I read that the enemies and loot in caves and dungeons will stay at the level they were when you first entered them. This makes me want to level up a lot before I start exploring them, so they are not all stuck with bandits and rusty iron gear. Normally, with ES games, people put the main quest off until last and just explore, but knowing about the set levels in caves makes me want to level up a lot before I go exploring too much. What about you.

I hope the main quest line will take me around the land a lot, and then while I'm in an area I try to do as many side quests/exploring the immediate area as I can. But kind of as background guidance, stick to the direction of the main quest line.

A little bit of both. I don't want to level up to much where every dungeon/the main quest is a cakewalk you know?

Pretty much this. I want to level up a bit first before I start really exploring.

I'm going to do a little of the main quest first then explore.

about 5 MQ missions and then explore

im going to do a few quests and see how it is then go explore and have fun so existed

Explore.