For clarity to those who have not played it yet: the progression in the expansion is centered around two items, one that scales up your character while on the new map and one that scales up your spirit ashes. Traditional leveling doesn't really power you up much with the new content.
This is where so much of the "DLC too hard" complaints come from. Without scooby snacks, even high level characters will get wrecked by the first few bosses.
For clarity to those who have not played it yet: the progression in the expansion is centered around two items, one that scales up your character while on the new map and one that scales up your spirit ashes. Traditional leveling doesn't really power you up much with the new content.
This is where so much of the "DLC too hard" complaints come from. Without scooby snacks, even high level characters will get wrecked by the first few bosses.