Joining dawnguard is the best decision, you also get that beautiful vampire serena with you as companion. Never join the vampire. It's not worth in the long run also the quest are buggy on the vampire side, killing the vampire gives you more reward and freedom
@@softwaremediaguruDawn guard honestly felt unfulfilling for me. There just wasn't enough substance and story on the dawngaurd side and I never was able to get attached to the characters whereas the vampires are actually interesting characters with tangible personality
@@MythicBeanProductions but you have repeatable quest to kill and hunt vampires all the time. you also get to recruit dogs and armored troll if you needed it.
I've always wiped out the dark brotherhood. Every play through before I get to it they send an assassin to kill me. And as Astrid says once a contract is formed there is no calling it off. So to protect myself, they all must die.
@@YTKipz I haven't interacted with her at all by the time I got one this play through. But I guess I was in riften. I thought it might be one of the hags as the first thing I do is kill the hag/old lady near riverwood. Usually get the thugs to show up from this. I just hate thugs sowing up for a crime I wasn't caught on, but I can buy some hag divined who killed her sister. No thugs this time, but the Dark Brotherhood.
I tried to put mine in a display case in Lakeside and due to a bug the fucker ended up disappearing out of the case. Oh effin well guess the dragon priest mask quest will never get completed now...
I lost the Ebony Sword. I think I had it stored in a barrel or something other than the chest or safe in the Arch Mage’s Quarters. I thought all house storage was safe 🤷♂️
Correction on 2: If you actually read the journal, Ulfric is not described as an agent of the Thalmor, but an asset. They are not the same thing. He is uncooperative as the journal says
@ikokonoe4814 Maybe so, but one point he made stands regardless. A Skyrim victory is only advantagous for the Thalmor. Ideally, for the Thalmor, this war is long and ends in a Skyrim victory, leaving them an even more weakend Empire and a weakened Skyrim for them to conquor. And Skyrim wouldn't stand a chance. They're struggling against an empire that's rebuilding after a huge war, forget the Thalmor that bent the arm of the Empire behind its back and forced them to sign the WGC.
With the Thirsk Mead Hall, giving it back to the Nords allows you to have two sellers of Stalthrim on the island, AND you get a map to another fairly large deposit of the mineral.
Still not worth it, you also become the little creatures leader after the former leader challengers you to a duel and after you wipe out his remaining life points you become leader and won't be attacked by that race aymore
@@philipbarrow9504 That part is not true. You get the map by helping Balder from Skaal village to the north of Thirsk. Nevertheless, it is still dumb to help the rieklings, because you lose the nice blacksmith Halbarn and also the trainer Kuvar. There's also Elmus, who has a silly little mead shop and two quests, and Hilund, who has a spear quest. I can't even begin to imagine why anyone would want to give all that up for a bunch of irritating rieklings.
I’ve been hearing people bitch about the beacon forever, how it’s so deeply annoying and like the worst quest in the game etc. They really made it out like that entire playthrough is fucked the moment you pick up the beacon. I finally got it last week and it was so deeply not a big deal. Probably doesn’t even crack my top 100 most annoying aspects of Skyrim list, especially cuz the weapon is so useful.
@@monhi64 I actually like that quest tbh. It's a good quest, a good Daedra who gives a good item. Ppl get pissed with it, I rlly don't know why since you can just ignore it if you are an veteran player. But I like the memes, so... A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON
Yea there aren't that many leveled items. There are only a couple outside Thieves Guild, Dragonborn, and Gauldur quests. The main questline to avoid too early is Thieves Guild since the other leveled items aren't that great.
@@danikirk5774 The newer weapon, Shadowrend, is also very good early on. While its enchantment may not have much use in the long run, the weapon itself matches that of dragonbone weapons and can be collected will little to no effort whatsoever. If you ever have a greatsword or battleaxe character, that weapon is optimal for a while.
@@Psykonikaar same with the long hammer but damn that can be a massive pain to get since if you go straight for it you absolutely have to rush through and dodge and will still sometimes get blocked
I joined the stormcloaks first playthrough. Never again. Ulfric is at least a former thalmor asset. In addition, war and chaos in Skyrim serve the thalmor's interest. Agree or not, that's how I see it.
He's considered a Thalmor asset because of his open rebellion to the Empire, not because he works for them. And if anyone actually reads the documents, the Thalmor are happy as long as the war continues and neither side wins, not that the Stormcloaks win.
@@Halloweenowl not true they would be happy if the stormcloaks win because that means that the imperial forces would lack alot of nord soldiers, meaning cyrodill is alot easier to take down
Halloween owl speaks the truth because I read the documents myself and they confirm that those High elves fear either side winning. And besides Skyrim and the Empire are like a married couple where Skyrim is sick and tired of being taken advantage of and wants a divorce. Why would anybody side with the abusive spouse that is the Empire?
The banning of Talos is their goal though. Without him getting praise, he weakens and his protection over all mankind will become non-existent. By siding with the Empire you weaken humans and give the Altmer what they need to commit the genocide they crave
I intentionally fail the first thieves guild quest cause he’s actually a good merchant to keep around. I normally just grab the ring then drop it on the ground then you can go up to brynjolf and tell him you lost the ring.
@@hyperboi4077im pretty sure you can fail pretty much every side objective in the thieves guild and brynjolf will still want you to be guild master by the end. Hilarious really
@@jackpitman15 yeah I loved oblivion’s quests more in that regard. To attain higher levels within a faction you have to show commitment to their cause and show mastery of the skill. The dark brotherhood purification mission was top notch in this regard.
I have to disagree with the last one. Brand-Shei is locked in prison for only 7 days and after that he returns to his kiosk. There is a known bug which locks him up forever, but you can fix it with console command(set TG00BrandSheiJail to 0) or unofficial patch.
@@justFreya5 I do not know if the bug is on consoles but you could always just lose the ring in a random barrel and talk to the guy that gave the quest, Brand-Shei doesn't get arrested and you can still join the Thieves Guild.
On the darker side... taking Sven to be sacrificed to Boethiah doesn't hurt your game the way another companion might. And the sacrifice has to be a follower.
I either get Benor (beat him in a brawl in Morthal) or Stenvar (in Candlehearth Hall in Windhelm) for sacrifice to Boethiah. Non-important hireling followers.
@@jackpitman15 No. This doesn't mean it's bad. It just means at 0 skill 0 perks 0 refining it will do the same damage at level 1 as it would at level 100000000000000.
That phrase and Meridia's voice alone is the reason I no longer just blanket swipe everything from a chest. "A new hand touches the beacon" and I'm restarting the game from my last save before picking it up. I don't care if there is a unique sword at the end of it.
That's why you always quicksave and then do some small insignificant things like pickpocketing and running around after rabbits while you take in the choice you made. If you accept it and can move on you're good to carry on but if afterwards it feels wrong still then you can reload and not lose any major progress.
It's implied in the journal that Ulfric has stopped helping the Thalmor and has gone rogue. So, no, he isn't a puppet. Ulfric will definitely attack them ASAP when the time is right. I don't side with the Stormcloaks but even I know he's not going to back down to the Aldmeri
@@beardiemom You can't destabilize something that is long dead. The Empire died with the Oblivion Crisis, everything else that remained was just lies on top of good wishes
@@julianogodoy964 Hard disagree, since what remains of the empire was still powerful enough to force the Thalmor into a position where they agreed to an armistice. Just because the Empire isn't ruled by the septims anymore doesn't necessarily mean it's dead, and just fully giving up on it opens the door for the Thalmor to widen their influence.
@@beardiemom The Thalmor don't care about the armistice because the military thing doesn't matter for them. They got access to the White-Gold Tower and to Skyrim (so they can go to the Throat of the World), 2 of the places they need to end the world
A dying empire, for the moment, still being strong enough to fight back hard against an up and coming superpower that overestimated itself and bit off more than it could chew. Those two things are not mutually exclusive.
Number 7: the easy solution for Bethesda is to make unique weapons scale up as you level after you have them as well as before. It will mean your favourite weapon doesn’t become useless but isn’t overpowered early on.
My first playthrough of any elder scrolls game, I killed Cicero the first time as I was blindly loyal to Astrid as I had no idea what the Dark Brotherhood was. Then I got to the betrayal and now I keep Cicero around. Best assassin hype-man a killer could wish for. Had no idea that brand-shei could be spared from jail. Something new to try in the game.
I didn't kill Cicero because of one key moment: he absolutely wants to be the Listener, for the Night Mother to speak to him. He never pretends she did, even though he could fake it. He knows the binding words, he could pretend she chose him. Another thing is: he's happy for you and the DB when you tell him the words. He really wanted for the Night Mother to choose him, but without batting an eye he submits to her will and accepts you as the leader. THAT'S loyalty. Meanwhile, Astrid is dismissive of you being the Listener, even jealous. In her mind, if you look at the dialogue, you just became her rival. So, I thought I'd spare Cicero... I had no idea what the outcome would be, but I couldn't bring myself to kill him. Loyalty must be rewarded, not punished. I see his situation as similar to Delphine asking you to kill Big P. I ain't doing that, I love that dragon.
Even Cicero's "I'm a follower now" dialogue is pure comedy. Not to mention he's one of only a handful to be 100% unkillable outside of their related quest
@@bwestacado9643 pretty much the same guys as far as I'm concerned. It's not like the Brotherhood of Steel and the Brotherhood Outcasts in Fallout 3, where each group has completely different goals and ideals.
@@rainbows_edge Isn't one of the random encounters in Skyrim being attacked by the Morag Tong for being in the Dark Brotherhood? I genuinely can't remember, but I have a vague memory of this happening to me at one point
@@bwestacado9643 the brother hood is a former part of the morag tong but they're enemies and work completely differently and have different morals to call them the same is completely wrong even if they used to be
I have never heard of saving the tree before. I have always sided with the Rieklings, even in my first playthrough; I love having one as a companion with god tier equipment it's funny watching them attack and take down enemies; plus sometimes random Rieklings spawn in and help during fights. As frosting on the cake, the kids love him.
That's what I always do. I have him as a temporary companion. Then, when I get Goldenhills Plantation, I part ways with him, but ask him to be my steward.
