I perfectly understand you Jonathan90 cause I did the same. But after too many times that I started all over, I finally found the type of warrior I want to be. Let me start saying that now I am a multi-rol-warrior, an elite soldier, kind of Navy Seal. A Navy Seal is capable to parachute, stealth, melee, open combat, diving, camouflage, expert in explosives, can use any weapon known out there with covered eyes, etc, etc, ... they are simply, multi-rol-soldiers, very well trained and very lethal. Well, based on that fact, I also have my character kind of a Navy Seal in Skyrim.
My skill tree is : Sneaking -1 perk, Archery -1 perk, Light-Armor up to matching set, One-Handed up to Fine Stance, Speech up to Investor, Alchemy up to Benefactor, Enchanting full perks, Smithing full perks and Destruction magic up to Augmented Fire, Frost and Shock -1 perk.
But, on the top of that, I used my very best friends in Skyrim to become more powerful : Alchemy, Enchanting and Smithing. So my weapon, armors and items are enchanted this way : Armor ( Fortify Health + Fortify Stamina ), Mage Hood ( Fortify Magic + Magic Reg ), Boots ( One-Handed + Sneaking ), Gloves ( Archery + Lockpicking ), Ring ( Destruction + Light Armor ) and Necklace ( Resist Magic + Conjuration ).
So, I am capable of : sneak and be undetected and completely invisible, archery very powerful, open combat face to face with dagger + magic on my left hand + shout, dual casting magic when facing only bandits ( humans or sometimes draugr ), can open any chest out there without the Skeleton key, very powerful conjurer and absorb a lot of damage regardless wearing a light armor. But I am not a thieve / assassin per se, neither an open warrior per se nor a full mage per se; however I am capable of performing like one of them if I need to and still be powerful enough to match any thieve, any warrior and any mage out there.
But I had to star over and over too many times to come out with this setup. It took me long time to define myself in the game and find the right balance and now, I feel kind of happy with my setup. I found out that investing more perks in magic for example, does not make me more powerful than I am so magic is like a help for me when I need it; but because my Destruction is at 100 level, I do have very powerful spells available like : lighting storm, blizzard.
I found out that investing more perks on One-Handed does not make me more lethal. It is fun to have Savage Strike because you cut their head off but other than that, you are not more lethal at all if you choose only Fine Stance; I found out that wearing Heavy Armor does not protect me more than my light armor ( which is better in my opinion cause you use less stamina and it is better for sneaking ) if I have light armor enchanting in it; regarding archery, I love the fact that I Steady Hand is very cool to have because you are practically SLOWING TIME and if you the perk up to Quick Shot, then your reloading time is faster; this is very good to have especially when facing several enemies and if you combine archery with Slow Time shout, you will have more advantage to kill them all before they even get close to you; I found Sneaking to be very useful in my game; as I said, I am invisible and this skill in combination with Archery and Slow Time Shout are the best way to go in my opinion when facing vampires or several enemies at the same time.
Just my 2 cents and I do hope this help you somehow. I also, will not start again because as you said, I am tire of it and it is a pain to repeat everything again. I do have a saved file so If I ever would like to start again, I don’t have to start a new game from the very beginning but from that point over which is almost 25 % of the entire game. Happy gaming bro.
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