User blog comment:Nerakil/Did you prefer the Dawnguard faction or Volkihar clan?/@comment-4964060-20121222155631

Personally, I very much enjoyed the Dawnguard faction. The crossbow gets upgraded up to Dwarven status and can inore 50% of armor, and you get a bunch of bolts and such, restoration spells that completely screw up the undead, battle trolls, and PUPPIES. While I admit the Vampire Lord is awesome, you can become a vampire lord at the end of the quest for the Dawnguard faction anyway, the only downside to this is that you can't get the vampire lord upgrades (bloodstone chalice, ring of beast and erudite, necklaces, etc). Even so, you can still ultimately BECOME a vampire lord at the end. If you want my opinion, the Dawnguard is better, but you get some pretty cool shit as a Volkihar Vampire.