19 after 45 hours.

Level 50 battlemage after whoknows how many hours.

@norenewalfee said:

What the hell? I am 42 hours in right now and am only level 18. Thought it was going pretty good so far :-( ...

Finished the college, thieves guild and am about a third through the story (right were you find that one human made shout)... Can anybody help?

If you are trying to level up solely by fighting and aren't varying your play style you're only really leveling up your weapon and armor trees which will severely limit your overall level.

The easiest way to level up that I know of is to get a bunch of iron ingot and leather strips and craft tons of iron daggers. I'm about 45 hours in and just beat the main quest. I'm level 35 and most of my levels came from smithing and enchanting iron daggers with absorb health (all you need is iron ingot, leather strips and petty soul gems to get started.) If you have a bunch of money saved up it isn't too difficult to just buy the items you'll need to improve those skills. Before I hit level 100 in smithing I'd usually do a quest and when I went back to my house to drop off my loot I'd stop by the blacksmith and bang out a few daggers. I'm sure there's a more efficient way of doing it but I was having fun questing and exploring. I never really felt like I was too low a level, in fact, the main story quests were kind of easy at level 35 and I was a Nord dragon puncher.

I'm level 10 and an mage/1-hand weapon skilled, i am doing the main quest but just for curiosity, how does the object map/thing in the upside of the screen work, i don't get it

@BulletproofMonk: Finally one who is one the same level as me. I don´t know how the others do it. Anyways having a blast!

Level 42 Orc Two Handed, Half way through the main quest, done the imperial and companions chains and explored far too many caves

I only started yesterday because Steam had it on sale for 33% off. I made it to level 5 before turning in for bed. Really great game so far, I am liking it better than Oblivion in many respects.

EDIT: 4 days since I originally posted this and I am now at level 10. Woo-hoo!

47. Not even close to finishing the main quest. Too much more interesting stuff to do. That dragon may never be killed thanks to procrastination/ distraction.

Level 52 Argonian Archer; I just finished the main quest, the civil war, most of the guild missions got all the Dragon Masks and Dragon Shouts too.

Currently trying to get all the perks for my main skills (Light Armor, Stealth, Archery, Enchantment) then buy all the houses and get all the Daedric artifiacts.

After that I'll make a new character, maybe try that unarmed build or roll with a pure mage.

213 hours....

That is 8.875 days of real time......

And it goes on.

I found when I hit the late 20s, I switched from one handed/shield blocking/heavy armor to using lots of conjugaration and alteration spells like bound sword and ironflesh I started leveling up much quicker. I would recommend that to anyone - that and the smith daggers idea. Both got me to jump 10 levels in no time. I'm now lvl 39 argonian and have finished the companions, winterhold and about half the main quest line - 40 plus hours in.

i'm currently at level 49 and playing on master difficulty. i'm running around with a bipedal lolcat thief/assassin who has chosen to side with the stormcloaks. those nords aren't so bad after you prove your worth to them. hell, ulfric offered me a house, a housecarl, and he's cool as shit after the initiation into the stormcloaks.

I'm on the verge of level 38 right now. I've got 74 hours and change into it so far. I was playing a Ranger style until around level 34, and that's when I just started dumping experience into destruction and 'smithing so I can level a bit faster. Looking to wrap up the Thieves Guild quests today so I can jump into Arkham City!

Level 17 High Elf.

72 smithing, 30 destruction, and 15 alchemy. Those are the skills i tend to raise up. Haven't bothered with alchemy yet though.

Dark Brotherhood and Imperial done. Soon done with the main quest line.

Level 1 Orc. My games bugged where I csn't even see.

None of your god-damned business.

in the mid 40s on both PC and 360

Dark Elf Mage - 52 (Transitioning to Battlemage)

Dark Elf Warrior - 40

Dark Elf Thief - 46

Those are the ones I alternate between at the moment. I have about 12 other characters, mostly level 50, who I've shelved in an "Old Characters" file. My mage is a keeper, and I'll probably replace the Thief with another one soon, maybe Khajiit this time...

Now that I think of it, I've never even gotten close to beating the Main Quest. Farthest I've gotten is starting Diplomatic Immunity.

54 and my progress has all but halted. I still use my maxed out Destruction skills and have already maxed out Enchanting and Smithing, and don't sneak or use bows. The only things keeping my level slowly crawling along are lockpicking and Alchemy. I've been working on double Enchanting and ultra Smithing a full set of Ebony armor and a Skyforge Steel Sword so I can switch over to some melee stuff.

I'm like 100 hours in and level 38. My game is a slow burn. Finally about to max out destruction, and almost there with conjuration. Finished just about all the main stuff (That I know of anyway) and kinda just picking a random quest and going with it. What's really fun is just turn on all your quests, pick an arrow, and go. Maybe I'll start using weapons, but all they are to me right now are extra weight.

@SlasherMan: Holy shit what is the level cap?

68 and done with the game for now.

Probably start a new character in a year or 2

I'm lvl 45 and I the main quest is the only this left to finnish. I think I'm about half way through the main. 124 hours... oh my.

@ajamafalous said:

Stopped playing like three weeks ago, but I was level 52. Had only gotten up to "Retrieve the horn of Jorgen Windcaller" in the main quest, and the only other main questline I did was the College of Winterhold. Hadn't even set foot in any city besides Whiterun.

You serious? What were you even doing?

(well technically you did step outside Whiterun if you went to the college of Winterhold)

@EightBitShik said:

@SlasherMan: Holy shit what is the level cap?

I believe the hard cap is 81, at which point all skills are maxed out at 100.

My first character, an Orc, is lvl 61, but for the moment I'm playing a Dark Elf warrior/thief which is at lvl 11.

@SlasherMan: All skills are 100? But what about the perks can you max those all out? or do you only get 81 perks?

43 haven't beat the main quest, beat the thieve's guild, beat the companions, helped the rebels take Solitude, and almost done with the dark brotherhood. Sadly there is a bug with the College of Winterhold quest and I cant beat it until its patched. Focusing on sneak, illusion, archery, and one handed weapons.

@EightBitShik said:

@SlasherMan: All skills are 100? But what about the perks can you max those all out? or do you only get 81 perks?

Only one perk per level, so yeah.