Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-1600847-20161103125247/@comment-30317136-20161119073301

Sports72Xtrm wrote: And yet for all his alleged strategic genius, Tullius is unable to capture Ulfric again without Dragonborn interference. In fact, Elisif the Fair'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 own home base of Solitude.

Further evidence of Tullius' ineptitude:


 * Bryling: "There's something that's been troubling me, Falk. I am hesitant to share it, but I feel that I must."

Falk: "Speak your mind, Bryling. You're among friends here."


 * Bryling: "You know that I support the Empire, as we all do. However, I fear General Tullius is underestimating the Stormcloaks. Too often the general has lost good soldiers because he did not take Ulfric and his men seriously. If this continues, and the worst comes to pass, Solitude will pay the price. The Empire is headquartered here, after all."


 * Falk: "We don't have the luxury of hanging back to see who wins before choosing our friends, Bryling. You know this. And besides, no Nord with a shred of honor would consider it. We're no cowards. Have faith, Bryling. When this war is over and Ulfric is dead, you'll see that you were jumping at shadows, and nothing more."

Tullius mismanaged his resources, sent men to their deaths in vain in Winterhold, and thinks his bravado will win wars. It doesn't. Tullius' subsequent failures point out Ulfric's ambush was more of a fluke than an indication of Tullius' capability. Both sides are running out of resources. The only difference is Ulfric will run out first.

Falk and Bryling's conversation proves Tullius being superior by not just a little but by a huge margin.

Tullius doesn't mismanaged his resources "by sending men to die in Winterhold" Winterhold has a strategic value against the Stormcloaks for the Imperials. It is in their scenario worth committing resources into. Ulfric's inferiority is clearly shown by his lack of understanding what Tullius wants to do.

Tullius' subsequent failures? He is trying to acquire a strategic location. Ulfric's men were getting slaughtered, if that is the case Ulfric's subsequent failures proves that he is even more inferior than Tullius. Seriously, that is lame. You are comparing small results over one that can equal to total extermination of the Stormcloaks' cause: Ulfric's death.

You cannot be more wrong and thanks for proving that the typical gauge that if Ulfric's a 10, Tullius will be roughly 10.5 to 11 is in fact Ulfric's a 10, Tullius's a 15.