User blog comment:Zippertrain85/"Why the Empire Should Prevail Over the Stormcloaks" refuted (part 1)/@comment-24210732-20131204210454/@comment-173.189.226.24-20131209101001

Just going to put this out there, the Stormcloaks and Hammerfell fight with guerilla war tactics in-universe, obviously not gameplay wise, but my point is that if they were to use those tactics on unfamiliar ground against opponents who do know it, they'll likely get killed. The Empire is the only power I'm aware of that MIGHT go against the Dominion again while having an organized and disciplined force, something that's made for front-line fighting. It's made clear the Stormcloaks and Hammerfell use tactics that while great on their own turf, would be a detriment otherwise, that and Alinor is on the other side of the world, behind two other countries, it would be hard to keep supply lines.

Also, where is it that Stormcloaks use magic? All I've seen of them are just Nord traditionalists, the ones that do bring it up are clearly narrow minded about the whole thing and don't like it.