The Dwemer were basically a cosmic middle-finger to the gods.

@Saber23

3 жыл бұрын

The Void Looks Pretty until they ended up getting themselves killed

@xo-1320

3 жыл бұрын

@@Saber23 or turned into part of their created god... and then used as a weapon aganist their will.

@onieni9779

2 жыл бұрын

And left a big brown stain on Nirn 🤣 No non-intellegent/curious human or mer knows or cares to fiddle with any of it and it looks ugly to them who just dont want to understand any of it, unless its armor or weapons of course

@redreaper8652

10 ай бұрын

The Dwemer were basically a cosmic middle finger to themselves.

@CreatorofSecks

6 ай бұрын

And then were given a big cosmic middle finger by the gods right after

Tamriel progressed faster than our world. From creation to what we see in Skyrim in 5000 years. 5000 years after the introduction of agriculture we didn't even have cities.

@const1988

5 жыл бұрын

that's actualy an amazing point

@adge5182

4 жыл бұрын

But I don't think they have an evolution. Humans and Elf's are descendents of gods, and gods are as intelligent as any human, or even more. They have born in that age with that technology, and probably they have had the help of daedra and aedra in order to achieve those things.

@viveka2994

3 жыл бұрын

yea we did

@josecipriano3048

2 жыл бұрын

5000 years after the introduction of agriculture? There were cities older than agriculture itself. In fact, the existence of religious sites, with populations that would've made them metropolis back then, was probably what triggered the discovery of agriculture as a relliable means of food production.

@hedgehog3180

10 ай бұрын

@@josecipriano3048 You're talking about Gobekli Tepe and no that was not a city. There's no evidence to suggest it was permanently inhabited for long periods, we haven't found any fireplaces, refuse piles, pottery and the other markers of permanent habitation. Gobekly Tepe and places like it were religious sites, temples, while a small group of priests might have lived there most other people only gathered for special religious events at certain times of the year. Also it's probably a safe bet that Gobekli Tepe indicates that agriculture is older than we thought, these kinds of dates keep getting pushed back and it's highly likely it will happen again because the Middle East still is massively underinvestigated by archeology. I don't think there's a clear consensus on when cities first started appearing (partly because it's difficult to define what a city exactly is), age claims range from 10000 BCE to 6000 BCE but I think Jericho has a pretty solid claim to the title of oldest city in the world given that it has had walls since at least the 6000 BCE. Basically it took anywhere from a thousand to five thousand years after the introduction of agriculture before cities started to appear. This is also part of a wider debate about how societies developed and how the first organized states appeared, which I don't think there is any consensus on yet. Your opinion that cities appeared almost immediatly after agriculture is one that some scholars share while others believe that it took much longer before the trade networks and social structures that enabled cities to appear developed. There's also a general idea that cities can't appear without hierarchical social structures, and that those need luxury goods that aren't perishable.

The advantages of cannons that I think you missed is that wards can block fireballs, but do not hinder physical objects.

@stalker747alf7

6 жыл бұрын

but mages can use telekinesis to stop them or levitate the canon or let it rain and make the gunpowder wet.some stuff like that .the technology is not reliable because they put no effort in developing it because its not reliable.

@mivapusa

6 жыл бұрын

Telekinesis spells capable of halting that kind of kinetic energy requires disproportionally high-class mages. And it's far easier to build cannons than it is to train new mages. And the technology might not be reliable _yet_ , but it will be eventually. The one law that is even more universal than human stupidity, is the arms race between all things living.

@enriquecabrera2137

6 жыл бұрын

Michael VPS but when is it going to be reliable? Magic is reliable now. A cannon can beat an average mage in an arms race anytime. But a good mage can level entire countries alone. Raise the dead. Grow the crops. Tame the beasts. Master the elements. Mold time and reality itself. A cannon is still a cannon. High or low tech, a counter cannon or anti cannon can match it. So theres no race for that sort of weapon when the race for magic can compete with them all the time. If cannons were good in any way. They would have shown themselves to be worth investing time into it. Even scientists dont rely on technology alone. In a world were a single anomaly can take on the world, having war tech risks the wrath of them fallin onto you to ensure you dont out tech the magic. Its a liability to be too advanced.

@mivapusa

6 жыл бұрын

What then if you face an enemy far more proficient in magic than any mages your own faction can field? Plus, when you get to the country-smashing point, relativity kinda stops mattering, because then what stops them from taking over the world?

@enriquecabrera2137

6 жыл бұрын

Michael VPS same thing that always happens... They get fucken shredded. Have you heard of Talos? Mani marco? The Akiviri? The dragon tyrants? The sword singers? Endless list of times where one factions mages outmatched the other and totally decimated the oppossition. In a world of magic, mutually assured destruction is what keeps the peace. No ammount of defense helps if they really want to get through.

The technology IS advancing, but in a different way from what we have on Earth. For example the late aldmeri Elven Armor from Skyrim borrows ideas from XXI century, not the Middle Ages. The lore suggests it’s made of specially treated moonstone which is really tricky to work with. That makes it functionally similar to our ceramic armor. That armor would be extremely resistive on first several hits deflecting any sort of impact and then the armor would just break and shatter. Not suited for an adventurous hero. But certainly a perfect thing for a huge army.

@user-ly6pl5ot9m

10 ай бұрын

Are you sure about that? Sorry for *late* response but i think that it's the case of actual degeneracy in technology when a darn Dawnguard crossbow is seems technological. In Oblivion there were an *printing presses* with newspaper. In Skyrim there's actual setting up for Dark Ages after Rome's fall.

@Jiub_SN

5 ай бұрын

@@user-ly6pl5ot9mbecause the empire and Skyrim are different nations functionally, Skyrim is sparsely populated and not exactly know for their technology or wizards lmao

Why do you sound like Farengar Secret-Fire

@rickpeters8204

6 жыл бұрын

ThE_JaGgEd_ EdGe that's the guy that keeps passive aggressively telling me he has no time to help with something because he's mourning right? I GET IT DUDE, YOU'RE A SAD SACK OF SHIT. YOU'RE ALREADY IN THE BARB AND BEE, STOP BLABBERING AND START BINGING BEER ALREADY.

@QaysSyed

6 жыл бұрын

Rick Peters No it's Whiterun's Court Mage, who always speaks in a condescending tone

@Stargazer01011

6 жыл бұрын

ThE_JaGgEd_ EdGe They have the same va

@allseeingaids9734

6 жыл бұрын

ThE_JaGgEd_EdGe *Well, by fetch I mean retrieve an item which M A Y O R M A Y N O T E X I S T*

@tamorcetold

5 жыл бұрын

I used to look up to him back when I was playing Skyrim for the first time as a mage. Then I saw his huge sideburns under his hood and killed him in every one of my play through after that. He had it coming.

