Or even battlemages? I've played stealth/assassin/sneak and a pure mage, along with a pure warrior and a battlemage. I have to say, at least in my experience, that the warrior and battlemage had the easiest time of it. My warrior is in his 40s now, and has never had a problem. He has even less of a problem now that he is wearing really good crafted armor with dual enchants.
It just seems that the warrior-based classes got all the love. It seems their skill trees are better, too. Maybe I'm wrong. I don't know. But smashing faces seems a whole lot easier in this game that melting them and sneaking around.
I'm not saying that mages and sneaks aren't viable, because they certainly are, but it just seems to me that Bethesda gave a lot more love to the warrior-based classes.
It just seems that the warrior-based classes got all the love. It seems their skill trees are better, too. Maybe I'm wrong. I don't know. But smashing faces seems a whole lot easier in this game that melting them and sneaking around.
I'm not saying that mages and sneaks aren't viable, because they certainly are, but it just seems to me that Bethesda gave a lot more love to the warrior-based classes.