LE Civil War? Where...

[keithbk]

Skyrim's background civil war basically consists of Stormcloak and Imperial camps, with occasional clashes if you have certain mods installed. Until you actually pursue the storyline, nothing really happens.

 

The problem is that the civil war is absent from the behavior of the Jarls and the territories they oversee, other than expressing "opinions."

 

If a Jarl has ties to the Empire, but his neighbor has allegiances to the Stormcloaks, then the logical outcome would be the presence of patrols along that border, with suspicions toward anyone traveling between those borders.

 

But we are not provided with any defenses or even evidence of an active civil war, apart from military camps.

 

No, we are allowed to wander freely from Hold to Hold without any real consequences. We don't have to "sneak" into a neighboring hold while avoiding patrols, or give an answer as to why we are on a quest for an opposing Jarl. It's one thing to be on "official business," and have reason to approach a Jarl, but in the face of a civil war, we can literally walk up to ANY Jarl with little resistance.

 

Not much evidence of a "civil war."

 

It would be nice if a mod would address the actual political climate of Skyrim, and not just the main civil war storyline. Sneaking across enemy lines, avoiding patrols, bribing soldiers, and general suspicions would add to the realism of a land torn by political conflict.

[Syddraf]

I can list a few mods to remedy this.

Open Civi War
it unlocks the deleted content that requires you to have a city batte (much like the Battle For Whiterun) in each hold that you conquer including the ability for the Opposing Faction to attempt to reclaim a Hold you have neglected.

Civil War Aftermath
strategically places corpses and static objects like camps around the world to reflect concluded battles

Civil War Patrols
exactly as the title suggests, it adds patro;ling NPC in squads of 3-5 roaming around thier respective holds, this mod is compatible with open civil war and will recognize if a hold is controlled by which faction. This mod also includes several Large Scale battles at specific locations of anywhere between 20-30 npcs from each faction.

Civil War Camps
exactly as it suggests, it adds camps and npc to specific locations through out the world. this mod does NOT recognize Open Civil War.

Civil War Checkpoints
similar to Civil War camps but in completly different and immersive locations, also does not recognise Open Civil War

these are the biggest and most noticeable mods ( that work for console aswell ) and make the biggest impact for a combined total of around 20mb of storage space. These mods will reflect Overhauls including but not limited to Bodies Hair Armor Weapons Architecture Landscapes Blood etc,

There are other Civil War Mods that i dont believe are worth mentioning but if you take 10 seconds to do a google search for Skyrim Civil War Mods you'll find what you are looking for, again as I said these mods work on Console so the is absolutely no chance you wont find them on PC. Most of these mods have been out for years

[keithbk]

Yeah, none of them do what I want.