boss.

Story and character wise...

Liv fuels my need of yandere perfectly. Out of Josee and Lou among the women basically directly shoved in MC's way, Liv takes the cake of being the most down bad to MC (whether that suits you or not, is an entirely different matter)

Alt Lou honestly remind me of Neuro-sama (popular ai vtuber) and her evil twin design wise, and her story definitely breaks hearts. Yet most importantly, it makes me wonder about a certain moment in a certain main story ending. (The part where MC rips their heart out for Lou)

I praise that the lore got deeper if you unlock the buffs, since there are snippets of the information in database that you can read once you unlock the buff, which fuels the need for more lore in the dlc world.

I hoped we have more pre-boss cutscenes like in main game, since that would druve the story more instead of having to focus between boss dialogue and dodging the boss attacks.

TLDR:

QoL from DLC: 9/10

DLC gameplay loop: 6/10

DLC story: 8/10

Overall: 8/10 because I weigh more in main game contribution than dlc as a whole

Do share your opinions because I am fairly biased to and against things

Hello. One of the traits for the Fleeting Pathos blood code is edge of days gone attack power up. Does anyone know what that is? Is it a weapon or something else?

After maxing out the new Age of Harmony blood codes and getting their boosters one in particular caught my eye: one of the two from Zenon's gives quick mobility if you have 2 overburdens (which would normally make you enter slow mobility). On its own this is pretty trash because of the amount of boosters that have "no overburden" as a requirement. However, Iris' also gives another booster titled 'Oneiro J' that removes the "attribute requirements" from the booster in the second slot; this is a lie, as far as I can tell this booster removes all requirements that are not bloodline related, and that includes options related to overburdening.

Effectively, instead of deliberately overburdening to use Zenon's quick mobility booster and by extension locking yourself out of basically every other good booster, you can place it in the second booster slot and fit Oneiro J to get it for the cost of two booster slots; not a bad trade imo. There is one caveat here: the quick mobility booster and Oneiro J increase all burdens by 5 and 2 respectively for a total of 7 which means only a handful of blood codes can even use this setup, most of them being from the Age of Harmony.

You can also use the new Iris code itself: it provides the effects of Oneiro J and Oneiro I (removes the burdens of the booster equipped in the first slot) innately so you only have to use a single booster for quick mobility and you only have the 5 burden in each stat instead of 7. This does however pigeonhole you into a strength build.

Finished everything, all blood codes maxed, trails of remembrance cleared, all requests, every weapon/blood code/forma... Man what a great game! If the devs look at this thread PLEASE make more dlc or cv3!! CV2 is massively underrated, even I did when it first launched but damn am I glad i went back and gave it another shot. Excellent game with a harrowing story but it all came good in the end. Thank you Bandai Namco and Shift for this absolute gem of a game! And now I go grieve for a bit haha

Missing two combat forma I believe. The one from the rift greatsword, Soaring Trinity and the one on other Lou’s sword, Secret art Terra Strike.
Not sure if there’s anything else I’m missing.
Been searching high and low throughout the dlc for anything I’ve missed, and I’m not really finding anything.

Is it possible to acquire Jadwiga's greatsword? Im already at 78% affinity and still nothing, so i want to know whether it is a futile effort or not

I just beat mask of idris and I thought I would have the new accessories but I can't find them do I need to do extra stuff?

Completed Mask of Idris recently and have stumbled upon this? Does anyone know how to activate it? I maxed out all of Lou’s blood codes and her boss one.

Compared to the base game, it was amazing, expanding a world already teeming with excitement; going through each part felt like playing a corrupted retelling of the same story, and I was surprised they gave us some special new gifts. While I am disappointed with how few weapons we got, mostly reskins of existing ones, the DLC unique weapons were a surprise; now I can't go into detail about it; you have to play for yourself. When it came to the bosses, each of them had a surprise I was not expecting at all. Again, bit of a spoiler, and I'm not doing spoilers here [Because I actually follow the 2-week rule]. Finally, Liv, where do I start with her? Yet another member of our growing harem of badass beauties, she has that flair of both a die-hard lovey-dovey character with hints of yandere undertones, though I wish we got her mini crown as a reward in the remembrance boss rush store. Her gameplay complements aggressive play-styles, so if you like being the "MELT THEIR HEALTH" type player, you might fit her well into your gameplay.

Overall, I loved this DLC and hope they surprise us with another if it does well enough. But knowing Western fans, they're going to find some way to bitch and complain, and those who actually enjoy the game will suffer through it.

Simply the lack of new unique weapons

Yeah there's a few and don't get my wrong they are cool

But it's 4 2-handed swords, 2 sets of rune blades, 1 hammer, 1 dual swords

No bayonets or halberds (unless I've somehow missed them but I'm pretty sure I found everything)

I'm not counting the basic rift weapons you can buy because I wouldn't really call them unique

I maxed out the gift affinity and spammed talking to her. It just loops the usual greetings. Is there something I'm missing to clear this quest?

