imaginepageant
Slytherin Alumni
Stealth certainly can be a lot of fun. But I wouldn't be keen to base an entire character around stealth to the detriment of warrior skills. I can't think of many quests where you don't end up having to engage in direct hand to hand combat at some point, in which case high Sneak and Archery skills won't be much use to you?
Tell that to my level-48 archer who uses absolutely nothing but a bow. No other weapons, no magic but for Restoration. She's defeated Alduin, Miraak, and most dragon priests, completed the Stormcloak side of the civil war, done a handful of Dawnguard quests and Daedric Prince quests, destroyed the Dark Brotherhood, escaped Cidhna Mine... all on master difficulty. Also, about halfway through I decided I wanted her to wear better-looking armor, so I switched from full light armor to a mix of light and heavy, which dropped my armor rating way down as my heavy armor skill was non-existent and some of my light armor perks no longer applied. Now, of course, she probably dies more frequently than a warrior, but the fact remains that you can play the game with Archery as your sole method of combat. A challenging build is challenging, but not impossible.