In Skyrim what is more enjoyable magic or using weapons?

I am getting Skyrim tomorrow so i did research before starting so i know what i am doing. I wanted to be a high elf because there amazing at magic. Then again i heard nords are amazing with combat. I don't want a mix of magic and physical combat i want to specialize in one or the other. Please do not use Skyrim terminology i probably won't understand. Thanks!In Skyrim what is more enjoyable magic or using weapons?
The choice that is most enjoyable is.......the one YOU enjoy the most! I hack and slash with a 1-hander and shield, but that's me. That's the whole point of the combat and skill system in Skyrim. You play the way you like and you get better at doing that. Even if you pick, say, magic; are you going to specialize in Destruction? Alteration? Summoning? Illusion? There is no need to commit to ANY skill set until you've had plenty of time to see what you like.
I've done both. I started out with magic and the Shock spell you start out with is excellent. That being said, the later game spells work a bit differently. While the Shock spell you start with is just a click-and-hold aiming spell, later spells are projectiles (click-and-hold to charge then release to let it fly). I am not a big fan of that type of magic, so I then switched over to Bow and Arrow stealthiness. I enjoyed this as well. There's also the option to go with 2 1-handed weapons, a 1-handed weapon and a shield, and a 2-handed weapon. I thoroughly enjoyed hack-and-slashing with a 2-handed weapon.

Overall I can say that while slow, the Bow and Arrow stealthiness is by far the most effective damage, and there are a slew of people around the world that train Archery up. More than I've found for magic and weaponry, anyways, which means you don't have to travel to just one location each time you want to train.

Each type of combat has its own strengths and weaknesses, though, so your best option is to test them all out. If you're using a PC, there's no downside to going one route or another because you can always use the console commands to remove perks and put them in a new tree. If you're not using a PC, the decision is a bit more complicated because (as far as I know) once you go with something, you're stuck with it.


Edit: I forgot to mention that the one downside to magic is that you can only have 2 spells at a time, right-handed and left-handed. This means you have to switch out for healing spells, summoning spells, etc when you want to use them. None of the weapon combinations requires any switching.In Skyrim what is more enjoyable magic or using weapons?
Yeah it's treu nords are better in combat, because there strong, and don't forget: Skyrim is the homelands of the Nords, so if you take a Nord your character wil fit perfect in the world of Skyrim.

And it's also true that High Elves are amazing at magic, because there magicka regenerates faster, But, high elves are the sort of badguys of skyrim ''The Thalmor''.. but that doesn't mean your a badguy, but i'm just saying.

It is both fun to play, but combat may get boring because it stays the same, So i prefer magic, cause there are lots of different, spells it won't get boring cause it's not the whole time the same.

So i would say: Go for a high elve Mage.
Im a wood elf in the game, why I dont know I wasnt thinking but right now Im more of a mage thats a magic oriented character until I figured out how to make the awesome dragon and daedric armors now Im trying to balance my character out with close combat skills cause in confined spaces I need to fend of charging and spell resistant attackers so my enchanted weapons do the damage while my armor keeps me standing. You can build any character you want but balancing or at least keeping one or the other ability fined tune as a back up is essential cause things do get more intense when your leveling up through the game. When you level up and you think you finally got the upper hand well you think you might but every time your level of experience goes up so does all of your enemies level of attacks and resistence goes up too. Im at level 47 right now and most times the enemies that attack with weapons charge at me really quick and hit fast and hard. So if you become pure mage good luck with the overwhelming combat fighters if you become a pure close combat fighter good luck trying to land some good hits on powerful spell casting enemies cause they run fast and at a distance they turn to blast you with their powerfull magic sometimes you wont even get close to them. Thats why balancing or at least keeping up the rest of your skills close behind your specialty is essential.In Skyrim what is more enjoyable magic or using weapons?
I think both are equally fun. My first playthrough was a melee one, whereas my second was magic. From my own experience, I found that melee/normal weapons can be more of a challenge than magic. You get face to face with an enemy, have to block, dodge, and hit back at the same time. Now, in magic, all you need to do is level up a bit so you have decent destruction spells, then spam them. Once again, this is personal experience- You may decide to use more forms of magic or just clickclickclick with normal weapons.
Well Magic's awesome because you can freeze people, burn 'em, shock 'em, kill 'em and heal yourself at the same time. Now while that's fun, weapons are also great. You get down and dirty because you're face to face with the enemy. Now I know you said no but I suggest going both, like have freeze, shock, flame, or heal in one hand and sword in the other.
I like being an Imperial. They can go either way. Sometimes I use magic, other times I use melee. Just remember that you can level both. If you want to be a pure mage, go with one of the elf classes, otherwise I would go with Imperial. Voice of the emperor is always nice...calm down people who are angry at you :P
I'm currently playing as a Nord and I'm only using fire magic at the moment...On top of that there are weapons which have magical properties. So yes magic is enjoyable with and without weapons.
both
95% of time, i use the mace of ........ ( i forgot the name) in the right hand and the fast healing spell in my left hand.
other times i would have double flames
i also use a bow for long range enemies
Squandarlo Bumpy..........................toe. High elf/dark elf for magic. Nords for combat. Wood-elf for archery and sneak.
I hold shock or restoration spells in one hand and a daedric mace in the other so I enjoy magic and weapons
Magic is quite fun but if you would want to continue using it u would need a lot if magica potions
Magic is alot more fun with a sword ur gona be mashing click.... with magic u can use different spells to sun sneak hide kill summon creatures etc
Go for a bow! It feels soooo good to stick someone with an arrow to the knee.
It's a role playing game, so you can do whatever you want. I will say this though - magic doesn't scale as well as melee combat and/or stealth. In the game you get better and better spells as your skill increases, but you can't make spells yourself as you could in previous Elder Scrolls games. You don't have a lot of options if you want to increase the damage your spells do. Most of the caster gear just makes your spells cheaper, but does't help you do more damage. The only way to increase it is either via skill perks (you'll see these when you get the game, they are like talent points in WoW and other games) or via potions you can get with alchemy.



With your melee combat you start with a weapon, but you can get better weapons as you level up or as you level your smithing skill and put perks into that. Eventually you'll get some really high level weapons. Then you can upgrade them with smithing and make them even more powerful. Add enchants for more damage. Armor than increases damage. Skill increase also increase your damage. If you use potions to increase your enchants and smithing you can make really really good gear.



I played the game as a caster and tried my hand at going through it on Master difficulty once I got to level 20 and it was very, very difficult. You have to kite people everywhere and dodge everything that comes at you. On my melee character, he whoops *** on Master. I can kill an Ancient Dragon in like 3 hits and the Giant's don't hardly damage me at all since my armor rating is over 1500.



All that aside though, if you keep the difficulty down you won't notice the difference in damage. At the lowest setting even weak spells will send your enemies careening across the room.