But why armies don't include these technologies to make non-battle mage soldiers more dangerous?

@paulbrule5897

6 жыл бұрын

Ussurin costs

@zeyode

6 жыл бұрын

Costs would go down if they could figure out mass production.

@enriquecabrera2137

6 жыл бұрын

Poopergeist yeah but they cant figure out mass production. So once again... Costs. Cheaper to mass produce mages if the need is so dire. And if anything from history wr have learned, costs are sometimes well invested on small troops. Stealth units and guard troops. If fielding a giant robot is cheaper than cannons, you know cannons aint getting cheaper any time soon.

@vaughnhelthira1704

6 жыл бұрын

Enrique Cabrera ...WHY can't they figure out mass production? That whole line of thought is just... seems like an asspull from the lore writers to me.

@sanguineregis5354

6 жыл бұрын

Mass production is invented to satiate a demand. If there is no demand, mass production will not come about. There is no market for cannons because mages can produce powerful blasts that are similar enough, and since they know mages work, they will "mass produce" mages by training troops in the art. As far as they are concerned, why create a big metal tube that requires gun powder and ammunition that is additionally very heavy and fairly diffucult to move (especially in a mountanous area like skyrim) when a battle mage literally just needs to be healthy and well trained? If they have little percieved use for a cannon, thry have especially no reason to find a way to mass produce the weapons.

The Azra's staff quests prove that even though Tamriel "technology" is magical, it does advance. Azra's staffs are serviceable but newer staffs are more efficient. Eventually even the staffs of TES5 will eventually become more of a nostalgic affectation than a legitimate weapon.

@AxisChurchDevotee

Жыл бұрын

What makes staffs obsolete?

@robertjames9096

Жыл бұрын

@@AxisChurchDevotee Usually when the enchantment can be made more efficient. Less power drain per use, more powerful effects, less cool down, that sort of thing. Picture a Colt. 45 revolver Nice simple, gets the job done. Now Picture a. 50 cal desert eagle. Bigger, faster, more powerful and puts the Colt in the collectors piece.

@AxisChurchDevotee

Жыл бұрын

@@robertjames9096 Ah so that's what you mean? Yea that makes sense tho I do suspect staffs made by daedric princes won't ever fall out of favor since it's unlikely they're creators would want a mortal staff surpassing them.

@robertjames9096

Жыл бұрын

@@AxisChurchDevotee Daedric artifacts (unless stolen) almost always come with a gotcha surprise which makes them very dangerous to use. Sure it casts a really amazing fireball but it also randomly sets YOU on fire. Not sure if the Daedric princes did this as a security feature or they just have a hell of a sense of humor.

@SrMikicas

10 ай бұрын

​@@robertjames9096ok pretty sure the daedric artifacts have more of a" you are my servant/slave" kind of vibe and can malfunction if the daedric Prince is displeased, wants to test their servant or wants a new champion. The one that would probably kill you will probably be Shegorath or Boethia. One because she is a backstabbing b*ch and the other because he is so random.

Magic = fantasy science

@Altrantis

6 жыл бұрын

Magic is like if science had instant gratification, instead of tedious fundraising, bibliography buildup, data entry, number crunching, peer review, false positives, and advancing one small hypothesis at a time, not to mention all kinds of expensive equipment. With magic you just ry it with your hands and it works.

@cheese6078

6 жыл бұрын

But magic is also very dangerous and cannot be harnessed to the fullest extent by any mere mortal yet at least 🤣

@cheese6078

6 жыл бұрын

I sound like tolfdir don't I 😅

@LoverOfManyArts

6 жыл бұрын

True

@katiekatie6289

6 жыл бұрын

Then why doesn't everyone in Tamriel own magic computers?

Something I'd love to see in a fantasy setting would be a scientist. Figuring things out and answering questions even the mages can't decipher. That'd be awesome.

@supahgaming8249

10 ай бұрын

kinda have that in the remnants of the dwemer

@jeffbrownstain

10 ай бұрын

Mages are just quantum physicists dude.

The Empire literally had magical spaceships during the First Era... they were driven by giant space moths and landed on one of the moons (I think Masser). Tamerial has been in a slow technological decline for thousands of years.

@TheLordTravis

2 жыл бұрын

What ?

@Jiub_SN

5 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@TheLordTravisTamriel has been in a slow technological decline for thousands of years.

Very interesting, and you're not entirely wrong, but you forget something. The Elder Scroll used on Alduin warped and tore time. The technology in Oblivion and Morrowind weren't just in another place, but another time. Something I noticed is that the swords from the 2 former games resemble swords during the 12th to 14th or 15th century, but the swords in Skyrim look more like earlier technology like the swords in the late Viking age, about 8th to 9th century.

@OokamiKageGinGetsu

6 жыл бұрын

Magic makes a lot of technology useless, and therefore it's never invented, but also even though time itself is progressing forward, the past is leaking through, or leaked through, somehow.

@abyssstrider2547

6 жыл бұрын

David Well, Skyrim is inspired by Scandinavia from 8th century after all. Although if the TES 6 was kinda like daggerfall where you had both High Rock and Hammerfell it would be cool if High Rock was based on French/British culture around 15th century. And as for the Hammerfell. Them seem to be based on Moors from North West Africa. The ones who conoquered Spanish. For them, I think they would be cool to be around 13th century, that was a sweet spot for them. In game they also have a bit of a pirate and steampunk culture in them since they use airships to get around and have cannons, muskets too. Which is acceptable. Morrocans were a part of Muslim world and had access to many technologies Christians lacked. For example Ottomans introduced guns to Europe. They also sieged Constantinople with cannons.

