Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6227749-20130131085602/@comment-5917342-20130131142920

There's no classes in Skyrim but the collocation of skills can be sorted in an old style as: BarBarian, Thief, Monk, Knight, Mage, Battlemage and more.

I suggest you begin at the Apprentice Difficulty. And I think warrior style of two-handed weapons, heavy armor, smithing is good for a beginner. When you're surrounded by several enemies you got more chance to survive deal to your armor ranking and the damage dealing with your weapon.