Skyrim

[Nathan]

I'll definitely want to try a warrior character as well. Or maybe a sneaky archer-assassin. Maybe with strong alchemy and poison arrows.

My next character is going to be a ranger, who shall travel the world righting wrongs and thwarting evil. Mainly because this time I've taken the "bad" route to most things and not really got to use my bow much.

There are so many quests in this game! I am level 26 but I don't even know what the main storyline is!

Hah, same! I got to Whiterun, did the part of the main quest there and then went off gallivanting around the world

[Zakilevo]

My buddy is playing an archer assassin. Apparently, you can kill most of things with one arrow. The down side is against bosses. Bosses are generally in places with no place to hide. Thats when you turn into a werewolf

[Perth]

What race has everyone been starting out as?

[Nathan]

What race has everyone been starting out as?

Breton, but only because it had the skills I wanted. I've noticed it probably doesn't make much difference with most skills as you can practice them often enough and race perks don't seem to be overly useful (I'm presuming here they're the same as Oblivion because I haven't checked every race out).

[Zakilevo]

Started as a Nord. Not bad at all. Enjoy playing a big guy with a giant axe. Well now I mostly use duel weapons. I can't believe how long this game is. I am level 38 and not even close to finishing 1/3...

[Draco Tanos]

Imperial.  Usually do my first playthrough as an Imperial in all the games.

Quick question.  Where is the Talos shrine in Markarth? o.O

[Shizzle]

I'm hoping to buy the game tomorrow

For the class I haven't decided yet. In Oblivion I played an arcane archer, using spells to weaken and arrows to kill off targets. Using a pure-mage in TES IV seemed difficult, so I sisn't even try. In Morrowind, though, I was fond of my High Elven pure mage. But back then magic was a lot more than simply confusing or damaging enemies. Levitation ftw

So for Skyrim it'll be a Dark Elven assasin, Nord warrior or some kind of paladin/cleric.

[Draco Tanos]

I like the battle-mage/war-mage concept.  Sword or mace in one hand, wearing heavy or medium armor, while flinging Destruction school spells about with the other hand.

[MaleMaldives]

I like the battle-mage/war-mage concept.  Sword or mace in one hand, wearing heavy or medium armor, while flinging Destruction school spells about with the other hand.

I wish you could cast spells in one hand, and use a shield with the other. Or can you?

[Dante Silverfire]

I wish you could cast spells in one hand, and use a shield with the other. Or can you?

I"m fiarly sure you can. Just set it up right.

[Ramiel]

I wish you could cast spells in one hand, and use a shield with the other. Or can you?

Shield is hardcoded to the Left Hand. So place spells in Right Hand.

[Norrel]

My first character was a pure destro / resto mage, but that ended up sucking so I stopped. Now I'm playing a bow / dual daggers assassin character.

[Tom]

My first character was a pure destro / resto mage, but that ended up sucking so I stopped. Now I'm playing a bow / dual daggers assassin character.

Yeah, I'm finding out the hard way that a pure destruction mage has very little defenses. But by now I can kill most warriors before they enter close combat (and I have frost cloak for when they do) and against mages, there are wards. All of that just sucks magicka so badly, it hurts. I'm a killing machine in short encounters, but for longer battles, I rely on my flame atronarch to buy me some time to regenerate magicka.

But I've started a second character, which I intended to be a sneaking archer type, but I've already started doing too many other things, I fear. I may have to start over with her (yeah, I decided to make a norse warrior queen. I just liked the female norse better than the male).

[Shizzle]

Yes, playing a pure Mage has always been though It seems like Skyrim really favours the Battlemage thing, using melee in one hand and spells in the other. Pure Mage/Warrior seems difficult (and even as a Warrior you can do the shouts, I guess, so that takes away the purity as well )

I'll go for an assasin, I guess Is Illusion any good?

[Nathan]

It seems like Skyrim really favours the Battlemage thing

Yeah, I'm slightly disappointed in that. I'm a little miffed that encumbrance is set (with a few things you can do to increase your limit) because that means you can't easily pile on potions and head off without any healing magic.

I've also found that whilst playing on Master difficulty can be fun, it starts to get frustrating with some random encounters. I finally toned it down after being killed by the same 2 bears ~10 times