Just gonna repost my post from another thread:
Well tbh at least for the Toussaint DLC the only real choice is post ending. Why would Geralt head to Toussaint which is like at least a months ride away just for the fun of it while searching for Yen or Ciri and spend weeks there (judging by the theoretical size of the DLC 30 hours or so it has to be in game weeks) for fun? Especially because it is indicated where Ciri has been and that the war never came to Toussaint? And before the beginning of the game? Seriously? Vesemir and Geralt have been on the hunt for 6 months. Before that it was probably winter so they would have spend at least 3 months in Kaer Morhen... 9 months before the main story?
Not plausible. Especially since a DLC would make the state of the endgame much easier for CDPR to develope if you are with Yen you could simply have a small area off somewhere with a nice little hut and Dandelion and Zoltan visiting. It wouldn't require the impossible task of changing the rest of the world to a proper endgame setting. The same is true if you move in with Triss. If Geralt ends up alone you can simply put him in Kaer Morhen.
The glassman DLC will probably take place during the game simply because you meet the guy in White Orchard... strong hint there.
And before you start with: but Triss or Yen could teleport him:
That would just be daft. Why would Yen be interested when she is even willing to kill an entire orchard, ressurect a corpse and what not to find Ciri to prevent some shite in Toussaint that has no bearing on Ciri? Furthermore why would Triss be? She's a fugitive in Novigrad, helping other fugitives, is responsible for their safety and basically their contact to the king of beggars and also worried about Ciri? Storywise it makes no sense whatsoever. None of the girls would go to Toussaint while Ciri is still out there somewhere and none would leave their tasks for it. If it takes place after you find Ciri it's even more stupid because you have other things to do. Sorry but it just doesn't make sense.
