As the title of the thread asks, what's your favorite guild?

Out of the three I've done, I really liked the Thieves Guild, but I also found the Bards Collage weirdly awesome and I liked the Companies but hate that you had to beat random woman.

Why excluding DB? That's my fav

Why excluding DB? That's my fav

Actually I didnt find the Dark Brotherhood storyline that great... it was pretty tame compared to the one in Oblivion. I did enjoy the Thieves Guild storyline a lot more and it has cooler equipment at the end so Thieves Guild for me.

I murdered the entire dark brotherhood in their own sanctuary, starting with Astrid, when she drugs you and takes you to that shack.

Companions are my favourite.

- Scott

I actually enjoyed the Companions a lot.
Due to their afterlife dilema.
It felt quite natural and was actually fun to go through. I excpected a lot of cliche stuff but was pleasantly surprised.

The reveal early on in the companions quest line is still wanna of the coolest things that's happened to me. I haven't touched the thieves guild yet though, need to get to that.

I murdered the entire dark brotherhood in their own sanctuary, starting with Astrid, when she drugs you and takes you to that shack.

Companions are my favourite.

- Scott

I wasn't a big fan of the companion plotline, but that's mainly because my character is a mage-type, so the whole glory in battle thing doesn't apply to him as much. I'm very early in the thieves' guild, and so far it seems to lack the fun Robin Hood vibe of Oblivion, and instead you just kinda have to be a jerk. College of Winterhold is pretty great, though.

Thieves Guild

@Galiant said:

@Scotto

I murdered the entire dark brotherhood in their own sanctuary, starting with Astrid, when she drugs you and takes you to that shack.

Companions are my favourite.

- Scott

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I don't see why the Dark Brotherhood should be excluded.  It was exceptional in Oblivion, but not so in Skyrim.
 
I haven't done the Thieves Guild, Civil War, or Bards College yet, but I really liked the Companions questline.  I wish the final battle was a bit more dramatic though.  I thought it was lacking in presentation.
 

Thieves' Guild. The honey farm heist was fun.

@Marlowefire said:

Why excluding DB? That's my fav

because Dark Brotherhood will be everyones favourite because it IS the best. 

Right...

Thieves guild > Dark Brotherhood. The Thieves guild was richer, more interesting and more fun to play.

Haven't done the DB one yet, but so far the thieves guild has been pretty fun. Although during the honey bee burning I just killed everyone there :P. Didn't get penalized either.

Hm, tough question. I think I liked the companions the best. Exiting and you had a purpose throughout, especially when killing those fucking silver hands... yes I motherfucking wiped them out.

Man, I've played 82 hours of Skyrim and have barely done anything of the questlines. I only just signed up with the Imperial Legion, I've done a few quests for the Bard's College, and I'm done a couple of early Companions quests. I've never ever seen the Mage's College, and I have had no contact with the Thieves Guild or the Dark Brotherhood.

Oh well, plenty to look forward to, I guess.

@Sporkbane said:

Haven't done the DB one yet, but so far the thieves guild has been pretty fun. Although during the honey bee burning I just killed everyone there :P. Didn't get penalized either.

This makes me sad, I snuck in and out without being seen, but when I returned to the Ragged Flagon Brynjolf refused to pay me because I burnt four hives instead of three :-(

Thieves Guild > DB

I also enjoyed the Stormcloak side of the civil war.

I really liked the Mage's College.The story was pretty good and you get some really good stuff at the end of the quest line. I still use the mask and robes you get form it.

I really liked the mage college which was an obvious choice for my full-mage to complete, it was pretty fun and you end up with some spiffy unique mage loot.

Honestly, it's only at the end when the Dark Brotherhood starts resembling the pretty awesome conditional scenarios of Oblivion that it starts getting good, and by then its practically over anyways. If I have one complaint about them and every other guild is that they're all over far quicker than I'd like. Is it implied that I should be doing all the procedurally generated stuff in between the structured missions? Is that really how they excuse how each guild is only a few missions long?

@ClaritySam said:

@Sporkbane said:

Haven't done the DB one yet, but so far the thieves guild has been pretty fun. Although during the honey bee burning I just killed everyone there :P. Didn't get penalized either.

This makes me sad, I snuck in and out without being seen, but when I returned to the Ragged Flagon Brynjolf refused to pay me because I burnt four hives instead of three :-(

This is exactly what I did. I still don't have any idea how I burned extra hives. Pretty big bummer after busting your balls to be so stealthy.

@Subjugation said:

@ClaritySam said:

@Sporkbane said:

Haven't done the DB one yet, but so far the thieves guild has been pretty fun. Although during the honey bee burning I just killed everyone there :P. Didn't get penalized either.

This makes me sad, I snuck in and out without being seen, but when I returned to the Ragged Flagon Brynjolf refused to pay me because I burnt four hives instead of three :-(

This is exactly what I did. I still don't have any idea how I burned extra hives. Pretty big bummer after busting your balls to be so stealthy.

Lol really? I used effing fireball on those beehives and only lit up three. Maybe the quest is bugged. Curse you Bethesda and your open world!

Companions was fun.

I thought the Dark Brotherhood was really good. Why the anti-Dark Brotherhood vibe here?

@Kung_Fu_Viking said:

I thought the Dark Brotherhood was really good. Why the anti-Dark Brotherhood vibe here?

Honestly I think the DB questline in Skyrim was lackluster compared to the general goodness in Oblivion. The DB mission where you had to kill the guests in the locked house in Oblivion was amazing.

@Philantrophy: Ah, I've never played Oblivion (Or Morrowind for that matter) so I have nothing to compare it to.

I had a lot of fun with the Companions. Just starting the Thieves Guild tho...

-mpgeist