Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27157999-20160710144119/@comment-28157605-20160725062832

I don't like this questline, I find it too similar and mostly boring.

I did it with both sides to compare. First, I have a problem with the leaders : I'm not going to discuss if Ulfric is racist or not but he frightens me. I don't like his political views, his charismatic/manipulative personality and he definitely attract weak minds under his banner. Same weak minds who use centuries old conflicts to justify their bad behaviour.

Elisif is quite the opposite, she have good intentions but she's an unexperienced leader. Tullius seems to have lots of power on her whatever people around her said. I notice she have many thanes, I don't see that many people trying to advise or manipulate Ulfric.

Also, none of the sides is really a solution to me : I prefer the empire but you have to count with the Thalmor, I don't like the idea of a political leader telling you you don't have the right to believe in something or someone and the way you kill the emperor with the DB is not encouraging for future stability. The next emperor will most likely be a puppet.

About the Stormcloaks I see many wrong things here : Windhelm is an exemple of a territory under direct Stormcloacks control and it's not pretty, Agonians underpayed living in an unhealthy dormitory and not allowed in town, Elves living inside the wall but in a ghetto-like quarter, fear of the outsider ... it's possible to be proud of what you are and keep your identity without rejecting what's not you.

Both side are right and wrong on some topics exactly like in real life. This reminds me too much of politics in my country : many of us vote not to allow a side to win but to prevent the worst one to lead us. I'll do exactly the same in Skyrim, but now I stay neutral. Plus when you end the war you have no perks, except seeing more jarls and city guards from the side you helped. Well, that was quite a long post. I just give my opinion, don't insult me.