The Dawnguard...

[WhyWasThat]

So what's the verdict, folks? As a gamer who's got 1000G in Skyrim and played it for almost 150 hours, on Dawnguard is it worth dropping 1600 Microsoft Points?

 

[Schizocorpse]

Of course it is!

 

[Doclector]

Dude. Crossbows.

Oh, and also, vampires that aren't crap, some gothic stylings, vampire/werewolf skill trees, new enemies, new characters...

Yeah, I'm pretty happy so far.

 

[Risingblade]

The Vampire lord alone was worth it for me. He's so fun to use

 

[Fijiman]

I don't have money so I can't get it anyway. Plus I'm not too attached to the idea of shelling out 20 bucks for DLC anyway, even if it is Skyrim.

 

[gideonkain]

What's really eerie to me is this love-fest over Vampires and Werewolves.

Twilight comes out, it's totally shit, and now Magic the Gathering and The Elder Scrolls wrap themselves in that old, frayed blanket.

 

[Fijiman]

I don't have money so I can't get it anyway. Plus I'm not too attached to the idea of shelling out 20 bucks for DLC anyway, even if it is Skyrim.

Would you pay $20 for an expansion?

Cuz, like... duh... that's what this is. Eh?

I'm still broke so it doesn't matter.

 

[PoloniumFist]

That would be tits, yo.

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What's really eerie to me is this love-fest over Vampires and Werewolves.

Twilight comes out, it's totally shit, and now Magic the Gathering and The Elder Scrolls wrap themselves in that old, frayed blanket.

Don't worry, the next one will probably be focused on dragons or the Blades or wizardy -- something equally as badass as Dawnguard. ooo, maybe.. Oblivion? :O

Hopefully at some point they will be using that "extra" geography in the world space.

 

[SajuukKhar]

I'm interested in how many new areas they've added. Or is it more like Knights Of The Nine where there is only a few new buildings?

Besides the bases for each faction there are two new areas

1. Soul Carin - large but not superr large
2. Forgotten Vale - Larger then Blackreach

 

[PoloniumFist]

Instead of having a day off, go get a shit job. You can work there for one day and make enough money to buy a new game/week.

People around where I live would probably pay me $60 to mow their lawn.

 

[Ruedyn]

I like it, but I see no reason to even play the Dawnguard faction. Us vamps get a new form, countless powers, the cooler castle, the babe, and sweet ass looking armor. Dawnguard gets... a crossbow I guess, but I can get that anyway from killing their dumb asses. I suppose when I run out of dawnguardians to kill, my crossbow will be useless, but I'm having trouble giving a damn when I can turn into a flock of bats and feed on a person NOT SLEEPING! Only took 3 games to learn that skill but whatever.

 

[TehCookie]

What's really eerie to me is this love-fest over Vampires and Werewolves.

Twilight comes out, it's totally shit, and now Magic the Gathering and The Elder Scrolls wrap themselves in that old, frayed blanket.

TES had vampires and werewolves before Twilight. Even their werewolf expansion was released before Twilight. I doubt their vampire expansion is a Twilight cash in.

 

[SajuukKhar]

I like it, but I see no reason to even play the Dawnguard faction. Us vamps get a new form, countless powers, the cooler castle, the babe, and sweet ass looking armor. Dawnguard gets... a crossbow I guess, but I can get that anyway from killing their dumb asses. I suppose when I run out of dawnguardians to kill, my crossbow will be useless, but I'm having trouble giving a damn when I can turn into a flock of bats and feed on a person NOT SLEEPING! Only took 3 games to learn that skill but whatever.

Dawnguard also get the vampire lord form, at the end of the MQ.

If you get Lord Harkon's daughter to be your friend she can stay over at Dawnguard fortress and turn you into a vamp lord, despite you being in the dawnguard.

Also only the Dawnguards get the improved steel crossbow, the dwemer crossbow, and the improved dwemer crossbow, yu cant loot them anywhere.

there is literally no reason not to join teh dawnguard

 

[PoloniumFist]

What's really eerie to me is this love-fest over Vampires and Werewolves.

Twilight comes out, it's totally shit, and now Magic the Gathering and The Elder Scrolls wrap themselves in that old, frayed blanket.

TES had vampires and werewolves before Twilight. Even their werewolf expansion was released before Twilight. I doubt their vampire expansion is a Twilight cash in.

Also: Twilight has fairies and shapeshifters, not vampires and werewolves

 

[Ruedyn]

I like it, but I see no reason to even play the Dawnguard faction. Us vamps get a new form, countless powers, the cooler castle, the babe, and sweet ass looking armor. Dawnguard gets... a crossbow I guess, but I can get that anyway from killing their dumb asses. I suppose when I run out of dawnguardians to kill, my crossbow will be useless, but I'm having trouble giving a damn when I can turn into a flock of bats and feed on a person NOT SLEEPING! Only took 3 games to learn that skill but whatever.

Dawnguard also get the vampire lord form, at the end of the MQ.

If you get Lord Harkon's daughter to be your friend she can stay over at Dawnguard fortress and turn you into a vamp lord, despite you being in the dawnguard.

Also only the Dawnguards get the improved steel crossbow, the dwemer crossbow, and the improved dwemer crossbow, yu cant loot them anywhere.

there is literally no reason not to join teh dawnguard

o_o ... well shit. Time to redo on my other character. Was going to do that anyways, but now I have to do it sooner so as to not appear an uninformed jackass.

 

[Seanfall]

What's really eerie to me is this love-fest over Vampires and Werewolves.

Twilight comes out, it's totally shit, and now Magic the Gathering and The Elder Scrolls wrap themselves in that old, frayed blanket.

TES had vampires and werewolves before Twilight. Even their werewolf expansion was released before Twilight. I doubt their vampire expansion is a Twilight cash in.

Especially since these Vampires make the Meyerpires look like pussies....well even more so then usual.

 

[Ruzinus]

Got side tracked and ended up doing the Aetherium quest first. Found it to be a cool addition, and the Chaurus Hunters were neat.

 

[Dandark]

Only played a bit of it this morning but it seems pretty good. Did a bit of the vampire quest on my mage which was cool, the new vampire lord is awesome.
Loaded up my warrior to look at the new werewolf skill tree and am planning to start the quest again with him and join the Dawnguard. It's pretty cool so far, I am loving the new werewolf skill tree, especially that extra health.

 

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What's really eerie to me is this love-fest over Vampires and Werewolves.

Twilight comes out, it's totally shit, and now Magic the Gathering and The Elder Scrolls wrap themselves in that old, frayed blanket.

Whoa hold on sailor, skyrim portrays PROPER VAMPIRES and PROPER WEREWOLVES, Twilight is a story that comes from someones wet dream. theres a difference

 

[Wayneguard]

What's really eerie to me is this love-fest over Vampires and Werewolves.

Twilight comes out, it's totally shit, and now Magic the Gathering and The Elder Scrolls wrap themselves in that old, frayed blanket.

It would be more correct to comment on how eerie it is that when these Elder Scrolls games came out, Twilight decided to wrap itself in that old, frayed blanket of vampires and werewolves.