VaranisArano wrote: »Whereas the main Altmeri presence in the TES games to date has been the 4th Era Thalmor of Skyrim
MythicEmperor wrote: »TelvanniWizard wrote: »MLGProPlayer wrote: »Veloth worshipped 3 dishonest, evil daedra (who literally embody the traits he shunned the altmer for) and the dunmer became arguably even more xenophobic and elitist than the altmer.
Well, dunmer have prejudices against other races, yes. But almer think themselves better than everyone, not having a single problem to torture and kill anyone who opposes to their beliefs.
Yeah, the Altmer merely think themselves better than everyone. Us Dunmer know we’re better than everyone.
We also don’t need our beliefs as an excuse to torture and kill; entertainment value is justification enough
notimetocare wrote: »MythicEmperor wrote: »TelvanniWizard wrote: »MLGProPlayer wrote: »Veloth worshipped 3 dishonest, evil daedra (who literally embody the traits he shunned the altmer for) and the dunmer became arguably even more xenophobic and elitist than the altmer.
Well, dunmer have prejudices against other races, yes. But almer think themselves better than everyone, not having a single problem to torture and kill anyone who opposes to their beliefs.
Yeah, the Altmer merely think themselves better than everyone. Us Dunmer know we’re better than everyone.
We also don’t need our beliefs as an excuse to torture and kill; entertainment value is justification enough
Nah, Dunmer think it too. They get their butts kicked by Argonians in the future
Nelson_Rebel wrote: »notimetocare wrote: »MythicEmperor wrote: »TelvanniWizard wrote: »MLGProPlayer wrote: »Veloth worshipped 3 dishonest, evil daedra (who literally embody the traits he shunned the altmer for) and the dunmer became arguably even more xenophobic and elitist than the altmer.
Well, dunmer have prejudices against other races, yes. But almer think themselves better than everyone, not having a single problem to torture and kill anyone who opposes to their beliefs.
Yeah, the Altmer merely think themselves better than everyone. Us Dunmer know we’re better than everyone.
We also don’t need our beliefs as an excuse to torture and kill; entertainment value is justification enough
Nah, Dunmer think it too. They get their butts kicked by Argonians in the future
The argonians launched an invasion as soon as red mountain erupted and a meteor combined laid waste to the mainland of Morrowind.
Then the argonians went a bit to far and house Redoran launched a counter Assault and kicked the argonian asses
Vivec and sotha sil are still alive.
Albeit Sotha Sil is technically alive somewhere else, probably under torture by a daedric Prince since he was a Demi-god with tons of power. He may even still be in CwC in skyrims timeline in some machine form.
And Vivec was able to achieve "Chim" So his power and whereabouts are now a metaphysical reality or something beyond.
Just tell me one thing that is right about the Altmer. Just one. Please. I want to be able to like them for Summerset.
Nelson_Rebel wrote: »Regardless I do think the Altmer are more advanced than the other races on a purely magical and technical level
VaranisArano wrote: »Nelson_Rebel wrote: »notimetocare wrote: »MythicEmperor wrote: »TelvanniWizard wrote: »MLGProPlayer wrote: »Veloth worshipped 3 dishonest, evil daedra (who literally embody the traits he shunned the altmer for) and the dunmer became arguably even more xenophobic and elitist than the altmer.
Well, dunmer have prejudices against other races, yes. But almer think themselves better than everyone, not having a single problem to torture and kill anyone who opposes to their beliefs.
Yeah, the Altmer merely think themselves better than everyone. Us Dunmer know we’re better than everyone.
We also don’t need our beliefs as an excuse to torture and kill; entertainment value is justification enough
Nah, Dunmer think it too. They get their butts kicked by Argonians in the future
The argonians launched an invasion as soon as red mountain erupted and a meteor combined laid waste to the mainland of Morrowind.
Then the argonians went a bit to far and house Redoran launched a counter Assault and kicked the argonian asses
Vivec and sotha sil are still alive.
Albeit Sotha Sil is technically alive somewhere else, probably under torture by a daedric Prince since he was a Demi-god with tons of power. He may even still be in CwC in skyrims timeline in some machine form.
