no you don't need elite at all to play dlc, elite just gets them as they are released, while non elite members have to wait for the grouped collection to get dropped.
they have a seperate play list with the 2nd dlc collection if that's what you are looking for, but for the 1st collection they are just mixed in with regular playlist. and actually it will try to look for dlc maps first, and even ask if you want to search standard maps if it is taking too long to find a full dlc lobby. but really this sale will get more dlc out there so more likely to find full dlc lobbys.
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ehhh lollipop is ok. my daughters and wife enjoy it (altho i try to cover their ears like when the first boss is calling you a vanilla slut and yells 'welcome to skull

central' lol. ) but it is totally a suda51 game so im probly just gonna beat it on easy and flip back if the 16bestbuy tiv holds. i got it with dragons dogma and binary domain for 33/each at gamestop so if i can get a free rental then i will pick it up again super cheap some day. my wife/kids are like no keep it, and im like are you gonna play and they say no we just like watching and im like well then you can watch me beat it once and then far far in the future. lol
i actually get a weird godhand vibe from this game, i know clover and suda and grasshopper i think share some dna but they have the roulette special attack like godhand had, and some similarly cute/freakie character design. it's also funny how suda51 likes those talking head sidekicks, first johnson and now nick.
oh and this sounds bad, but iv got to totally upload some pix either here or on facebook of my daughter dressing up as juliet. oh my.
first she puts on a lil halter and skirt and rainbow thigh high socks and pulls her hair back in the pigtails, and then i changed her outfit (in game) to the american sexy outfit, and then my daughter says i have to go change, and then comes back with shortshorts and a tanktop rolled up. omg im gonna have a heartattack and a shotgun ready when they are finally teens...