This, they are hands down the best early summon, and for sorcerors they hold up surprisingly well through the endgame.

To answer the cookie question for you Mugiwara, that recipe looks to be the standard tollhouse chocolate chip cookie recipe that's usually included on the bag of chips. Although I believe they meant to write baking powder instead of baking soda.

Which areas were patched? I beat the game sensless (very large series fan) before any of the dlc was released and (sadly) started my NG+ and never really went anywhere with it. Gearing up to reroll a new character for another run but it’d be helpful to know which areas were made slightly easier so I’m not tiptoeing…