@OokamiKageGinGetsu

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, but I think you entirely missed my entire point. I get it's based on Viking Age Norse culture, but that's kind of my point. My point is that the style of swords in Skyrim, ignoring that they have a more fantastical design (just the iron, silver, and steel; I'm not using Orcish, Dwarvish, Elvish, Glass, Ebony, or Daedric (which I believe should be pronounced Dædric) since they are both founded too much in fantasy to use as a comparison and since they may be outside the sphere of the purpose of this comparison), appear closer in design to swords from the Viking Age. The Morrowind Iron sword looks more like 10th - 12th century, and the Oblivion Iron sword looks like about 10th - 14th century. The Morrowind Silver sword looks like the 13th century sword of St. Ferdinand, the Oblivion Silver sword looks about 14th - 15th century. The Morrowind Steel sword resembles a 13th century sword, and the Oblivion Steel sword more resembles a 15th century sword. The Skyrim Iron sword looks about 10th century, the Silver sword about 12th century, and the Steel sword looks about 10th - 12th century. The swords of Skyrim definitely look like earlier swords, late Viking Age to early Medieval. I understand that it's supposed to look like late Viking Age, but that's exactly the point. Look at swords from 15th century Norse countries, compare them to contemporary swords of other lands at the same time and to swords of those same Norse lands during the late Viking age to early Medieval period. As for the "scimitar," different kinds of "scimitar" were used as early as the 11th century to as late as the 19th century. Although, the sword presented in Skyrim looks more like the Indian tulwar or Persian shamshir. (Actually, it looks more like all three combined.) The Moroccans used a nimcha, which has a wider blade than a scimitar (the Skyrim version is a little exaggerated) but is less curved. The katana, or Blades sword, was in use beginning in about the 13th or 14th century to the late 19th century, but the tachi, from which the katan is derived, was in use as early as the 9th - 10th century. So, the Eastern style swords can't really be used as good markers of the time period. As for the idea that the Muslim world was more technologically advanced than the Christian world, this is s misconception that has been disproven. The "Islamic Golden Age" was due to a caliph, Harun al-Rashid, who decided *not* to destroy the libraries of Christian lands he had conquered, as opposed to earlier caliphs, but instead commanded everyone living in the conquered lands under Muslim rule to translate written texts from all over the world into Arabic. It's not that they were more technologically advanced, it's that they conquered many lands, including Christian, and collected the knowledge of those lands.

@OokamiKageGinGetsu

6 жыл бұрын

I'm a bit of an spathaphile.

@abyssstrider2547

6 жыл бұрын

David Well, you are only half right. Knowledge was collected but there was an entire city dedicated to scientific achievements. Muslim world didn't need to suffer feudalism either. They also used firearms much earlier than Europeans. And so on. So it would make sense for Redguards to have muskets and cannons. That's what I was saying.

Magic you cannot use all the time as they drain the battle mages you can read about the exhaustion and the defeat of empire in the book Report: Disaster at Ionith. pretty great read and explains a lot of war tactics used by the human race of elder scrolls.

@curtiswong7280

3 жыл бұрын

For sure, but producing advanced weaponry would yield the same results, with an additional catch - the Imperials would've run out of ammunition quite quickly. Moreover, using steel bullets, bolts etc. would not avail against any enemy with superior armour(ie. dwarven, glass, orcish) which means that you would need to produce bullets out of that very same metal, causing prices to skyrocket and logistics to become exceedingly painful.

Ive always thought the whole why isnt technology advancing thing is kinda silly. All you have to do is look at our own history to realize that technology untill very recently has progressed at a snails pace. I mean the horse was the cutting edge in land transportation for what like 5000 years. Weve only had real guns for like 600 years, up untill that point it was just edged and blunt weapons essentially. These question come because of the way we apply speed at which technology progresses in our modern world to the past which was nowhere nearly as fast for a variety of reasons.

@agenttommy1

6 жыл бұрын

Th3 H3rald the reason is a plot hole, the elder scrolls is a fantasy game that resolves around a pre gun powder era. If things get too advanced the game starts to feel different and the classic sword and board, crossbow, bow and magic combat that most people recognize with the series begins to fade making it a different game. If you remove the core elements of the series you basically change the series and make it something completely different. Banjo Kazooie nuts and bolts for example would have probably gotten a better rating had it not been given the title of a series that already had its gameplay mechanics set in stone and and the audience is very familiar with the core mechanics and know what to expect. Nuts and bolts did not feel like a banjo game because the only thing it had in common was the name. This is why we don’t see M16s in the hobbit or other fantasy worlds, simply because it’s not set in the modern world and neither is it meant to, it is its own world with its own style.

@synthiandrakon

6 жыл бұрын

Kachow Nazinga but there are actual cannons in stros m'kai

@agenttommy1

6 жыл бұрын

elliott collom we can assume that these cannons are not too accurate or mobile as we don’t see them in every other region, also it’s ESO, not the best representation of lore when we see books from decades later in the game.

@YuiFunami

6 жыл бұрын

I assume we don't see them in the other regions because the non redguard races don't hate magic as much and why try and experiment with a boomstick when you've got a pretty good throwing spear?

@DivineXPotato

5 жыл бұрын

"eso" we have a game called redguard ;)

The answer like you said is magic. Technological advancement isn’t necessary or needed unless you’re against magic completely. Even nords use some magic.

@BlueBD

6 жыл бұрын

Counter their Sabotage and Subterfuge except magitech. Is far better then just magic and just tech. Have a smith and a mage work together and they can create some great things. Have a doctor learn the specifics of flesh amd healing can be greatly increased. Magic alone is not a excuse especially in skyrims case as they do not like magic. So they should put more stock in seige weaponry and weaponry in general. If anything the reason i think tech is so slow is due to the lack of necessity. They dont need faster travel so noone looks into engines. They dont need better weaponry since they get by with what they have. They dont even have that much war and i mean Long wars. And most of their times of great strife are caused by magical means so just tech is not enough amd even then its quite short. Not to mention the great retcons they suffered due to magic. With the fall of the empire and the massive push from the Dominion this may actually be what causes a renaissance for magic and tech alike. No matter how powerful a mage good armor can get your units in amd since most mages fight un armored a good sword or spear will fell them quickly. Wards are only good for magic not cannons. blackpowder weaponry would be a mage killer, enchanted blackpowder weaponry would be even deadlier. A mix of magic powered tech would greatly increase a seige weapons capabilities and so on. Its just a natural progression with magic being legitimately widespead in the setting. They been in the darkages long enough and the cause was the Continent wide empires unity.

@vonfaustien3957

6 жыл бұрын

low level frost enchantments and a fan with a steam engine powered by a fire enchantment. literal telaportation. fire ball staffs or scrolls as anyone can use a staff of scroll even with no magic training. creative use of magic can replace almost any modren tech the issue is fantasy never gets creative with it outside one offs found in wizard lairs that never see widespread use ignoring disk world anyway that did embrace the crative use of magic angle.

@BlueBD

6 жыл бұрын

The mages in Tamriel apparently suffer from chronic selfishness and a sever lack of Creativity. They tend to Horde knowledge like Hermaeus Mora and just lack the Creativity to think on How their Knowledge can be used Outside of Sending pure streams of fire from thy Palm. The Mages appear to all suffer from the same thickheadedness as Skyrims Nords. Hell to think the Psijic Monks even go to that level They are like the Brotherhoods Scribes. They got all the good shit and they Literally Removed themselves from all of society completely to the point most people think they are myths. While one could understand their reasoning They Don't use ANY of the knowledge for the betterment of the rest of the world. They just keep it locked away wherever they are.

