Ebonheart pact storyline

Daedric_NB_187

Is there somebody in this thread seriously trying to justify the conquering of other nations? Wooooowwww.......

TheShadowScout

jainiadral wrote: »

Lordy-- I play games to escape the travesty that is human history

Uhm...
...we did get a bit carried away, did we not?

Daedric_NB_187 wrote: »

Is there somebody in this thread seriously trying to justify the conquering of other nations? Wooooowwww.......

Yes! That. That is my excuse! I went like that too and felt compelled to argue against it...
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I think I will just stop now, kay?

Ashfen

jainiadral wrote: »

Lordy-- I play games to escape the travesty that is human history

In fact my problem with this thread is mainly that i think it's not pertinent to always want to make (irrevelant) comparison between a game story and IRL, especially if it's to be like "i will compare all other races i don't agree with to Hit.ler to show how they are evil".
God, it's a game. Let me play what i want and don't lecture me because "you worship na.zis".
Especially since the persons who wrote the lore are intelligent enough to make approximatively morally equal, so there is no "best faction ever". I understand we have preferences since we all prioritize some values rather than others, but stop saying "my faction is better and other are so evil", or if you want to do this, go on the RP section.

However, i totally agree with Grentek's post.
It's so naive and simplistic to think History is just "evil conquerors vs poor oppressed folk" ...

Cadbury

Hey, at least this topic is an interesting departure from the current Anniversary woes and Necro shenanigans. I say, bring on the history lesson!

Grentek

Daedric_NB_187 wrote: »

Is there somebody in this thread seriously trying to justify the conquering of other nations? Wooooowwww.......

Nope, I'm trying to put things in perspective because judging History through our morals and ethics is not a thing to do to understand it.
We, in our modern society, value the Human life because we are able to live long.
In the middle ages, it was common to see half of your children die before age six.

You can't say that war is and was horrible for everyone, because it was not. It is by our modern standards, back then war was an opportunity. To become a man, to get an higher status or to get rich (If your were a mercenary, for example).

As a final note, I will just say that space exploration took more than 290 lives. Should we stop it because of "all the bloodshed"?

reoskit

Gluedog wrote: »

shadowfen was good but a bit short as well.

Count your blessings that ZOS got you out of that zone asap. ;p


Edit - Oh. Wow. I skipped the 3 pages of intensity before posting. I feel a bit out of place now. As you were. *scuttles away*

Ahashra

I honestly prefer the EP story to DC, but agree that AD has by far the best storylines in the game - so much so that I'm considering rolling my next character AD, despite only having EP characters since launch. I think the themes in the EP storyline are too subtle, but I do appreciate them. The DC stuff was just too generic for me to enjoy, which is why I put off doing AD for so long, but AD is written brilliantly.

Gluedog

Lets get back to the topic guys

Gluedog

Count your blessings that ZOS got you out of that zone asap. ;p


Edit - Oh. Wow. I skipped the 3 pages of intensity before posting. I feel a bit out of place now. As you were. *scuttles away*

Anyways lol... Back to the to the topic, I really enjoy the argonian lore. I loved mirkmire and I wish shadowfen was longer

Edit: If ZOS needs to close the post, thats fine with me.