The fact that you had to do the COW quests to get one of the DP masks REALLY ticked me off, and the fact you have to do other guilds to get all Words of Power. To be fair, i did join the COW in order to get this mask, but have since had to reload to a point before i started the COW, so i am deciding whether to go along with it again, because since the Dragonborn trailer focused on the DP masks at one point, and the DLC will be based around the Dragonpriests etc. will we able to finally get all the masks without having to join guilds? We shouldnt have to join any guilds in the first place if we don't want to..

What do you guys think?

I think it would be very difficult for them to do that as it would mess with the whole COW quest. I mean, you've played the mission, it kind of loses suspense if he's already dead, plus what would you do with the you know what if you killed him without knowing about it, and if you did keep it it would still ruin the entire questline if you decide to do it again. Maybe if they make it so the wooden mask can take that one's place