Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-97.81.240.58-20130603234626/@comment-11444045-20140331103721

Smoking.Chimp wrote:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         War is not a numbers game. Factors like supply, terrain, morale, officer competence, etc are of far greater importance. Unsupplied soldiers will not march, demoralised soldiers will not fight (demoralised emperors will not negotiate for their people) and soldiers led by incompetent officers are dead men already. I recommend Sun Tzu's Art of War. While the technology and technology-based tactics may have changed over the centuries, the basic principles of warfare have not. I'm sure that plays a part too much like money but what i'm saying about a fantasy game has merit though. Also could you please stop making comparison to IRL situations this is a game. I only made one reference to countries because you didn't seem to understand my point on all the provinces / races joining forces to remove the AD threat.

Coppermantis wrote:

On the other hand, there is Magic in the TES world, a field in which the Altmer are undeniably supreme. Perhaps they'd lose a war of attrition, but if they really wanted to, I'd bet upon them being able to pull off some pretty nasty tricks with their magic. They're still not invulnerable, but I do not think that they'd have lost the Great War had the White-Gold Concordat not been signed. The Empire won a single victory, but had still suffered unimaginable losses. Hammerfell was doing okay, but only just.

It'd be a long and bloody conflict if both sides fought to the death, but as it stands, the Thalmor would likely come out on top, especially given that Alinor is so far out of reach. I disagree with that notion, i truly believe AD would have lost had he not signed the treaty there's plenty of facts within TES lore including in game novels suggesting this, not to mention other facts outside of the game. Fact is Titus Mede II got scared as he's a terrible leader, nothing like Uriel Septim(who wouldn't have surrendered) and it truly shows. The imperial strength plummeded ever since TES:O blades being shells of there former selves is a good example of this too.