I like how they put all of the merchants outside so that they can be accessed quickly without the wait screen.

this also makes me paranoid because nearly every time I go there a dragon attacks and i'm sure they are all non essential lol. so every time I tame the dragon and fast travel somewhere else then kill it haha.

The Redoran Guard annihilates dragons, and the citizenry seems smart enough to avoid the battle at all costs.

I'm glad that the new items draw upon the enchanting leveled lists though. That was a huge issue for me in Dawnguard. I'm an Endgame (level 50+) Enchanter, if I enchant at all, so not being able to find new, enchanted gear really killed my looting options in Dawnguard. That's not so much the case in Dragonborn. Stalhrim, Bonemold, Chitin and Nordic, I've encountered standard enchanted apparel. Maybe not as much as I'd like though. I'm still chasing a Light Chitin cuirass of Health, and some Gauntlets of at leave Major Wielding. (Found Eminent Heavy though)