Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-209.7.3.188-20160303204000/@comment-198.223.237.82-20161104030037

I think the stormcloaks have every right to defend there home and culture from imperial contamination. Also I agree that with the numbers on the imperial side along with there mostly orsimer reinforcements out number the thinly spread nord settlements greatly. Now on the subject of armor and weapon strength, both use steel swords stormcloaks also use iron (all high maintenance materials) and bows imperials utilize a better bow than the standard longbow and both use steel arrows, but one point must be observed in my 500 hours logged into just one game I see the stormcloak army wield great swords war axes war hammers and battle axes and maces which gives me the impression that unlike the imperial forces that have standard issue gear which every imperial has(like the us army) the stormcloak army has no set gear that seems to be standard with a mix of weapons and sometimes armor and a aloof fighting style (like guerilla combatants in most foreign countrys) they seem to be a lot like the underdogs that usually prove the point of never underestimate your enemy but in terms of armor the imperial armor from real world experience would be easier to maintain but is irrelevant in terms of the stormcloaks who will adapt and or use what ever they can find. Imperial forces use steel plate leather and mail(like roman legionnaires) and is very effective in cushioning slicing motions and thrusts (stabs) from weapons the stormcloak army use mail and quilted cloth and leather with various hide steel leather and iron helmets which are going to protect just the same but ar more suited to the climate and a soldier freezing is as deadly as anything else he will encounter in battle (demonstrated in the first month's the Germans attacked Russia in ww2) but like any war with a reletively small rebel guerrilla force spread thinly against a enemy with far more troops and a plan the tide of war can go in any direction. Oh and the cloth armor the stormcloak army has is better in stopping arrows, dont belive me....theres a reason bullet proof armor is cloth (or soft) it reacts better and is more comfortable. And also it can be canon in elderscrolls 6 valenwood that the imperials agree to pull out of skyrim completely if the stormcloak army help the imperial forces eliminate the aldmeri dominion. In terms if the civil war the stormcloaks have my sypathy and as for strenth both have merits worth noting in that department. But in terms of tactics id say the stormcloaks would utilize guerilla warfare which is very effective against well formed forces of highly trained well equipped soldiers. In terms of sheer force i give the imperial forces that. But it could go either way. They did a good job in leveling the playing field in this game.