User blog comment:Sneak+stab/Tips for Magic, Please Add/@comment-90.194.133.90-20120101150428/@comment-4644719-20120101192254

I was seriously considering picking a Breton, but I looked around the Wiki and found that Bretons as Mages got nerfed a bit in Skyrim. High Elves got a boost in both their weakness to magic getting taken away and their new ability. The first time I activated Highborn, any doubt as to which race made the best Mages vanished.

Seriously, the Thalmor scare me more now that I've played as an Altmer than they ever did before.