Yeah, I only had saves on NG+, so I probably should have just played the base game again. lol

If you don't mind let me know how that works.  

Yes, stuttering and frame drops are quite common, especially in boss fights. My PC has a ryzen 5600x and rx 6800xt with 32GB of RAM. I've installed the latest drivers as well.

Thanks.  Much appreciated.  I'll pass in the PC version for now.  

I played about 30 minutes tonight, just gathering up some items in the base game. I installed the new drivers, but the issue still persists. No change.

I think this might be USB controller-related, if you plug and unplug your mouse/keyboard you should have the same experience.

Unfortunately, FromSoft's engine is very sensitive to that sort of stuff (I don't think Sekiro is playable even know from Bluetooth?) and Windows doesn't help by activating and deactivating that stuff in the background depending on your settings.

On PS5 I'm trying to collect every armor piece and every weapon that can be traded. Does anyone have the following they wouldn't mind lending me so I can dupe them?:

Weapons:
Obsidian Lamina
Thiollier's Hidden Needle
Ansbach's Longbow
Golden Lion Shield

Talismans:
Retaliatory Crossed-Tree
Lacerating Crossed-Tree
St. Trina's Smile

Ashes of War:
Swift Slash

When it comes to Armor and the like, there's a bunch of stuff I HAVE but can't seem to trade. Kinda like how you can't trade the serpent hunter I can't seem to trade between my characters the Divine Bird helm and Armor, Igon's set, and the Highland Warrior set as well as the Oathseeker Armor (I can do the rest of the oathseeker set and I can do the divine Bird Gauntlets and greaves no problem but not the Oathseeker Armor and the Divine Bird HElm and Armor)

For armor I'm looking for:
Ansbach's Set (Mask, Attire, Manchettes, Boots)
Thiollier's Set (Mask, Garb, Gloves, Trousers)
St Trina's Blossom
Circlet of Light.


Aside from that...man, the final boss is 40% perfection (First phase is genuinely great, SO much fun to learn even though he's still very difficult), and 60% bullshit (Light spam I just can't even BEGIN to understand let alone avoid) anyone got tips?

Well I just finished the final boss, and I beat every other boss before it too. It was quite fun. Eventually the bosses became too difficult for me though, so I had to use those scadutree fragments. After that well you know, everything became too easy. The difficulty I would rate this DLC is above Bloodborne but below everything else. Base game was far more difficult.

Overall a bit disappointed in the weapons, my preferred weapon choice didn't get any good options for my build, so in the end I used the same builds the entire game.

As for armor, I did change a bit. Funny thing I just learned. There is a certain helmet in the game that reduces the amount of hp your flasks heal. The helmet I used the entire DLC.... Guess I should read the information more.

Highlights of my playthrough would be kind of spoilers, but know I really enjoyed it. Mostly how the world weaves together.

Should be another few years for From Software's next masterpiece.

Pop a holy liver for 2nd phase, as long as you avoid the heavy physical attacks and take minimal damage from the holy damage, should make it a lot easier.

oooh, I keep forgetting about consumables