User blog comment:Cyrice1/Stormcloaks or Imperials/@comment-98.229.163.212-20120706230829/@comment-5229167-20120707022142

Enough lolligagging.

But seriously, this is actually a good point. The Empire is better equipped than the stormcloaks, even at later levels where the stormcloaks hide helmets are replaced with scaled helmets. They also rely on inferior weaponry (excluding somehow getting their hands on catapults and somehow concealing them from my wandering dovahkiin).

This is also quite evident in some of the skirmishes you may stumble upon when wandering around. The Imperials always win unless you yourself intervene, albeit with one or two lost soldiers.