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You don't really need to craft anything until past 50 at least, just de construct items you don't need and use your research every day.

Try getting all the sky shards on a map, do the public dungeon and do a few group dungeons for extra points which may help you.

Try looking at a few guides for a dw/bow build, plenty out there, so you get a base of combo, synergies and what general skills are useful.

The only perk which i recommend to get before 50 for crafting is the one that lets you research 2 traits at a time, it'll save a lot of time as high end gear needs a lot of traits per piece for you to be able to craft them.

If your really struggling, go back and do a few quests to be 3~ levels overleveled compare to mobs, explore, etc... as that also gives exp, there's no reason to rush the game.

Also medium armour is great for end game pvp, but for now just equip 5 heavy/1 medium/1 light, that way you'll level all of the skill trees as well as gain some survivability.

hi, have a look at this discussion: "giving up on lvl 35 nightblade, help!"
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/1908957
it may help you just a bit.
i think nb is not so easy to play in the begin as other classes.

Violynne B (with a space)

Your issue with DW is that you don't use anything to swing your left hand weapon, it automatically swings as you use the attack button. Light attacks in succession will cause a left-right-left attack, while a heavy attack uses both weapons.
It really sounds like you need some Crowd Control abilities while protecting dodging.

I know this is old but someone may look this thread up. Best advice I got for my Lv 24 bow wielding NB was the siphoning funnel health skill/power. I was getting my butt kicked. Now I just continuously keep that power active during fights and I'm doing great. I steal their life and my health bar actually increases even when they are hitting me. Just keep using it. Pay attention to when your health stops increasing and hit the button again. It's a Magicka skill but I only have 4 points in Magicka and have plenty to continuously use my funnel health. I know that's not the only solution to making a good skill set but when you're not a Mag character and can't summon a familiar to take some of the heat off of you, funnel the enemies' health back to yourself. I have also put absorb health glyphs on all my weapons but I don't know how much I'm actually getting when I fight. I just know that I'm no longer getting my a$$ handed to me quite so much.

Block, interrupt, and dodge are absolutely important as was stated above because if you let them use their big moves on you too many times (sometimes even once), no amount of pulling their health into you will save you. I don't like to engage in close combat so I've adopted a destruction staff because it seems to fire faster than my bow. A good restoration staff can pull Magicka back to you if your supply for funnel health getslow.