Hopefully TPTB take away something from this thisness, and any other sidelined (for a lack of a better term) factions get more support to establish things before a sudden dump of stuff and a major change (unless it's intentional for a faction or factions that are intentionally out, such as the homeworld clans, the clans at the start and the WoB remnants) but hey it's a learning experience, but it's something they've done right before with the reconsolidation of the FWL.
As for novels being the first tier of canon, well personally I think that's not the best move, and as shown it can course issues, personally I think it should be 1) sourcebook, to establish guide lines 2) Novels and TRO entries to show more unique differences and characters, that way novel writers can have cool idea's but source book writers don't have to worry as much about trying to make them make sense with the rest of the lore beyond a single unit or character, but that's just how my messed up brain thinks it should work ymmv.
Likewise. As disappointing as it was that the Dominion didn't end the book ascending to the heights of power, it was still an interesting story and I'm looking forward to seeing how the war with the Combine pans out. It might have helped that I didn't read Trial by Chaos back in the day. Plus I could accept that the Freeminders and Motstand's smaller-than-expected role was due to the fact that they'd been shipped off to Vega or reduced to irrelevance by 3152, leaving room for other factions to spring up.
Re the Bear and the Dragon Round 3, Hopefully the bear succeeds where the felines failed. It would certainly be an interesting plot point if a House capital actually fell to a Clan; not like the in-and-out hit on Tharkad but a real fall and occupation. Icing on the cake if that happens to be Luthien.
I don't think I want us to reach the height of power, I'd just like to see us succeed at something, with it's own costs,
if we take a chunk out of the Combine, I want us to lose units in doings so, then it means we earned it and it honours the Combine fans who deserve more than a "And the Bears just win because" fans of both factions should come away with a feeling of respect for each others factions effort, if not the faction.
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