Borderlands 2 story/Borderlands expansions???

I never really played the expansions. Now, before you say "you really should", I was just curious, were they very isolated side quests, or was there some significant story in between that and Borderlands 2 contained within the expansions? Based on a quick check it didn't seem to be anything special though from where the first game left off and seems like the 2nd one is more determined to focus on that.

Borderlands had a story?

Borderlands 2 doesn't seem to link much between the two groups of Vault Hunters, but by no means are the DLC in borderlands 1 only side quest based. (minus Mad Moxi's Thunderdome. Its the worst of the 4)

the Dr. Ned, Knoxx, and Claptrap Revolution DLC are all continuations of the main story, but not in the sense of going into the Vault.

If you want to skip the DLC's, I'd say you're fine when it comes to Borderlands 2, you'll just be missing some great DLC. If you do intend of getting them, buy/play them in this order; Dr Ned, Knoxx, then Clap Trap Revo. Mad Moxxi is just an arena DLC that can be played anytime.

Borderlands 2 doesn't seem to link much between the two groups of Vault Hunters, but by no means are the DLC in borderlands 1 only side quest based. (minus Mad Moxi's Thunderdome. Its the worst of the 4)

the Dr. Ned, Knoxx, and Claptrap Revolution DLC are all continuations of the main story, but not in the sense of going into the Vault.

If you want to skip the DLC's, I'd say you're fine when it comes to Borderlands 2, you'll just be missing some great DLC. If you do intend of getting them, buy/play them in this order; Dr Ned, Knoxx, then Clap Trap Revo. Mad Moxxi is just an arena DLC that can be played anytime.

Hobbsey07

Hmmm well I'll take it under advisement, I mean, I lost my save file from before too so I'd have to start over just to play the DLC's.

But yes Borderlands had a story! they left the main storyline on quite the cliffhanger. So the question becomes when you say the DLC's "continue the story", how exactly do they do it? They sure sound a lot like side quests to me, where I imagine Borderlands 2 continues where the cliffhanger left off....am I wrong in this?