User blog comment:Dragon killer47/I want your opinion/@comment-3492791-20120820215035/@comment-3492791-20120824010618

I've started the Vampire side since my last comment, so I have a little better understanding.

As a vampire you can get the crossbow. Most notibly from the the many many dead dawnguard that carry it. However in the dawnguard you have the abilty to make the the crossbow better through three upgrades, and three special ammo types. If you choose Vampires, you will get the crossbow, but you will never be able to upgrade it.

Both sides seem to have some exlusive stuff. Vampires seem to be more oriented toward magic users, while Dawnguard is more oriented toward warrior types. And archers. But mostly the really good stuff is the same for either side. If this is really that big of a dilemma, you can always make two new charactors and just run through both quest lines to see which one you want your main charactor to do.