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I typically play vampire just because it seems more convenient to me. I'm also one who likes to assassinate and such so it fits the playstyle.

I also just like the idea of it. They seem more like a group to me than werewolves do. Not talking about skyrim just in stories in general. It's always like one werewolf in most stories, and werewolves cant speak english when in wolf form so they don't seem so much like an actual group to me. I also like the glowing eyes and the clothes you get in dawnguard. Also with mods, it's fun to recruit vampires by turning guildmates, townsfolk, and shopkeepers.

Next I need to turn the Jarls

I like werewolves though and have a hard time picking which I like more, but the above is my reasoning for why I mainly play vampire in skyrim.

They are both good.
Warriors should be werewolf and mages who are sided with the vampires should be Vamp lord.

I'm a werewolf and an assassin, but only because the vampire lord cant do anything in the sunlight

I'm a Vampire Lord Assassin, and he kicks ass night or day...

I one-shot pretty much everything I come across, day or night, bow or dagger. But the VL is what I go with.

I play as a vampire, but i never transform.

Vamp Lord all the way. Don't get me wrong, I like the puppy dog too, but the VL just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside when I hurl some poor sap off a cliff. Freaking Briarheart.

One word. Immortality.

I gotta go VL and i play melee with an assassin lining. I do transform whenever i get the chance, especially when i see a dawnguard hit squad or vigilants. On the flip side I do love the werewolf.

Beast Blood all the way. My brothers would agree.

Being a true animal, tearing through the masses with claws and teeth....glorious. All the strength, the speed, the damage, oh its wonderful. Add the special Ring and you can have unlimited transformations.

Werewolfs are always more awesome

Werewolves because I love how the TES lore does them, they have fun abilities and because I am one with my shield-brothers and shield-sisters.

I tried a vampire play through but I deleated that save file after 2 quests on the vampires side Beast blood is the best transformation IMO, your the fastest,strongest,meanest,blood thirsty thing on the map and if you chose to you can remain in beast form if you really wanted too. My main character hasn't reverted since the release of Dawnguard There's just something special when your running across the map killing and devouring any who cross your path,hunting and stalking your prey including Legendary dragons and I just can't come up with a way to describe it. ( But that's my opinion )

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I've loved the werewolf since Morrowind and I didn't like being a vampire in Oblivion (got the cure ASAP), and even in Skyrim I like the werewolf better, how he can just rip people in two, but as VL you just use magic.

You can use melee, True the VL is more magic oriented but you can use melee if you want. Paired with the -Ring of the Beast- melee is a viable option. And when you get low on health you just make sure to get the Kill animation and you back to full health.

Despite my picture lol I prefer werewolf. I liked the vamp lord at 1st was quite fun despite being a bit buggy, got all the perks but then the novelty wore off and I missed the werewolf an this is coming from a vamp fan.

I dunno, don't get me wrong there are some good features the Vl has like vampiric grip ect but I just felt like it wasnt enough for me, the trailer for it gave you a wow, but then you get it, like it for a short time an like I said the novelty of it wears off too quick. Where as the werewolf still feels more fresh and thrilling. But that's just my opinion.

I just maxed out the perk tree for vampire lord and I have to say he is a beast. Flying around and hurling absorb health bombs everywhere, throwing people off cliffs with my mind and paralyzing annoying boss characters with my gargoyle beating on his minions. And using bats to teleport around giants and dragons while whittling them down makes me wish a regular mage had that ability so bad. Between bats and reflexes you cant be touched out in the open and that paralyze move makes it hard to touch you indoors. Vamp lord has so much utility that I wish the regular mage had makes me feel like im playing on god mode.

Neither. blood svckers and smelly dogs are merely animals to be put down.

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I've been a fan of werewolves since BloodMoon in Morrowind!!

I have played a Vampire for most of my game (before there was Dawnguard), and the only time I ever turned into a VL was to level up the perk tree. Once it was full I never transformed again. I hate having to play in third person perspective. The other perks of being a Vampire, plus the character aspects make Vampire the most fun for me. I think Skyrim has the most playable Vampires in any TES game.

The thing is that my normal character is easily better than any werewolf transformation/vampire transformation. As such, I wanted something to modify my base character. Vampirism was the obvious way to go, and after Dawnguard, it became an even better choice. Blood potions? The Bow of Auriel? Transformations? Less severe drawbacks? 25% stronger enchantments? On top of that, my transformed state has defense (not offense) on par with my regular character. While transformed, he has over 1000 magicka (it doesn't even display properly) and over 800 health. It was anemic at first, but after sticking with it, my character has become beastly.

I chose Vampirism for the same reasons. However, in addition to them, I am also a huge fan of the Illusion magic tree in TES lore and I have kept the same build I have been running since Morrowind with an Illusion-based Assassin (more or less anyway since skills have come and go since then). Vampirism is the only permanent spell buff in the game and it just so happens it buffs Illusion spells, so this was an obvious choice for me. Really, the passive bonuses are what sold me on Vampirism. As Necrovamp noted, the Werewolf and the Vampire Lord are a ton of fun, but they will not match the raw power of your character late game. Thus, when it comes to the two of them, the passive bonuses were the deciding factor. Unfortunately, this is not a department in which the werewolf really shines.

Beyond what Necrovamp had to say, I also enjoy the versatility that comes with Vampire Lord when I do use it. Is the target at range? Use the magic. Is the target up next to me? Melee time. You could argue that the werewolves are just going to close that distance with their absurd sprint speed, but I have run into a number of cases where that range target is on an inaccessible ledge of some kind and closing that distance is impractical or an impossibility. Thus, I find the versatility more convenient when it comes to the Vampire Lord. The other thing that I like about the Vampire Lord is the default Absorb spell. That thing is among one of the more ridiculous crowd control abilities I have come across. You don't even have to hit whatever you are aiming at dead on. Just throw it in the general vicinity that your target is standing and it'll probably connect, along with anything else in range. I love that spell. Unfortunately, thanks to the Serana bugl, I cannot say the same for her companionship.