OK, so I finally got the game and have been playing for about 4 weeks. Level 23 sneaky assassin type. Marksman, light armor, athletics, restoration, destruction, sneak, security. Oh, and I haven't even given the amulet to Jauffre yet. Just having fun dungeon diving and killing people.
I'm master at Light Armor and Sneak and in the 90's in Marksman, Alchemy, and Restoration. Illusion is pretty high too. GB Ivisibility. Smack someone around from a distance. If they spot me, invis, and move a safe distance away and plunk them again.
Used a few Mods. Like the marker for houses I've bought and the smaller cross hair. That's a must for a bowman. Also the mod that increases speed of the arrows. That helps and hurts. Sure, my arrows don't "lob" in there anymore, but neither do the folks aiming at me.
I didn't do a ton of mods. None of the horse stuff. I have only ridden 1 horse for a few seconds and found it hard to steer it so I haven't been back. I didn't even take Shadowmere.
One of the Mods I added was the Hero's retreat. Very cool. I also have two other houses. One thing tho, the Hero's retreat gives you all 4 Master components of alchemy. Adding it early is cheating jsut a bit. I added it when I had 2 of the 4 Master components and the rest Expert. So I was close. Didn't know it would have that.
Just started getting the Glass Armor. Have a full set with the Gray Cowl. It's all echanted with either strength (to carry more loot) or Chamelion.
My method is basically death from afar. Plug them with as many arrows I can before they spot me, and a lot of time they don't spot me. If I need soul gems I knock them down to little or no life and hit my quick slot to my Soul Drinker (Daedric Dagger) and hit them from behind a couple of times and I have my soul with little or no damage to myself.
For the Bow, I use the combo of 100% immunity to either Fire or Lightning and then 20 or so damage of that destruction magic.
Baddest fight I won. Took the guy who wanted the Alyeid (sp?) statues to the throne room. He sits down and lightning starts going off all around the room and Liches start pouring int the room. A message pops up that says, the guy is the new Alyeid King and I should flee the death trap. Well, I hade my Mage's Staff of Fire that does 80 damage per shot. As soon as the lightning died down I tagged him 3 times and killed him and then concentrated fire on 1 Lich to the side. Once he was dead I backed out of the narrow opening and gave myself some distance between it and myself creating a log jam of liches. Then I just nailed them with my staff of fire. I had to completely reload the thing twice with 2 Grand Soul Gems each time. In the end, I got that Alyeid Crown (an awesome helmet) and a whole bunch of Lich staves. With the logjam in the narrow door way, only the front guy could go after me. Too bad I'm out of Grand Souls. I want to enchant my Daedric Bow and don't have any left. Time to hit the Arena. I'm GC there as well.
Should I do the Fighter's guild or start on the main quest or both? What about becoming a Vampire Hunter or become a member of the Blades? I haven't seen how to join them. I met some Vampire hunters doing the Mage Guild Quests but didn't see how to join them....