Which should be first...Dark Brotherhood or Thieves Guild?

CMFan1966

Just what the title says. I've never played either DLC and I'm not sure which to start off with. My character is a MagBlade and my gear is a combination of light, medium and heavy armor in the Julianos set. On my front bar, I have dual wield weapons, but my skills are all from my Nightblade skill line. My back bar is destruction staff with a combination of weapon and class skills, and the destruction staff I usually use is a lightning staff. I've got an inferno staff ready to go in my inventory if I decide to go that route. I'm somewhere in the vicinity of 470 CP.

Is it better to start with the Dark Brotherhood to get the Blade of Woe? Or is it better to go Thieves Guild first and build up my sneaky skills?

Also, another question on another topic....I was doing some regular overland content in Alik'r Desert and the quest is leading me to Volenfell....which is a group dungeon. I've only ever done one and that was quite a while back. Is that dungeon soloable? Or should I try to get some other people to come with me? I'm PC/NA if anyone decides they'd like to go down the rabbit hole with me tomorrow night or Saturday.

Thanks!

Aliyavana

Blade of woe is the best tool you can get to reset pockets and it's only the first quest you need to do

Taleof2Cities

aliyavana wrote: »

Blade of woe is the best tool you can get to reset pockets and it's only the first quest you need to do

^This.^

Nemesis7884

story wise it really doesnt matter.... if you're into rp i think you might want to do thieves guild first becasue youre basically evolving from a thief to a ruthless assassin so it might feel more natural and believable this way than the other way around... i also felt there is more grinding involved with the dark brotherhood questline

SydneyGrey

Get the blade of woe from DB. You only have to do the very first quest in order to get that.
Then do the Thieve's Guild questline, because it'll give you passives for reduced bounties, and a passive called "Clemency" that is a "get-out-of-jail-free" card, essentially. It lets you convince guards to not force you to pay a bounty if they catch you. It only works once a day, and they won't take your stolen items, either. It's like bribing them to "look the other way."
Then do the DB quest-line, at least until you get a passive called "Shadow Rider." This passive is awesome. It reduces the aggression radius of enemies by 50% when you're mounted. If you have this, you can ride around a mob and they won't even see you unless you're right on top of them.
With both these lines, you get one skill point with each major quest.

Or do DB first. LOL. This is the order I do them in, though, for all my characters. You get Clemency at TG level 4 and Shadow Rider at DB level 7, so Clemency is a LOT easier to get.

TheRealPotoroo

I agree that doing the TG line first at least until you get Clemency (L4) is the best route. You will make mistakes and get caught in both lines so having Clemency will save you a lot of grief. As awesome a passive as Shadow Rider is, it's DB L7 so it's one of the last you'll get.

Regarding Volenfell, you can finish the quest you're on just by going in the front door. The NPC you want is near the entrance.

idk

aliyavana wrote: »

Blade of woe is the best tool you can get to reset pockets and it's only the first quest you need to do

Yes. I'd suggest DB until getting the BoW which is fast. The do thieves guild. Mostly because you can get passives that reduce bounties faster.

Otherwise it's your choice.

newtinmpls

I was told by a friend that they work better when you do them both together.

never tried either myself.

Publius_Scipio

The real answer is it doesn’t matter, it’s your choice. Other than that, TG was released before DB.

Unfadingsilence

Dark brotherhood is really fun and you can kill so many ppl

TheShadowScout

I did TG before DB, mostly to have the sneaky sneaks for the DB stuff.

Lore-wise you -really- shouldn't use the BoW on TG stealings, the thieves guild prides themselves on not having to kill people left and right like common bandits...
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...but it IS useful.

method__01

the quest that leads you to Volenfell is just enter and speak to first person at entrance not complete the dungeon

also,thieves guild FTW (do it first )

CMFan1966

Thanks to all of you for the good information here! I can't wait to get done with work to try some of this!!!

DeadlyRecluse

They both have minor rep grinds, so regardless of which quest line you are doing, I'd do the dailies for both--that way when you hit a rep bottleneck on one, you can do the other (if you so choose).