I made a Bosmer NB because it seemed to best fit how I usually like to play Elder Scrolls games. Only played about two months off and on.
Came back a year later, and after logging in I had no idea where I was at or what I was doing, so I decided to start fresh, and since in most other RPGs I gravitate towards mage classes, I decided to give sorcerer a try.
After a little over a year I had 15 characters that I swapped between regularly, with not one at level 50. Had a lot of fun trying different things, but started to feel like I was running on a treadmill, so I stopped playing, for about 6 months.
Recently came back determined to pick one character to ride to 160 before allowing myself to touch any of the others. And for that task I chose my original Bosmer nightblade. Almost there now, 142.
When the husband and I first got this game to play together during console release we agonized for two days what class to play. We had gotten the Any Race, Any Alliance upgrade with our physical copies so I picked a Nightblade Khajiit in EP and he was a Dragonknight Argonian in EP.
We still have the characters and play them on occasion but they've mostly devolved into crafters now.
My first character was an imperial dragonknight. Duel wield heavy armor. Had no idea what I was doing besides main quest for the Pact. I remember thinking I needed to craft new armor every two levels as it was available.
My first ever character was altmer and a sorc- this was pre one tamriel.
My first character I played for a long time was a NB, breton stamblade- believe it or not that STILL has advantages.
Playing your character the way your character should play is all that matters. Play as well as you can but never betray the character. Doing so would make playing an mmoRPG pointless.
Big ol' Nord Templar. She is now a Grand Master crafter who can tank vet dungeons and solo normals and world bosses. She's the only character that had champion points before One Tamriel and is the character that I earned most of my CP with. I call her my Abrams or main battle tank as I have completed all content types with her.
She was born June 12, 2015. I also witnessed the birth of a Redgaurd DragonKnight and a Wood Elf Nightblade within 24 hours. She now leads a cadre of 18 mages and warriors in a fight to save Nirn from the forces of destruction. She also tends to hoard cheese. I cannot figure out why.
Edit: I lied, she has never participated in dueling. Everything else, though.
2h / dw Vampire stamina (hybrid) bosmer sorc. Still have her as well. Created her in 2015, got her to level 40, took a break till 2016, leveled warden Now dusting her off.
My first character was a Breton mag Sorc, I played her for what seemed like a long time, she is now my only Grandmaster Crafter.
My second character was a Breton mag Templar, she is still my main, I love playing her, she's not the hardest hitter but I have fun and that's important to me
When people say to me........
"You're going to regret that in the morning"
I sleep until midday cos I'm a problem solver!
My -first- character was Leskandera, stamina Nightblade.
I -always- start with two types of character in any game that lest me - a sneaky close-range surprise attack backstabby assassin type, and a weak-in-melee, strong-in-range srtillery character, magical or tech-based, depending on background.
In ESO, I went with the sneaky sneaks first, in the notion of using her to scout the map... then made Kelasendar as my "long range caster"...
And if there ever is a game that allows only -one- character, well, then I sure hope it allows me to make a hybrid "brawler-sorceror-assassin" type!
I usually choose a fighter type when I first start a game because most times it's easier to learn the game. So I started with a stamDK. I switched that character over to a MagDK when I turned him into my main crafter. Skyshards and skill points were harder to come by 5 years ago. Most stamina builds require 3 weapon skill lines while magic build only need 2 weapon skill lines, so it made more sense to build a crafting character that way.
"We have found a cave, but I don't think there are warm fires and friendly faces inside."
Mine was a Dragonknight, Nord. However I ran into some bugged quests (back then I wanted to do things in a particular order) so I decided to make another class instead.
I voted sorc because that was my first ever character on day one of console launch. But after a few hours, my friends and I wanted to play together (this was pre One Tamriel) so a few of us re-rolled and I chose a Dark Elf Dragonknight - I mained that character until I moved to PC, now I main stamplar.
Played Templar till veteran ...the class was a pain to play in veteran. I spent all my gold in repairs and in trying various builds and gear. Finally switched to Sorc ...it was was night and day. Been wanting to go back and play my templar again ...apparently the class is far superior than it once was. Unfortunatley, every time I open my toon up ...the tainted past of my toon rears its ugly head and I loose my desire to play it.
On console release I made a bosmer nightblade. All heavy armor. Hybrid. Attribute points spread out evenly. I had no idea what I was doing, obviously. She's my crafter now.