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obviously some of you dont read english that well...i missed the point... how? and i have over 100 hours in the game so no i didnt just finish it and move on... im level 53 maxed out most of my perks, have almost every shout and the only reason i have stopped playing is i have 5 missions which have bugged out on me... if you want to moan about something moan about the bugs rather than having a go at bethista for not giving you everything and forcing you to work for it... the point is if you dont work for a faction you cant have the factions reward. if you find you cant enter a tomb because you dont have the factions mission then go join it. thats what they are there for... if there were no faction missions then the game would have been seriously short, and just because bethista say its open ended doesnt actually mean there wont be some sort of linearity that force you make decisions as for the members attitudes?, grow up... not every 1 is here to troll.

I HONESTLY DONT GET WHAT YOUR BITCHING ABOUT. the quests are there to be completed and your game achievements are there to be earned. big woop you dont wanna do a quest, well the main quest is about 18 missions after that you can choose to join any faction in pretty much any order the end result is you get every spell, shout, and skill. then what is there to do. repetative quests for the likes of the thieves guild, dark brotherhood, or companions and the odd randomly generated go fetch quests for npc's... really i see you moaning about nothing. there will come a point where you will do them because they are there to do. you dont have to do em straight away so put em to 1 side. coz 1s your finished the main quest line they are the only things that keep you playing.

i have tried both outcomes for parthanax. if you let him live the blades quests stop and it means you wont have help from the 3 recruits you bring to daph. if you kill him the graybeards dont talk to you so you cant get any more locations of the words of power... what ever you do dont kill parthanax till after you have gotten his 3 thum's. end result is pretty much the same though... you either get 1 more mission of daph to gather 3 volunteers for the blades. who will help you kill dragons. or let parthanax live and get all the locations of the words of power. me i killed him on my current game... overall it seems to have very little baring on the overall outcome of the game...

you do know if you kill every witness the bounty gets dropped... you should have killed every 1 and on the last death the bounty would have been lifted.... or as others have said. just sheath your sword... if they attack you and you have it. use the calm or pasify spells... this will at least give you the time to talk to the guards and get yourself either arrested or allow you to pay the fine.

as far as i know the section becomes labeled as cleared 1s you kill the leader of the band. whether it be a vampire or marauder or what ever. they will restock after about 4 game days with either the original occupants, there still classed as clear because you have already been there and killed the highest ranking NPC in that section. personally this isnt bothering me in the least as im unlikely to go back to a place 1s it has been cleared unless i have to for a second or third mission... in fact this has an advantage, because i accidentally killed the guard in windhelm that asked me to find a murderer. i was told to talk to the 3 witnesses and report back to him. but some idiot npc attacked me, causing the guard to attack me, both died and i carried on his quest. after interviewing the witnesses i saw the marker for the guard only to find him dead... so i just left it... i went back a few days later and the scene replayed. the guard again asked for my help but this time i was able to give it... problem is the murderer is now in my house and is none kill'able... he wont talk to me he just attacks and after i fend him off he just goes into the hidden room and stands there... so that quest line has fully bugged out. but the spawning does give you the opportunity to to have a go at some quests you may have made a mistake in... i think it only bugged out on me because i bought the house b4 the murderer was caught.

i could find the reference and quote it but that would be to much of a spoiler but it doesnt paint him in a very good colour... all i can say is play the game you will see for yourself. make sure your read everything that applies to a mission.

I doubt that the Stormcloaks were modeled on WWII Germany. Rolaf makes it clear that anyone can become a member of the Stormcloaks, the argument at Windhelm with the two belligerent Nords is over the lack of Dunmers joining the Stormcloaks, and Ulfric has absolutely no problem with a non-Nord becoming a member of the Stormcloaks. Is there racism in the Stormcloaks? Yes, just like there is racism in the Legion, in the Holds, in the different provinces, and throughout all of Nirn. There are people who are racist - plain and simple. If you're familiar with the Elder Scrolls universe, you would realize this as a facet of Tamriel. I don't see the point in vilifying either side. Neither the Legion nor the Stormcloaks are perfect, they are both very imperfect factions lead by flawed but well-meaning men. Ulfric doesn't see the Legion doing anything about the Thalmor but submitting to their whims and placating them, with civilians getting kidnapped, tortured, and murdered at the hands of Thalmor Justiciars with full Legion sanction. You could argue that the Empire is simply bidding its time, but that's one possible explanation, while the other is that the Empire is going to let the status quo remain unless the Thalmor make a move against them. Will that be in a few months, years, or centuries? Ulfric is taking a course of action that he thinks is necessary, while Tullis is taking an opposing route because Tullis believes in the Legion while Ulfric believes that Skyrim must emancipate itself from a failing Empire. Clearly, no one is going to agree on a consensus over whether the Legion or the Stormcloaks is the right course of action, but I see no reason to put the black hat on Ulfric or the Stormcloaks simply because you favor the Legion. Neither side is perfect, but neither side is a villain, either. They both have their own positives and negatives that come from supporting them, and one of the significant positives for the Stormcloaks is their willingness to kick the Thalmor out of Skyrim and oppose their tyranny. The Thalmor want to eradicate reality as the people of Nirn known it, and they are a serious threat. the reason i equated them with the nazi's is the way they put it across in the game... yes you can be a storm cloak but you would never be a true nord. ie polish ss, yes you can be an ss officer but you will never be aaryan... i really do think this is what they were aiming for with the stormcloacks... actually m8 i feel it goes a little deeper than that. in 1 of the missions you have to get some dossiers on ulfric and the 2 blades members. you will see that it was the thalmore that allowed ulfrics escape and subsequent rise to power. as a thalmore puppet he was to keep the empire bogged down in skyrim for as long as the thalmore needed him to. while the thalmore secretly worked against the empire. this was no "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" as soon as he outlived his usefulness he was to be gotten rid of anyway. as they say under no circumstances shall ulfric be allowed to actually win against the empire. but hey in my skyrim there is no empire coz i just assassinated the emperor...

OP, i think you will find ulfric and the storm cloaks were modeled on the nazi party, hitler and his black shirts. i two started the game again 1s ulfrics true intentions were know. i even brokered a peace in his favour, but i started hearing skyrim to the true nords and go back to where you came from,. leave a sour taste in my mouth... then when i restarted i decided to help the empire and found them to be just as despicable but for other reasons... classic empire or tyrant... over all i have about 100 hours already in the game and im just about done with everything listed in general quests.. but im glad to say the reunification of skyrim whichever side you choose does make the game feel slightly different. 1 things for sure there are some satisfying twists for the empire haters out there... you will not just be a king killer... an entire empire will be at your feet... still ulfric as a game character is a very disturbing individual. but the way bethista have actually got me to care about what i do in this game deserves credit...