It is important to note that while considered an asset, Ulfric is not a Thalmor AGENT. He is still a petty, arrogant, power hungry, short sighted idiot who refuses to see how his actions will doom both the Empire AND Skyrim, but he is not *knowingly* serving the Thalmor's interests.
Regret killing Cicero? Not even once. Regret joining the Stormcloaks? Nope. The Imperials started the game with my head on the block. Their mistake. Regret framing Brand-Shei? Nope. If I had a conscience, I wouldn't have joined the Thieves' Guild or Dark Brotherhood. Bonus points if you slipped a frenzy potion on the groom during the wedding contract. He kills his bride. The crowd frenzies & kills him. You walk out without drawing a weapon.
Yea I saw all the other people in heard argument threads about this and should I dive deeper into all ulfrics dirty secrets sure but at least when I was on the wagon falsely accused as a rebel when I wasn't on name list at least ulfric didn't say forget the damn list we will kill him anyways lol
The Gildergreen is bugged though. If you do the quest "correctly", the old tree never disappears and while you might see the branches of the new tree sticking out of it, it stays right where it is, dead, for the rest of the game. There are mods that fix it, but for the sake of those of us playing on console, the only correct answer is to take the sap yourself and as fast and as straight as you can run down to the bottom to save the pilgrims.
Yeah for real.. I keep him alive though and I turn down the volume when I go into the sanctuary since I have subtitles on, but the talos worshiper in white run gets on my nerves so I always kill him after I become thane..I hate the yelling 😂
@@briansanders8122if you did dark brotherhood you would realise that the emperor wants someone who is stronger and younger than he to take the throne, and if you side with the empire you will find out that they were on the verge of destruction thus the concordat was nessasery to ensure survival, and by skyrim they are recovering their strength to enact the second great war to destroy the falmor once and for all😑
@@KaizeharuMushPlays If the Empire was 'on the verge of destruction', then explain how Hammerfell has held off the Thalmor as a completely independent province.
@@briansanders8122 it wasn't a full invasion force in hammerfell, and to top it off they were fighting in the redgaurds homeland, if the full redgaurd military where to invade summerset the redgaurds would lose, most of the falmor invasion force was focusing on cyrodill not hammerfell at that point in time, if ulfric won the empire would be destroyed easily, and the falmor could take over the other provinces one by one until tamriel is under falmor rule, as the age old saying goes "divided we fall, united we stand" the falmor used the concordat for the divide and conquer strategy, by making their enemies fight each other it will allow them to win in the end, key-point humanity needs to work together to destroy the falmor instead of fighting amongst each other which only works in the falmors favour😑
hes no racist, this guy should be more objective. Skyrim was the land of the nords, where they worshipped Talos, all was taken from then. And when they get mad about this fact theyre called racist.
my dots about ulfric: if he was the "perfect" warrior king stereotype there would be ZERO motivation for the player to join imperials I still side with stormcloaks on most playthroughs, save for roleplay purposes, because it's the choice I myself would make if I was in that situation I also believe there would be more development after the war is over, as in who is to say ulfric will be alive or still be king in the near future? it's very likely that the dragonborn would take his place, especially if something "shady" comes to light... I like to think of my character as an actual person in an actual world, so I'm not forced to be 100% aligned with ulfric's ideals for example from what I saw in game Galmar (ulfric's general if you forgot) is a much more respectable man, you can question him if he only takes nords and he'll give you a pretty fair answer, he also fights alongside you very early on at the jagged crow and gives you compliments when you do stuff well even thought you are just a random argonian recruit or whatever race you picked
remember his ancestor only needed 500 people to commit probably the 3rd biggest act of Racal genocide against elves in history right after penilels stroll and the dwemer erasing themselves
Galmar literally says anyone who doesn’t follow Ulfric can die lmao. “For the Nords”, unless the Nords disagree with his worldview. He is not respectable.
@@Faavtro just like anyone who doesnt follow the empire is dying? kinda obvious. any population whose country is being taken would say something like skyrim for the nords lol
As for Faendal or Sven... I'd say helping Sven is the better idea IF you don't want companions with you. How? While Faendal might hate you, he will still teach you archery up to level 50 and stealing that money back is pretty easy once you have some form to paralazye him (best to do with the pickepocket skill to place poisons on enemies for the least amount of detectability). And at the end of the day you still might not care about any one of them and the lack of actual help makes Sven an even better candidate to use a sacrifice to Boethiah for example. Faendal will thank you through a courier and nobody else has anything to say about it. Not even his own mother.
I use The Blessings of Nature quest to throw a bit of RNG into my game. If Maurice survives the walk from Whiterun to the Eldergreen, I let him convince me to make the moral decision. All he has to do is survive the bandits in Valtheim Towers, survive random encounters, and not aggro my follower during the journey. Maurice has a 60-70% survival rate depending on my level and on whether my stronger mod-enemies show up.
I took him the entire way there and didnt see him do anything at the tree so I just took the sap and fighted my way through bloodshed. Im just finding out the whole point of taking him was to prevent that, I blame the bloodshed on his lazy ass, I protected him all the way through and when I get there Im also supposed to wait for his slow legs too??
"If he survives" lol -Maurice is a mad legend, he'll launch at anything with his bare fists without a second thought. He should have been named Leeroy. Keeping him alive is one of the hardest quests in Skyrim - totally worth it if you can see through the tears of laughter. *Spot several heavily armed bandits ahead. Slowly halt horse and check loadout again *sigh "Now Maurice... Maurice we spoke about this. Maurice, no.... MAURICE!! oh ffs" 🙄 *Eventually cut Gildergreen roots "I had no idea you were man of violence!" Maurice mate, next to you I'm a Priestess of Dibella... I so need a follower mod for him.
I feel some subtle bias in this video, against the Norse. But, honestly, I took their side in the rebellion because I like their architecture and clothes more. Roma legionary is not my coup of tea.
"Subtle" bias? The whole "Stormcloaks bad" entry could be boiled down to "I either didn't read or intentionally misread the Thalmor dossier and choose to call Ulfric a puppet while having 'UNWILLING asset' onscreen"
Their cause is also more noble than the imperials who were subverted by the Thalmor/High Elves and reduced to doing their bidding. Sure there are Ulfric followers who are blindly xenophobic but that does not negate their right to self-determination to the land that has been theirs for millennia.
@@parkmallbaby They are not blindly xenophobic, you would hate people that are controlling your country as well, stop lying. Also by your logic everyone in Skyrim are xenophobic because almost every character shits on some other race or group.
@@gjbsarmeri3957 That's true but I mean to say those types like the drunks in Windhelm in the Candlelight Inn who were unnecessarily miserable and counterproductive to the cause. They were just being mean for no reason they even harrass Argonians who are not even elves.
i had no idea you could lie about Madesi's ring! i'll definitely be going with that the next time i get around to playing Skyrim, just so i can finally actually go through with that questline.
Sven is arguably one of the BEST followers because he has one of the highest level caps out of all of them. His Archery can exceed Faendel's Archery, and he can learn to sneak really well
I remember making two different saves with the Cicero quest. Sister’s outfit was very awesome, but I wanted to see if he will come back or if he will help me out with something in the future if I spare him. Or whatever may happen . I freaked out when I was using my good save that Cicero came back . I’m glad that I stuck with it because he was by far the funniest follower I had.
With Brand-Shei I actually win twice: I simply walk away and keep the ring for my collection, and Brand-Shei remains a merchant. Riften has the most merchants ingame anyway, and this is the best place to sell. Brand-Shei is also a general goods merchant which makes it even more practical. With the Thieves Guild back to their full glory later on and the Fishing questline adding another merchant to Riften the counter is now at 17, the three barkeepers and the meadery included.
Okay here's my list. 1. Killed Cicero (ZERO regrets). 2. Sided with stormcloaks (While Morally reprihensible at times, still a far better choice than bowing down to gold skins). 3. Svens a Prick. Faendal gives archery levels, and wood elves are cool. 4. Never killed spouse. (Did use mods years later in different play-throughs to change spouse). 5. Sided with Rieklings. 6. Took Maurice with me. (Did fuck it up on first play-through). 7. Yeah, everyone makes this mistake. thank christ for mods. 8. Didn't even think about helping Brand-Shei. Will amend for future play-throughs.
If you summon the ancient assassin while going after Cicero, he will say the nightmother and the dreadlord do not want Cicero died. I never join that puppets army. #8 he's released by the time you finish with the guild, at least he always is in my playthroughs
@@inwector like they had a choice. it was ether fight a war they were losing, or make temporary peace to build strangth. you also need to remember that the empire only recently started actually following the terms set forth by the thalmor, and only because Alfric made a huge fuss. untell then, they were ignoring the nords worshiping Talos.
@@craigmccune6066 If they actually had strength to beat the imperials AND the nords at the same time, they wouldnt be making terms of peace. Also, skyrim is kinda too big and far, so at long terms, skyrim would be too risk for them to try to attack directly. Btw they also say that they dont want the imperials to win/lose as well and the imperials letting them inside their territory makes an actual attack even easier because the thalmors will have free acess to information about skyrim army and all
@@craigmccune6066 They could be more lenient on the Nords, they could be more of a nuisince to the Thalmor, but it seems like it's in reverse, they seem (at least General Tullius) to love the thalmor and hate the stormcloaks. The only one that I expect actually supporting the Empire is Elisif, specifically because Ulfric killed her husband, but that's about it. Empire could've just let Skyrim be, and it would be up to the thalmor to control, they needn't spend time, money, men and resources to quell a rebellion for Thalmor.
On the Sven vs Faendal choice, one upside I found to choosing Sven is you can sacrifice him as part of Boethia's quest. For me, the game has always been annoyingly picky about which followers will actually do as I ask and touch the damn altar. Sven always seems to work, though, and it couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
@@hyperboi4077 But Faendal seems like less of an ass to me. Besides, I have the anniversary edition, and I always use Faendal as my steward at Goldenhills Plantation.
@@stevenbart2375 very true Sven’s letter is way more of an a-hole move than Faendal’s. I just use faendal for archery training early on and sacrifice the cannibal follower from namira’s quest
Join the corrupt stormcloaks or the corrupt empire. Hmmm. Well the empire almost executed me even though I wasn't even on their list, so yeah. Stormcloaks every time. Edit: just realized Maven Black-Briar is made jarl of Riften if you joing the empire?? K I'm sorry, but how are there arguments against joining the stormcloaks??
ah.... yes.... yes..... feel your anger! let it consume you from inside out. just kill one soldier named general talius, and your journey towards dark side will be complete.
