well since im a world of warcraft player i went with the wood elf, cause my character on wow is a nightelf hunter, however ive sort of become a hybrid of spells, melee, and bow now lol.
I think im near the end of the main quest now, ive heard it can be done in 2 days without doing the side quests which is what ive been doing since saturday, im currently tracking down alduin for the final encounter, some hard ass fights, but thank god for line of sight tactics

as you can tell i've brought alot of my skills from world of warcraft to this game

only the brilliant thing is the guys do not reset themselves to full health when you run away and go line of sight like they do in world of warcraft. i got to say though some encounters are frustrating, especially when you have mobs of 3+ and they start casting spells that practically 1 shot you