Um, first thing - Dark Elves are used specifically for 2 reasons and these are not necessarily dependent on class at all.

1 - the increased fire resistance. This is not only important if your're not a vampire because so many enemies use fire, but also even more important if you're a vampire because fire damage hits a LOT harder and this lessens that quite dramatically.

2 - they have magicka passives of some sort so again this is not dependent on class - any magicka DPS build can run Dark Elf effectively and Nightblades and Dragonknights can both do magicka DPS quite well.

The question you need to ask yourself is what play style do you like. Do you like the nightblade's stealth, siphoning and various crowd-control spells over the dragonknight's more offensive fire breath, fire slash or damage absorbing shields and things. I think NB is more a ranged playstyle, and dragonknight is quite up close, but I may be wrong - I use a Dragonknight tank and a nightblade stamina DPS with bow and 2hander so I can't really comment on the magicka side.

But if you're really wanting the most powerful magicka DPS dark elf Dragonknight is supposedly the way to go, but it's something you have to decide yourself based on playstyle rather than what's the best.

TL;DR - Dark Elf Nightblade is fine with Vampire as a magicka build, but Dark Elf Dragonknight is the best for DPS. And no it won't matter so much at endgame - you can redistribute your skills, attribute points and stuff at will to play a different way if you wish.

Silentmase wrote: »

You can switch your class?? or do you mean start a new character?

The OP means start a new character. There is currently no way to change the class of an already created character.