@NamelessKing1597

6 жыл бұрын

Even Redguards who are even more notorious for being opposed to magic aren’t against a little bit of restoration and enchanting.

@BlueBD

6 жыл бұрын

I mean who would. Restoration is good for Just about everything but the most Serious of Disease, Wounds, and curses. While Enchanting Literally Makes things Better. Off all the Magic Schools These 2 are literally the most Useful of them all.

Hmm I never even thought about that. Thanks for expanding my perspective! Big fan of you and your content, by the way!

Its actually funny how largely inconsistent the elder scrolls world is regarding magic, for instance: The player is able to take nearly fatal damage, drink a health potion or spell, and be completely healed. yet you go to say a imperial or stormcloak camp and see more than a few wounded bleeding soldiers incapacitated by their wounds. Why does healing not effect them? There’s even random potions for things near them. In a world where magic exists there’s still somehow need for natural healing. This is obviously neglect for consistency or perhaps trying to make the environment more realistic by having wounded soldiers everywhere. But even so the world sets itself up to sometimes raise the need for technology in that one example so why COULDNT they advance if not for hospitals and such. Another example is people in the Devine temples “praying to be cured” when there’s a perfectly good altar to stare at or “cure disease potion” to drink.

@BeePuncher

6 жыл бұрын

Jet Black Onyx The healing and altars' speedy recovery are just for gameplay's sake. Most people would want to sit around and wait for their potions to fully heal them over days(or weeks), and the it's usually the priests near the altars that would perform rites and blessings. Everything is made convenient for the player's enjoyment. Don't forget that an hour ingame only takes 20 realtime minutes, so don't worry about mechanics too much, that's what mods are for anyway.

@IC-23

6 жыл бұрын

Jet Black Onyx For the same reason some shooters let you regenerate during combate. So the game is convinent for the player tk have fun

@aaronpando3636

6 жыл бұрын

Jet Black Onyx The player character is always a "Chosen One" or a demigod, so that could be the reasob

@adge5182

4 жыл бұрын

Because is better for the player. It's a videogame not a Nobel or a TV series. So logic is not that important. This also happens in terms of lore, for example, Tamriel is a really big continent, but the problem is that in the game there are medieval cities bigger than the whole provinces. And the cities of Skyrim, even Oblivion, are so small. For example, the imperial city, as the player we see that city as a really big and fantastic city, don't we? Well, most of the towns are bigger than that, and if we want to be accurate with the reality, comparing it with other cities of that importance in the real world is much worse. Ancient Rome, the most similar city, had 1 million inhabitants, imperial city only 80 or something like that, and is overpopulated because most of the people have no home. Another example are god's, we see daedric princes as something really powerful, but when you became Sheogorath in Oblivion the powers are not that impressive. Why? Because if you had the power of a god the game would be just soo boring, and if you had to travel the equivalent of Madrid to Paris every time you want to get a new city it would be horrible and boring, for the player and for the videogame makers.

@jetblackonyx5985

4 жыл бұрын

@@adge5182 wow this was over a year ago I made this comment. However. The videos topic is about why does technology not advance in Skyrim, the verdict obviously, is magic, and technology is not important because it can do everything that science can do, but, if they cannot just heal on the spot with magic or do everything that the player can do, then ideally they do need to advance because magic doesn't work like it does for the player. Obviously the differences are made for the convenience of the player, but you'll have enemies heal in combat like the player, but then later come across an old fellow who's injured and needs 50 different ingredients for a miracle cure. It's just funny to me, not to be taken seriously, just fun to point out.

Farengar is that you?

@ImperialKnowledge

6 жыл бұрын

Yes

I have pondered this after getting fully in depth into the lore’s history. Thank you for your insight on this. The airship is indeed tricky. Because I would assume that with the power of flight you could do more with it than just military gains. If they could reverse engineer one of those successfully, they could make transportation of goods and people much more faster than ever. Granted, they would be skipping the idea of any kind of automotive power or something like that, but it’d be from that flying mechanism that product like fruits and meats could reach destinations much more quickly than caravans or sea ships and could last longer. High dignitaries from High Rock wouldn’t have to wait days on end to travel to the Imperial City for a meeting. Just an idea.

I play on the XBox 1. I just got a mod that puts libraries in the game. It contains lore books from Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim. Its pretty cool. I'm real big into history, especially medieval history, so for me this is a great mod. I am very glad to have your channel. Great material.

@rickpeters8204

6 жыл бұрын

Behrwulf Odhinsson whats the mod called? I'd love that i'm trying to collect all books on my current playthrough

is there anyway you can increase the volume of your mic? I have volume on loudest and sometimes i still have trouble hearing you...

@ImperialKnowledge

6 жыл бұрын

Ah sorry! I will try that next time! I had it turned down a bit due to background noise of my old laptop. I hope to have fixed it next time when my pc is back

Leuke interessante video man! Vind jou chanell echt geweldig!! Ps ik heb een tip voor je. Probeer rustig te blijven tijdens het lezen, of langzamer. Had er vroeger ook last van maar door deze tip heb ik nu me eigen sales bedrijf!! Keep upp the good work!

@Handle_Space_Goblon

2 жыл бұрын

Europe moment

@caiohenrique1603

2 жыл бұрын

he speaking in thu'um

1:45 - We've used swords and bows for more than 1000 years.

