well? did you join the stormcloaks or the imperials? and why?

I dunno man I always get halfway and then just mod it up until it becomes a porn game

>>713316062
This. I don't think 5% of people actually finished the civil war quest line for either side because its boring as shit and the rewards suck. The only things I remember were a word of the really broken time shout in the second or third quest and the house in windhelm. The house was actually good but sucks shit compared to the houses you can build and any houses added by mods

>>713316431
I RP as my own character meeting Erandur, and getting married to a argonian, and settled in the DLC homes. When I tried doing the main quest, I got fuckin bored.

idk I did the main quest then uninstalled

The game literally has the Imperials try to kill you for trespassing in the first five minutes of the game, and that one Imperial woman is just like "fuck it, you die, I don't give a fuck who you are, even if you're an Imperial too. Chop chop!"
Then just to rub it in that you're not supposed to join the Imperials, the game's loaded with Imperials working for/with the Thalmor, smuggling Skyrim riches out of Skyrim to fund the Thalmor, who the game goes out of its way to tell you they're supervillains bent on actual genocide of anyone that isn't Mer.
Then the game goes further out of its way to have you grab the Thalmor secret plans and have it state plainly in bold size 99 text "do NOT let the war end, and especially do NOT let Ulfric win, EVAR!!!1!" with like seven underlines and if you're playing for the Imperial Legion you're just supposed to ignore that part.

Counterpoint: Ulfric's waysiss ohno... hes jsut like trmup and gona bild a wall r smnth

>>713319870
>do NOT let the war end
You say that like it's a bad thing. Forever wars and nonstop bloodshed are GOOD. Don't be an antisemite.

>>713315904 (OP)
The actual content of Skyrim fucking sucks, and isn't worth talking about.

>>713315904 (OP)
I don't join either side because the civil war quest line sucks dick but I do go with Ralof every single time in the beginning.
It makes no fucking sense to go with Hadvar unless you are a cuck. Those fuckers just tried to kill you.

I can't honestly believe Bethesda made a game where you can side with a racist and it's not OH YOU JUST CHOSE THE BAD ENDING and he's fucking white and I fully expect Elder Scrolls 6 to make up for this by having him be a big mean Hitler and stupid and either him or his son is a Trump parody now and he shits himself and a black queen rips his head off.

>>713315904 (OP)
How is this even a question?

>>713320960
Anon, I don't think you are mentally well right now. It sounds like thats enough 4chan for awhile.

>>713320924
this, you have be a cuck or a retard to go with hadvar
hadvar
>"It's you and me, prisoner. Stay close!"
Ralof
>"We're escaping, Hadvar. You're not stopping us this time."

I don't care for either side, but at least Ulfric wasn't trying to kill me the moment I woke up in Skyrim. Tulius was there and gave no hearing for the captured.

So yes, Stormcloaks every time, to return the favor to Tulius, and for the added pleasure of sinking two shafts into his bitch sidechick, Rikke.

Also, Elisif the Fair is a puppet. At least with Ulfric she knows her place without boot licks deluding her into believing she's more than a pawn.

>>713315904 (OP)
No

>>713315904 (OP)
>>713316062
always joined Stormcloaks so i could rape Irileth and Rikke by the end of the questlines with no repercussions

Simperials vs Stormcucks

Imperial.
Nords were already like half the empire the whole revolt was fucking retarded in the first place. The Imperium doesn't even really take the Nord view seriously because of the absurdity of it all and see it as a Thalmor ruse to weaken the empire before another war. It would be like if the Greeks rebelled against the Romans it doesn't make any sense.

>>713315904 (OP)
>The dying empire that has lost all control of its provinces and executes it's citizens for complete nonsense
Or
>The blonde haired blue eyed barbarians who will pave a path of elf skulls to their religious freedom

The choice is pretty clear if you're a straight male

For lore and RP reasons there aren't many reasons why characters would care about the civil war, and those that would would usually choose the imperials. Especially when you consider whatever race you are.
>Breton
Generally high rock is in good standing with the empire and hate the nords for all the reach shit.
>Imperial
Lmao
>Nord
Would obviously be the most invested in the war, but considering it's a civil war with half of nords siding with the imperials there are definitely some RP reasons you could play a nord on the imperial side.
>Reguard
Fucking hate the empire but aren't a huge fans of nords either. They probably wouldn't get involved unless they join the nords just to fuck up the empire. Probably the only race that would never choose the empire.
>High elf
Wouldn't care. Thalmor want the war to go on forever or have ulfric win but other than that most high elves don't give a shit.
>Wood elf
No one has ever picked wood elf. Don't fucking lie to me.
>Dark Elf
All the surviving houses fucking hate nords. Would definitely side with the imperials if they cared enough to fight.
>Orc
You would think they would side with the nords but orcs have actually been more accepted into the empire by the time skyrim takes place and no one would really rock the boat for nords of all people. Probably wouldn't get involved at all but would side with imperials if they did.
>Argonians and Khajiit
Treated like niggers by both factions so wouldn't get involved. Hell if you play as a Khajiit the game has to bend over backwards to let you enter cities since other Khajiit can't.

So that's 1.5 races that would side with the ulfric, 2.5 that would side with the imperials, and 5 that don't care.

>>713324282
Why do the Redguards hate the Empire so much?

