JD2013 wrote: »

Lore wise;

Main
Craglorn
Imperial City
Orsinium
Morrowind
Clockwork
Summerset
Murkmire
Elsweyr

Dungeon DLC can really be done whenever, as can Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood.

This is the order they were released. However, it is only Morrowind, Clockwork, and Summerset that have a slight thread that connects them in that order.

One could technically say Orsinium is connected because there is an extremely vague conversation at the end that says something will be happening next but nothing in the story is really connected.

The_Saint wrote: »

I also would go CWC before Morrowind

Actually it makes more sense to do Morrowind first, then CWC. Because as long as the trouble in CWC is unresolved, the final excursion of Morrowind makes more sense (if you do CWC first, and resolve the issue there... should not a certain someone have noticed and put his foot down on that daedric dog trying to make a mess in the final confrontation of Morrowind?)

In any case...
...I would suggest that no matter where you start, as soon as you are out of whatever tutorial you get, go do the coldharbour tutorial by teleporting to your faction starting city (Davon's Watch, Daggerfall, Vukhel Guard) and speak with the mysterious benefactor... then go the old, "classic" routle of starter isle - alliance regions - coldharbour and finish the mainstory that way.

Then you can do Imperial City (bring friends, many, many friends!), or not, as you choose (it -is- very ganky, but... does a little "aftermath sequel" to the mainstory, so there is that), do Cadwells for the other alliances storylines (and to unlock all those wayshrines, grab the skyshards and lorebooks), then go Craglorn and then... it is time to start Orsinium, since you DO know how long Sturga has been looking for YOU!

TG and DB can technically be done whenever, though it helps if you already did all the mainstory region wayshrines as you may have to travel to places on occasion, so I'd suggest doing them after cadwells. And there is some cryptic hinting at the end of DB, so I would also suggest to do it before the whole "daedric triad plot" storyline...

Most dungeon DLCs tend to be all standalone and not having connections to the storylines... so can be done whenever. Notable exception is wrathstone, though I suppose it -can- be done earlier in the story (and then assume Abner just needs the extra time to do his research or whatever).

After Orsinium, you may wish to look towards the next big storyline... together with the prequel questlines - (Alessio Guilon: Missing Prophecy) - Morrowind, (Order of the Eye dispatch: Knives and Long Shadows) - Clockwork City, and (Vanus Galerion: Through a Veil Darkly) - Summerset for the "triad conspiracy" plot, in that order. (and yeah, it makes a great deal of sense to leave those prequel quests lying until that point!)

And then... its time for a little archeological expedition, first the Cyrodillic Collections prep prolouge and daily questings, then Murkmire.

Until finally... Elsweyr is beckoning, and here it finally makes sense to do two "Wrathstone" dungeons (Frostvault & Malatar) and then the "message from Abner Tharn" prequel quest and as many as the following up "prepare" dailies as you might enjoy, before... going Elsweyr (once it goes live for you)