» Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:05 am
I cannot NOT be the Arch-Mage with any character that gets wheeled into Helgen for execution.... It's my favorite setup with all the storage, vendors, and crafting ingredients and tables available. I just like it there.
My experience is that I became Arch-Mage for pragmatic reasons, after a series of unfortunate events; and Tolfdir's personality is much better suited to being Master Wizard and mentor to the newbies like an RA. I have dinner with Tolfdir now and then and he advises me to rise above some of the pettiness at the College.
Plus, early on and for quite a while afterward, in that courtyard you cannot swing a dead cat without hitting a dragon.
If you've advanced the MQ just enough to trigger the dragons, that's where you want to be.