Syco21 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 The Empire. Because I want the Thalmor to effing die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmanners Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 This game really shovels the idea of the Empire being the "good" guys. I mean, come on. The Empire is HQ'd in Solitude, which is like hero central. It's always nice and sunny and cheerful there. Maybe a bit too full of itself, but certainly not mean and gritty like Windhelm. And in Windhelm, it's constantly snowing. What the heck, man? Have you ever noticed how cramped and intimidating the whole feel of Windhelm is? What's the first thing you see in Solitude? A mob of ugliness, sure, but it's also a bit of law and order. What's the first thing you see in Windhelm? A couple thugs trying to push someone around just because of their race. In Solitude, you see some kids playing tag. In Windhelm, you hear about a kid trying to call down a hit on someone with some kind of dark ritual. Sheesh. And don't even get me started on Ulfric and his "Torygg was merely a message to the other jarls" line. That just gives me a sick feeling in my stomach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lessabos Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 No option for me , I 100% for Thalmor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsig Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Whichever side I choose I just murder any Thalmor I find anyway...doesn't much matter to me. Just set me loose in the Thalmor's home country and I'll have them all dead within a couple weeks. Entire towns dead in a night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lessabos Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Whichever side I choose I just murder any Thalmor I find anyway...doesn't much matter to me. Just set me loose in the Thalmor's home country and I'll have them all dead within a couple weeks. Entire towns dead in a night. Spawn on yourself 50 Thalmor on master and prove your words !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesusismyairbag Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Stormcloak all the way.Anybody who tells me I can't worship Talos deserves to meet the wrong end of my blade. Better to die free than to live as a slave. you cant worship talos, because he isnt real. there, i said it. [jokes] of course, i'd with you though, stormcloaks all the way, son!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaktoastTheSandwichTopper Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 the empire is the lesser of the 2 evils mainly cause tullius is an a**hole in my opinion but all the stormcloacks are bigger assholes :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayFrosty05 Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I don't like or trust Tullius/Empire or Ulfric/Stormcloaks...their as filthy as each other...but with that said, I do reluctantly side with the Empire purely for the fact that Tamriel needs a united front to eventually beat the Thalmor into oblivion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RighthandofSithis Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I see as both having their own evils and their own legitimate claims. I side depending on the Character I'm roleplaying with. The Stormcloaks are indeed racist, and supporting them means the Empire will fall. However, if the Empire does fall, that does not mean the Thalmor will have free passage throughout Tamriel. I think that in the event of a war with the Thalmor, Tamriel will unite to fight the common enemy. Look at WW2. The USSR and the Western Allies where mortal enemies, but they had united in the face of the fascist threat (But yes, only a few weeks after the end of WW2, the Cold War started). And the Thalmor have their own problems. The Psijic Order are opponents of the Thalmor (An the Psijics are far from an inconsiderable force) and should Humanity start to enter the Aldmeri Dominion, I would think the oppressed people would rise up against the Thalmor (Proletarian revolution, the Warsaw Uprising). Of course the Empire could also do this. However, I see the Empire as currently falling. For the 200 years after the Oblivion Crisis, the Empire has been slowly collapsing. However, the Emperor following Titus Mede II may be able to reform the Empire. I'd imagine that such reformation would have to include a Totalitarian government/Martial Law. In this way, the Empire would be able to rebuild its forces, put down any rebellion and become a force capable of combating the Dominion. I'm sure some people may not like this idea though. In this issue though, I think Kodlak Whitemane has a good point."Politics are best avoided. I prefer more personal confrontations myself."(Kodlak Whitemane, conversation with the Player, 4th E 201) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiaoxin20 Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Empire is incompetent. How the hell empire lost the great war at first place, when hammerfell was able to drive out the Aldmeri Dominion as a independent state after the great war. (Yes, Skyrim is not the first state want to be independent) Just how corruptive the empire become! Stormcloacks at least fight for what they believe. They are no more racism than any other race in this game. And for people believe united empire might have better chance against Aldmeri Dominion, well that is not the case here, since empire is the pig, it eat your food and do nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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