Ulfric is used by the Thalmor, but he's not an "asset" like he's deliberately working with them. He hates the Thalmor. And the "racism" is no different than the way the elves treat the Nords, its mutual spite because of a very long history of brutality, murder, treachery, and war. And the Stormcloaks didn't try to cut my head off for merely being at a border. The only drawback to the stormcloaks is Jarl Balgruuf. He's a good guy and I hate deposing him.
The businesses almost goes to crap to everyone in whiterun when the stormcloaks take over Adriane: the stormcloaks won't buy from anyone who isnt a nord if I wasn't married to war bear I'd be out of business The woman that gets a lot of attention from men: half the stormcloaks in whiterun have already confessed they're in live with me and two of them got in a fight over me at the bannered mare. At least balgruuf's men bathed regularly, these storncloaks smell of ale and sweat amd their breathes reek
Tulius actually plans to fight the Thalmor at some point. He's just loyal to the empire to a fault. He is thinking strategic. He actually defies the Thalmor at the start of the game. They try to stop Ulfrics execution. You have to use console commands at the start to see it though.
The Thalmor play Divide and Conquer and the Stormcloaks are their useful idiots. Delphine may be Skyrim's greatest dunce but she wasn't wrong for once when she thought the killer elves would have an interest in saving Ulfric. Divided, mankind will fall. Only a rejuvenated and united empire may halt the Southern maniacs.
No if the dragonborne joins the empire I feel like the elves will back off the dragonborne can blow away mountain with his voice I think the dragonborne can deal with the thalmor
But the Thalmor don't win at the end, Ulfric hates them just as much as the Empire. He used them to get what he wanted, and then they betrayed him when they completely outlawed Talos worship in the Reach & Skyrim as a whole. Ulfric only worked with them with the promise that they would allow free worship of Talos
8:00 Brand-Shei is actually told to you if you ask, will only stay in jail for a couple days. And according to the USSEP team there’s evidence in the script for this being intended. As such, if you use USSEP he will be released in a couple days just as Brinjolf explains to you. Basically him being in jail forever is in all likelihood a bug. That or they changed their minds at the last minute and decided it would be permanent but left a bunch of evidence of the original plan.
Okay well when it comes to your number two about the Stormcloaks being worse than the empire, you have to remember that if you're going to go with that route there is no right side because the Empire bowed down to the elves
@@tarektechmarine8209 They want nobody to win so imperials lose more time fighting and wasting resources. Only reason the empire has this peace with them is so they can replenish soldiers and resources and win the 2nd great war, And its in the elves interest that they cannot start the 2nd great war as quick as possible so they have time to do that aswell. If you side with storm cloaks you are basically giving the elves a greater chance to win the 2nd great war which would eventually lead to world conquest. Independent skyrim wouldn't be able to defend themselves against the elves either so if they win the 2nd great war and get some time to replenish then skyrim will fall as well eventually.
@@billybob5553yea but if you are choosing the stormcloaks then they could win cause skyrim would have the aid of the dragonborn tha can literally command an army of dragons to help so either choice you do make that side would have the aid from the draon born so the aldmeri dominion could be wiped out by either side to me its more so been a choice on freedom of religion more then anything
Barbas the greatest dog compainon ever I remember having him follow me around to beat the game and the dlcs and then I did the rest of his quest not knowing what would happen
cicero pissed me off for most of the dark brotherhood questline tbh, killing him was a pretty obvious decision for me. And now i have his cute jester outfit
Not to mention, the new gildergreen sapling is SO cute, like sure old tree restored with sap looks more regal, but the new one? Small and cute and everybody lives! It's a win from every angle!
Number 7: boost your smithing and alchemy skills as well as enchanting skills. Follow the restoration potion loop hack and create an appropriately leveled smithing potion and you'll be fine, just don't overdo it or it gets boring. Also, test the results on similar and inferior weapons before doing a daedric artifact so that you know what percentage increase works for you. I haven't touched dawnbreaker yet but i have zephyr at a comfortable level with this method that won't one hit kill a dragon but keeps it competitive with higher tier bows.
Here’s my issue. Idc if the stormcloaks are racist or whatever, the Thalmor are too so either side is a con in that aspect. Even so, they still allow you to enlist in the Stormcloaks if you are a different race. The Thalmor have a strict Altmer only policy. it also doesn’t interfere with the gameplay apart from maybe a quest or 2. But with the empire, here are some reasons why I’ll never side with the empire again. 1, they try to kill me at the beginning of the game. Even they say I’m not on the list but they kill me anyways. 2, they banish the worship of a god that was once part of the empire. This is beyond hypocritical and should never happen. Anyone should worship who they please. And 3, again, THE GOD DAMN THALMOR!! These elves could easily wipe out the Empire if they wanted to. Look at the Great War. They almost annihilated the empire until the White Gold Concordat was signed. This basically made the empire the Thalmors puppet. The Thalmor are corrupt altmer that also want racial superiority across Tamriel. And during the Oblivion Crisis, AFTER the treaty was signed, where were they? I’m taking the stormcloaks every time because of these reasons. Plus, Ulfric is a much better character then Tullius ever could be. Imo, the empire has more cons than the Stormcloaks. Plus, Ralof is a better written character.
They allow you to join the stormcloaks because ulfric himself isn't a racist but the average stormcloak 100% is. They try to kill you because they need a quick execution of a man that has the voice and is the leader of a rebellion that seeks to destroy empires influence in skyrim so of course they can't think properly. They didn't "banish" talos worshipping, They just temporarily had people do it quietly. There is a reason imperials didn't really look for talos worshippers and even a lot of imperials also worshipped talos. Only because of ulfric did they have to "banish" it completely. The reason the peace even happened is because the imperials ALSO almost annihilated the thalmor, Sure maybe the thalmor would've won but they could easily also have lost. Imperials are only following a few rules in a peace treaty to replenish their forces. If anything the stormcloaks are the puppets considering thalmor literally support their finances and weaponry and would prefer a stormcloak victory if any victory in the civil war. Ulfric and Tullius is personal preference, I can understand liking ulfric as he is a strong nord warrior. But Tullius have his strengths too, Tullius is 100x smarter and is a great stategist and if a world eating dragon didn't appear he would've already ended the civil war long before it would've been a problem.
Actually no, if you read the dossier. It clearly says that a Stormcloak Victory would be just as bad as a Imperial one. Also it would be worse because the Thalmor will be kicked out of Skyrim. I do not know why after all these years people still do not understand the Thalmor want to keep the Stalemate. They do not want him to win. BTW DID YOU PLAY THE GAME?! The empire is literally on its knees to them
My character joins the thieves guild and DB in order to take out both from the inside , along with the Black Briars . I’ll get to the point of being asked to assasinate the emperor then do a heel turn and bring them all down .
I think it doesn't manter whether you pick Imperials or Stormcloacks. You are a game changer, The DragonBorn! I bet whatever path you chose you end up being a new emperor and humble the Talmor.
The Thalmor dossier is the strangest emotionally invested cope I've ever seen brought into a game. Yes a puppet who doesn't cooperate (admitted in the dossier), kills Thalmor, allows Talos worship, and weaponizes the dragonborn. Honestly the dragonborn appearing changes the entire playing field of all dynamics and political intrigue in Tamriel.
Totally agree. The Thalmor want the conflict drawn out as long as possible. The Dragonborn showing up and steamrolling for either side is bad for the Thalmor.
Ulfric isn't racist, he believes Skyrim has been manipulated by foreign interests which is correct. Their culture and religion is being wiped out. The average Nord agrees with Ulfric on this concept. The politics of remaining in the Empire for security is what everyone differs on.
@@tarektechmarine8209The Empire was fighting a losing battle against the Aldmeri Dominion, and reluctantly signed the White-Gold Concordat in order to stop the war. One term within the concordat was that worship of Talos be outlawed. It is hinted at quite a bit that the Empire is simply stalling until they can overcome the Aldmeri Dominion and restore things to how they were before the signing. I agree the Ulfric himself isn't racist, and the racism within the Stormcloak ranks is contained to a small handful of its members as most welcome outsiders as long as they don't want to undo Nordic culture and customs. However, if you listen to Ulfric himself and read the reports written by the Thalmor it becomes pretty obvious that he is a self-centered piece of **** who will sacrifice anything and anyone in order to see himself in power. His claims about wanting to restore Skyrim to its former glory are simply tales he's woven to gain the blind support of a simple people. He killed a boy-king just to eliminate any challenge to his leadership and betrayed his own people by giving actual intel to the Thalmor rather than finding a way to facilitate his own death before he could be forced to talk, as a true and honorable Nord would do if he actually valued his people over himself as he claims. He's a charlatan and a coward, yet he pretends to be the bravest and most selfless of all. I sympathize with the Stormcloaks, but the civil war actually lessens the chances that the Aldmeri Dominion will be stopped from their goal of "becoming gods" (which seems to actually mean destroying the entire plane of Mundus and restoring the Aedra to their former power as it was before mortal life existed).
About Brand-Shei, you don't even have to touch the ring. Just enter a nearby building like Helga's Bunkhouse and the objective will fail, but Brynjolf will still let you join the guild. As a matter of fact you can complete the entirety of the Thieves Guild Questline without stealing a single thing. Including the Grand Larceny targets. All it takes is a little know how.
I felt guilty joining the empire on my 2nd playthrough. Ulrich turned against the Thalmor, while the empire supports them. Besides, the war isn't just about Ulfric. It's about the rights of the people. The Nords may not like other races, but at least they allow them to worship as they wish.
Cicero is the only one loyal to the brotherhood and followed their old code if you have Lucian with you he says Sithis does not want you to kill him Astrid betrays you not Cicero
In total, there are 4 dragons I like in each playthrough. I wouldn't want to kill any of the 4 if I had the choice. Paarthurnax being only 1 of them. 1 of course dies at the hands of Miraak. Wish we could rescue the one stuck in the Soul Cairne.
