User blog comment:AveryWood/Reasons Why Going With the Empire is Better/@comment-4683558-20120815215801/@comment-3492791-20120816033437

You mean since, exclusivly Skyrim?

Personally, I find myself favoring the Imperials over the Stormcloaks. The Stormcloaks seem rather shortsighted and just generally more dickish. The empire is supposed to be this terrible oppressive governmant, but I don't really see that in the game. The Stormcloaks are supposed to be a intolerante bigotry brigade, and I see lots of that in the game.

And ultimently, the Stormcloaks reason for war seem...confused.

They don't like that Talos worship was outlawed. The empire doesn't enforce that law, the Thalmor does. As long as there isn't public worship the Empire doesn't really give two mudcrabs.

They don't like that the Empire surrendered to the Thalmor. The Empire was on the verge of total defeat and choose to sign a treaty as a stalling tactic to prepare for another war. They didn't plan on enforcing half the stuff outlined by the treaty (as previously mentioned), it was mearly to satifsy the Dominion and stop them from obliterating the Empire.

They don't like forengiers in Skyrim. Alot of the Stormcloaks just seem, xenophobic. There are a few non-nord npcs that will tell you that they were born and raised in Skyrim, yet the Nords want them to leave just because they aren't Nords. It's nearing some kind of "Master race" mentality.

Grated there are strikes against the empire as well. The idea that Ulfric challenged Torygg to Mortal combat, and Torygg agreed to it, then when he lost they called it murder seems pretty shady. Also that they took Ulfric directly from his ambush to his execution seems equally shady.

However, my main charactor is a theif and stays on her own side. Don't really care about the war at all. She only joined the Imperials because I wanted the lat slow time shout. >_>