Charcter advice?

So I've been playing my new mage avidly. I've reached level 20, purchased a house, completed the College of Winterhold, and was able to procure a fair amount of daedric artifacts, but I've been beginning to feel like late game mages become boring as crap, and their entire effectiveness revolves around their ability to dilute the cost of their spells, which are already feeling like chucking piss-filled water balloons at my opponents. (Granted, I am playing on master, but I still have success in my fights. Adept is waaaayyyy to easy.) I was thinking of starting anew (for the fifth time -_-), And so far have only tried a 2-hander, which made combat very monotonous and boring. I've tried archery, which was really fun, but the concept started to get dry with the whole sneak attack stuff. Not enough action really. I was able to complete the main quest with a 1-hander and destructionist, and I had a pretty succesfull mage.

What characters have you guys had, and which of them are most enjoyable both early game and late game. I'm willing to retry classes I've done with new approaches.

Thanks for contributing :D