1:28 #2 "joining the Stormcloaks" after a few playthroughs I totally agree. Even though yes Hadavar made a good point "the Legon didn't make the best first impression" they really are trying to help Skyrim. My decision was made on. "hey I was caught in the facility of where Ulfric Stormcloak was caught and I was sentence to death?" Is a pretty strong reason but also a selfish one. This was also my first Elder Scrolls game. this random feed is making me want to do another playthrough
It was hard for me at first but they under Thalmor thumb and that annoys me especiallly when I was in a Talos shrine getting cleansed and their elven justiciars ambushed me for being a "Talos Worshipper". Ok F these people. From then on I just do the same thing to them and release their prisoners. They have so many gods but they can't accept the 9th god because he was human. Freaking Elves.
I remember back when I first played the game I had Feydal with me as a follower. Sneaking around a ruin full of bandits I drawed my bow and just as I let go to shoot a bandit, he stepped into the path of the shot and took it to the back of the head killing him on the spot.
I find it amazing that he says the Empire is anti-Thalmor, but the Empire sits by letting the Thalmor kill Talos worshippers while the Stormcloaks actually kill the Thalmor on sight.
It's called "diplomacy". Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. The empire just distracts the Thalmor by saying "yes, of course" so they don't notice you building up your forces to attack them and in the mean time, you can find the best spot in their back to plant your dagger.
Sometimes these reasonings feels like reading something a 10 year old would come up with and then I remember that the game is about 12 or so years old. I hope you didn't grow up to be in politics because you clearly don't fit. I also hope you don't ever have to negotiate for anything...
About the dark elf in Rifthen, you can start the quest talking to the guild leader and enter any building. The quest is gonna fail, but you can still join the guild.
I side with the Stormcloaks every time. Due to the distrust I have for an Empire that currently sells its people as slaves to the Thalmor for the sake of a temporary peace treaty... To put it in other words: I don't believe that the Empire is anything more than a puppet-state of the Aldmeri Dominion at this point. The real capital of the Empire isn't in Cyrodiil, it's in Summerset. As for the Imperial leadership and the Legion; they're either complicit or ignorant of it... Tullius is ignorant, too wrapped up in his idealized version of what the Empire used to be that he blinds himself to what it is now. Tidus Mede is complicit, he willingly works for the Thalmor to keep a cushy place on Cyrodiil's throne, even if it means he's a Thalmor puppet.
If i remember correctly, you don't even have to lie to Brynjolf. While he causes the distraction in the market, you can just enter the inn or some other building instead of planting the ring, and he'll just be like "dude you missed the opportunity" and still let you join the guild.
3:32 is why I mod the game. Multiple marriages and marrying anyone. The dragon born as a male must have as many children to fix this broken world as possible.
It's funny how on my first playthrough I got a rare hidden dialogue from the dark brotherhood ghost you summon saying not to kill Cicero. So I didn't and It felt awesome seeing how much the creators of the game cared for it.
You got it back asswards with Ulfric, joinin the Empire is siding with Thalmor, they forbid Talos worship. As for Dawnbreaker and Chillrend you can upgrade em.
The Thalmor want Skyrim weak for an invasion, what better way than a rebellion. Tullius is a genius for playing nice until they have a chance to fight back.
@@crockoclock7771 That journal about Ulfric was written when he was younger and they didn't think he was threat, and if your Thalmor you want a enemy like that, someone who can keep the Empire occupied but can never conquer em, but as we learn that was a mistake on their part.
Ok idk about that book thing with ulfric at all. The empire has literally bent over and spread buttcheeks for the thalmor. And you think the thalmor arent racist the whole war is because of talos (who founded the empire and became a god) and the elves dont believe mankind is superior enough for that to happen. They forced the empire into a contract that makes them go against their founders, the nords. Now idk about some journal from least of all elenwin. Maybe ulfric thought he was gonna die and told her some shit idk but one things for certain, skyrim belongs to the nords! But ive also run into dunmer farmers saying theyre going to windhelm to join the rebellion because skyrim is their home too.
I heard they are reforming the dawnguard, vampire hunters or something, in the old fort near riften, might consider signing up myself
Joining dawnguard is the best decision, you also get that beautiful vampire serena with you as companion. Never join the vampire. It's not worth in the long run also the quest are buggy on the vampire side, killing the vampire gives you more reward and freedom
too bad you took an arrow to the knee
@@softwaremediaguruDawn guard honestly felt unfulfilling for me. There just wasn't enough substance and story on the dawngaurd side and I never was able to get attached to the characters whereas the vampires are actually interesting characters with tangible personality
@@MythicBeanProductions but you have repeatable quest to kill and hunt vampires all the time. you also get to recruit dogs and armored troll if you needed it.
@@softwaremediaguruhow
I like how reiklings just randomly show up and help you out of nowhere you can be anywhere and have a small army show up to battle to help
I know right?
I've always wiped out the dark brotherhood. Every play through before I get to it they send an assassin to kill me. And as Astrid says once a contract is formed there is no calling it off. So to protect myself, they all must die.
I just go join them first thing instead
Wait so you get mad that a group made to assassinate people wants to assassinate you?
Maven is the one who calls the hit in on you
@@YTKipz I haven't interacted with her at all by the time I got one this play through. But I guess I was in riften. I thought it might be one of the hags as the first thing I do is kill the hag/old lady near riverwood. Usually get the thugs to show up from this. I just hate thugs sowing up for a crime I wasn't caught on, but I can buy some hag divined who killed her sister. No thugs this time, but the Dark Brotherhood.
@@highwaysstar I might have to do that on some play through. Just to see the quests.
Biggest regret was full send yeeting one of the Dragon Priest masks of a cliff, never been able to find it since 4 years later. I had no idea.
I tried to put mine in a display case in Lakeside and due to a bug the fucker ended up disappearing out of the case. Oh effin well guess the dragon priest mask quest will never get completed now...
@@ashleighelizabeth5916 ;_;
I lost the Ebony Sword. I think I had it stored in a barrel or something other than the chest or safe in the Arch Mage’s Quarters. I thought all house storage was safe 🤷♂️
@@enigma7355DISASTEEEERRR noo
It wouldn’t bother me so much if I didn’t want to mount it in my house 😂
I had no idea that I could get the sapling for the Gildegreen, or the option to “lose” the ring. That was news to me.
what ring? stormclocks Forever!!!
Storm clocks?@@muhammadsaadmansoor7777Hey, hey let's keep the clockwork city in the clock work city, okay.
Never regretted doing either, though. Neither affects the game play in any way.
@@mikitz -- it's one less vendor to sell loot to. Which may not matter to you, but still a consideration when trying to unload 20 high-value potions
@@mikitzyou have one extra vendor to buy and sell stuff to early game
Correction on 2: If you actually read the journal, Ulfric is not described as an agent of the Thalmor, but an asset.
They are not the same thing. He is uncooperative as the journal says
Never regretted joining the Stormcloaks, that one reeked of personal opinion.
@ikokonoe4814 Maybe so, but one point he made stands regardless. A Skyrim victory is only advantagous for the Thalmor. Ideally, for the Thalmor, this war is long and ends in a Skyrim victory, leaving them an even more weakend Empire and a weakened Skyrim for them to conquor. And Skyrim wouldn't stand a chance. They're struggling against an empire that's rebuilding after a huge war, forget the Thalmor that bent the arm of the Empire behind its back and forced them to sign the WGC.
@@snidechart069doesgaming7the Mede Empire is not worth saving, anyways. It's already weak and corrupt.
No Hammerfalls independence was a blow against the Thalmor. Skyrim can work with them
If you are Imperial then you are an Anti-Thalmor
*Imperials staring at me as i am dying to Thalmor*
So that was a f*cking lie?
With the Thirsk Mead Hall, giving it back to the Nords allows you to have two sellers of Stalthrim on the island, AND you get a map to another fairly large deposit of the mineral.
So your saying it's not a stab in the back as fall damage claims
What second map?
Still not worth it, you also become the little creatures leader after the former leader challengers you to a duel and after you wipe out his remaining life points you become leader and won't be attacked by that race aymore
Where is your humanity
@@philipbarrow9504 That part is not true. You get the map by helping Balder from Skaal village to the north of Thirsk. Nevertheless, it is still dumb to help the rieklings, because you lose the nice blacksmith Halbarn and also the trainer Kuvar. There's also Elmus, who has a silly little mead shop and two quests, and Hilund, who has a spear quest. I can't even begin to imagine why anyone would want to give all that up for a bunch of irritating rieklings.
Number 9: picking up Meridia's Beacon.
A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON
@@Alex_Kass LISTEN, HEAR ME AND OBEY
@@Darkfyre1705 A FOUL DARKNESS HAS SEEPED INTO MY TEMPLE
I’ve been hearing people bitch about the beacon forever, how it’s so deeply annoying and like the worst quest in the game etc. They really made it out like that entire playthrough is fucked the moment you pick up the beacon. I finally got it last week and it was so deeply not a big deal. Probably doesn’t even crack my top 100 most annoying aspects of Skyrim list, especially cuz the weapon is so useful.
@@monhi64 I actually like that quest tbh. It's a good quest, a good Daedra who gives a good item. Ppl get pissed with it, I rlly don't know why since you can just ignore it if you are an veteran player. But I like the memes, so... A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON
Small correction for number 7: Every single daedric artifact is actually not leveled at all. They'll be the exact same at any level.
Yea there aren't that many leveled items. There are only a couple outside Thieves Guild, Dragonborn, and Gauldur quests. The main questline to avoid too early is Thieves Guild since the other leveled items aren't that great.
Indeed, I tend to rush to get ahold of the Mace of Molag Bol as soon as I get done getting free stuff from Riverwood.
@@danikirk5774 The newer weapon, Shadowrend, is also very good early on. While its enchantment may not have much use in the long run, the weapon itself matches that of dragonbone weapons and can be collected will little to no effort whatsoever. If you ever have a greatsword or battleaxe character, that weapon is optimal for a while.
@@Psykonikaar same with the long hammer but damn that can be a massive pain to get since if you go straight for it you absolutely have to rush through and dodge and will still sometimes get blocked
and you can improve some of them like dawnbreaker too
I joined the stormcloaks first playthrough. Never again. Ulfric is at least a former thalmor asset. In addition, war and chaos in Skyrim serve the thalmor's interest. Agree or not, that's how I see it.
