Which Order Do You Play The ME3 DLCs In?

As I said on the  first page, I do Ashes after the coup.

Two reasons

1) I bring either Ashley/Kaidan since they get extra dialogue
2) Javik will say that Shepard believes they're winning

I have done the dlc right after dealing with the council, but I prefer after the coup

I can't play Citadel before finishing the game first, feels out of touch for me. It really is ME3's Christmas Special.

The other DLCs I don't have a specific order, I just play them when I feel it's time to do it.

I tend to stop thinking of the DLCs as such, after a shirt while. Often, when I think of my personally iconic moments of the series, I realize they are moments from DLC segments. The DLC segments become such an integral part of the experience for me. I understand that some people skip DLC, or pick and choose, but it just doesn't compute for me when I apply that to Mass Effect. I can't imagine skipping any of the series' DLCs, other than Pinnacle Station.

Anyway...

From Ashes: before Priority: Palaven

This never should've been DLC, and I generally forget that it was, since I was one of those CE customers. It's best to get Javik on board ASAP.

Omega: shortly after the Citadel Coup, and before the Rannoch arc

I feel like Omega makes sense here. Cerberus has shown they are a serious problem that must be at least contained, and Aria offers Shepard a chance to cripple their operations by taking out both their Terminus Systems HQ and their link the Collector Base (ruins).

Leviathan: I play this after the Rannoch arc, and before speaking with Councilor Tevos about Priority: Thessia

There's no perfect place to fit this one, but it causes an uncomfortable derp moment with the reaper on Rannoch if played before then, so I save it. It's actually a really good DLC. Plus, it did make "it which shall not be named" more palatable, at least for me.

Citadel DLC: I generally skip this one, but play it as described below if at all

This DLC is entirely skill able on most playthroughs. I know you guys probably play a lot, too; but I've played this game dozens of times. I don't need to see this corny DLC all that often. It's fun when I'm in the mood for it, but it completely derails the mood and tone of the main campaign if and when I do play it. I use gibbed to give myself the Lancer and Cerberus armor, so there is nothing to lose on that front.

If I play it, I might complete the game first. Then, campaign competed, I come back to this DLC and finish it up in its entirety. Often, if I'm not in the mood for the party and all the lengthy goodbyes (since I play the game frequently), I just play the ridiculous Evil Clone mission before Priority: Cerberus, and then get on with saving the galaxy.

I usually switch it up, my fav run went something like.

From ashes before Garrus.

(Citadel coup)

Leviathan

(Rannoch)

Omega

(Thessia)

Citadel

(Finish through)

From Ashes: Either after Palaven, or right after the coup, depending on whether I feel it's more important to have Javik early or bring Ashley / Kaidan back to Eden Prime ("where it all began...") for that particular playthrough.

Omega: Soon after the coup. I feel it fits best here - Cerberus has raised the stakes by attacking the Council, now it's time to take the fight to them.

Citadel: I do the clone fight after Rannoch. You've got the whole squad recruited, scored a few "victories" (such as they were) on Tuchanka, the Citadel coup, and Rannoch, so it's a good spot for the Normandy to get some maintenance done and have a more light-hearted mission with some humour in it.

I spread the companion meet-ups and Armax Arena quests out over the rest of the game, in between other missions.

I do the party as the last thing before Chronos Station, so all of the ME2 squadmates are available. One big blowout before the end

Leviathan: After Thessia. I like playing it through from beginning to end better than spreading it out over the whole game. It features Banshees, so it would irk me if I encountered them before they had been introduced earlier at Ardat-Yakshi monestary (although I realize many people won't care about this). And I feel that the revelations at the end of the DLC work a little better after the conversation with the Prothean VI on Thessia rather than before.

Since you get that message halfway through the game I end up just saying Shepard only has one refit and saves it for the end when the Normandy needs it to fight Cerberus and head for Earth.

Just my way of trying to hand wave the fact that technically Shepard has this message with orders to refit the Normandy sitting in their inbox for a good chunk of the game if you save Citadel for the end.

Nerd problems. Haha

From Ashes: Before Palevan. While I don't like Javik, he does give interesting insights into the war.

Omega: Before the Cerberous Coup on the Citadel. Makes the Coup make more sense since with Omega gone the Coup is more a necessity.

Citadel: The clone part after the coup, the interactions throughout the game, the party before the push to the Cerberus headquarters.

Leviathan: After the Rannoch Arc. With both the Rannoch arc and Leviathan ending on a good note, it makes Thessia more dramatic and better bringing back to reality.

Order of release is the most logical. That is:

1. Javik
2. Leviathan
3. Omega
4. Citadel

Citadel feels more like an epilogue to the high EMS destroy ending.

Ashes as soon as I can.

Citadel just before heading off to the Cerberus HQ.

Everything else ... tend to mix it up ... sometimes early, sometimes late and not in the same order.

I get Javik before the genophage missions, spread out Leviathan starting here, do the Citadel mission soon after the Coup and do the rest spread out across the game (and include Omega among this).