Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150715194939/@comment-26693897-20150811164643

Phantasys wrote: Even with the lack of gear a group of common town guards would destroy a wandering group of thalmor any day.

I don't think so. Every time I watch a NPC battle between Stormcloaks and Thalmor, the elves always win without losing a man. I even tried to help the Stormcloaks once (because I hate Thalmor) by casting healing hand on them but it was in vain. What is a guard armor against the blow of an Elven or Glass weapon? Nothing. What is a blow of an iron/steel weapon against Elven and Glass armor? Nothing either.

And even if Bethesda developers had coded Stormcloaks battlemages, archers, thieves and tamed giants, I could bet that they also had coded something similar for the Empire and the Thalmor to counter the Stormcloaks units in order to make the game balanced. There is no war game where a faction is more powerful than its foes.