A lot of these game comes down to fighting monsters and people. Ogres, guards, assassins, vampires, whatever is in between you and your quest objective or potential loot. You probably have a plan for killing them already.

Well, what is your plan for killing them? Let's get a little chart showing the popularity of the different methods.

Well I'm the traditional sword and shield kind of guy, and as for a plan I really don't have one I usually just rush in and if things start going bad right off the get go then I try to come up with a plan :shrug:
I'm probably not the kind you want fighting alongside you

With style.

I'm going back and forth between these three:

A. overcharged destruction, with alteration buffs before going in
Good at short & long range, never run out of arrows, lots of damage, magey goodness

B. 1-handed melee backed up by destruction spells in the other hand and possibly poison on the blade
Mageey goodness, but less of a slave to magicka, and not crippled by foes with resistances / immunities to my magic

But lately I been thinking more and more of:
C. archery, using poisoned arrows, with an occasional break to summon critters to distract the enemies
Only a little magey in combat, highly dependent upon arrows, retains full damage against anyone vulnerable to poison & summons, decent damage to those resistant or immune to either poisons or summons, and potentially able to benefit from sneak attack multipliers if I add in stealth
The downside is vulnerability to stupid summoned critter AI, poor battlefield layout, and poison resistance / immunity.