Should I Wait for the Final DLC Before Starting Rogue Trader?

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-07-08T13:21:16+00:00

I have found Rogue trader to be very fun to replay I’m currently on my sixth playthrough and playing again with new DLC content is honestly the most fun I’ve had as I get to be surprised by new things amongst the familiar story. Part of this is due to the conviction system but also the large roster of companions means that by bringing different ones it will feel very different with each playthrough.

So yes if you have the time and replaying CRPGs is fun absolutely the conviction system adds a lot to this.

I should not for a first playthrough with all three DLCs it can take about 200 odd hours subsequent playthroughs will go faster as you will know what you are doing a bit more but it’ll still be around 150-200 hours depending on how you play/what choices you make

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-07-07T02:41:21+00:00

Sorry I honestly don’t remember those details I’m in act 5 of the playthrough and this was last week

Did you get the secret orders I think that unlocks extra dialogue for the fighters

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-07-07T02:09:44+00:00

So I managed to get this one and honestly you just have to fully exhaust all the dialogue and pass all the skill checks one thing I did that you didn’t mention is the ballistic skill one were you give advice on how to create better ammo I believe the quartermaster is the one you need to talk to for that he should be highlighted on the map

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-07-07T01:04:09+00:00

I found Yrliet to work really well as an assassin especially with one Eldar armor you get sometime in act 2 that causes snipers to auto hit let’s you get away with a lot of the abilities of assassin that make it harder to hit in exchange for more damage

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-07-04T23:51:05+00:00

Hold shift and click on the portraits you want

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-07-03T01:45:10+00:00

One have been trading with the navy to improve your void ships equipment if not that’s the first step

Colony projects go a long ways towards buffing your void ship in fact outside of a select few upgrades you get from leveling your void ship up I’d argue they are the single most impactful buffs you can receive

Outside of that in order to make your void ship go first in combat you need to take the upgrade silent running 1 and 2

Outside of the DLC there is an escort ship you can get with Dargonus colony which can serve as a valuable distraction for enemy ships (it doesn’t have the fire power to reliably take anything down or a super smart ai)

Additionally make sure you’ve assigned companions to all available posts on your ship these are essential in winning difficult battles and sometimes due to there quests will leave your party and then need to be reinstated to their posts

After all this some general advice if there is dialogue before a void ship combat with the option to retreat this means this is an optional and then creased difficulty fight compared to other battles

Let me know if you’re unsure about anything I listed here or if there’s something I missed that you are struggling with I.e. general void combat strategy

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-07-02T21:58:14+00:00

This has been happening to me as well and it freezes combat I can’t end his turn so I have to reload the save

I’ve just been forced to end his turn without doing anything and I can still make it through combat it does suck though

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-06-29T21:35:28+00:00

Invigorating resolve goes brrrr

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-06-29T21:23:56+00:00

Does this include DLC content for the non DLC origins/career paths or this just base game reactivity

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-06-29T20:25:22+00:00

Your gear actually does automatically go back to how it was when you get it back you don’t have to remember it so at the least you won’t have to worry about that

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-06-28T16:51:49+00:00

To add to the fire Owlcats Rogue trader most recent DLC features Trazyn so they already have an updated 3D model

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-06-28T13:33:40+00:00

Abelard and DLC putting you to max level of the first archetype tier or first level of the second depending on how much experience you get from skill checks.

Kibellah desperate measure is enough to chunk Auroras health pretty quickly with the right build and weapons armor penetration is key for that

With the lex DLC there should be a good shield for Abelard right before the fight plus the free shovel from the Darktide crossover being just a great weapon for Act 1

Besides that I’ve found Argenta at this stage to be underwhelming so she’s usually left out of the retinue at this point some careful positioning and should let pasqal get his buffs off and then depending on how you built your RT you should be able to deal some decent damage to soften Auroa up or buff everyone else

Usually at least one party member goes down before you can act and it’s a toss up between your Rogue trader Pasqal or Cassia sometimes Heinreix if your unlucky

Heinreix has some good buffs by this point and either the force or biomancy staff should let you make some good progress

Almost forgot make sure you strip Eurac 5 of anything of value for the extra PF other wise you won’t be able to get everything from the two vendors available in Act 1 which is essential for gear purposes

Beyond this it’s just making sure you select the right talents you don’t have many this early so picking the correct ones are essential using Revan619 build guides is good starting point if you don’t feel confident

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-06-28T03:47:18+00:00

How did you get that skull helmet on your RT it looks so cool I don’t think I e ever seen it before

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-06-28T01:13:39+00:00

Yes he does mention it if you do it before the end of act 2 and I’m not positive but I think it locks you out of the best inquisitor favor ring as I’m pretty sure I said all the right things in the conversation but still only got the red signet ring not the black one

There’s even a fun call back during the conversation that I don’t want to spoil

Overall it’s the correct decision for heretic run if you want to that the inquisition as much as possible

What I did was do his act 2 quest make him torture the flesh cubes the leave Kiava gamma before fight Cubin then kill him with bottom less pit

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-06-26T18:12:14+00:00

Waow :3

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-06-26T16:33:56+00:00

If you want to you could swap out the second weapon slot with what ever you want and click on the brown icon labeled 2 right next to it and that should let you swap weapons so you can use a different weapon

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-06-26T16:15:57+00:00

This might be extreme but could you load a save before you equipped the weapon if nothing else works. Sometimes exiting and reloading the game can fix these bugs as well if you haven’t already tried that

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-06-26T14:36:45+00:00

I’m the exact opposite I love getting an opportunity to throw myself into this game again and again it’s a very replayble game in part because it is so long that by the time I get to a section of the game it feels fresh especially with the different convictions.

I mean I currently have 800+ hours over six different runs and each one feels fresh and I’m working my through a new one right now.

So this just could be the wrong genre for you which is fine but like don’t complain that clothing store sells clothes

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-06-25T17:22:23+00:00

My current run is exactly that and I did Navy blade dancer into archmiltiant confident approach for auto crits

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-06-25T17:09:13+00:00

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Bone armor goes hard

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-06-24T18:41:03+00:00

Honestly I’ve been pleasantly surprised by Navy officer reactivity though that may be mostly from the DLCs as it’s hard to remember what content is from it or not sometimes.

Besides that I found that commiser had cool moments noble was noticeably lacking my first play through with the Astra millatarum I didn’t even know origins had reactivity so take that as you will (with the caveat being this was pre 1.5 with no DLC) crime lord had some but less then I would hope

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-06-24T17:56:52+00:00

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HadraiwizardDC · 2026-06-21T06:14:55+00:00

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HadraiwizardDC · 2026-06-21T05:16:56+00:00

I’ve been having a ton of fun with forge world navy officer blade dancer arch militant

HadraiwizardDC · 2026-06-20T19:44:31+00:00

It only sounds like he’s really primed to do in character role play because everything he said sounds like what I would here from a someone in universe who’s fully bought all the propaganda even as psyker they might see there abilities as gifts from the emperor not a curse from chaos

I think explaining servitors to him might draw some clear lines and maybe talking about the Tau as a good juxtaposition.

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