Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-76.97.80.106-20130811163656/@comment-29458028-20140623065415

The Stormcloak's go the right attitude and ideals (The Stormcloaks themselves are not racist at all), but they have the wrong man as their leader and general, plus they lack good training.

The Legion, on the other hand, has a pretty brainy leader and their soldiers are well trained, but the attitude the empire has is questionable at best, downright cowardly at worst. The emperor himself sucks as well.

I really hate the civil war questline for not letting you gather your own army. They could like allow us to gather followers that we like, give them custom gear (which they will permanently wear and use) and get them to be our generals (like what Rikke is to Tulius and what Galmar is to Ulfric). Then let us hire those generic troops, kill your way through both factions, install a puppet high king and swag your way through the Civil war.

I go with the Stormcloaks everytime, though. I don't care about the CW and the Stormcloak questline is faster to finish and easier (I do it purely for gameplay reasons, not headcannon, support or otherwise). Anyway, our descisions are not going to matter in the next game, so I don't really bother.