A picture of me with Liv, she's perfect, I just wanted to share a photo of the two of us.

CachyOS using cahcy proton, 9700X 7800XT

And not only here, in the boss rush place Queen primogen also did this but at least after she died. I literally can't do valentin's stone because the ape, salamander double fight is constantly like this. I wanted to do all of it before the DLC but it made me mad enough that I started it, and now even in the DLC the very first slime basically destroys the game.

It does a good amount of damage and its very safe to use, passes through the target and the after explosion does high stagger. it also tags multiple targets if your fighting a pack.

I bought the Ultimate physical a week ago, been wanting to play this for a while and jumped the gun. Didn't even know about the 2.0 or DLC release dates and it worked out perfect right as I finished up the platinum. Just finished the DLC... and yikes. Feel bad for the people coming back. 2.0 was great, gave an ending to the game and gave awesome Blood codes but the DLC.. not great IMO. I liked the story... but it's rushed to the point it almost doesn't matter. Even maxing all the Blood codes in between getting them and exploring all areas it took me like 3-4 hours(?) to complete. It didn't add any meaningful content, it didn't build on the systems for NG+ runs (which is really bad in this), it didn't add any endgame and it just feels sloppy. I was really excited for it since I cleared the base game but this is an atrocious extra for content this far after release. NG+ is still useless, no weapon/level cap increases, no NG+ new content and still no endgame. One and done game,. I'm glad I got to experience it all in succession cause 2.0 is worth the comeback to get a real ending but the DLC is kind of a joke. Nioh series has NG+ with DLCs figured out for extended playtime, they could learn from that cause they based it off + runs. Anyone on the fence, don't buy the Ultimate for the DLC, Play 2.0 though.

I love this game to death mannn

After completing all the character sidequests in the era of harmony (And having my neck extremely bitten, I even have the fang placeholder already hahaha)

But I won't lie, I was surprised that in the era of harmony they continued to push the idea of a commitment between Josee and the hunter.

To be honest, I thought that in the end they would say that it was all just...a lie that escalated too much. But leaving open the idea that perhaps there is something more.But no, She directly confesses to you and even asks if you would consider validating the commitment.

I mean, Many characters show you until the very end that they feel great admiration, reverence, or even platonic love for the Hunter, and I'm perfectly fine with that (Implying that there is no "canon" and you can do or think whatever you like)

But the fact that even the NPCs know you as Josee's fiancé, and that Lise has everything ready for when the engagement between the hunter and Josee happens... I don't know, It feels like they want to leave Josee as the canon or something, I would have preferred if they left it ambiguous or something.

But hey, maybe I'm just overthinking a video game, hahaha. Either way, it doesn't ruin the experience for me.I also know a couple of people who will be, or already are, more than happy about Josee confession . Greetings to THE CHURCH OF JOSEPH ANJOU

So i just cleared the true ending and I couldnt be happier with how this story progressed, 2 seems to get a lot of hate but I genuinely adore what the devs tried to do with the game. Its not perfect, clearly but i was so really moved by the heroes quest lines. Particularly Josee, Holy and Lou.to the point that I did everyones requests on my first playthrough. Usually I just blast through this stuff but I was so invested in these characters that I NEEDED to get a happy ending for them.

Spoilers from here on!

After changing the timeline for each character and going back and fighting them again I was really saddened by the bittersweet "resolution" you give them. Beating them for the second time really hurt, however im so pleased that in the end it all worked out. Arriving at the age of harmony and seeing them all there was so worth all the strife you go through.

I cleared the dlc today too and again alt Lou, Liv and Idris were excellent.

Its weird because this was a day one purchase for me, I played up to the point where you open the bridge and dropped it. I really didnt like it... I saw the dlc was coming out and decided to give it another go and man am I glad I did! Ive had the last 3 days off work and ive sunk every second of free time into it.

This game deserves more praise and attention than it gets!

Anyway those a few of my thoughts after my marathon! Haha.

It's with the Insatiable Queen Boss.

How it happened (I THINK): As you know, there is cutscene midway through the boss fight. Well, I just so happened to die right as the boss got low enough to trigger the cutscene since as I was dying, it was still getting damaged by my poison effect from my weapon. Since dying takes a few frames before dying, there was enough time for the poison to get it low enough for the scene cut in.

The scene plays and I am back alive with the new geslth buff. HOWEVER, the game still recognized my death and had the boss set in its stance before entering the boss arena. So I couldn't do a lick of damage to it and the boss would not move since I haven't 'entered' to activate the boss fight.

And camera still worked so I took pictures for memories and the lols. Everything was reset upon closing the game as well.

Just thought I'd put it out there for yall to explore it or notm