There are no classes in Skyrim...

Sure they are. All of my characters have been a certain class. I don't need the game to tell me what I am playing. If I am sneaking and using a bow...I am an Archer or ranger type. If I am using only magic...I am a mage. If I am only using a bigass hammer and wearing heavy armor...I am...anyone, anyone...you guessed it! I am a Warrior.

Here’s another vote for vegetable soup. Plus cooking does not count toward leveling up the way alchemy does. I love two-handed with block. My best advice for early on is focus on combat rather than crafting and selling stuff. But then I play vanilla on adept with unimproved gear, so my advice may not apply.

About sneaking: when you do it, you get better at sneaking. If you want to get better at two-handed, stand up and fight.

A claymore has good reach and with a little footwork can easily keep out of harm's way. Development of all skills is very useful as it gives you options and lets you level up faster, allows him/her to get out of that first couple levels, which in turn provides better equipment and access to even more options. Besides, a bow and magic are not nearly as effective inside as they are outside, and development of two handed skills will allow you to keep fighting in a tomb when your mana is depleted.

There isn't anything wrong with focusing on a single skill and become proficient in it, but you can't very well defend yourself if your manna is depleted, or you run out of arrows. Having multiple options to approach a situation is never a bad thing, it gives you flexibility.

What I mean is, there's no reason a person who uses two handed swords can't begin to sneak and use bows to make things a little easier. So the advice is perfectly valid.

well explained!

Didn't say it wasn't. Some people play using all the skills and doing everything. But most don't. Unless it is specified, and it wasn't, we should be safe in assuming that the OP is playing a specialized class. Giving advice to do everything is not wrong. It just might not fit the playstyle of the person you are advising. Still, I guess they are free take it, just as you are free to give it.

I find that spreading points and perks too thin is a bad way to go. You will be stronger and the game will in turn be easier if one focuses on a few skills to advance and invest perks in.

And...saying that Skyrim doesn't have classes is not entirely accurate.

I know, I couldn't think of a better way to put it really.

Yes I agree perks should be focused in the one area. I focused most of mine in combat (mainly defence), speech and enchanting because these are the things most beneficial to my playstyle. Then again I don't find the game a challenge at all as I play on Novice, although I haven't added any perks to my one handed skill (only 1 perk in the first tree point, never added another there as I knew it would be too easy) which makes things a little more difficult and can lead to epic length battles with high level dragons.