Acetoolguy Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 I have been avoiding bringing the civil war to Whiterun, I consider it home. So when I got the quest to mediate a truce I thought cool, a work around. The gray beards have agreed to host, but the dialog never come up with the Jarl or general.Now I know the devs would not give me a quest that can't be done..... :rolleyes: .....but is there a way to trigger the dialog? I have tried resetquest cw01b with no result. I have a feeling I'm sandboxing the game going forward.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allegrafade Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 If you don't want to bring the civil war to Whiterun, you could always side with the Imperials which leaves the city untouched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schattenu Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Not completely, I sided with the Empire and there's still noticeable damage to the latticework around that big tree and the house right at the bottom of the steps to Jorrvaskr. Still, that's about the extent of it, the the vast majority of the city remains untouched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62firelight Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Not completely, I sided with the Empire and there's still noticeable damage to the latticework around that big tree and the house right at the bottom of the steps to Jorrvaskr. Still, that's about the extent of it, the the vast majority of the city remains untouched. Yep I can confirm this. I'm not sure if you mentioned this but the house next to The Drunken Huntsmen was covered with obvious damage around the doors/side but aside from that, no damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schattenu Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 (edited) Huh, must've missed that one, will have to check it out. Well, other than that too, the city remains largely unharmed. Although I can't imagine it would be much worse, if at all, if you join the Stormcloaks. Edited February 27, 2012 by Schattenu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettM Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I think the damage is about the same either way. I went Stormcloak and the lingering damage is minor. Just enough to remind one that a battle took place. The battle itself is the uncomfortable experience. I did everything I could to get to Dragonsreach as quickly as possible, doing the least amount of killing that I could on the way. I tried especially hard to avoid killing Whiterun Guards. It really hurt when Balgruuf said he expected better of me, since I did like the guy and he did back me up in capturing Ohdaving. A day or so later, I checked up on all the NPCs to see if everyone was okay and what they thought about the events. There isn't any noticeable change in alignments, though. The Stormcloak supporters are mildly happy that we won, the Empire supporters are unhappy, and the neutrals are a little POed at the disruption to business. I had done the main quest line, including the truce, before doing anything about joining the civil war. The truce is no real solution to the problem because it still does not end the fighting permanently. Or even noticeably. It just shifts some troops around depending on which holds you gave to which sides. It isn't a long-term peace because it does not address or resolve any of the underlying issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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