User blog comment:Sgt. S.S./Should I get Dawnguard or Dragonborn first?/@comment-7953253-20130414074449/@comment-7813150-20130415052158

Don't listen to him, SS. He's probably still miffed about his favorite glitch getting fixed in Patch 1.9. :-)

Dawnguard and Dragonborn give you lots of new toys to play with; I guess it only comes down to how you play the game. Both have new shouts, new spells, new alchemy ingredients, new categories of weapons and armor, new craftable items, new unique gear, and new people and places. So all else being equal, you can't go wrong with either choice.

Dawnguard gets my vote, however. Not only does it give you the standard assortment of "new stuff," it gives you an entirely new class of weapons (crossbows), two new perk trees (vampire and werewolf), "pet" battle trolls, a summonable dragon, and the ability to forge you own ammunition out of firewood and ingots. And if you care more about the story than the stuff, Dawnguard gives you a lot of interesting backstory on the Falmer, a little bit more info on the Dwemer, an aristocratic vampire family far to the north, and an elite squad of vampire hunters. (It also comes with a very annoying "emo vampire chick with daddy issues" follower that you cannot get rid of for half the storyline...but hey, nothing is perfect.)