hey guys i need help figuring out what playstyle to go in skyrim. i have had 2 caracters. one was a nord, heavy armour, usually 2h but i had to delete him because i screwed up a quest, now i have a Khajiit, he has heavy amour. usually weilding magic and one handed with the exseption of sometimes going dual weilding. i am remaking because i need to plann out my caracter better and what perks i am going. i calculated my ideal caracter perks but my caracter levl would have to be 172 XD it was sort of a mix between hardcoe warrior and stelth force theif/asassin. im thinking what i should do is try not to mix them and either go into full warrior or full theif (i get bored with magic alot and figured i would be more combat orentated in skyrim). i like the thort of being a buff warrior type rushing into battle taking no damage and slaughtering enemys with sword and shield , 2h or dual weilding, but it also seems being a sneeky assassin type with bow and dual daggers helps in the game.also can you tell me a good race to go with the playstyle u reccomend. feel free to post what ur playstyle and race is =)

Try all the playstyles. There is no 'best' playstyle, it's all a matter of opinion.

You should try the playstyles you think would be good, and pick the one that IS the best for you.

It seems the best thing to do is make a warrior character and a theif character.
Specializing makes you powerful.

Warrior race depends on 1h/2h and light/heavy armor.
I would say Orc and Nord for heavy armor 2h's.
And Imperial and Redguard for light armor 1h+shield/Duel wield.

Khajit is the best theif imo. +10 bonus to sneak and night eye ability.

Lay down your burdens and play your game.

Be guided by your character and their motivations rather than lofty tales of Temple Treasuries at Ghostgate or Plus 5 Multipliers in Cyrodiil.

Do not keep yourself up late at night fretting over levelled loot for anything you put off until it's maximum level will only serve a cosmetic purpose once aquired.

The game has been designed so that multiple characters with dramatically varying skills and attributes are able to complete the main quests and enjoy the game.

Sure we all want to do good and you have a lot of rope as far as freedom goes but that's for room to roam, explore and experience... not to wrap around your own neck.

Try persevering with a character and see how things go.

Azrael
The Nord with the Sword

Huh? Please spellcheck/grammar/thinkb4typing. I'm going to guess the question based on Adebar's response: "What should I play as."

The answer to that question is pick whatever you want. If we suggest something then you won't like it. If you are having trouble because you continually switch styles then use your perks for the most generic/useful trees (meaning no lockpick/speech).

The best play style? Anything that you prefer :biggrin:

I've been playing with many styles and they all semm pretty efficient

yeh i already know that the perks im getting up are enchanting and smithing since i find them the most usefull and if i were to go warrior i would get one handed up with shield and heavy amour (with maybe some sneek in there idunno) and once im done with the warrior toon ill go mroe of a theif or vice versa if i choose theif first.

Yeah, this. I, for example love the rogue character. It's just something I enjoy.

Quit listening to what people are telling you here, and start listening to the NPCs in the game. Don't play this game the way the 'experts' tell you to. Just go out and enjoy it. There's no bad playstyles. Even ones which assign points on a whim aren't all that bad, and if thats what you want to do, do it. I swear, if people would spend as much time studying their school work as they do trying to max/min games like this... I don't think it would ever happen.

I agree with those saying play how you like. Even if you abandon a character after forty hours because you feel you made a mistake with him/her, you'll have developed your own idea of how to play and will have the fun of doing it all again with a better idea of how to proceed. I'm on my third character (plan to play through with all of them) and I found that at low levels mage, warrior and rogue are all a lot of fun ... I'd find it difficult to say which of the three is the most rewarding to play, so I don't think that there is a clear winner.

Worst playstyle, though, is to force levelling by raising some skills that are easy to cheese (e.g. smithing) so please don't break your own game by trying to level quickly. Just find a style of play that speaks to you and go through with it, slow and steady.

i will proberly be going a warrior trype caracter first then and switch it up when ive done all i can. i played a theif in oblivion and it was pretty fun but in skyrim i find i dont really wanna roll the rouge because they have added so much for the combat in skyrim then they did in oblivion. what race has good racials for warrior? (mostly one handed and sheild or dual wielding)

Rofl.

Have you read the posts in this thread? That's what everyone HAS been telling him!