This game is amazing. I liked Morrowind, I disliked Oblivion, but I am in LOVE with Skyrim. They removed most of the tedious stuff I hated, put it in a "province" with my type of viking vibes, and throw dragons at me from out of nowhere to kill.
As for what I am playing I can only call myself a Nordic Ranger. He is a Nord that concentrates on light armor, archery, sneak, and two-handers for when things get close. I also have him learning restoration magic and some one-handed combat for those times I need to get a bit of healing in. Speech and Blacksmithing are also high on my list but don't get much in the way of my perk points.
My only real issue is the horrible consolitis.
Right now I am focusing on the main questline and that of the Companions, and even agreed to become a werewolf. I did visit the magic school, and became a student, but I have yet to return there. Figured they would get by fine without one novice hanging out, even more so since magic is rather secondary for me. I have also visited all the major cities and ran a few side quests, mostly playing myself as a mercenary and adventurer. I own a fully upgraded house in Whiterun too.
Once I get a few more quests done I am considering looking for an in-game wife, but I am torn on who I would want. Lydia has been with me since after I killed my first dragon, and has helped me take down another 7 since then. However, they didn't do much to give her a personality, other then a few quips when you question her about the basic stuff and a random "Oh this place is amazing!" I wish she had more quests or anything to give her some more personality. I really like the strong, even mean personality of Aela the Huntress, but I have only adventured with her once or twice. I hear if you marry her you can have her follow you instead of Lydia though, so I might do it just so the two of us can sling arrows at people. I also considered Ysoldre, mostly because I hear marrying a merchant woman gives you a constant stream of extra gold, but that sounds a little to happy homemaker for my gruff nordic ranger.
P.S. Being a werewolf is insane. Anytime I see a fortress that may give me some trouble, I just wait till nightfall and then transform. I run in and when they swarm me I hit Z to roar, scaring them all to shit. I hunt one down specifically, rip him to shreds, eat him to extend my time, and then hunt the next one. When they get brave enough to swarm me again I just howl and do it again. Werewolves also have some of the most brutal kill animations I have seen. I jumped on one female elf that was working for the Thalmor, held down her arms, and then used my jaw to bite into her neck before ripping it out. Due to everyone being scared of me in the form, I don't use it all the time, instead focusing on using it at times I know I need to siege something well defended, or if I know I am not going to be needing it anytime in the next in-game day (and don't have my horse) I use it for traveling too.
That's one hell of a bug