A reason why there COULD be guns, more advanced machines or even just scientific progress: Why should there be none? Tldr: Technology and scientific knowledge will find a way if there is at least one person with too much boredom and/or money. A mage could think "why do I have to pay some dude to chop my wood for the fire? Could I save costs by automating the process and make that guy be done with the work faster, so I have my silence sooner?" So he thinks about a solution that doesn´t expend his mana too much and/or will work while he is on travels. He puts water for a tea onto the fire and notices that the steam can push the lid up. So steam can push heavier things up. He experiments a little and (re)invents the steam engine. A young, slightly mad noble man without the ability to cast magic could dream about flying. He studies the anatomy of birds he hunts and comes to the conclusion that land based animals of the same size are heavier and have no wings. So he thinks up a construction made of light, but stable wood and paper or light leather. He maybe builds a prototype to see if his theories are true. He has many fails, but at some point, the ever different failing models fail less and less. Until one glides down the tower he throws them out of and lands perfectly intact a hundred times. He then proceeds to build a larger model and jumps from dive rock with it, landing perfectly unharmed. Afterwards, he sits on a bench and thinks of how he could improve his glider so that it stays in the air. He looks in the landscape and sees a windmill. He builds a model of it and instead of letting the wind turn the mill, he tries what happens when he turns the mill the other way. It´s a hot day and so, he notices that there is cool air when he stands in front of his construction, which also blows a paper from his desk. He now, asks himself what would happen if the mill turned faster. Eventually, he figures out that the mill gets pushed a little bit, too. So he searches a way to combine the glider and the mill. He hears about an invention from the mage, which automated the process of chopping wood. He gets in contact with that mage and offers him a large amount of money for one of the machines, improved for speed and lightweight.... He experiments some more... and turns his glider into the first ever plane... And as we have magic, nothing really prevents magitech. The mage could power the steam engine with a (few) ever-burning torches. The airship could be reinvented by making a boat fly with levitation or telekinesis magic (like that meteorite that was about to hit the city of Vivec). Propulsion could be anything from magic-steam powered propellers to even a firejet enchantment, actually. And there would be a use for skyships: Bringing goods/passengers safely and quickly from one end of Tamriel to the other. If portals or teleport relays could reliable/available/powerfully enough do that, there would be no need for ships. But there still are ships, so teleport options are not reliable/available/powerful enough. While I can´t remember any teleports in Skyrim, there were teleport options in both, Oblivion and Morrowind. In both were regular ships. Some dude could even stumble into Apocrypha / make some deal with Hermaeus Mora and gain knowledge that the dwemers posessed about making those machines. A scholar could sit in his garden under his favorite apple tree and read a book. Suddenly, he feels a pain on his skull and thinks "why did that apple fall onto me?" and develops a theory of gravity. In the real world, that guy was a Sir Isaac Newton A monk could be bored and try to figure out what happens if you cross white roses with red roses. How many offspring roses will be red, how many white and how many will be pink? Is this principle portable to other flowers? To animals? To men, mer, Argonians and Kajiit? What are the properties of a mix of redguard and breton? Real life equivalent: The augustinian priest Gregor Mendel. For many of our real world technologies, there was no inherent NEED to make them better. The ams-race excepted, maybe, as armors were made better in response of weapons that were improved as response on armors being improved and so on... But there was no real need to improve the plough. There was no real need to make larger carts. There was no real need for the steam engine. There was no real need for the discovery of electricity and the lightbulb. We could use hand-ploughs to work the fields. We could use smaller carts or carry everything ourselves. We could have lived without the railway. We could have lived without the electrical light. But we did it anyway. Yes, on Tamriel, they could conjure Daedra to work the fields or bring stuff from Solitude to Corinthe (yes, I googled some Tamriel map and chose a random place). But that could just as well horribly back-fire, if everyone knew how to do that. Yes, on Tamriel, they could use magic to levitate the bundles of crop to their destination. But how many mages stoop so low to do that? Yes, magical, ever-burning torches and candles seem to exist, but if everyone has them, they are not special enough to show off with on the next party or fair. An advantage of using technology or maybe even magitech over pure magic would be that it would not necessarily involve a guy casting a spell with his mana or effectively (part of) the life of a creature (in the case of a soulgem) for every single time a specific effect is desired. If you managed to read or maybe even follow until here: ... YOU do have far too much time. Go ahead and invent something cool ;)

@adrikb1545

2 жыл бұрын

I know it's from 3 years ago but about the first case a mages use conjurations for that kind of thing without paying anyone in TES OBLIVION we can see a Dremora delivering a letter or various types of lesser Daedra guarding a wizard's tower, mana cost isn't that much of an issue outside of battle and conjurations can last indefinitely so using magic is cheaper about the second case intelligence = Magic if he is so smart to do something like that he should be able to use levitation magitech actually already exists just not in the way you think Shalidor's mazes and many more Nordic constructions are inherently magitech in nature I seem to have read on reddit that the puzzle door in the ruins is actually comparable to the seal door in a nuclear bunker mages study that kind of thing but that doesn't change Magic > technology Aicantar calcelmo' nephew rearmed and modified a Dwaven spider but of course when we have conjurations it's not that revolutionary and it didn't attract attention my answer is similar to the rest of examples

@DaemianOfMars

11 ай бұрын

I think you have a really good point, but on the other hand, I think you undermine the fact that Nirn is a completely different "place" with its own "rules" and that gods and magic are something that factually exist and are given since the dawn of time and will always be. That being said, the very concept of someone developing technology and having enough curiosity or ingenuity is something that happened in our world, which for better or worse doesnt have any kind of given or fixed rules, at least to our certain knowledge. With this I mean our inventors and creative geniuses have had the need or the curiosity to develop technologies that were needed or were imagined. People in Tamriel live with the fact that there are many given and unchangeable facts about the world that dont require any conscious or reasonable inputs other than to learn it and become proficient at its knowledge (in short, magic). So the problem lies mostly in the fact that people in Tamriel never even get the chance to feel a curiosity strong enough to actually develop something that replaces what its actually proven and working (technology over magic). The disappearance of the Dwemer sets a bad precedent for the rest of the world in the fact that their dabbling of technology and defiance of the rules of the world led to their extinction. This is such a cool topic to discuss and I really, really hope they tackle technology more in their (hopefully) upcoming game. I wish them to focus the story of the game more on the Dwemer, or even make it so the people of Tamriel develop electricity and we have further world changes to make it even more interesting.

On the use of Catapults instead of cannons: The issue with cannons is that you need to make them ins specialized workshops and then transport them to wherever you intend to use them, something similar applies to ammunition (at least the gunpowder, the projectiles usually can be more easily produced locally). Any type of torsion, tension or counterweight based throwing machine can usually be built wherever you are. Only a small number of small (usually metal) parts are often premade and shipped to the intended location, whereas most of the structure is quickly built locally, from local wood. So it certainly has logistical advantages. Also I think cannon have been retconned out or are just a case of unreliable narrator/depiction. You'd think the Dwemer would prefer guns over crossbows, yet they seemingly don't.

this was an amazing video!! going through all your videos now!

You do realize that levitation magic was outlawed by the Empire, right? That's why you only see it in Solsteim in the Telvanni wizard Neloth's by the time of Skyrim. Morrowind is technically not a part of the Empire at this time.

I want both high rock and hammerfell. Then we could have awsome Knights from high rock alowing for alot of faction splits and i would be so down for that

@ramasaputra6205

6 жыл бұрын

O', Moonlight me too! That was the first thing i think about when i saw it in the trailer

I relate to the stutters with some of my own content, it's okay man everyone does it sometimes it's just worse for others esp when you might be nervous while making content, love the creative concept here, I haven't seen a lot of more speculative lore on these aspects of TES, so I think k this is pretty rad

To be honest I'm not really shocked, I mean we ourselves used bows, blades, shields and armors for more than 5000 years and this industrial revolution which led us to the point in which we are now started only very recently (in the last 200 years or so) and it could very well have been delayed for another hundred to thousand years. It's not because things seem logical and normal to us that it actually means anything. And yes, they have magic, which changes pretty much anything...

