Waiting for PS3 version, but am going DG. No vamp for me, and I hate WW too. If I wanted to play the game in 3rd person I would...probably play a different game because 3rd person in skyrim sucks for me.
Though I'll only get the dlc if they stop the idiotic vampire deathsquads that murder all your npcs whether you are around to see it or not. All I read, and the vids I've seen of dawnguard show ghosttowns. Forums are about 90/10 against it too so far.
Who needs quest givers anyways? In an RPG? Fuck em, right?
I like my npcs, its why I've only done the main quest once. I'm pretty sure npcs are the main thing that differentiates an RPG from other games where you kill everything that moves.
I fucking despise dragons because they are godsdamned cowards that refuse to engage in combat unless its with an old woman or mudcrab. I wish they would only appear at their walls or in predictable remote areas, or like a lot of people that npcs would run indoors and let the guards handle it. Or make npcs essential while a dragon is present. That would solve everything. Spontaneous dragon attacks, you get to learn shouts, and all the shops and those misc quests that make up 99% of the game are still there. But the piles of dragon skeletons falling from the sky when you get near a town gets old quick.
Since I don't like any of the shouts enough to want dragons around, and both dragon armors look like ass it was never an issue.
But now they got those new weapons... the W. axe, B. axe, and great sword look sweeeeeeet.
The new armors in DG that I've seen don't look that great. The Ancient Falmer armor looks good but I think there is only one set of them. The actual armor the dawnguard wears is underwhelming both aesthetically and looks like it protects for crap.
Another reason I'm looking forward to DLC, the crossbow has stagger, ignored 50% armor (one of the 3 does anyway) and its ready to fire. I think it has faster projectile speed, more power, and less on no arcing. I have seen the reload, and its not bad. Better with quickdraw.
Because destruction does crap damage unless you use fire with the fear perk, and impact spam dual incinerate at 0 cost.
I much prefer ice, but its the least effective on EVERYTHING aside from some dragons and flame atronachs. Lightning has range issues, and sometimes I hit dead on at close range and it misses.
DG has new restoration spells I hear that damage the undead. Finally restoration will be a valid school of magic...
Anyone else avoid the main quest in Bethesda games? I had oblivion 5 years (stopped playing for several of them) before I went to Kvatch, and subsequently hated oblivion gates and all forms of daedra. Or having the Enclave show up everywhere in F3. Its like Bethesda can't create a world without deciding to fill it with annoying bullshit like dragons and genocidal vampire hitsquads if you dare to actually progress the plot. Luckily the main quests in all these games are easily the weakest aspect of the games and easily avoided.
