Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-85.74.137.231-20130605091958/@comment-80.216.214.210-20130817175124

SajuukKhar wrote: 80.216.214.210 wrote: And the AD's military forces were in no better condition.

The empire couldn't win, but it didn't have to accept the surrender terms of the WGC.

Fortify and wait would only be temporary 'til they have gathered their strength and can request terms that aren't basically asking for unconditional surrender like the concord.

The Dominion did not have an abundance of resources as evidenced by the fact that they DID NOT press on, if they if supposed that they could win they would have kept on with the war.

The fact that the Aldmeri Dominion accepted peace proves irrefutebly that they were in no better condion than the empire and could not have pressed on and taken Cyrodiil.

And the spetecular failure in Hammerfell only serves tho cement that fact. But the AD's forces were far better supplied, and they didn't have to waste most of thier remaining men in an attempt to build thier shattered lands like The Empire would have.

And the Dominion didn't pess on because it would be stupid to press on against a foe who already surrendered, and when you can that time to restock yourself to even greater power, and when you can use that time to get more info on your enemy, AND when you can use that time to create dissent in the ranks of your enemy to weaken them further in the long run.

That they accepted peace proves nothing beyond they knew of the great advantages to themselves it would bring, and how much it would help them in thier long-term goal.

And they didnt "fail" in Hammerfell, Hammerfell was a great tactical victory for the AD, that only furthered the AD's goal by causing dissent between the Redguards and the Empire, making both weaker, less unfiied, and easier to conquer. But you are saying that the AD could have easily and effortlessly taken Cyrodiil right then and there which was the point of the whole war in the first place.

For them to go "yeah, no we're not doing that and instead we're giving the empire a breather to gather it's strength" I mean wow they'd have to be stupid to an unknown degree even for elves to do that.

They did fail, since they did set out to hold Hammerfell and in the end couldn't thereby showing all of Tamriel what a bunch of weaklings they truly are.