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All 3 DLCs mid game
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2015 7:19 pm
by dermainz
Hi again,
I just got hold of Dawnguard, Heartfires and Dragonborn.
ATM I'm a level 41 mage and just finished the College questline and am looking for the Scrolls.
Since I don't know what exactly the DLCs are going to change I wonder if I should start over or if it's fine continuing from where I am.
Will I miss quests and content? What would you guys do?
Re: All 3 DLCs mid game
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2015 8:03 pm
by VirtualWeasel
As far as I'm concerned, the DLC are made to be played midway through the game—especially Dragonborn. You'll get the same experience out of the DLCs as a lower level player would, Bethesda made them to level with the player.
Re: All 3 DLCs mid game
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2015 8:18 pm
by Lord Timster
Just continue from where you are now. You won't miss any actual quests and the random encounters will all turn up eventually anyway so go for it.
Only minor problem I can think of is that all three DLCs could trigger themselves next time you go into a settlement so things might get unpredictable. If new NPCs get killed without giving you a message/quest you might want to think about reloading, otherwise you're good to go.
iirc I loaded all three DLCs in at level 50 or so the first time and it worked fine.
Re: All 3 DLCs mid game
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2015 8:27 pm
by dermainz
Thank you, that is what I hoped for. As you said, things got confused the moment I got to Whiterun, but I managed.
One more thing though. From a story point of view, is the Dragonborn questline supposed to be before or after the main questline?
Or are they separate?
Re: All 3 DLCs mid game
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2015 10:51 pm
by Lord Timster
Either really. The dialogue in Dragonborn will change slightly depending on progression through / finishing the Main Quest. No need to worry about it fitting in with the story!
So you can finish either Dragonborn / Main Quest first, whatever makes sense for your character, and Dragonborn will change itself slightly to fit what you've done.
- I don't remember the game imposing any 'story timeline' restrictions at all.
(Except: Dragonborn won't start until you've been to the Greybeards.)
Re: All 3 DLCs mid game
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:26 am
by Pilaf The Defiler
dermainz wrote:Thank you, that is what I hoped for. As you said, things got confused the moment I got to Whiterun, but I managed.
One more thing though. From a story point of view, is the Dragonborn questline supposed to be before or after the main questline?
Or are they separate?
Before, during or After. People in the game will have slightly different dialogue depending on what stage of Skyrim's vanilla questline you're on, from beginner to Big Damn Hero and everything in between.