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Scintillant posted...

which item is that, i haven't played since the game came out

The Chalice of Beginnings. It's a Distant Counter accessory that makes the earlygame significantly easier if you use it.

DodogamaRayBrst posted...

I don't agree with that at all. In addition to overpowered free stat boosters, particularly the +2 shoes, but the other stuff is great too, and the chalice of beginnings, the dlc gives you access to free recruits, 3/4 of which are very good, with one of them possibly being the best unit in part 1. You also get 10k free renown to spend on the added new shop that uses renown as currency, stocked with overpowered items for how early they are accessible and some of which shouldn't be accessible at all in extended quantities. The sauna also makes it much easier to reach skill exp benchmarks.

Admittedly, I forgot about the stat boosters since I don't use them, but IIRC most of the DLC characters are decent to good on tier lists but nowhere near the most broken characters in the game.

Compared to Engage where the massive EXP gains break the game, you can get the DLC cast very early and walk through the game, and several of the DLC rings are top tier if not in contention for totally game breaking status.