Borderlands 2 - worth it without DLCs?

Well... I think it sucks without the max level increase.. but that's just me.

If you're going to play it a couple of times, beat the main story with your main character on each further difficulty and going to play with friends, go for the dlc, otherwise I say stay with the main game, there's plenty in it to do.

For single-player sure, why not.
For coop, nope.

You will be removed from the match, once your team enters a DLC region, which happens quite often on end game level.

This game is about having as much DLCs as you can. Without DLCs it sucks, so get GotY

If you are only going to play single player or with friends that know you don't have the dlcs you don't need them, game is fun without them.
If you are playing with randoms you'll get dropped every time they enter a dlc area.

The 4 Story DLCs are too good and the 2 other playable classes are fun too.

Get the GOTY now or regret it.
Getting the other stuff afterwards costs more as getting a goty version (again).

I made the same mistake...got the normal version first and got another GOTY later. Wasted one perfectly fine normal edition (and money).

I would go for the GOTY. It is fun without the DLCs, but buying them later will cost you much more than buying the GOTY right away.

Remark:
The Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2 and the 5 Headhunter DLCs are not part of the GOTY.

You should go for the GOTY.

Get the GOTY.

GO for GOTY.

Definitely the GOTY.

GOTY is fun. Trust me, I spent more than 200 hour in this game :D Skin DLCs are useless, headhunter ones are short (as I heard - haven't bought) but the GOTY edition features the 4 story DLC, 2 new great characters, some visual fun, and the ultimate vault hunter pack 1. If you know you'll love this game or you just don't mind the plus expenses, Ultimate Vault hunter 2 also would be worthy to buy.
Quite a lots of players in the game, it's almost sure that you can find 2-3 players in their own game, and you can join. Or you just play and 2-3 players hop in, usually in less than 15 minutes. Game playeable and enjoyable alone, but fuuuuuuuuuuuuuun with 4 people :D

GOTY <3

Base game alone is fun. But then you can't just upgrade it for $5 to GOTY and it's not really worth it to spend first those $7 for base then another $10 for few DLCs when you could spend those $10 from the beginning. And then there's fact GOTY doesn't have all DLCs (it has most important, but not all), so you still would have to buy some more stuff to not see "content locked" info.

With Tiny Tina Assault on Dragon Keep.

I was wondering this as well

The vanilla game is good as is, but GOTY is well worth the price, if you can manage to find the funds. GOTY doesn't actually include all the DLCs as well, so that's something else to note too.

this might seem repetitive but some here are just stating opinions about the game. here are the facts
the game in it self is fun and worth it, DLC is just MORE. not the exact same but its just MORE.
2 Classes, if you wont play the original 4 classes i dont think you will play those. (opinion) they are hella FUN
4 Story DLC, extra missions and location with a story to keep you going, some new enemies and some repainted, extra guns. (opinion) JUST MORE IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU GOT
2 level cap upgrade, borderlands is a RPG shooter so you will replay the story to get extra levels and unlock more skills, its would be long to explain why is that needed for the fans
5 small story DLC, just more and more borderlands

tl;dr
if you love the game get DLC, friends with DLC help
if your not such a fan dont bother, i have 300 hour and some of my friends just got bored after 50-100 hour

Honestly, I only liked Tiny Tina Assault on Dragon Keep. The rest of the dlc was just repetitive and kinda boring. The GOTY copy doesn't cost much more, so I'd still get it. It is well worth the extra few bucks.

This game is the perfect cure for OCD people.

If you only want to play <50 hours or so, there isn't much point to the dlc. After that, it gets really useful.

Just like classic Borderlands is fun by itself Borderlands 2 stands proad to be good with or without dlc. The DLC only enchances the game except for the aesthetic ones.

I got a question. I've got the GOTY edition. What am I missing for complete game? Except Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2? Are the other DLC's not included in GOTY just cosmetical stuff for multiplayer? Thanks.