Lexor: No, it is not. As I read, it includes G2, it's not just DLC.
If you have G2 already installed you can't download just data from DLC to install it.
You need to download the whole pack, G2+DLC.
That's not my understanding from what I have read.
And while it surely contains files from Gothic 2, I doubt it includes the whole game ... just enough to work.
It seems fairly clear you have to own Gothic 2 Gold Edition to purchase the free conversion mod.
What is less clear, is whether Gothic 2 has to actually be installed to install & run the mod. Some have suggested it doesn't need to be. Are you saying it does?
Admittedly, this whole DLC or standalone Full Conversion Mod situation is confusing, hence why I said what I did earlier.
It should have been promoted as buy Gothic 2 Gold Edition and then get The Chronicles of Myrtana:Archolos for free, a standalone full conversion mod.
That would have made it abundantly clear for everyone.
Right now, it shows in your GOG library as a separate game, while it did show on the successful purchase window as both a separate game and an added DLC to Gothic 2 Golden Edition. All very confusing.
Startrail: Its the same for all other free DLCs on the site.
Not quite, but as far as purchasing goes, yes.
Though I guess that like a Soundtrack, the base game itself doesn't need to be installed to use it ... so technically you could say that means it is a DLC.