you can do whatever you want in whatever order you want, although i recommend you do the faction questlines first (after leaving the sewer ofc), then the DLC questlines, then the side quests, and finally the main questline last or throughout. in terms of the faction questlines, you should probably do Mages Guild first because gaining access to the Arcane University means you can enchant stuff and create custom spells...unless you have Deluxe DLC, then don't need to. otherwise, yeah doing the Arena early on is good because you can level up your combat skills when enemies are still weak af.

many thanks

Originally posted by NothingIsHalal:

... doing the Arena early on is good because you can level up your combat skills when enemies are still weak af.

Misleading. You improve combat skills by using them (or paying a trainer ...), in the Arena or elsewhere. And enemies get stronger when your character levels up (means improving attributes, not skills). Again, this has nothing to do with the Arena.
As an aside: You can say "skills level up", but this has nothing to do with the character or monster level.

Originally posted by 1Thnc:

What is the best list of the best game quests? ...

See my reply to your (similar) post in the Morrowind forum.

This is just my preference as I prefer Assassin/Mage build.

Once I leave sewers: Arena (including side quest for grand champ) Fighters Guild > Mage's Guild > DarkBrotherHood and finally Thieves Guild. Obviously any random side quests are completed along the way. I only really start the main quest when there's little left as I hate roaming around with Oblivion Gates everywhere and they're tedious.

I tend to leave DB and Thieves till last as you'll be doing alot of sneaking / stealthy type missions and by the late stages, my stats, especially sneak and magic are sufficient. I want to enjoy sneaking around without hearing "WHO'S THERE!" everytime I move a step -although hilarious to listen to. Also by completing MG before TG is of an advantage as there will be a quest in TG, to 'acquire' something and there is extra internal dialogue which makes me chuckle.

Originally posted by lonetrav:

Originally posted by NothingIsHalal:

... doing the Arena early on is good because you can level up your combat skills when enemies are still weak af.

Misleading. You improve combat skills by using them (or paying a trainer ...), in the Arena or elsewhere. And enemies get stronger when your character levels up (means improving attributes, not skills). Again, this has nothing to do with the Arena.
As an aside: You can say "skills level up", but this has nothing to do with the character or monster level.

Misleading. You can only pay to level up skills 5 times maximum per level, regardless of who you go to nor what skill you train (unless using mods). Also combat skills can be improved by fighting opponents in the Arena at lower levels to not be burdened by stronger enemies at later levels and/or specific areas.

As an aside: You just repeated yourself but said it in different ways 3 times aka you just wrote me a nothing burger. You can always choose to not level up your character or Idk...use enchanted items, poisons, and custom spells, or even better is to lower the difficulty slider if it gets too tough.

Originally posted by lonetrav:

Originally posted by 1Thnc:

What is the best list of the best game quests? ...

See my reply to your (similar) post in the Morrowind forum.

yeah no, nobody is gonna do that

Why would you want anyone tell you what and how to play

Originally posted by theo:

Why would you want anyone tell you what and how to play

for that sweet reddit karma