#since i did the Vanguard first ill side with the UC

[unproblematicgaymer]

so personally I think the introduction for the Crimson Fleet questline is better if you don't join the Vanguard first.

in my first playthrough (I'm in NG+ rn) I didn't do any faction quests and I got arrested before being forced into being a mole, which I think is a more interesting way to get the quest rather than what I did now which is join the Vanguard first, cause then you just have the quest in your log