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Morrowind's stealth system was very badly done, I don't think anyone found it really fun to use it.

I for one like Combat, despite the constant bashes on it's system.

Combo of all 3. You can use your magic to be camouflaged then sneak up on your prey and beat the crap out of them with your weapon of doom.

Stealth for sure, if you actually stuck with it and used it, it became loads of fun, which is I guess true with everything about Morrowind, but I've always favored stealth and melee over magic, however they are all a blast to play when done right, a combo is usually fun to play, but it takes much much longer for it to be fun than a more "pure" class.

Defensive player by nature, so stealth-types always suit me the best.

I personally prefer combining all three classes into a looting machine, since a large enough cash base is very handy. I have to lean heaviest towards combat, though, since you can deal real damage with combat, while I personally view Stealth and Magic as supplements to it. Magic can be great offensively, but if you find an enemy with a strong defense against it, or just high health, you've got a problem. Likewise, Stealth offers offensive and defensive avenues not open to combat oriented characters. All in all, I think a balanced character, combining all three, is best.

I love Morrowind's stealth.

Play stealthy characters more than anything.

i love thief-basesd characters in all games, and Morrowind is no exception. Even if I'm not doing a pure thief, I still will join the guild and steal things... it's in my nature

My favorite is cross between combat and magic. I love to play as paladin type characters. :tops:

Battlemages are the best.

You thought wrong.
It's better with the MCP, where Sneak was put on a toggle. But even then I didn't do -too- much sneaking around. I mostly acted like my rogue-y self in town.

Like my argonian dressing up in ebony armor and demanding taxes. What normal citizen would deny him? They don't know any better.

I like Melee the best out of those all three.

I like melee, but I love marksmanship and don't depend on stealth to use it.
I like using a spear (for the endurance boosts) and bows and crossbows.
A good war hammer is what I will usually use at low levels until I can get my marksmanship up. Then I try to minimize what I carry to keep the weight down, which means shelving (most) war hammers.

I assume by "melee", combat was meant. The reason I voted for that, is because you advance the most rapidly doing things you normally do walking around Vaardenfell, getting harassed by baddies and completing quests. Of all the types of spells, only Destruction really levels up as quick, since most other spells involve a significant duration or cannot be spammed for other reasons. (This is why I voted for Destr in the Magicka poll!) Sneak seems awkward for me to use, and most of the others are only used in certain situations. How many locks are there to be picked, or soul gems to fill, compared to the swarm of cliff racers darkening the sky over MW?

So, with my combat skills, I get more mileage per hour spent walking around, to me that is more fun I guess. (And, of course . . . YMMV)

Magic. But i prefer building characters who can do it all. That way i can play the through whole game with just 1 char.

Love sneaking around and breaking into buildings and stealing stuff. Even If I go on to become a good charcter, I always start the game a petty thief. (Sword of Woe)

Sneak can eventually be the most amusing of them all. I recall sneaking in a room full of enemies, shooting at one, and watching them run around madly like headless rabbits. I think the A-I does that in response to an unseeable enemy, but it's really funny to watch. Makes good target practice beacuse the targets are in motion all the time.
But that said, I think that is pushing the sneak skill too far in what it can do. No sneaking character could be totally unseeable using just sneak, especially when taking an action like using a bow.

a melee/magic hybrid. a dark elf ideally, with blade destruction alteration marksman and light armor as the main skills (cant remember the other one)

I voted Magic. I just love casting spells. But I end up using Melee because my magika runs out. So Melee is my back up. I tried to sneak but don't find the fun in there. For some reason in Oblivion, I find sneaking more fun.

I voted "stealth," but truth be told, it's a combination of stealth and magic. I literally think the Nightblade class is my favorite, and the one I play most often. I used to always set up custom classes, but I never do that anymore. I just pick from the list and try to play that. And more often than not, I feel like sneaking up on people and slitting their throats.

I've had lots of fun with my stealth characters!