He's considered a Thalmor asset because of his open rebellion to the Empire, not because he works for them. And if anyone actually reads the documents, the Thalmor are happy as long as the war continues and neither side wins, not that the Stormcloaks win.
@@Halloweenowl not true they would be happy if the stormcloaks win because that means that the imperial forces would lack alot of nord soldiers, meaning cyrodill is alot easier to take down
Halloween owl speaks the truth because I read the documents myself and they confirm that those High elves fear either side winning.
And besides Skyrim and the Empire are like a married couple where Skyrim is sick and tired of being taken advantage of and wants a divorce.
Why would anybody side with the abusive spouse that is the Empire?
@@NostalgicGamerRickOShay because it's their only chance to beat the thalmor. Ulfric would not win, he was arrested easily by tullius
The banning of Talos is their goal though. Without him getting praise, he weakens and his protection over all mankind will become non-existent. By siding with the Empire you weaken humans and give the Altmer what they need to commit the genocide they crave
I admit, I framed Brand-Shei. That said, at some point he was released because I just ran into him the other day at Haelga's Bunkhouse. 🤷♂️
If you run the Unofficial Patch he's released after a day or two, if not it's a life sentence.
I intentionally fail the first thieves guild quest cause he’s actually a good merchant to keep around. I normally just grab the ring then drop it on the ground then you can go up to brynjolf and tell him you lost the ring.
@@hyperboi4077im pretty sure you can fail pretty much every side objective in the thieves guild and brynjolf will still want you to be guild master by the end. Hilarious really
@@jackpitman15 yeah I loved oblivion’s quests more in that regard. To attain higher levels within a faction you have to show commitment to their cause and show mastery of the skill. The dark brotherhood purification mission was top notch in this regard.
I wish there was an option to become a weapons supplier for him. Lore/Story wise.
I have to disagree with the last one. Brand-Shei is locked in prison for only 7 days and after that he returns to his kiosk. There is a known bug which locks him up forever, but you can fix it with console command(set TG00BrandSheiJail to 0) or unofficial patch.
Is it only for the PC?
@@justFreya5 I cannot confirm it, nor deny)) Sorry, i have no info on this bug concerning all other platforms.
@@justFreya5 I do not know if the bug is on consoles but you could always just lose the ring in a random barrel and talk to the guy that gave the quest, Brand-Shei doesn't get arrested and you can still join the Thieves Guild.
@redacted1093 yeah it's a little too late I don't want to restart lol
It's not true for Xbox. I still don't have the lovely elf. :(
On the darker side... taking Sven to be sacrificed to Boethiah doesn't hurt your game the way another companion might. And the sacrifice has to be a follower.
That's what I always do with him.
I just take Ralis from Solstheim. It's what he deserves
Yeah but that means you're doing boethiah's quest so
I either get Benor (beat him in a brawl in Morthal) or Stenvar (in Candlehearth Hall in Windhelm) for sacrifice to Boethiah. Non-important hireling followers.
The sacrifice spot always goes to Marcurio for me. Can stand that insufferable git!
Dawnbreaker does the same base damage at every level. It doesn't matter when you get it.
Is it possible to refine it?
@@Mandutumuch619 yes and is also of course affected by your 1 hand skill and perks.
Its just that bad?
@@jackpitman15 No. This doesn't mean it's bad. It just means at 0 skill 0 perks 0 refining it will do the same damage at level 1 as it would at level 100000000000000.
That phrase and Meridia's voice alone is the reason I no longer just blanket swipe everything from a chest. "A new hand touches the beacon" and I'm restarting the game from my last save before picking it up. I don't care if there is a unique sword at the end of it.
That's why you always quicksave and then do some small insignificant things like pickpocketing and running around after rabbits while you take in the choice you made. If you accept it and can move on you're good to carry on but if afterwards it feels wrong still then you can reload and not lose any major progress.
Exactly
It's implied in the journal that Ulfric has stopped helping the Thalmor and has gone rogue. So, no, he isn't a puppet. Ulfric will definitely attack them ASAP when the time is right. I don't side with the Stormcloaks but even I know he's not going to back down to the Aldmeri
Ulfric never knowingly helped the Thalmor, that's the point. He's just very easily manipulated into destabilizing the Empire.
@@beardiemom You can't destabilize something that is long dead. The Empire died with the Oblivion Crisis, everything else that remained was just lies on top of good wishes
@@julianogodoy964 Hard disagree, since what remains of the empire was still powerful enough to force the Thalmor into a position where they agreed to an armistice.
Just because the Empire isn't ruled by the septims anymore doesn't necessarily mean it's dead, and just fully giving up on it opens the door for the Thalmor to widen their influence.
@@beardiemom The Thalmor don't care about the armistice because the military thing doesn't matter for them. They got access to the White-Gold Tower and to Skyrim (so they can go to the Throat of the World), 2 of the places they need to end the world
A dying empire, for the moment, still being strong enough to fight back hard against an up and coming superpower that overestimated itself and bit off more than it could chew. Those two things are not mutually exclusive.
Number 7: the easy solution for Bethesda is to make unique weapons scale up as you level after you have them as well as before. It will mean your favourite weapon doesn’t become useless but isn’t overpowered early on.
I was always mad about just how bad Red Eagles Bane was. Too much work for a slightly enchanted nord sword
I've never seen Brand-shei disappear. He always comes back to his stall for me after serving a short sentence
I’ve never had him come back. He’s always still in jail even after completing the thieves guild questline
@@rangerlove7 The unofficial patch fixes the bug that keeps him in jail.
He gets life every walktrough, which is quite annoying being a vendor.
My first playthrough of any elder scrolls game, I killed Cicero the first time as I was blindly loyal to Astrid as I had no idea what the Dark Brotherhood was.
Then I got to the betrayal and now I keep Cicero around. Best assassin hype-man a killer could wish for.
Had no idea that brand-shei could be spared from jail. Something new to try in the game.
I didn't kill Cicero because of one key moment: he absolutely wants to be the Listener, for the Night Mother to speak to him. He never pretends she did, even though he could fake it. He knows the binding words, he could pretend she chose him. Another thing is: he's happy for you and the DB when you tell him the words. He really wanted for the Night Mother to choose him, but without batting an eye he submits to her will and accepts you as the leader. THAT'S loyalty. Meanwhile, Astrid is dismissive of you being the Listener, even jealous. In her mind, if you look at the dialogue, you just became her rival. So, I thought I'd spare Cicero... I had no idea what the outcome would be, but I couldn't bring myself to kill him. Loyalty must be rewarded, not punished. I see his situation as similar to Delphine asking you to kill Big P. I ain't doing that, I love that dragon.
Oh, Listener, that tickles!
same
Even Cicero's "I'm a follower now" dialogue is pure comedy. Not to mention he's one of only a handful to be 100% unkillable outside of their related quest
Amd with maximum sneak he's good for stealth missions
The Dark Brotherhood tried to kill me in Morrowind, repeatedly. I execute them with extreme prejudice in Skyrim.
Wouldn't that be the Morag Tong? They're separate entities
@@bwestacado9643 pretty much the same guys as far as I'm concerned. It's not like the Brotherhood of Steel and the Brotherhood Outcasts in Fallout 3, where each group has completely different goals and ideals.
@singjai108 but they not
@@rainbows_edge Isn't one of the random encounters in Skyrim being attacked by the Morag Tong for being in the Dark Brotherhood? I genuinely can't remember, but I have a vague memory of this happening to me at one point
@@bwestacado9643 the brother hood is a former part of the morag tong but they're enemies and work completely differently and have different morals to call them the same is completely wrong
even if they used to be
Forgot about our boy Parthurnax
What about it? I would say killing him and not killing him are both valid options either way.
Kill him after he helped you defeat alduin that's a definite stab in the back
Kill him after he helps you defeat alduin will make you regret killing him after, your stabbing both parthurnaax and the Grey beards in the back
@@hyperboi4077 What kind of monster thinks killing Partysnaax is a valid option
@@d1nodraypartysnaax 😭
I have never heard of saving the tree before. I have always sided with the Rieklings, even in my first playthrough; I love having one as a companion with god tier equipment it's funny watching them attack and take down enemies; plus sometimes random Rieklings spawn in and help during fights. As frosting on the cake, the kids love him.
I love how there is still Skyrim content still being made!!!
I regret killing Lydia on accident
I’ve done that to a lot of my followers but I always go to my last save because I would miss them 😢
She does annoy me for charging in fights. She really gets killed alot that's why I just replace her.
I regret killing her by accident, at least 20 times.
Just go solo
She always seems to get in the way of my magic blasts, so she catches on fire at least once a fight. 😒
Actually, Sven makes a good steward for Goldhills Plantation, so he's not a bad choice.
That's what I always do. I have him as a temporary companion. Then, when I get Goldenhills Plantation, I part ways with him, but ask him to be my steward.
Couldn't you just do that with the other guy though?
@@fiyahquacker2835 yeah but Sven plays music
@ilovekpop-wu6em you choose music over indefinitely leveling yourself up for archery. The choice is obvious
Always faendal
It is important to note that while considered an asset, Ulfric is not a Thalmor AGENT. He is still a petty, arrogant, power hungry, short sighted idiot who refuses to see how his actions will doom both the Empire AND Skyrim, but he is not *knowingly* serving the Thalmor's interests.
Regret killing Cicero? Not even once.
Regret joining the Stormcloaks? Nope. The Imperials started the game with my head on the block. Their mistake.
Regret framing Brand-Shei? Nope. If I had a conscience, I wouldn't have joined the Thieves' Guild or Dark Brotherhood.
Bonus points if you slipped a frenzy potion on the groom during the wedding contract. He kills his bride. The crowd frenzies & kills him. You walk out without drawing a weapon.
Solid reasonings. 👍
Yea I saw all the other people in heard argument threads about this and should I dive deeper into all ulfrics dirty secrets sure but at least when I was on the wagon falsely accused as a rebel when I wasn't on name list at least ulfric didn't say forget the damn list we will kill him anyways lol
Bro is a menace for that last one
Ok you are a nord not a true one but a nord no less
@@Azrael_The_Helldiver ? "Not a TRUE nord"?
