User blog comment:6 Xero 9/What fighting style do you prefer?/@comment-1992639-20120414185459

I like to be a warrior, using a shield and one-handed weapon. I keep moving around, so that my opponent can not hit me as easily with their slow power attacks. I also tend to move from one side to the other, hitting them once or twice, all the while moving little bits so that I'm mobile enough to avoid a power attack.

If I can draw first blood, I do so by bow and arrow. If there's a group, I use my bow and arrow to kill the weaker NPC first: the sooner another enemy dies, the sooner their combined strength is reduced as even weak bandits can grossly increase damage output by swarming the player. If however I need to kill a very strong NPC without drawing attention, I have a few poisons I made from crimson nirnoot. Using that along with a self-made potion of trueshot usually results in devastating attacks that approach a few thousand points of damage.

If battle is not nescesary, I cast pacify. Those bandits are probably selfish out of nescesity through the effects of the war anyway. I find pacify can greatly speed up your progress to an instance's boss.

So, I guess I'm a bit of a warrior, spellsword and ranger.