@graspeau7827

6 жыл бұрын

Sam Duncan Actually in the real world it could have happened quite earlier. China presumably started developing mass production techniques during the late XIII century ; there were signs of use of mined coal, and they supposedly weren't that far away from a real industrial revolution ; this show that while delays easily happen, breakthroughs do too.However, considering how stable the empires are in Tamriel (some dynasties lasted quite sometime), the huge timescale and all, the only things that I believe can really prevent it to happen would be the demographics (I know recent games' demographics aren't really cannon but still) and magic. That and plot armour for medieval weaponry.

@IrritatorXleXretour

6 жыл бұрын

nope nope very good point indeed, it's really a matter of sparks over oil, starting a huge fire to put it metaphorically. But at the end of the day we have to accept that the world of TES is different than ours and comparisons can only be so deep. :)

@graspeau7827

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah I guess you're right about the world of TES being too different for in-depth analogies, considering how alien the games tend to be. Bethesda really did a nice job when setting up the lore

@IrritatorXleXretour

6 жыл бұрын

nope nope thanks to the mighty Michael Kirkbride and Adam Adamowicz too, who were the shapers of this world (except for Oblivion, which is why it didn't look so original)! But yeah it's my favorite universe !

@platoonmexx9278

6 жыл бұрын

thinking that the industrial rev could ve been delayed even just 100 years is completely naiive, big advancements in history came by force, and the industrial rev was forced, by what? the need of goods for many different classes in mass for a very quickly growing population, if there was no indus rev. there d have died hugh % of the global population...

I wouldn't mind if they added cannons early guns and full plate armor in the tes 6

@ImperialKnowledge

6 жыл бұрын

Well chances are its hammerfell and cannons have mainly been seen there

@dutchpatriot17

6 жыл бұрын

Cannons on boats is fine by me, but aside from that, no guns, nor cannons, please. Plate armor is nice, though.

@thatchannel195

6 жыл бұрын

The Forgotten Hero well theres always mods :)

@paulbrule5897

6 жыл бұрын

LNB KS There's plate armor in skyrim though

@thatchannel195

6 жыл бұрын

Ulfur Trollson not proper full plate

I've got the true answer the devs wanted to make a game series that was based in a medieval fantasy world and that's about it really.

Thank you! About time someone make video about technology in Elder Scrolls!

*gestures vaguely at the Disaster of Akavir* seems like a good reason for... Cannons, and Catapults, and Air-Fleets.

In Warhammer Fantasy, Both magic and Technology exist. The main human faction is essentially stuck in a pike and shot era. In some points

I think the lack of technology may also be due to mindset: it's not that you say why have canons when you have battlemages, it's more like 'we have battle mages so why would we ever even try to think of some other way'...everyone says 'why reinvent the wheel'.

It would be interesting if a new faction took up the philosophy of the dwemer, forego the gods and use technology over magic to dominate

@RaffleRaffle

Жыл бұрын

Aren't the redguards against Magic? It's be cool if the next game we see them advance in tech like the dwemmer and they get a storyline where they are so advanced they go and find the dwemmer

@panzerfk0626

6 ай бұрын

another numiidium shenanigan

Hey great video! I wanted to drop a few things down here just for thoughts and for fun. Just wanted to enter the discussion on a couple key points. First up was based on the question you had quoted as to why we don't see tech advancement in elder scrolls. You did in a broad sense nail it by stating "magic." I'd agree, however to elaborate a little I'd say take quick look at our own human history. How long did we use stone weapons, how long did we use all the weapons before firearms lol. Thousands of years. How long was the 1st to 4th Era? Geez in that time Dwemer already ran up and down the tech chain quickly with freakin robots lol. I agree with alchemy(primitive chemistry) and spells for healing. Let's discuss what I feel you also got correct was the usage of mages...and masters for that matter. Defining tech you can also say is driven by the need for better, more efficient, ease of use, more authentically pleasing. I would imagine becoming a mage and therefore becoming a master would be difficult and time consuming. So therefore some technologies would fill that gap as you explained. But more than likely as populations increase the potential for magic use to be "too" hard to learn may increase therefore opening the way for some technologies. An example of this could be seen with the bow and crossbow evolution. Training someone to use a bow took alot of time, training and required strength. Whereas the development of the crossbow made it quite easy to put into the hands of anyone with simple training and creating a force multiplier and increasing overall combat effectiveness. The crossbow changed sooo many things in combat in our world. You also mentioned airships! Besides that just being soooo advanced in our physics terms lol...let's say the dwemer used some alternative buoyant technology...look at the metallurgy and advanced metal techniques that would be necessary to start creating them even with reverse engineering...uh no. You are right again on that lol. Cannons are interesting..in the fact that..generally speaking the evolution of the modern firearm came from cannons of some type. But more importantly..how come this tech isn't pushed further? If there is engineers to build these amazing structures in Tamirel..there must be engineer types that aren't completely invested into magic to the point where that's all they study. Because, developing a hand carried firearm would be devastating to any and all peoples of NIRN. A battlements being able to stop a small projectile coming from hundreds of meters away? All the while being able to kill him or her instantly. Pretty effective and definitely worth looking into. Just wanted to throw a few things out, see if anyone bites, cuz I'd like to continue this small sidebar talk. Love the videos!

You forgot that the Sloads use airships to transport corpses for necromancy back on Thras

Havent seen the vid yet, but i still recall there were already electric light poles in the Imperial City back in Oblivion, i wish in the next game they make a dlc about the dwemer,it would be so cool if they add some flying city or ship in the sky were the dwemer were at all the time, never gone

@Trabsol

10 ай бұрын

Yeah but by the time of Skyrim, the electric light poles were wiped out since the imperial city was destroyed

I think alchemy is the form which the science we call chemistry takes in Tamriel. In the world of Tamriel alchemy is science. The world of Tamriel is constructed differently than ours and it is developing differently.

@HamguyBacon

6 жыл бұрын

In the real world, our world science traces its roots in alchemy, before science there was only alchemy.

@david8157

6 жыл бұрын

That's true. Isaac Newton for instance was an alchemist. He had a full alchemy lab at Cambridge and he owned a couple of hundred books on alchemy. Newton spent more time doing 'occult' research during his life than doing what we now call science, but which he called 'natural philosophy'.

I hope the technology never advances too much in the elder scrolls. I like the swords and magic aesthetic of the series. If it advices too much, it'll change the feel of the series. I'm aware there were "space ships" in the earlier games. It's kinda weird.