And Vivec was able to achieve "Chim" So his power and whereabouts are now a metaphysical reality or something beyond.
Almalexia certainly thinks she murdered Sotha Sil in Tribunal. My Nerevarine also had the option to murder and soul trap Vivec, so theres potential certainty for what happened to him there too.
psychotrip wrote: »Just tell me one thing that is right about the Altmer. Just one. Please. I want to be able to like them for Summerset.
Absolutely nothing. Everything unique about them at least was retconned. They're just bland, arrogant humans with pointy ears, with no reason to be arrogant.Nelson_Rebel wrote: »Regardless I do think the Altmer are more advanced than the other races on a purely magical and technical level
In what way, exactly? On Artaeum, maybe, but when it comes to Summerset as a nation: what about anything we've seen so far makes them seen advanced at all? Everything they can do the Telvanni can apparently do just as well, or so it seems. On a technical level, they look to be on par with Imperials.
Nelson_Rebel wrote: »Regardless I do think the Altmer are more advanced than the other races on a purely magical and technical level
Nelson_Rebel wrote: »psychotrip wrote: »Just tell me one thing that is right about the Altmer. Just one. Please. I want to be able to like them for Summerset.
Absolutely nothing. Everything unique about them at least was retconned. They're just bland, arrogant humans with pointy ears, with no reason to be arrogant.Nelson_Rebel wrote: »Regardless I do think the Altmer are more advanced than the other races on a purely magical and technical level
In what way, exactly? On Artaeum, maybe, but when it comes to Summerset as a nation: what about anything we've seen so far makes them seen advanced at all? Everything they can do the Telvanni can apparently do just as well, or so it seems. On a technical level, they look to be on par with Imperials.
Their magic and structure have always been greater. That is what I was refering too. Not that they are superior or better but their actual Magics are of a different level than the rest of Tamriel. Thats why it took the power of the Numidium by Talos to actually beat them. Otherwise he never would have been able to fight them effectively.
The Telvanni are less numerous but definitely On par as far as pure destructive magic goes. Dyvath Fyr probably being the most powerful mortal Mage (not counting the Tribunal Demi-Gods) in all history.
But the Telvani are to reclusive and have no organizational structure as a House. If they actually worked together the Dunmer would be stronger than multiple nations combined. But alas this is their culture
As far as technical level, the Imperials don't have anything impressive. The Imperial City is the only reason they look to have impressive structure. But that City is all Ayleid power built into the stones and is all Ayleid construction and design. The imperials just happen to be sitting in it.
TelvanniWizard wrote: »I like where this is going. Telvanni are great, altmer are lame. It seems we all agree here
Nelson_Rebel wrote: »The Varlines are cannon so they have to have an explanation for the Varlines
For those unfamiliar with the varlines, its the Altmers version of Power Plants and electrical
lines. Just pure magic lines that power their cities, defenses, and lights.
So if they are saying that, then the Varlines will have to have some kind of explanation
psychotrip wrote: »Nelson_Rebel wrote: »The Varlines are cannon so they have to have an explanation for the Varlines
For those unfamiliar with the varlines, its the Altmers version of Power Plants and electrical
lines. Just pure magic lines that power their cities, defenses, and lights.
So if they are saying that, then the Varlines will have to have some kind of explanation
No mention of the varlines so far. They’re not canon anymore, regardless of what Schick said during that old interview. Altmer have nothing to distinguish them. They’re typical, generic high elves. Nothing more.
Nelson_Rebel wrote: »@psychotrip
"Varlines are magica conduits that stretch through the region. The Altmer use Varla Lenses to siphon magica from them for defense and other purposes."
https://www.imperial-library.info/content/eso-alinor-and-ayarene
Here is the link to entire page dedicated to the varlines. This is the Developer's added legit page
psychotrip wrote: »Nelson_Rebel wrote: »@psychotrip
"Varlines are magica conduits that stretch through the region. The Altmer use Varla Lenses to siphon magica from them for defense and other purposes."
https://www.imperial-library.info/content/eso-alinor-and-ayarene
Here is the link to entire page dedicated to the varlines. This is the Developer's added legit page
I know dude. I made likely the longest running thread in this forum’s history on this very topic. I made a damn video on the topic.
