Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-109.92.245.62-20131121212935/@comment-50.169.253.69-20140120034415

789Snowbird987 wrote: Bethesda wanted us to actually PLAY the Civil War questline, and not just shove a document and call a cease-fire. We already had the option to sit at the negotiating table.

Lore-wise, it would look like this: Dragonborn shows incriminating evidence to Ulfric and Tullius - Cease-fire put in place - Thalmor grow increasingly agressive - Empire refuses to start another war - Stormcloaks take matter into their own hands - Empire forced to resume war against Stormcloaks.

It would have been for nothing. Or, alternately, Stormcloaks become vigilantes, unattached to Empire, and engage in guerrila warfare. Occupied, the Thalmor becomes deadlocked into following the cease-fire.