I've done Companions, Civil War, a few of the shrines, Dark Brotherhood, almost all of the main storyline (all except killing Alduin), some of the Dawnguard, and other quests for Jarls. I am a sword and board player, so I'm not too interested in the College of Winterhold, and my character is supposed to be "a good guy" so I don't want to join the Thieves Guild. What fun quests are left? Please help me!

Dark Brotherhood and Good Guy?

You said some of the Dawnguard. Why not all?

How is the Thieves' Guild any worse than the Brotherhood?

Because........

Duh.

Maybe he killed off the Dark Brotherhood and that's why he counts it as a completed questline?

Very true.

Get all the daedric artifacts.

a good guy wouldn't do that either.

you should get the dragonborn dlc. too good to be left out, but after that.... explore or make a new character.

He can do some. Meridia, Vaermina, Sheogorath, Sanguine, maybe Malacath and Clavicus Vile. Some of them aren't considered particularly evil (at least not by daedra standards), some quests you can start without even knowing it, so even when you discover who's behind them you just go on and try to make the best of it,

That's what I'm thinking, Ms Kitty.

I mean he could be a supporter of the Vigilance of Stendarr and quest to obtain the artifacts to put them away or even destroy them so they can't be used again.

And I would look at completing Dawnguard as well. The Dawnguard side is considered to be the "good guy" route, anyway.

Of course you can't go wrong with Dragonborn. Besides, there are and will always be tons of Bounties and side quests to do just by talking to people. I'd' imagine you have only experienced about a third of the game's content only being level 30, unless you have capped your character.

Wow - I started a new guy and did only the Thieves Guild (nothing else)...
And he came out of there the new Guild Master at Level 30.
Still a whole lot of game left to do!

It's the Misc stuff. That's where a ton of experience can be gained... and not even touching the questlines yet.
Plus, walk around. Get out there and hit the road!
Many many things you'll never encounter, if you just fast-travel and do the main questlines.

But finishing 'everything' by Level 30 can only be described as Rushing, I'm sorry.
(How will you ever reach Level 80 playing like that?)

Collect all the dragon priest masks. But of course that would mean you'd have to do the college quests to get them all.

That kind of goes along with my comment. however, I look at things a little differently. I never seen.. well, I guess the better would be... I never had the desire to achieve a given level. i don't look at playing TES on a "level' basis.

It's more of an... IDK., a point of maturity for the character as a whole. I play based on the story my character is telling me and not on a level reaching quest.

I understand there are a lot of people that look forward to excelling in leveling and that is perfectly fine. For me and my character, I have no issue with capping them and continuing with 70% of the content left to explore.

A Sword and Board character can easily cap out around 30 or so because they only increase a limited set of skills. 1H, Block and Heavy Armor is all that character actually needs. Of course you can add in Speech and Lock[pick as uncontrolled skills but essentially that's it. Even throwing in Smithing doesn't get you far into the 30's.

While I was running on assumptions, as most people don't play that way, I can see how the OP could run the entire game with that character. Nonetheless, I guessed that he / she had more of an "adventure game" playstyle. I could have been totally wrong with that assumption.

Exactly. Im sure a jack of all trades character could easily get into the 80s or higher. But I, like you play as long as my character's story is just. Whether Im done at level 20 or 80 doesnt matter. If theres more to be told, I keep going.

What if gets the artifacts to use for the greater good? Good guys can use Daedric artifacts to help with their heroic antics I'm sure, unless there's some unwritten law against that.

I always thought that the player gets corrupted bu the daedric prince, whether good or bad. I could be wrong though.

Depends on if you make your character is strong willed or not. My character is like me, so his willpower is infinite and unbreakable.

At some point, if you want to continue with a character, you have to get comfortable with focusing less on quests and more on just living in the world. Skyrim's radient quest system makes that a little easier to do than in prior games, but the concept is the same. A lot of folks who still play Oblivion after six years play that way. Just roleplaying your characters actions and what they would do in the world without worrying too much about "quests."

^^ thats the way to go. I usually just think what kind of quests pertain to my character role. But then i dont set oit for them as i so wander around and see where it takes me.

I guess I'd like to do that. I've spent time upgrading my armor and buying houses. Still, I'd like to be able to try out my new armor and swords against opponents. That's why I'm looking for quests. But I've gotten some good suggestions here to get started. I should probably do more of the daedric quests, as I've only done two or three so far.

Yeah, I killed them instead of joining them. I should've clarified.

I guess I just don't want to do it all because it's the last fun quest I really have.

Quests don't have to be the end, my friend.

Maybe your adventurer takes a break from directly helping people through quests, and decides to actively seek out bandits, and other menaces.

But I won't tell you how to play. If you feel like you want to save the DG quests for later, go ahead.

Have you done Bard's College?