Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-1600847-20161103125247/@comment-993964-20161118194504

YinyangElementofduality wrote: t80.216.218.146 wrote: YinyangElementofduality wrote: If the Dragonborn knows what he is doing, I figure about 10 is all he needs to bring down the entire Stormcloak and the Dragonborn doesn't even need to take action on his own.

1 Assassin. 1 Politican, 2 Merchants, 3 Mercenary, 2 Soldiers and 1 beggar, plus about 1 month 4 days or so is all I need to utterly destroy the Stormcloaks and bring Ulfric's head to Tullius on a platter. Realistically, war is not as simple as the game shows but it also allow for far more diverse strategies to defeat your enemy.

It isn't a trial and error, when it comes to the safety of your VIP, President or King is concerned nothing is trial and error or luck. It is strategy. It simply took Tullius that long to outsmart and capture Ulfric. A stroke of luck like Tullius stumbling upon Ulfric and company is not any kind of outsmarting anyone Stumbling? Ulfric walked straight into an ambush! Which part of ambush did you not get?

Ambush: A Surprise attack by people lying in wait of a concealed positon on someone by anticipating their movements. And yet for all his alleged strategic genius, Tullius is unable to capture Ulfric again without Dragonborn interference. In fact, Elsifir the Greater's dialogue suggests that to even go toe to toe with an upstart rebel who according to you is inept, he has to run Solitude's economy to the ground and conscript nearly all of its Hold Guards to bring Ulfric down. Even if the Legion wins, they did so through a Pyrrhic victory. And yet, Tullius is supposed to muster a defense against the entire Aldmeri Dominion? They couldn't even take down Ulfric and his rebels without scorching the earth of his home base Solitude.