The Gildergreen is bugged though. If you do the quest "correctly", the old tree never disappears and while you might see the branches of the new tree sticking out of it, it stays right where it is, dead, for the rest of the game. There are mods that fix it, but for the sake of those of us playing on console, the only correct answer is to take the sap yourself and as fast and as straight as you can run down to the bottom to save the pilgrims.
i usually would pretend everything was alright but now i just get the mod
@@victorgalva23 I just found the mod for the PS4, I didn't realize it had been ported over.
i do
I learned two new things today. After a decade and over 5k hours playing there are still things I don't know. Love it.
No regrets about killing Cicero. His voice is like nails on a chalkboard.
Sacrifice him if anything. Killing him during the quest is a bad choice.
Yep.. HATE his irritating voice
Yeah for real.. I keep him alive though and I turn down the volume when I go into the sanctuary since I have subtitles on, but the talos worshiper in white run gets on my nerves so I always kill him after I become thane..I hate the yelling 😂
@@mattiet.4451 How can you hate Heimskr? He's only the second most annoying NPC second to Nazeem.
@@signd6298 The most annoying NPC is actually every Thalmor.
Siding with the Stormcloaks is helping the Thalmor, so we should be joining the Empire who are in alliance with the Thalmor, got it.
I can never take Empire supporters seriously when they make that claim.
@@briansanders8122 exactly man, I don't get it. It's nonsensical.
@@briansanders8122if you did dark brotherhood you would realise that the emperor wants someone who is stronger and younger than he to take the throne, and if you side with the empire you will find out that they were on the verge of destruction thus the concordat was nessasery to ensure survival, and by skyrim they are recovering their strength to enact the second great war to destroy the falmor once and for all😑
@@KaizeharuMushPlays If the Empire was 'on the verge of destruction', then explain how Hammerfell has held off the Thalmor as a completely independent province.
@@briansanders8122 it wasn't a full invasion force in hammerfell, and to top it off they were fighting in the redgaurds homeland, if the full redgaurd military where to invade summerset the redgaurds would lose, most of the falmor invasion force was focusing on cyrodill not hammerfell at that point in time, if ulfric won the empire would be destroyed easily, and the falmor could take over the other provinces one by one until tamriel is under falmor rule, as the age old saying goes "divided we fall, united we stand" the falmor used the concordat for the divide and conquer strategy, by making their enemies fight each other it will allow them to win in the end, key-point humanity needs to work together to destroy the falmor instead of fighting amongst each other which only works in the falmors favour😑
I am never sorry about killing cicero, he is annoying as hell.
Agreed. I found him obnoxious.
@@thetwinskull I'd say the problem is his voice
@@stoxxed His voice and speech patterns. The only one that's worse is Hermaeus Mora.
Yeah Hermaeus is like Snape in the HP movies except when he speaks slow it's soooooo boring@@andrevandervlies5700
Y’all are no fun. Cicero is one of the best npc’s in the game. And surprisingly has almost as much lore as Ulfric Stormcloak.
i once heard Sven saying "i suppose master Neloth won't mind" after i asked him to follow me
"Racist beliefs" Just wait till you realize what the Empire did to morrowind 😭😭😭
hes no racist, this guy should be more objective.
Skyrim was the land of the nords, where they worshipped Talos, all was taken from then. And when they get mad about this fact theyre called racist.
@@magical5181yeah but skyrim ISNT for the nords. before nords we're dwemer and snow elves. nords are colonizers
@@boyautopsy based
@@boyautopsy fuck those elves
@@boyautopsy Skyrim IS for the Nords, they have been living there for millenia now.
I never regret picking The Stormcloaks; because Maven Black-Briar loses. And that's all that matters.
my dots about ulfric: if he was the "perfect" warrior king stereotype there would be ZERO motivation for the player to join imperials
I still side with stormcloaks on most playthroughs, save for roleplay purposes, because it's the choice I myself would make if I was in that situation
I also believe there would be more development after the war is over, as in who is to say ulfric will be alive or still be king in the near future? it's very likely that the dragonborn would take his place, especially if something "shady" comes to light... I like to think of my character as an actual person in an actual world, so I'm not forced to be 100% aligned with ulfric's ideals
for example from what I saw in game Galmar (ulfric's general if you forgot) is a much more respectable man, you can question him if he only takes nords and he'll give you a pretty fair answer, he also fights alongside you very early on at the jagged crow and gives you compliments when you do stuff well even thought you are just a random argonian recruit or whatever race you picked
agreed
Same exact thoughts on this.
remember his ancestor only needed 500 people to commit probably the 3rd biggest act of Racal genocide against elves in history right after penilels stroll and the dwemer erasing themselves
Galmar literally says anyone who doesn’t follow Ulfric can die lmao. “For the Nords”, unless the Nords disagree with his worldview. He is not respectable.
@@Faavtro just like anyone who doesnt follow the empire is dying? kinda obvious. any population whose country is being taken would say something like skyrim for the nords lol
As for Faendal or Sven... I'd say helping Sven is the better idea IF you don't want companions with you. How? While Faendal might hate you, he will still teach you archery up to level 50 and stealing that money back is pretty easy once you have some form to paralazye him (best to do with the pickepocket skill to place poisons on enemies for the least amount of detectability). And at the end of the day you still might not care about any one of them and the lack of actual help makes Sven an even better candidate to use a sacrifice to Boethiah for example. Faendal will thank you through a courier and nobody else has anything to say about it. Not even his own mother.
I don't know, I personally prefer feeding Ralis Sedarys to Boethiah. The guy _did_ kill all of those miners after all.
Just backstab both Sven and Faendal and steal Camilla for yourself. 🤣
I go with Faendal as he always becomes my steward at Goldenhills☺️
@@kaworunagisa4009 he is my choice for sacrifice, too…mainly because he cost me 11,000 septims!
@@thomasaitken7495but faendal will be visiting her frequently so make him a blade and if possible he won't visit frequently
I use The Blessings of Nature quest to throw a bit of RNG into my game. If Maurice survives the walk from Whiterun to the Eldergreen, I let him convince me to make the moral decision. All he has to do is survive the bandits in Valtheim Towers, survive random encounters, and not aggro my follower during the journey. Maurice has a 60-70% survival rate depending on my level and on whether my stronger mod-enemies show up.
I took him the entire way there and didnt see him do anything at the tree so I just took the sap and fighted my way through bloodshed.
Im just finding out the whole point of taking him was to prevent that, I blame the bloodshed on his lazy ass, I protected him all the way through and when I get there Im also supposed to wait for his slow legs too??
"If he survives" lol -Maurice is a mad legend, he'll launch at anything with his bare fists without a second thought.
He should have been named Leeroy. Keeping him alive is one of the hardest quests in Skyrim - totally worth it if you can see through the tears of laughter.
*Spot several heavily armed bandits ahead. Slowly halt horse and check loadout again *sigh
"Now Maurice... Maurice we spoke about this. Maurice, no.... MAURICE!!
oh ffs" 🙄
*Eventually cut Gildergreen roots
"I had no idea you were man of violence!"
Maurice mate, next to you I'm a Priestess of Dibella...
I so need a follower mod for him.
I feel some subtle bias in this video, against the Norse. But, honestly, I took their side in the rebellion because I like their architecture and clothes more. Roma legionary is not my coup of tea.
"Subtle" bias? The whole "Stormcloaks bad" entry could be boiled down to "I either didn't read or intentionally misread the Thalmor dossier and choose to call Ulfric a puppet while having 'UNWILLING asset' onscreen"
Their cause is also more noble than the imperials who were subverted by the Thalmor/High Elves and reduced to doing their bidding. Sure there are Ulfric followers who are blindly xenophobic but that does not negate their right to self-determination to the land that has been theirs for millennia.
@@parkmallbaby They are not blindly xenophobic, you would hate people that are controlling your country as well, stop lying. Also by your logic everyone in Skyrim are xenophobic because almost every character shits on some other race or group.
@@gjbsarmeri3957 That's true but I mean to say those types like the drunks in Windhelm in the Candlelight Inn who were unnecessarily miserable and counterproductive to the cause. They were just being mean for no reason they even harrass Argonians who are not even elves.
The Stormcloaks are Thalmor assets.
i had no idea you could lie about Madesi's ring! i'll definitely be going with that the next time i get around to playing Skyrim, just so i can finally actually go through with that questline.
Sven is arguably one of the BEST followers because he has one of the highest level caps out of all of them. His Archery can exceed Faendel's Archery, and he can learn to sneak really well
I remember making two different saves with the Cicero quest. Sister’s outfit was very awesome, but I wanted to see if he will come back or if he will help me out with something in the future if I spare him.
Or whatever may happen .
I freaked out when I was using my good save that Cicero came back . I’m glad that I stuck with it because he was by far the funniest follower I had.
With Brand-Shei I actually win twice: I simply walk away and keep the ring for my collection, and Brand-Shei remains a merchant. Riften has the most merchants ingame anyway, and this is the best place to sell. Brand-Shei is also a general goods merchant which makes it even more practical.
With the Thieves Guild back to their full glory later on and the Fishing questline adding another merchant to Riften the counter is now at 17, the three barkeepers and the meadery included.
Amd the theives merchant will purchase stolen goods too
Okay here's my list.
1. Killed Cicero (ZERO regrets).
2. Sided with stormcloaks (While Morally reprihensible at times, still a far better choice than bowing down to gold skins).
3. Svens a Prick. Faendal gives archery levels, and wood elves are cool.
4. Never killed spouse. (Did use mods years later in different play-throughs to change spouse).
5. Sided with Rieklings.
6. Took Maurice with me. (Did fuck it up on first play-through).
7. Yeah, everyone makes this mistake. thank christ for mods.
8. Didn't even think about helping Brand-Shei. Will amend for future play-throughs.
The reason I regreted joining the stormcloaks was how disappointed Balgruuf got with me. I felt hurt and reloaded the save and joined the imperials
Getting Brand Shei to jail also cuts off his personal quest about which i guess not many people really know
If you summon the ancient assassin while going after Cicero, he will say the nightmother and the dreadlord do not want Cicero died. I never join that puppets army. #8 he's released by the time you finish with the guild, at least he always is in my playthroughs
To be honest I never had any regret over framing Brand-shei. To join the Theives guild.
