Do The Blades suck at their job or are they just so good that we only really know about the times they've failed?
Yes.
>>3883910Protagonists are Blades and they saved Tamriel
They are an elite guard and their members train their whole life for a single purpose, guarding the one man standing between man and daedra. >Unless the writer needs them to be bumbling buffoons so that drama and plot can happen.Thus is the fate of fantasy continuities.
considering our own historical counterparts (Pr*etorian guard) they did superb job overall
>>3883919They(We) don't count
>>3883910I think its the lattee
>>3883910Post Oblivion Blades are an actual joke
>>3883910What do you mean? The operation in Morrowind was a massive success and so was the one in Daggerfall. The later was only messed up due to time warping bullshit.
>>3883910They suffer from the greatest handicap of all, Bethesda writing.
>>388391079% of Roman emperors, our best analogue, died violent deaths. Only one abdicated in his old age. Only 4% are likely natural causes (if you believe being struck by lightning happened.)
>>3883910Let's see. The blades let 2 emperors die. Good at their job? Hmmmm. Hmmmm...
>>3883910Isn't Daggerfall's plot basically about them saving everyone?
>>3883910The second one, they actually involved in all the main quest, Daggerfall, morrowind, oblivion and in skyrim too.
