Man, you're missing out. It's rough in parts and takes a little to get used to, but once you realize that the game is basically begging you to break it in half, it becomes quite the trip.
Plus, you have the added hilarity of so many Elder Scrolls tourists trying to play up the poor, poor downtrodden Dunmer in Skyrim makes it very fucking clear they know nothing about the series.
To be fair, the Dunmer are as much an enemy of the gold rods as all the races of Men. The Argonian invasion of Morrowind was in large part another scheme hatched by the Aldmeri Dominion to further splinter the Empire.
Not to mention I don't buy the idea that the Dunmer regularly conducted raids on Black Marsh to capture slaves. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to move an army through disease-ridden, bug-infested swampland inhabited by lizard people that know the terrain better, have better immunities, AND can breathe under the water without magical assistance? No, Morrowind wasn't the only country practicing slavery on Tamriel. Those lizards were selling their own people willingly while playing victim to the rest of the continent.
Funny enough, the slave trade routes and markets tended to be owned by the Altmer. It's why they were always closed on Loredas, since that's their holy day.
Anyone who has any sympathy for pretty much any of the mer is in on the conspiracy. What do you call it when you drop napalm on a hundred acres of Bosmer villages?
That's because they're too damn weak to cause any problems for anyone else. They're small, they're scrawny, they refuse to eat plant matter which severely limits any civilizational development, and makes them more inclined to dine on their neighbors once fresh game can't be found.
Well, I’ve got maybe 5-10 hours played across the last 2 decades but I’ve never dived in and played it the same way I played Oblivion and Skyrim. I kept waiting for the Morroblivion then Skywind/MorrowRim (lol idek which of those are real) mods which never seemed to materialize, just because I was always put off by the early game clunkiness of playing a game where I swung my sword through an enemy but miss because of a near-zero chance to hit. TES has never had great combat but as you go back to the older games it becomes more and more annoying to me. I’ve even got Daggerfall somewhere on my computer from a giveaway, I don’t think I’ve run the program once lol.
You haven't even played Morrowind?
Man, you're missing out. It's rough in parts and takes a little to get used to, but once you realize that the game is basically begging you to break it in half, it becomes quite the trip.
Plus, you have the added hilarity of so many Elder Scrolls tourists trying to play up the poor, poor downtrodden Dunmer in Skyrim makes it very fucking clear they know nothing about the series.
To be fair, the Dunmer are as much an enemy of the gold rods as all the races of Men. The Argonian invasion of Morrowind was in large part another scheme hatched by the Aldmeri Dominion to further splinter the Empire.
Not to mention I don't buy the idea that the Dunmer regularly conducted raids on Black Marsh to capture slaves. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to move an army through disease-ridden, bug-infested swampland inhabited by lizard people that know the terrain better, have better immunities, AND can breathe under the water without magical assistance? No, Morrowind wasn't the only country practicing slavery on Tamriel. Those lizards were selling their own people willingly while playing victim to the rest of the continent.
wait a second...
I feel like i've heard that one before....
...you know, that is a very good point.
Funny enough, the slave trade routes and markets tended to be owned by the Altmer. It's why they were always closed on Loredas, since that's their holy day.
Anyone who has any sympathy for pretty much any of the mer is in on the conspiracy. What do you call it when you drop napalm on a hundred acres of Bosmer villages?
A good start.
Bosmer are probably one of the only types of Mer that aren't preoccupied with fucking with other races, generally.
They do sometimes have a tendency of going along with the "high elf" program though, to some varying degree.
That's because they're too damn weak to cause any problems for anyone else. They're small, they're scrawny, they refuse to eat plant matter which severely limits any civilizational development, and makes them more inclined to dine on their neighbors once fresh game can't be found.
Well, I’ve got maybe 5-10 hours played across the last 2 decades but I’ve never dived in and played it the same way I played Oblivion and Skyrim. I kept waiting for the Morroblivion then Skywind/MorrowRim (lol idek which of those are real) mods which never seemed to materialize, just because I was always put off by the early game clunkiness of playing a game where I swung my sword through an enemy but miss because of a near-zero chance to hit. TES has never had great combat but as you go back to the older games it becomes more and more annoying to me. I’ve even got Daggerfall somewhere on my computer from a giveaway, I don’t think I’ve run the program once lol.
Great stories though