LogFAQs > #979584023

You can go to BBI quite early on the game, I've tried doing that but you have to run away from almost everything, and will eventually meet some damage sponge that kills you in one hit.

Now I just do BBI after beating the base game and getting into the post game, that way you get really good dragon weapons for your class and you get all your armor dragonforged. The base game is mostly really really easy and you don't need anything from BBI to completely crush it.

One tip for BBI is to look into some augments from other vocations that would suit your preferred vocation. Like I always play as strider, and early on I get vehemence and clout from fighter and warrior, which raises my strength by 30%, in other words making all my physical attacks 30% stronger. You really need to do as much damage as possible in BBI.