First question to ask, are you going to be a Stamina or Magic Nightblade?

Well, let me also ask this, are you focused on getting to PvP and dominating and/or the Leaderboards of Trials? If the answer is yes, then this stuff matters.

If the answer is no and you just want to enjoy the PvE content, then it really does not matter what Race you pick and what class you pick for them. It can all be made to work. Unless you really want an Easy Button for the game.

Based on the weapons you want to use, that says Stamina Nightblade. So you want a Race that has Stamina benefits. Those are Imperials, Khajiit, Redguards and I forget the third one (Bosmer?), but you can figure that out. For the record, I have a Breton Stamina Nightblade and he does just fine in the game. I also have an Imperial Magic Dragon Knight who normally wears Heavy Armor and he does just fine too.

So it all really depends on how much of a Min-Maxer you are, or if you just want to play the game and enjoy the content with the combo that fits your playstyle and the Role you want to play.

Hey!

Thank you for your reply and information provided!

I am here for the game contest and I do not really care about statistics BUT as my experience from other games tells - at the end, a person dealing less dps than/wearing lower eq than set ilvl/healing less than xxx is kicked out of the raiding groups.
When I purchased the game I had the whole game serie in mind (Elderscrolls) and I did not have a slightest idea about "magicka"/"stamina" archetypes of any class, as I just picked a race and class based on my own preferences (it mostly was Spellsword or a variation of it with tendency to thieving abilities/behaviours).

Here, I had to accept a kick in the ... calf that made me a bit staggering, thats why, combined with my first sentence, would like ot have the clear path till the end of the game, while possesing "I WIN" buton ofc ;-)

edit: Thank you for your information! Great info!

edit2: Sitting at work, reading info - wouldn't being a vampire help a NightBlade? but then - Vampires use magicka as their resource, whilist I would rather use "stamina" (old-school)...

edit @Duiwel heh ... I just checked a Redguard, and it seems they are just packed with stamina, but do I need so much stamina? does it deplete so fast during combat? Khajiit speaks to me in RP/lore wise...

I have both, I love both. If you PvP you can never have enough resource regen

but the crits from Khajiit are nice too

@Duiwel and @wayfarerx ok! Thank you guys for your replies!! Really appreciated!

For a stamblade, Khajiit is going to result in higher damage usually, though it tends to vary with playstyle. I wouldn't worry too much about getting kicked out of groups for not "meeting their standards." It's a game; and you can tell them where to stick their standards if you're just here to have a good time. If you find a decent guild, you'll likely never have this problem anyway. I recruit people into my guild all the time from pugs, though I tend to have a more relaxed recruitment standard that favors players who have potential, regardless of how new or inexperienced they may be. My roster is full of people who were noobs once, myself included. Listen and learn, and you'll be alright.

The standards for completing most content in ESO are not unreasonably high. The forums can be a dangerous place for people who are new, inexperienced, returning, or otherwise curious, because people are here all the time boasting their 30-40k dps numbers (not criticizing, that's good and worth being proud of) but in reality that is nowhere near the minimum requirement to complete content. Truthfully, most vr16 content can be done with dps pulling 10-15k, it's just slower. Super-high damage dealers tend to force bosses to skip mechanics due to how quickly they burn them down, so if anything you're getting to see the whole fight by not being a bazooka. It's okay to play casually and for fun.

Your altoholism will soon be cured by ESO as you'd have to muster 5-6 mules before vet levels