I also like to think it’s just impossible for them to advance how we did, as their planet and physics and science is completely different. Remember their stars aren’t even suns, they’re part of a god or whatever. So concepts of using electric for power just couldn’t work. And in our world there’s a apparently infinite universes with infinite possibilities so it’s possible a universe like where Nirn is exist lol.

it reminds me of Arcanum: of Steamwork and Magic if you start to think "well what if the common man took over. what if you didn't need a battlemage who has been trained for decades in the arcane arts. Now with 6 cannons, 6 regular men could operate it in just a few months training no?" it's an interesting thought, and actually I wanna know what people reading this think about that.

No, this is not the wrong place. I really have fun watching these. They fill me with... knowledge. Imperial knowledge.

I think it would be interesting if they added firearms into es6, but have it were it does a lot of damage but takes a long time to reload.

woof

@alfredwalters7123

6 жыл бұрын

bork

@ceoofwarcrimes4600

6 жыл бұрын

It appears that I must kill the chancellor of seasame street so sayith the mighty doggo

@tris7794

5 жыл бұрын

Wuff

@rentabullet4048

5 жыл бұрын

Good dog

Where has this channel been all my life???

The real reason is probably mass production. We see that while weapon tech has advanced, it's still made by hand by blacksmiths, not in any sort of factory. Any war weapons would need to be custom made. That raises expense and encourages magic use, which just takes magicka.

i love the intro so much

If you want technical progress you need 3 things - high supply of food and materials and (man)power . Our rapid technological advancement happened only when we discovered how to get more food, thus more people and thus more materials to make stuff. Eventually the demand for these things required automation and taaa-daaa modern industrial society.

You forgot one point and it's one good reason someone would try and rebuild airships if they can and that's well within the lore levitation magic is outlawed in I believe more then a few provinces but it is outlawed in Skyrim not solsteim though I don't recall the exact details on why or where it's outlawed but it is

This doesn't make sense because it would be much cheaper and efficient to mass produce cannons that any old chump could use than train battle mages extensively just for them to die in battle. This concept occurred in our history when warrior classes (i.e. knights and samurai) were replaced by poorly trained conscript armies. Tamerial doesn't advance because TES games are a part of the fantasy genre and that would change if the world progressed.

I’ve been meaning to ask, what accent is that? Where are you from?

@ImperialKnowledge

6 жыл бұрын

From the Netherlands

@Awop01

6 жыл бұрын

I thought you are from Germany tho, because you are always talking about Nazis :D

@aetherus1390

6 жыл бұрын

Imperial Knowledge cool. Thanks for the answer man

@darthfenrir4892

6 жыл бұрын

Imperial Knowledge for some reason I thought you were Belgian.

@Azwan1415

6 жыл бұрын

Imperial Knowledge , I thought you was Russian.

This “because magic” explanation doesn’t actually hold up when you think about it very long

Okay but do the biodiversity of Tamriels plants now plz

i like the vid, but the question isnt super hard: the Elder Scrolls universe is based on Tolkien-like high fantasy which uses the "magic-is-science" trope and combines that with a bronze age/ medieval setting. if TES universe had guns or electric devices it wouldn't fit the setting. of course there are the dwemmer who were more technologically advanced, but they fit the setting because their machinces run off of steam and are very primitive so it fits the setting

Wow imagine Tamriel with 21st century technology and culture

@YouTubeisgettingworse.

3 жыл бұрын

Twitter would be an even bigger dumpster fire than in our world.

It be neat if they showed this concept more in the games.

It was a theory of mine that the Gods doesnt allow Man and Mer to advance in technology. First the Dwemer, second despite the thousand of years Man and Mer hasnt advanced in technology passed the stone age. While magic is being more understood and advancing, not so much as technology. This could be a fact that each race doesnt need create something that doesnt rely on magic. Perhaps because of the wars against Man, Mer, and Daedra their civilizations keep being pushed back a bit. While its possible that the Aedra doesnt want anyone to advance in technology, that doesnt mean they are stopping anyone to do so. The Dwemer was punished by the gods for enslaving the Falmer and changing their appearance/sight. The Alyieds wanted to be more than just Mer, plus they enslaved Man(Not that caught up on Alyied lore though) so their civilization disappeared. Its also a fact that in the 9th era, there is space travel and technology passed anyones imagination. Keep in mind though that this isnt cannon since that writer who came up with that idea stopped writing for the elder scrolls after Oblivion or something. Its also my theory and in a way making Fallout and The Elder Scrolls into the same universe. The Man of Fallout is a "controlled" species put on Planet Earth and therefor the Aedra nor the Daedra is not allowed to touch humanity there. its stupid though and obviously not a thing

I REALLY want to see airships return in es6 and maybe eso

There is also teleportation magic and wayshrines which makes flight piontless.

I believe it was Einstein that said (roughly paraphrasing) that technology that is very advanced would seem like magic to those that didn't understand it.

Whe can not forget the doors (properly) made by the dragon cultists whe see in Northic ruins the one wich are locked by that kinda clock machinism and the dragon claws

Alchemy and magic do replace lot of things but when it comes to transportation, and physical weapons even civilizations of Tameriel could benefit from those advancements. A bullet from a gun could easily pass through a ward better than a bow and horses only go so fast while air ships don't need to use roads.

I would enjoy it if TES6 were to add an early musket, assuming the game is in Hammerfell and is inspired by the Middle East.

i mean i guess it can be a substitute but obviously not for all technology

,,For more than 1000 years''? Wayyyyy more than 1000 years

@peachyjam9440

6 жыл бұрын

samplexample lol I know. I'm saying that the world in TES is way older than 1000 years

Because it wouldn’t be a fantasy game if technology was evolving past the Mideval ages

Short answer is that it has but magic has eliminated the need for further advancement since they can pretty much do anything with magic.

What about muskets? Yes you have magic but not everyone can use it, but they can hold something and pull the trigger, and with the ingredients they have for alchemy surely they can use something similar to gun powder. It would be more effective than a bow. And easier to give simple training to even the simplest of men

Much like the Dwemer and Nords, the Redguards frown upon magic of most schools, and just like magic might seem easier to implement, it has also acquired a bad reputation among the people of Tamriel, seeing also that the training required to use it lasts years; technology in the elder scrolls is not frozen in time, but instead slowed down, just like we didn't go from hunting and gathering to having the industrialized society we live in today; in theory, Tamriel could see another industrialized society in the future, although it would be so distant we might not see it at all, at most reaching what we used to see in the 16th and 17th Centuries.

I wanted a Zork high school class.