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/374620/summerset-dlc-hopes-and-speculation-thread#latest
It’s dead now. No varlines have been seen in the dlc. They retconned their own damn lore, even after saying it was canon. Unless you know something I don’t about the expansion? In which case i’ll proudly consider myself wrong.
Nelson_Rebel wrote: »psychotrip wrote: »Nelson_Rebel wrote: »@psychotrip
"Varlines are magica conduits that stretch through the region. The Altmer use Varla Lenses to siphon magica from them for defense and other purposes."
https://www.imperial-library.info/content/eso-alinor-and-ayarene
Here is the link to entire page dedicated to the varlines. This is the Developer's added legit page
I know dude. I made likely the longest running thread in this forum’s history on this very topic. I made a damn video on the topic.
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/374620/summerset-dlc-hopes-and-speculation-thread#latest
It’s dead now. No varlines have been seen in the dlc. They retconned their own damn lore, even after saying it was canon. Unless you know something I don’t about the expansion? In which case i’ll proudly consider myself wrong.
All I'm saying is that the Varlines are legitimate Lore that is official cannon in written Developer text.
That was my only point to our conversation we were having about Altmer being (magicaly and technicaly) more advanced than the other races.
Until the Chapter is released we won't know if the varlines are actually in there or not. Or at being built/constructed. Similar to how they nearly ruined Vivec City by making it an incomplete construction zone with barely comparable parts to
it like the Original Morrowind nearly 3 thousand years in the future.
Dont even get me started on how they destroyed the Telvanni Mushroom acrchitecture lol or how the cities were notably smaller in size and in actual citizen capacity
psychotrip wrote: »Nelson_Rebel wrote: »psychotrip wrote: »Nelson_Rebel wrote: »@psychotrip
"Varlines are magica conduits that stretch through the region. The Altmer use Varla Lenses to siphon magica from them for defense and other purposes."
https://www.imperial-library.info/content/eso-alinor-and-ayarene
Here is the link to entire page dedicated to the varlines. This is the Developer's added legit page
I know dude. I made likely the longest running thread in this forum’s history on this very topic. I made a damn video on the topic.
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/374620/summerset-dlc-hopes-and-speculation-thread#latest
It’s dead now. No varlines have been seen in the dlc. They retconned their own damn lore, even after saying it was canon. Unless you know something I don’t about the expansion? In which case i’ll proudly consider myself wrong.
All I'm saying is that the Varlines are legitimate Lore that is official cannon in written Developer text.
That was my only point to our conversation we were having about Altmer being (magicaly and technicaly) more advanced than the other races.
Until the Chapter is released we won't know if the varlines are actually in there or not. Or at being built/constructed. Similar to how they nearly ruined Vivec City by making it an incomplete construction zone with barely comparable parts to
it like the Original Morrowind nearly 3 thousand years in the future.
Dont even get me started on how they destroyed the Telvanni Mushroom acrchitecture lol or how the cities were notably smaller in size and in actual citizen capacity
We’ve seen enough gameplay to know the varlines aren’t there, nor are they being built. According to the lore, they’re supposed to already be here. Zenimax trashed the concept. It’s done. The idea of the varlines also goes against the apparent “vision” of both ZOS and Bethesds, who claim in an interview that magic in The Elder Scrolls is mundane and that society wouldn’t change much without it.
Altmer are not magically advanced anymore. That was a transcription error.
Nelson_Rebel wrote: »psychotrip wrote: »Nelson_Rebel wrote: »psychotrip wrote: »Nelson_Rebel wrote: »@psychotrip
"Varlines are magica conduits that stretch through the region. The Altmer use Varla Lenses to siphon magica from them for defense and other purposes."
https://www.imperial-library.info/content/eso-alinor-and-ayarene
Here is the link to entire page dedicated to the varlines. This is the Developer's added legit page
I know dude. I made likely the longest running thread in this forum’s history on this very topic. I made a damn video on the topic.