Pro empire anti-Thalmor? Hardly! I don't remember the Storm Cloaks bending forward and allowing the Thalmor to do a reach-around.
What he is saying is that the storm-cloaks wining only helps the thalmor, as it splits the non-elves in two, making it easier to take over.
@@craigmccune6066 then the non-elves should've not sided with the elves and bent over for them.
@@inwector like they had a choice. it was ether fight a war they were losing, or make temporary peace to build strangth. you also need to remember that the empire only recently started actually following the terms set forth by the thalmor, and only because Alfric made a huge fuss. untell then, they were ignoring the nords worshiping Talos.
@@craigmccune6066 If they actually had strength to beat the imperials AND the nords at the same time, they wouldnt be making terms of peace. Also, skyrim is kinda too big and far, so at long terms, skyrim would be too risk for them to try to attack directly.
Btw they also say that they dont want the imperials to win/lose as well and the imperials letting them inside their territory makes an actual attack even easier because the thalmors will have free acess to information about skyrim army and all
@@craigmccune6066 They could be more lenient on the Nords, they could be more of a nuisince to the Thalmor, but it seems like it's in reverse, they seem (at least General Tullius) to love the thalmor and hate the stormcloaks. The only one that I expect actually supporting the Empire is Elisif, specifically because Ulfric killed her husband, but that's about it. Empire could've just let Skyrim be, and it would be up to the thalmor to control, they needn't spend time, money, men and resources to quell a rebellion for Thalmor.
On the Sven vs Faendal choice, one upside I found to choosing Sven is you can sacrifice him as part of Boethia's quest. For me, the game has always been annoyingly picky about which followers will actually do as I ask and touch the damn altar. Sven always seems to work, though, and it couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
Faendal works for that as well.
@@hyperboi4077your giving up your increasing your archery skill for free
Ralis sounds like a better choice
@@hyperboi4077 But Faendal seems like less of an ass to me. Besides, I have the anniversary edition, and I always use Faendal as my steward at Goldenhills Plantation.
@@stevenbart2375 very true Sven’s letter is way more of an a-hole move than Faendal’s. I just use faendal for archery training early on and sacrifice the cannibal follower from namira’s quest
Join the corrupt stormcloaks or the corrupt empire. Hmmm. Well the empire almost executed me even though I wasn't even on their list, so yeah. Stormcloaks every time.
Edit: just realized Maven Black-Briar is made jarl of Riften if you joing the empire?? K I'm sorry, but how are there arguments against joining the stormcloaks??
Also Ulfric feels more fleshed out...he is a man that cares deeply for his people and just wants what's best for them
ah.... yes.... yes..... feel your anger! let it consume you from inside out. just kill one soldier named general talius, and your journey towards dark side will be complete.
That is right. I was not on any list bitches and I don't remember the Storm Cloaks wanting to kill me.
@@cyberfox2936cause ulfric has so much care for the Dunmer in windhelm yeah 🤔
@@doom1trick291idk if u noticed but his people are the nords not the dunmer
Only reason to help Sven is to use him for a sacrifice for one of the daedra quests.
Ulfric is used by the Thalmor, but he's not an "asset" like he's deliberately working with them. He hates the Thalmor. And the "racism" is no different than the way the elves treat the Nords, its mutual spite because of a very long history of brutality, murder, treachery, and war. And the Stormcloaks didn't try to cut my head off for merely being at a border. The only drawback to the stormcloaks is Jarl Balgruuf. He's a good guy and I hate deposing him.
Do you know wgat happens when you join the imperials. I'm not talking about it being bad
The businesses almost goes to crap to everyone in whiterun when the stormcloaks take over
Adriane: the stormcloaks won't buy from anyone who isnt a nord if I wasn't married to war bear I'd be out of business
The woman that gets a lot of attention from men: half the stormcloaks in whiterun have already confessed they're in live with me and two of them got in a fight over me at the bannered mare. At least balgruuf's men bathed regularly, these storncloaks smell of ale and sweat amd their breathes reek
Stormcloaks is the way to go. What...give Skyrim to the Thalmor? 🙄😉
You are a True nord
Your anti-thalmor when you join imperials is what he states
Tulius actually plans to fight the Thalmor at some point. He's just loyal to the empire to a fault. He is thinking strategic. He actually defies the Thalmor at the start of the game. They try to stop Ulfrics execution. You have to use console commands at the start to see it though.
The Thalmor play Divide and Conquer and the Stormcloaks are their useful idiots. Delphine may be Skyrim's greatest dunce but she wasn't wrong for once when she thought the killer elves would have an interest in saving Ulfric.
Divided, mankind will fall. Only a rejuvenated and united empire may halt the Southern maniacs.
No if the dragonborne joins the empire I feel like the elves will back off the dragonborne can blow away mountain with his voice I think the dragonborne can deal with the thalmor
I am a simple man. Empire tried to kill me. Empire is my enemy. Don't care if thalmor wins in the end.
But the Thalmor don't win at the end, Ulfric hates them just as much as the Empire. He used them to get what he wanted, and then they betrayed him when they completely outlawed Talos worship in the Reach & Skyrim as a whole. Ulfric only worked with them with the promise that they would allow free worship of Talos
Being a simple man is a flaw my dude.
My warhammer says otherwise
@@beng2469 it really doesn't 😅
Ok
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Brand-Shei is actually told to you if you ask, will only stay in jail for a couple days. And according to the USSEP team there’s evidence in the script for this being intended. As such, if you use USSEP he will be released in a couple days just as Brinjolf explains to you.
Basically him being in jail forever is in all likelihood a bug. That or they changed their minds at the last minute and decided it would be permanent but left a bunch of evidence of the original plan.
Okay well when it comes to your number two about the Stormcloaks being worse than the empire, you have to remember that if you're going to go with that route there is no right side because the Empire bowed down to the elves
They state a storm cloak victory is not allowed in the same sentence they want the rebellion to continue. So yes, Storm cloaks is the right option.
@@tarektechmarine8209 They want nobody to win so imperials lose more time fighting and wasting resources.
Only reason the empire has this peace with them is so they can replenish soldiers and resources and win the 2nd great war, And its in the elves interest that they cannot start the 2nd great war as quick as possible so they have time to do that aswell.
If you side with storm cloaks you are basically giving the elves a greater chance to win the 2nd great war which would eventually lead to world conquest.
Independent skyrim wouldn't be able to defend themselves against the elves either so if they win the 2nd great war and get some time to replenish then skyrim will fall as well eventually.
@@tarektechmarine8209 Found the Thalmor Agent.
@@billybob5553yea but if you are choosing the stormcloaks then they could win cause skyrim would have the aid of the dragonborn tha can literally command an army of dragons to help so either choice you do make that side would have the aid from the draon born so the aldmeri dominion could be wiped out by either side to me its more so been a choice on freedom of religion more then anything
And I choose stormcloak simply because when my name wasn't on the prisnors list the stormclaok didn't say forget the list we will execute him anyway
Barbas the greatest dog compainon ever I remember having him follow me around to beat the game and the dlcs and then I did the rest of his quest not knowing what would happen
First regret Updating to latest version
Pro move: I keep Sven as a follower for the blades. Faendal is food for the essence extractor, being a rare wood elf.
No regrets. 😊 Thanks for the video. Skyrim 4 Life! ❤
cicero pissed me off for most of the dark brotherhood questline tbh, killing him was a pretty obvious decision for me. And now i have his cute jester outfit
Choosing the Stormcloaks is the best choice in the game, no regrets!
Based
I agree stormcloaks are awesome
Not to mention, the new gildergreen sapling is SO cute, like sure old tree restored with sap looks more regal, but the new one? Small and cute and everybody lives! It's a win from every angle!
“a nEw HaNd ToUChEs tHe BeACoN¡!”
F**k that
Number 7: boost your smithing and alchemy skills as well as enchanting skills. Follow the restoration potion loop hack and create an appropriately leveled smithing potion and you'll be fine, just don't overdo it or it gets boring. Also, test the results on similar and inferior weapons before doing a daedric artifact so that you know what percentage increase works for you. I haven't touched dawnbreaker yet but i have zephyr at a comfortable level with this method that won't one hit kill a dragon but keeps it competitive with higher tier bows.
2:27 Here is the skip button to go from 1 to 3.
"Can't just throw the big logs on the fire. Got to have the little bits too"
Here’s my issue. Idc if the stormcloaks are racist or whatever, the Thalmor are too so either side is a con in that aspect. Even so, they still allow you to enlist in the Stormcloaks if you are a different race. The Thalmor have a strict Altmer only policy. it also doesn’t interfere with the gameplay apart from maybe a quest or 2. But with the empire, here are some reasons why I’ll never side with the empire again. 1, they try to kill me at the beginning of the game. Even they say I’m not on the list but they kill me anyways. 2, they banish the worship of a god that was once part of the empire. This is beyond hypocritical and should never happen. Anyone should worship who they please. And 3, again, THE GOD DAMN THALMOR!! These elves could easily wipe out the Empire if they wanted to. Look at the Great War. They almost annihilated the empire until the White Gold Concordat was signed. This basically made the empire the Thalmors puppet. The Thalmor are corrupt altmer that also want racial superiority across Tamriel. And during the Oblivion Crisis, AFTER the treaty was signed, where were they? I’m taking the stormcloaks every time because of these reasons. Plus, Ulfric is a much better character then Tullius ever could be. Imo, the empire has more cons than the Stormcloaks. Plus, Ralof is a better written character.
agreed
All races are racist in the elder scrolls even dark elves who kept slaves
@@Twilight24682 imagine comparing our world to fantasy that has its own history when not far back we were very much the same.
They allow you to join the stormcloaks because ulfric himself isn't a racist but the average stormcloak 100% is.
They try to kill you because they need a quick execution of a man that has the voice and is the leader of a rebellion that seeks to destroy empires influence in skyrim so of course they can't think properly.
They didn't "banish" talos worshipping, They just temporarily had people do it quietly. There is a reason imperials didn't really look for talos worshippers and even a lot of imperials also worshipped talos. Only because of ulfric did they have to "banish" it completely.
