Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-3539474-20130910213054/@comment-14359537-20130920090537

Pink Slim wrote: however, they will be splitting their forces, so if they did have Bosmer/Khajiit forces in their battle against the Empire they will be unable to use them against Cyrodiil if they're in Highrock. and as stated, the Nords and Redguards will without a doubt attack the AD, even if they end up helping the Empire.

And don't forget about what I said above: for your invasion of Highrock idea to work you'd have to expect that the Bretons wont buy off thousands of bandits and sellswords.

and don't forget that the Khajiit and Bosmer hate eachother, they might end up fighting themselves in a prolonged war, which as you should know, Guerilla warfare tends to create.

ABosmerVampLord wrote: invading high rock will increase the AD's kill to death ratio, which is extremely important in the long term, because as we said, humans outnumber the elves and a 'kill ratio' idea is not beneficial to Altmer, unless they kill so damn many that they can wipe out a legion with only a handfull of Altmer mages, their deaths will always outweigh their kills.

that's the very reason they were in Skyrim, they'd accuse people of Talos worship and systematically murder them if they were percieved as a possible threat to the dominion.

they know they can't win with numbers, and their strategies wont work against many well trained soldiers. they're in a tight bind and their best bet would be something like having Highrock and Hammerfell fight eachother. or maybe convincing the Orcs to fight against the Empire tp form their own country, and be seen as true Mer... and now I want the next game to be Elder Scrolls VI: Orsinium. First off, the existing rivalry between khajiit and bosmer. You made a good point. So why can't we divide the invading force in two? That way, the only time they can even see each other is by coincidence. I'm sure they can control the urge to kill each other at that scenario, right?

Next, Hammerfell and Skyrim poses a constant, but not necessarily definite threat. And even if they were to support high rock, it works for the Thalmor as well, as these provinces will be less likely to support CYRODIIL when the Altmer invades. Either ways, the forces in High rock is going to distract FAR more troops that they are actually worth (no offense to them:P)

The bandits and spellswords mean nothing if they can't see the Thalmor. Simple as that. And the Khajiit and Bosmer are highly adept at sneaking. Same goes for the Bretons, redguard, imperials, nords and orcs.

As I said, waiting will benefit man heaps more than the elves. So waiting for a conflict between the empire and high rock extremely risky; if they end up not having a conflict, the differences in numbers will increase even further. If they cannot wait for miracles, which they can't, the Thalmor will have to do it the hard way: get more kills than deaths.

From my perspective, you are overly overestimating humanity. They do not outnumber the elves by that much, and they aren't especially well trained compared to the elves. In fact, I think it's the opposite. Think about it: which is more deadly, a thalmor agent, or an imperial/stormcloak soldier? Personally, I find the Elves in Thalmor Embassy almost TWICE as deadly as city guards. Don't underestimate the Thalmor; these are the forces that a)almost destroyed the empire, b) took the combination of nords, imperials and redguards to defeat, for just one battle, and c) even with it's main force destroyed, the empire would rather sign the WGC than continue fighting the remainder. I do admit, the humans have been the dominating force in the past. However, in the present, the AD is, at the very least, a little less than a par to humanity.