Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-120.28.157.86-20140406014559/@comment-26893431-20170223203033

YinyangElementofduality wrote: Ulfric not entering Halls of Valor I suspect is not just a game mechanics I think its because he wasn't as honorable and legendary as those in the Halls of Valor. Divide and Conquer strategies like every strategies can be countered by a superior tactician than the one using the dividing and conquer tactics.

If you truly want to choose the least evil to join, choose neutrality and kill Titus Mede II. Don't go apeshit crazy into a blind rage if you're an Imperial Fanboy. In fact, as crazy as it sounds it is possible for you to kill four birds with one stone by making all the four birds slam their heads against the stone for you. So you can create a win-win-win-win situation even if you are no longer present in Skyrim after the main quests due to Dragonborn DLC

Well, the only problem is this path is exceedingly difficult and you are literately going up against the most dangerous enemy directly who has the Empire and Stormcloaks dance to its palm. Who is likely to see what you're doing and get in your way with extreme prejudice. Most likely you'll face a threat far greater than the Stormcloaks and Imperial Legion in Skyrim put together at every second of your life in Skyrim because what you're doing is extremely disgusting in the eyes of the Thalmor. Any leaders with a brain in the Thalmor leadership would deem you a threat that must be destroyed at all cost.

Meaning the Thalmor will no longer spend time trying to balance the fight between the Stormcloaks and Imperials but go after the Last Dragonborn. Chances is one of them, Stormcloak or Imperials are going to win which will put a dent to your plan meaning you have to expel effort to balance the two while dealing with the full might of the Thalmor espionage force that has been holding back against the Stormcloaks and Imperials. Entering the Hall of Valor has little to do with honor, you need to defeat Tsun, that's mostly it.

Neutrality is doing what the Thalmor want, killing Mede isn't any good.

And since we're stuck in Apocrypha and by default, we do nothing aside from the main quests, meaning that we slay Alduin, kill Harkon, kill Miraak and get stuck in Apocrypha.