Since it saves by time, I was wondering how much time you guys have racked up. I'm only at 15 hours or so, and I'm a level 8, but judging from some of the posts, there are some serious hours being put into the game. My questions are:

HOW MUCH TIME HAVE YOU PLAYED (According to your saves)?

WHAT LEVEL ARE YOU?

S2

Finished all achivements andbeat the main story line.

I had about 130 hours in.

I'm only at 30 hours. I play once or twice a week.

Approx. 150 hours, at level ~40 or so, a bit below. I stopped playing two weeks ago.

Canis and I both beat it the same day.

30+ hours in, about level 18... haven't even visited Kvatch yet.

Around 180 hours...I think I'm around level 30, but not sure.

I've done the Arena and Mage Guild and am currently working on the Main Quest.

50 hours
Level 14

I finished the dark brotherhood and arena quests. I'm about half way with each of the others.

Somewhere around 40 hours, level 17, 150 or so saves.
I just finished the mages guild recommendations, done through Kvatch in the main quest, and have joined the fighters and thieves guilds, but done nothing in them.

I got most of my levels from going through pretty much every cave/fort/mine I encountered when traveling between cities.

I've logged about 22 hours. I think I'm at level 5. I done the first quest of the main quest. I always seem to get sidetrack. If I'm on my way to do a quest I end up in a cave/mine for hours. I'll leave the cave/mine make it to the city and get sidetrack again with a quest from a npc.

I think I'm at a level 3 with about 4 hours into it

Yeah, I haven't played in a while. I don't have the time to commit to it. Not a big RPG fan, but I find the game ok.

I closed the Oblivion gate in Kvatch, but now I'm just kind of wondering around aimlessly. I thought it would've been a little more rewarding, but that's OK.

How do you get magical weapons recharged??

I'm playing 2 characters simultaneously.

The first one is "good" - no murdering or stealing - with him, I focus on the main quest, Oblivion Gates, fighter's guild and random stuff around the world. I've put around 30 hours into him.

My second character is "evil" - lots of murdering and stealing - with him I focus on Dark Brotherhood, Thieve's Guild and the more cryptic quests. I've put around 20 hours into him.

There is a guy in most Mages' Guilds. They will charge you $1 a point for recharge, so that gets expensive quick.

The other way is using soul stones, which you find and fill using a soul capture spell.

Level 18 at 110 hours. I'm purposefully not leveling up my character.

I've done everything except for the last part of the main quest. I'm still saving that so I can still close random Oblivion gates.

As jon mentioned, talk to certain folk in the mage's guild. You can also use a soul stone, or... use an Akelyd(?) stone which is a long white stone found in Elven ruins, value of 1000. There are other similar smaller blue stones (worth 50) but they only recharge your mana.

You're thinking of Varla stones (recharge ALL enchanted items in inventory). They're not that common either as they are only found in Aeylid (ancient Elven) ruins (they're the ones that are all white and look like Roman architecture), and they aren't found in all Aeylid ruins.

The other stones are welkynd (sp?) stones. They're much more numerous and will fully recharge your magic. All of these stones disappear after you use them.

When I finished all the achievements and main story, I was a little over 100 hours, and I think level 31 or 32.

at level 17 or so, and about 50 hours.

I'm at about 70 hours. Completed all quest lines except the Fighters Guild. I havent' played in a while though.

I'm at about 70 hours or so, and I'm somewhere around level 22 or 23. I've finished the Mages and Fighters Guild, and just started the Thieves Guild.

I haven't played in about a week or so and I think I may be done with this game. I just can't sit down with it for any extended period of time anymore. Just the thought of sitting through load screen after load screen is almost enough to tempt me to trade this in this weekend.

I've played about 120 hours and I'm at level 19. I've finished the Mage's Guild and the Arena, and I'm at the Bruma Oblivion Gate quest in the Main storyline and working on the Fighter's Guild quests. I think I've spent most of my time working on raising my minor skills especially the magic ones. Now that I'm going through the Fighter's Guild I'll probably be working on my combat skills more although I might be able to use my sneaking ability to get some of the quests done.