Give our stuff to the last protagonist of the dlc, that way he should be as strong as us before we get in. And make the dlc start at a random point to avoid people enter dlc naked for an easy last fight

already a post for this

here i think http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1183140-do-you-think-we-are-going-to-have-are-equipment-taken-in-hh/