Only YOU know the style of play most suited to you. Trying to go with another person's preferences may not suit you at all; so, by all means
try out some-one's recommendations, but don't feel you have to keep that char 'because it is best'. For you it may not be. BUT - you can learn a lot from any char you try, and then go on to use that knowledge to make a char that suits YOU.
Having said that!
I suggest you make your first char a PUREBLOOD. Other people will like you better, so the game is easier to play in the city. Also, you have no racial traits - which all have a bad side to them - so no disadvantages.
Personally, I like a char to have decent STRENGTH. It helps in melee fighting, as well as carrying, and even a Ranged weapon user can benefit from using melee weapons. But that's just my preference.
Chosen Traits: I like Ascetic, because it gives a starting extra 10 skill points. You do lose out on 10% of found gold, but I don't care about that. You get plenty anyway.
Of the others, I like Studious Tinkerer best; you get a 15 point bonus to Lockpick (VERY USEFUL skill), and all magic that you
select at startup gets a +4 starter instead of a +1, even if it is not the school you chose as your primary magic (This is where tose 10 extra points come in handy). You DO lose 1 point to your Perception, but you can soon get this replaced by an early quest.
The Thieving skill DIPLOMACY is VERY USEFUL, as is the TRAIT Charisma.
I'll leave it at that.
