Vampires with the nercomage perk are amazing. Playing one for the first time now and now I'll be trying to reach 70 restoration with every future character asap. The incredible benefits from just 1 perk change vampires from cool to sub zero.

As an illusionist too it is very helpful to have vampirism extend the level at which I can calm/fury enemies. Feeding is very easy too you can just ask a follower to sleep or cast invisibilty and feed on anybody undetected.

Vampire with necromage gives 25%+ to almost all active effects and 25%+ weakness to fire. The pros FAR outweigh the cons

Being a vampire has made me engage with the game more because I have to be aware of what time it is and how much time has passed since I last fed. Before I was a vampire I paid little attention to this.

It even works on some perks, provided you take them after you take the necromage perk.

I wouldn't actually want Vampirism to be considered ultimately useful, I would expect it more of a curse.
We don't need people going around saying "Can i haz vampire too?"

The thing that really annoyed me is that the Sun didn't burn you, it only made you weaker >:|
I liked Oblivions vampires, although they weren't perfect. It was quite an adventure doing the quest to cure yourself rather then just Get a full Black soul gem.

Yeah, it was a neverending adventure to cure yourself in Oblivion if you were on a PS3.

They are useless, I remember the good ole days when they added extra jumping height to a character........But in Skyrim, They remind me of this movie's audience.............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzPe8r6YBdQ

I don't get it.

They are useless, I remember the good ole days when they added extra jumping height to a character........But in Skyrim, They remind me of this movie's audience.............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzPe8r6YBdQ

That's for damn sure, but I liked it because it made me really think about whether or not I wanted to be a vampire forever.

Lucky for you that you knew the Oblivion cure quest was bugged (and would never be fixed) before you became a vampire.

well apparently being a vampire allows you to become stronger. I forget how to do it but there are certain ways to use their weaknesses towards certain things to actually boost enchanments on yourself and things like that. The strongest character possible has to be a vampire i think. in order to get the best armor possible. i forget hwo to do it tho0ugh but if u look back on these forums ...a little less than a week ago some guy posted how to do it.

And you want vampires to be like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=sn0CsSjbl2U#t=32s

Ok then...

Which perks should I hold off on until after I get necromage? My restoration is only 50 or so and I have not yet become a vampire with my dunmer nightblade, but it has always been part of the plan.