I wouldn’t buy any DLC as long as the game is brokren.
I bought the game the 16 november. I played 3 days. Since the update of 19 november, i can’t launch the game. 0 help from dev. It’s a know issues. 2 months passed and i can’t play.
https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/game-wont-start-after-update/108974
a shame