I am 16lvl thief, I do use both bows and daggers. I got question about armors, should I level up blacksmithing and make dragon armors even they dont have any bonuses as DB's and thieves guilds armors have.
Yeah, I would focus more on sneak and archery than armour. Maybe get a tank hireling if you wanyt, otherwise (ideally), your enemies won't see you until they're dead.