You're not going to enjoy the game for very long without the DLC, and pretty much anyone you meet that plays is going to be playing a DLC map 80% of the time. I have EA Access so BF4 was free and Premium was fairly discounted, but is it worth the $75? Yeah, I'd say so, if you're into BF. Especially the finer points of BF, like levelution and 64-player Conquest.