Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-16060423-20130930190945/@comment-206.248.181.234-20140314214106

Again you are ignoring the fact that there is no real mention of a real Nordic-Orc war besides a few vague mentions of minor skirmishes. The sources don't mention anything besides Mauloch tormenting Harald's descedents for a time. As for the battle of Dragon Wall we know nothing about where that happened only (if it was even in Skyrim for that matter) only that it happened  in 1E 660 which was almost 300 years after Ysgramor's descendants died out. YOU SHOULD NEVER EVER USE THIS WIKI FOR LORE. Only Imperial Library or UESP are reliable especially the Imperial library. This wiki is only good for giving general gameplay information nothing more.

A lot of dialogue in the games mention that Orcs are capable of ripping peoples limbs apart with ease. You never hear that with any other races. If you use are going to keep blabbering about the two-handed bonus what about the unarmed bonuses that Imperials have that Nords don't? Dealing heavy damage with your fists requires even more brute strength than wielding an two handed weapon like a warhammer/battle axes (which aren't as heavy as you are making them out to be, only marginally more than a greatswords if you acutally hold one in real life and when you strike, the weight of the hammer/axe head alone provides a huge portion of the brute force and leverage. From my personal experience a greatsword is acutally harder to wield and with the exception of Skyrim, Redguards have been the best at wielding them) Nevermind that half-swording with a one-handed sword probably requires more strength than wielding a two-handed weapon. So does this make the Imperials, Khajits and Argonians are the strongest in brute strength because they punch the hardest? The point is the gameplay stats were only done to balance the races and attempt to make none of them overpowered or underpowered. For instance Redguards generally aren't fond of magic lorewise, so them becoming as good as Altmer and Imperials in Alteration and destruction and better at destruction than the Bretons in Skyrim is something clearly not rooted in lore.