The reason the peace even happened is because the imperials ALSO almost annihilated the thalmor, Sure maybe the thalmor would've won but they could easily also have lost. Imperials are only following a few rules in a peace treaty to replenish their forces. If anything the stormcloaks are the puppets considering thalmor literally support their finances and weaponry and would prefer a stormcloak victory if any victory in the civil war.
Ulfric and Tullius is personal preference, I can understand liking ulfric as he is a strong nord warrior. But Tullius have his strengths too, Tullius is 100x smarter and is a great stategist and if a world eating dragon didn't appear he would've already ended the civil war long before it would've been a problem.
@@Twilight24682 they don't keep slaves anymore
Delivering Sven's letter then taking him on a journey across Tamriel so he becomes worthy is peak character development.
Actually no, if you read the dossier. It clearly says that a Stormcloak Victory would be just as bad as a Imperial one. Also it would be worse because the Thalmor will be kicked out of Skyrim. I do not know why after all these years people still do not understand the Thalmor want to keep the Stalemate. They do not want him to win. BTW DID YOU PLAY THE GAME?! The empire is literally on its knees to them
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Dawnbreaker is actually unique in that it does not scale. It will always have the same stats regardless of when you obtain it.
My character joins the thieves guild and DB in order to take out both from the inside , along with the Black Briars . I’ll get to the point of being asked to assasinate the emperor then do a heel turn and bring them all down .
I think it doesn't manter whether you pick Imperials or Stormcloacks. You are a game changer, The DragonBorn! I bet whatever path you chose you end up being a new emperor and humble the Talmor.
It is the Talos story repeating itself.
The Thalmor dossier is the strangest emotionally invested cope I've ever seen brought into a game. Yes a puppet who doesn't cooperate (admitted in the dossier), kills Thalmor, allows Talos worship, and weaponizes the dragonborn. Honestly the dragonborn appearing changes the entire playing field of all dynamics and political intrigue in Tamriel.
Totally agree. The Thalmor want the conflict drawn out as long as possible. The Dragonborn showing up and steamrolling for either side is bad for the Thalmor.
I love how this game came out like 13 years ago but we’re still foaming for new content
Ulfric isn't racist, he believes Skyrim has been manipulated by foreign interests which is correct.
Their culture and religion is being wiped out. The average Nord agrees with Ulfric on this concept.
The politics of remaining in the Empire for security is what everyone differs on.
Yep, Skyrim for the Nords, The empire has abandoned Talos and in so sided with the enemy.
@@tarektechmarine8209The Empire was fighting a losing battle against the Aldmeri Dominion, and reluctantly signed the White-Gold Concordat in order to stop the war. One term within the concordat was that worship of Talos be outlawed.
It is hinted at quite a bit that the Empire is simply stalling until they can overcome the Aldmeri Dominion and restore things to how they were before the signing.
I agree the Ulfric himself isn't racist, and the racism within the Stormcloak ranks is contained to a small handful of its members as most welcome outsiders as long as they don't want to undo Nordic culture and customs. However, if you listen to Ulfric himself and read the reports written by the Thalmor it becomes pretty obvious that he is a self-centered piece of **** who will sacrifice anything and anyone in order to see himself in power. His claims about wanting to restore Skyrim to its former glory are simply tales he's woven to gain the blind support of a simple people. He killed a boy-king just to eliminate any challenge to his leadership and betrayed his own people by giving actual intel to the Thalmor rather than finding a way to facilitate his own death before he could be forced to talk, as a true and honorable Nord would do if he actually valued his people over himself as he claims.
He's a charlatan and a coward, yet he pretends to be the bravest and most selfless of all.
I sympathize with the Stormcloaks, but the civil war actually lessens the chances that the Aldmeri Dominion will be stopped from their goal of "becoming gods" (which seems to actually mean destroying the entire plane of Mundus and restoring the Aedra to their former power as it was before mortal life existed).
100% agreed. I was done with the video at that point. Imperial bootlickers.
About Brand-Shei, you don't even have to touch the ring. Just enter a nearby building like Helga's Bunkhouse and the objective will fail, but Brynjolf will still let you join the guild. As a matter of fact you can complete the entirety of the Thieves Guild Questline without stealing a single thing. Including the Grand Larceny targets. All it takes is a little know how.
4:01 since when exactly can you dragon suplex people in skyrim?
Close enough... Welcome back, Fudgemuppet!
I felt guilty joining the empire on my 2nd playthrough. Ulrich turned against the Thalmor, while the empire supports them. Besides, the war isn't just about Ulfric. It's about the rights of the people. The Nords may not like other races, but at least they allow them to worship as they wish.
never under any circustance i've feel any regret joining the stormcloaks
When you said "immediately regret", the first thing I thought was Meridia's Beacon. Regret doesn't get any more immediate than that.
Stormcloaks for Life, and Cicero MUST die, He betrayed us
Stormcloaks for Life but Cicero is the most loyal mf'er to the Brotherhood even if he's coocoo.
Cicero is the only one loyal to the brotherhood and followed their old code if you have Lucian with you he says Sithis does not want you to kill him Astrid betrays you not Cicero
Honestly I think every player has this problem because I don’t wanna kill paarthurnax and I also wanna go on dragon hunts…
In total, there are 4 dragons I like in each playthrough. I wouldn't want to kill any of the 4 if I had the choice. Paarthurnax being only 1 of them. 1 of course dies at the hands of Miraak. Wish we could rescue the one stuck in the Soul Cairne.
Why paarthurnax literally helped alduin commit genocide on the nords he is a war criminal
@@thomasaitken7495 I wish we could as well, but I call him every chance I get, so at least he can have some reprieve.
I love how every choice has their effects for the rest of the playthrough
I've made too many mistakes I guess
Just me here joining the stormcloaks every playthrough lol
1:28 #2 "joining the Stormcloaks" after a few playthroughs I totally agree. Even though yes Hadavar made a good point "the Legon didn't make the best first impression" they really are trying to help Skyrim. My decision was made on. "hey I was caught in the facility of where Ulfric Stormcloak was caught and I was sentence to death?" Is a pretty strong reason but also a selfish one. This was also my first Elder Scrolls game. this random feed is making me want to do another playthrough
Joining the imperial ain't good either. it's so hard to choose which faction to join as you know more about the war.
It was hard for me at first but they under Thalmor thumb and that annoys me especiallly when I was in a Talos shrine getting cleansed and their elven justiciars ambushed me for being a "Talos Worshipper". Ok F these people. From then on I just do the same thing to them and release their prisoners. They have so many gods but they can't accept the 9th god because he was human. Freaking Elves.
I remember back when I first played the game I had Feydal with me as a follower. Sneaking around a ruin full of bandits I drawed my bow and just as I let go to shoot a bandit, he stepped into the path of the shot and took it to the back of the head killing him on the spot.
I find it amazing that he says the Empire is anti-Thalmor, but the Empire sits by letting the Thalmor kill Talos worshippers while the Stormcloaks actually kill the Thalmor on sight.
It's called "diplomacy". Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. The empire just distracts the Thalmor by saying "yes, of course" so they don't notice you building up your forces to attack them and in the mean time, you can find the best spot in their back to plant your dagger.
Sometimes these reasonings feels like reading something a 10 year old would come up with and then I remember that the game is about 12 or so years old. I hope you didn't grow up to be in politics because you clearly don't fit. I also hope you don't ever have to negotiate for anything...
About the dark elf in Rifthen, you can start the quest talking to the guild leader and enter any building. The quest is gonna fail, but you can still join the guild.
I side with the Stormcloaks every time. Due to the distrust I have for an Empire that currently sells its people as slaves to the Thalmor for the sake of a temporary peace treaty...
To put it in other words: I don't believe that the Empire is anything more than a puppet-state of the Aldmeri Dominion at this point. The real capital of the Empire isn't in Cyrodiil, it's in Summerset.
As for the Imperial leadership and the Legion; they're either complicit or ignorant of it... Tullius is ignorant, too wrapped up in his idealized version of what the Empire used to be that he blinds himself to what it is now. Tidus Mede is complicit, he willingly works for the Thalmor to keep a cushy place on Cyrodiil's throne, even if it means he's a Thalmor puppet.
If i remember correctly, you don't even have to lie to Brynjolf. While he causes the distraction in the market, you can just enter the inn or some other building instead of planting the ring, and he'll just be like "dude you missed the opportunity" and still let you join the guild.
3:32 is why I mod the game. Multiple marriages and marrying anyone. The dragon born as a male must have as many children to fix this broken world as possible.
To build an empire....
@@tarektechmarine8209 To ensure he has descendants that defend the weak from the idiotic empire or nords.
It's funny how on my first playthrough I got a rare hidden dialogue from the dark brotherhood ghost you summon saying not to kill Cicero. So I didn't and It felt awesome seeing how much the creators of the game cared for it.
You got it back asswards with Ulfric, joinin the Empire is siding with Thalmor, they forbid Talos worship. As for Dawnbreaker and Chillrend you can upgrade em.
Well said the empire literally does what the thalmor want they are the puppets
The Thalmor want Skyrim weak for an invasion, what better way than a rebellion. Tullius is a genius for playing nice until they have a chance to fight back.
@@crockoclock7771 That journal about Ulfric was written when he was younger and they didn't think he was threat, and if your Thalmor you want a enemy like that, someone who can keep the Empire occupied but can never conquer em, but as we learn that was a mistake on their part.
@@crockoclock7771 If you side with the stormcloaks Skyrim would be to powerful to be taken because they have the dragonborn on their side.
I didnt even know you could keep the ring, definitely gonna do that my next playthrough
Ok idk about that book thing with ulfric at all. The empire has literally bent over and spread buttcheeks for the thalmor. And you think the thalmor arent racist the whole war is because of talos (who founded the empire and became a god) and the elves dont believe mankind is superior enough for that to happen. They forced the empire into a contract that makes them go against their founders, the nords. Now idk about some journal from least of all elenwin. Maybe ulfric thought he was gonna die and told her some shit idk but one things for certain, skyrim belongs to the nords! But ive also run into dunmer farmers saying theyre going to windhelm to join the rebellion because skyrim is their home too.
As a new player (level 29) I find your videos absolutely priceless. Thanks a bunch 🍀
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