I'm a PS3 gamer and now that i know that PS3 will be getting these DLCs next month a have a question for those of you who have already went through Dawnguard. How does one exactly avoid random vampire attacks while going through the story? ( i know finishing the story stops the attacks and blocking the sun restarts them ) I've read that just strait up staying the hell away from any village/town/city seems to do the trick. I just want this confirmed so i can unload as much as possible before going into the main quest line. I hate having any NPC getting killed in any town, anywhere. I flip out at dragon atttacks and this just seems like a nightmare. Console players sadly can't whip open the console and resurrect any NPC so prevention is everything. So if i avoid any and all towns/villages/cities will i be good to go until i finish the story? Thanks in advance.

Avoid Towns and Settlements at night. You can be in the town, just in an interior cell.

As for the attacks, they happen after dark, near the gates usually. What causes the biggest issue is the attacks usually occur the same time you trigger all the commuters so the NPCs are out and about. In other words, you go outside at 7PM, the NPCs commute home near the gates, the vampires show up. So, if you want a town attack and to minimize the NPC fallout, then do this:

In a city, in an interior cell, wait until 6 PM, then again until 8 PM, then again until 10 PM. This will cycle through the commute scripts and get the NPCs home. You can see how all this works if you just wait outside for these times and you will see the NPCs doing what I describe. Of course, you want to see this before you get the DLC or make it active.Then you can go outside, get the attack and have as few NPCs involved as possible. The DG Main Quest keeps you away from most of the towns and settlements, so you can concentrate on that if you want to.

Also, you don' have to have DG active say if your starting a new character and do not want to deal with the vampires right away.