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/374620/summerset-dlc-hopes-and-speculation-thread#latest
It’s dead now. No varlines have been seen in the dlc. They retconned their own damn lore, even after saying it was canon. Unless you know something I don’t about the expansion? In which case i’ll proudly consider myself wrong.
All I'm saying is that the Varlines are legitimate Lore that is official cannon in written Developer text.
That was my only point to our conversation we were having about Altmer being (magicaly and technicaly) more advanced than the other races.
Until the Chapter is released we won't know if the varlines are actually in there or not. Or at being built/constructed. Similar to how they nearly ruined Vivec City by making it an incomplete construction zone with barely comparable parts to
it like the Original Morrowind nearly 3 thousand years in the future.
Dont even get me started on how they destroyed the Telvanni Mushroom acrchitecture lol or how the cities were notably smaller in size and in actual citizen capacity
We’ve seen enough gameplay to know the varlines aren’t there, nor are they being built. According to the lore, they’re supposed to already be here. Zenimax trashed the concept. It’s done. The idea of the varlines also goes against the apparent “vision” of both ZOS and Bethesds, who claim in an interview that magic in The Elder Scrolls is mundane and that society wouldn’t change much without it.
Altmer are not magically advanced anymore. That was a transcription error.
Until an official source says they are retconned, or until the chapter shows every piece of content that shows nothing alluding to the Varlines, then you have no basis
What zenimax said had nothing to do with the Varlines themselves. So until they either specifically say they have retconned it, or the chapter is released and we see Nothing on it. Then everything you are saying is pure hypothesis.
Until then, I stick to my written Official lore.
Nelson_Rebel wrote: »Albeit Sotha Sil is technically alive somewhere else, probably under torture by a daedric Prince since he was a Demi-god with tons of power. He may even still be in CwC in skyrims timeline in some machine form.
Nelson_Rebel wrote: »Kind of of a double standard there seeing as Dunmer are arguably the most prevalent slavers in ESO lol
Nelson_Rebel wrote: »Kind of of a double standard there seeing as Dunmer are arguably the most prevalent slavers in ESO lol
we, the Ashlanders, we worship Azura, not the false Gods nor the Tribunal!
and we don´t have slaves.
Nelson_Rebel wrote: »Nelson_Rebel wrote: »Kind of of a double standard there seeing as Dunmer are arguably the most prevalent slavers in ESO lol
we, the Ashlanders, we worship Azura, not the false Gods nor the Tribunal!
and we don´t have slaves.
The ashlanders are pretty weak
What are they compared to everyone else?
The great houses have far greater accomplishments and prestige in Tamriel with their advancements and power that even the Empire Feared them in Talo's time
They just happen to be be morally misguided as slavers. Which sucks, because other than that, they would be my favorite
I wish they'd do a rehash of the Dunmer into something less toxic and evil as slavery
Nelson_Rebel wrote: »Nelson_Rebel wrote: »Kind of of a double standard there seeing as Dunmer are arguably the most prevalent slavers in ESO lol
we, the Ashlanders, we worship Azura, not the false Gods nor the Tribunal!
and we don´t have slaves.
The ashlanders are pretty weak
What are they compared to everyone else?
The great houses have far greater accomplishments and prestige in Tamriel with their advancements and power that even the Empire Feared them in Talo's time
They just happen to be be morally misguided as slavers. Which sucks, because other than that, they would be my favorite
I wish they'd do a rehash of the Dunmer into something less toxic and evil as slavery
True Dunmer only enslave those that are better off that way. There is a huge difference between having some corruption and slavery in your country and your country being so beyond repair due to the corruption and decadence of its leaders that part of the population literally sees no other way than moving out to find a new home.Nelson_Rebel wrote: »Kind of of a double standard there seeing as Dunmer are arguably the most prevalent slavers in ESO lolTrue Dunmer worship Azura.WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »"Praised honesty" implied to be a virture by a member of a society that follows three of the biggest liars in Tamriel.