Upset that the Thalmor are so Easy to Hate

Post » Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:09 pm

I agree it's lame, though for different reasons.

I simply feel like the way they designed the Thalmor sends the message of "here, these are the enemies we picked for you." I feel like the game is telling me who I'm allowed to like and who I'm allowed to dislike, which bothers me. Every single time a Thalmor soldier walks by, I can't help but feel like he might as well be yelling "BY THE WAY, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DISLIKE ME."
You said the same thing about the mythic dawn didn't you.
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Ron
 
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Post » Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:23 pm

I wish the game would have allowed for the player to join the Dominion as I would have, they are simply bosses. I mean come on they nearly defeated the Empire and maybe in a future DLC we will be able to join them or battle them as the Thalmor themselves have stated that the war was, "The First Great War".
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Post » Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:51 pm

Well, the Thalmor want to literally destroy existence because in their mythology, the elves had a much better life before everything was, you know, created. That's pretty much their end-game.

And there already is another faction of Altmer: The Psijic Monks. They guide people to greatness and generally try to keep the world on track. They're the ultimate good guys.
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Post » Sat Jun 16, 2012 9:11 am

So not every Thalmor is a complete jerk either.

And Hannibal Lecter has impeccable manners, which I'm sure every last one of his victims would confirm if only they weren't all dead. :P
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Post » Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:59 pm

The ratio of nice high elves to jerks is overwhelming. If people are hard pressed to find one or two examples of high elves that aren't jerks, then its safe to say that all high elves are jerks.
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Post » Sat Jun 16, 2012 3:02 am

which makes playing as a high elf not as fun as it could be
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Post » Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:34 pm

So

Upset that the Thalmor are so Easy to Hate

The problem is that the Thalmor where written/designed to be hated
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Emma Pennington
 
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Post » Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:13 am

Legate Fasendil
go talk to him and you'll realize the Legion is the right choice

I dont like the Thalmor sure,but was more dissapointed to find out how little other races there were that would be able to become friendly
I've said this before but there needs more diversity..in a sense there are too many nords (not the same as going to china and not seeing any chinese people)

the only kajiit are caravaners
the only argonians are dock workers (and fishermen)
altmer are thalmor
dunmer are outcasts
falmer are monsters
orcs are tribals
imperials are soilders
nords are soilders
bosmer are nowhere to be found
bretons are scarce
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Post » Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:12 pm

I think they did an okay job with the Imperial and Stormcloak dilemma being grey, but they made the Thalmor downright evil, which(while I don't care for them regardless), is a bit lame.

thats because they ARE downright evil.

the whole point is that they want to wipe out all other races because they see them as "inferior"
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Post » Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:57 am

it just makes me sad :(
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