In a prior thread, the majority voting found that the Altmer were the most arrogant of the vanilla races.

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1461700-most-arrogant-vanilla-race/

This thread is for you to exercise your imaginations. Suppose yourself to be a creative advisor to Bethesda and they want your input on how to "solve the problem of Altmer arrogance." Your task is to find a solution that fits with the game world as it has been laid out in the franchise and do so within the current ESRB rating of the game. Project a solution and how to get "there from here" (where Skyrim leaves off). You may use gameplay, "lore books" or a combination to achieve the goal. Feel free to discuss your ideas with each other and have some fun.

Given this scenario, how would you go about "solving the problem of Altmer arrogance?"

aaah, i don't think their arrogance is much of an issue (excluding the thalmor), an altmers arrogance is the equivalent of a nords mead, you can't have one without the other in TES

Why does the Altmer arrogance need to be solved? If every race was the same, things would be boring.

A good ass kicking by man should straiten em out.

How?

Distribute educational pamphlets around Alinor teaching High Elves about the positive aspects of other cultures and the importance of tolerance. And if they still talk down to members of other races, send them on to courses in which they're informed in greater depth.

Putting an end the Thalmor should help. The TESIII and IV Altmer weren't that bad, it was more snobbery than aggressive racism. And maybe if other cultures "surpassed" theirs, some of them could concede that they have their merits. Dunmer in TESIII (who were worse if less intrusive, but that's besides the point) described Altmer as dwelling on past glories, while they thought Imperial culture was a cheap imitation of Altmeri culture. So I think Western Men have the potential to be creative with Altmeri based sciences and arts and beat them at their own game. And if that happens, some Altmer must come to respect them, but that would probably take a few thousand years.

It might be quicker to just Falmerise them, then keep them as goblins though. But then what do you do with all the Altmer's goblins?

Or the other races could accept learn how to put up with it just as Whiterun allows Nazeem to stay in the city. Wood Elves have millenia of experience in this, so they could provide some tips.

The solution to arrogance is always a catastrophic event, whether personal or wide spread.

I see the total destruction of the Thalmor and the fall of the Aldmeri Dominion as the only way to achieve this. Conquered or displaced peoples tend to lose their puffed up pride which may still simmer for a few but the majority are faced with bleak despondence.

I don't necessarily want to see a complete destruction of the Aldmeri civilization as this would normally cause the Altmer to lose their arrogance which I see as a racial trait in TES but I DO want to see the Thalmor destroyed. That would be enough for me.

The Altmer aren't arrogant for Auri-El's sake..

They're condescending, but that's a whole other issue.

TES VI Summerset Isles

Problem solved.

Altmer arrogance ends when all the other 9 races go *poof*.

The best solution is to kill every last Nord.

Elven supremacy is the only truth!

Give them all hard wedgies, followed by snowberry cream pies to the face.

What's wrong with the Altmer being arrogant? Nobody hates the Altmer for being arrogant.

There isn't anything that needs to be solved. The Altmer are 'arrogant' - that's the role they play in TES lore.

My solution to Altmer arrogance? Sleep with them.

Be one of them. Problem solved. Now everyone else is inferior and you can clearly see why they are "arrogant".

Give them their own Red Year?

Let them go the way of the Dwemer (also an arrogant race). Overnight they vanish and become the stuff of legends.

This^^.

If it ain't broke , don't fix it!

the dwemer had more to back up their arrogance

If we're talking about arrogant races, then the Altmer are not the only problem. One group of people not liking another because they're different. Such is the way of life.

haha