@ImperialKnowledge

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry

It's a trope in most science fiction, fantasy, etc games. Ancient artifacts are more advanced and powerful than anything modern. Even in Shadowrun nuclear weapons from before the awakening of the old races. There's only two instances in Dragon Age where they suggest technology moves forward. Dwarf noble origin in the first one when recovering the ancient Aeducan shield. Inquisition when assaulting Adamant Fortress. Technology is stagnant in Star Wars too, the only factions that progress it are the Empire and First Order. Lightsabers should be incredibly obsolete by this point, and anyone thinking they might face a jedi would have a solid projectile weapon.

I was thinking that there was no need for advanced technology if you had magic.

I was wondering - what do you study in university? About the topic of this great video - imo, the problem in discussing Tamriel while applying the logic of our own world is not really productive. The world in the Elder Scrolls was never intended to be anything close to a detailed fantasy universe where you can research things like demographics, climate, economy, how the magic would affect all these. For example, if you have a transmute magic where u can create precious metals, gold can become abundant so it will probably be abandoned by states which might start using even more precious metals or soul gems. If I was a ruler, Id create an academy which practices transmute magic and I will employ organizations like the Penitus Oculatus to hunt down magicians who practice the transmute spell which will lower the possibility of anyone producing tons of gold. The problem is that there will surely be another kingdom that has the resources to do this so I will have to find a way to deal with them - either investing more in covert actions, some trade deal or open war. I really doubt Bethesda Game studios will bother to worldbuild in-depth because its simply too much work for too little gain considering the fact that most players dont care about such intricacies. Edit: Keep up the good videos man! You bring up really interesting topics which are always fun to explore.

Because you favorite fantasy epic franchise will be turn into a science fiction like Star Wars

It better never advances we dont want a industrial age cyrodiil

I think that is bizarre that the Dwemer had computers

This makes sense becous hamerfell has all kinds of tehnology all becouse they hate magic much like dwemer i mean gunpoweder and cepelins

@IC-23

6 жыл бұрын

M.i.N.i PEKKA I don't know of this is satirical or being serious, but the name makes me lean to the latter option.

keep in mind that even the high elfs use catapults. i see many catpults, ballistas and trebuchets in the Cey-Tarn Keep in north of alinor in Summerset. So, battle mages do not make modern weapons obsolete.

There'll never been handheld firearms in Elder Scrolls because theres spells just as effective that people seem to be born knowing.

OMG you sound so alike Farengar in Dragonsreach XD

If you could create a giant Tesla coil charged up by 10 mages firing lightning into it and some how being able to direct it at the target, on some mount to tow the assault weapon to where it needs to be.

The thing is: levitation is not flight, an airship can be used for bombing as you said plus carrying resources. What I am curious about is why are there no guns? Even say flintlock like guns? It's not that much of a stretch since bows practically dominate and crossbows do exist so they have some kind of frame work. I would say that why do X when you can Y? Because as you said battle mages are scarce in some parts so better to innovate like what if they need to resist magic but don't have spells? Technology comes in. In world of warcraft for example magic and tech exist side by side they live in a sort of, American Revolution technology style era, more fantasy like obviously.

The Dwemer lights are actually gas lamps if you look at them closely

when he talked about the music i more then half expected for him to say it was made by mages xD

Honestly, I would've loved it if they went a more Antiquity or early Middle Ages based route for ESO, regarding Technology, showing a bit of Progression in that regard.

A world without need for technology is a world where everything has been achieved and fulfilled. Ask any Mede emperor if he needs a bomber or a satellite. I guess you can not just say that TES is a medieval looking game and Bethesda doesn't want to change that. But lore wise, it makes no sense.

The Empire should create new techs , because if a second great war started , it would be complicated , it was shown in the past that techologie can destroy the aldmeri dominion (Numidium) and because they have weaker races in the empire: -Bretons are less gifted in magic compared to the atmer -Nords are just warriors (they still have some mages but it's mostly a warrior race) -Orcs=Nords but with berserker -Dunmer are less trusted by the nords (mostly in windhelm) but are still powerful mages , less than altmers because they are the cursed chimers And the Aldmeri dominion has cool races : -The altmer are the most gifted in magic -Bosmers are natural hunters -Khajiits are sneeky , because they have fur , they could technically survive in skyrim and they have breeds of khajiits that look like housecats , and if cats exist in TES (I have never seen one without mods) it could create fear (and cat murder) But with technology , they could overcome the evil mers : -Airships that are too high to be dammaged by magicka or arrows against the altmer (and bomb them) -Guns against the bosmer (If they destroy trees the Empire could be seen as evil) -And watever agaisnt khajiits , just use alchemy or something to know if a pet is a Khajiit or not.

Plus you got to remember that most dwemer tech is just highly advanced and technical magic.

It would be badass If the dwemer rolled up In mass airships and they fly through a valley and you have to shoot them with catupalts on the mountains and there shooting back with bolts and cannons. Then you have to hit a spot making them steer Into a mountain and explode. Idk It played In my head and it looked so crazy.

Great video as usual! Just one thing though: Hospitals are not present in TES is a bit of a far shot. The temples of Kynareth and generic Alchemy shops are often the ones offering health clinic and apotheke services. There is evidence both in the games and the books. Also, military field hospitals where the wounded soldiers are treated through alchemy. Alchemy is not magic.

A god out of Metal - Imperial Knowledge Diehard metal fan confirmed

I've always been curious about why technology hasn't been advancing in Tamriel as a whole.

Maybe there's no technical development because everyone is scared to end up like Dwemer?

Why have x y or z, because someone wanted to circumvent the use for magic? If a weapon can be used by common peasants instead of learned battlemages that's a pretty big advantage over your enemies, smaller barrier of entry to manage an Army.

In actuality the High Elves used to have an Airship Fleet they had a space program so perhaps you sell the old elves short the original spirits that took physical form built wonders the likes of which the following races would never be able to do one just needs to look at the animated time Tower or the white-gold tower or the Crystal Tower to see that the original Spirits could craft things far beyond any other race there are very much intact weapons like guns and Cannon's one must know where to look for example hammerfell the Redguard there have an entire group of soldiers dedicated to firearms probably Flintlock or single-shot muskets

The only technology I would care about is indoor plumbing and toilet paper.

I believe firmly that Hammerfell or Blackmarsh or Iliac Bay, when the time comes, if there is an ES in Blackmarsh or the general Iliac Bay region, will introduce flintlock-and-musket style weapons. Hammerfell isn't good with magic, and since they're inspired by golden age India, piracy, etc. and in a war with the Thalmor, since war does breed innovation and the Thalmor are elves, natural skilled magicians, Hammerfell's military will definitely need to improve their tech. Hoping dearly that they do start up guns then.

"Instead of praying to the gods, build your own"