>>713316062
Quite a few of these mods require you to finish this quest for new lewd options to unlock

>>713324491
When the empire signed the peace treaty with the thalmor in between skyrim and oblivion they stabbed the redguard in the back by ceding a lot of hammerfell to the thalmor. The redguards were rightfully pissed and ran a super successful second war and kicked out the thalmor. Since then hammerfell is basically elder scrolls sudan but politically stable and independent from the empire

>>713315904 (OP)
I got bored after 150 hours of exploration and quit right before the choice.

Titus Meade is a fake emperor, mandate of Akatosh is forfeit, Imperials cucked and let the Thalmor go full ZOG in their government, Nords can't even worship their own patron diety, the empire has spiritually degenerated to the point of executing innocent people for "wrong place wrong time" crimes as others pointed out. The "Men can't win unless they're united" is cope because the Redguard broke off from the Empire and the Thalmor couldn't do shit. The Thalmor are a paper tiger trying to project power with muh magical WMDs but in an asymmetric land battle in the mountainous, unforgiving terrain of Skyrim they would get fucked up. Elven justiciars getting blood eagled and raped and shit. Stormkings is an easy choice. The only thing that prevents most people from making the choice is betraying Jarl Balgruuf, who hesitates because he has a cosmopolitan court and gets protection and dwindling aid from the Empire.

>>713315904 (OP)
I've never done either the civil war or main quest in this game because it was boring as shit

>>713326357
To be fair Redguards are extremely autistic about swords to the point it becomes superhuman skill. Not just anyone can tell the high elves to fuck off

>>713315904 (OP)
>did you join the stormcloaks or the imperials?
neither
and why?
i'm the dragonborn i got better shit to do like saving the world and having kids with sylgja

>skyrim belongs to the nord!
>has a bunch of dunmer and agronians in and around his city
What did he mean by this?

>>713315904 (OP)
Stormcloaks cus fuck elves and fuck the empire being faggots. Sure that might cause another massive war but its one where i get to kill millions of elves as the dragonborne.

>>713328543
You need an excuse to kill elves?

Ulfric was literally mindraped by the Thalmor and released into Skyrim so he could start shit to weaken the Empire internally
The opening has Tullius arguing with Thalmor agents trying to stop the execution because the Thalmor want him alive and causing havoc

>>713315904 (OP)
stormcloaks unless i'm playing imperial or altmer

>>713315904 (OP)
Imperials because they have women I enjoy having sex with. Stormcloaks are a sausage festival.

>>713320960
woke shit in vidya didn't start until year or two after skyrim

>>713324282
the split in opinions for nords in game tends to be based on whether they believe ulfric wants to be high king to free skyrim from the empire and the thalmor vs being an opportunistic power grabber and how they view the events of the markarth incident

if he didn't use the thuum to obliterate the previous high king I don't think there would be nearly as much division over whether his challenge was honorable
for the markarth incident among skeptics he's viewed as having gone overboard with wholesale slaughter as well as drawing a lot of attention about what he was doing which brought the thalmor crackdown since before that the talos ban wasn't really enforced
supporters believe that having and using the voice to win the duel is valid and a sign that he has the right to rule as well as the strength to protect skyrim from the influence of both the empire and the thalmor if he was in power
they rarely bring up the markarth incident in comparison to detractors and generally treat it as a dindu nuffin when they do

in general I'd say the markarth incident just isn't written well enough (in itself and into the rest of the game) to make the right and wrong ambiguous enough and its a major part of what makes the stormcloak argument seem retarded
they could have simply had the thalmor being allowed to actively suppress talos worship in skyrim before that and the whole thing could go back to being an either or but the fact that they state very clearly that nobody really paid attention to the ban until they were forced after the markarth incident drew attention to it really muddies the dichotomy

>>713315904 (OP)
>Did you join the guys who tried cutting your head off without justification
>Or the people who are the rightful rulers of skyrim, and who are friendly to you regardless of your race or actions
Lol

>>713315904 (OP)
i've played this game twice and i can't even answer this question because it's such a boring, terribly written retard game that i can't remember what i did since the game indoctrinates you from early on in to knowing your choices are largely irrelevant with no effect on the game anyways you're just walking forward completing brainless content (tailor made for goycattle)

>>713315904 (OP)
red is a more intimidating color
imperials is a cooler name
the leader of the stormcloaks got captured and almost beheaded so hes clearly a fucking weak little faggot bitch
the imperials kill anyone for touching their snow
stormcloaks are desperate

>>713315904 (OP)
I've spent almost 3k hours in Skyrim and never participated in the civil war. And I've never completed the main quest more than halfway.

>>713315904 (OP)
ahh sweet! this thread again!
>siding with the faction who tried executing you for being in the wrong place at the wrong time

>>713315904 (OP)
>Kill Imperials
>Kill Stormcloaks
>Kill Elfs
>Kill Blades
Simple as that

>>713324282
>No one has ever picked wood elf. Don't fucking lie to me.
I do, they're funny little guys

>>713315904 (OP)
stormcloaks kind of seemed like the logical choice at the time. now, of course, i'm older and wiser and have realized that none of them matter because i'm literally a fucking god and at the end of the game, i literally murder another god and absorb his powers, thus becoming even stronger. which ultimately means that it doesn't really matter what the thalmor do, because im literally a super god and can effortlessly one-man their entire armies if i wanted to and it wouldn't put a single fucking dent in me.

>>713315904 (OP)
Hadvar had the patience of letting me configure my character for half an hour, I'll be nice to him