I've been thinking a lot about WC3 lately. How it's pretty much a zero-sum game, either you vanquish the Kilrathi Empire or they conquer Earth and destroy ConFed. Playing the game on its own leaves you with no choice of which ending is preferable (that is if you are a Terran).
In the immediate aftermath of the war, the two factions in ConFed seek to reshape the power and might of its forces. Tolwyn loses the battle and so ConFed finds itself decommissioning a large portion of its forces.
Then it happens, the Nephilum, the baddest of bad asses show up in small numbers and look like they could easily wipe out mankind. We can only imagine the kind of force they had on the other side for Blair to analogize the Kilrathi to housecats in comparison.
This brings me to the question... was the ending of WC3 necessarily the better one considering the Nephilum threat? That is to say, could the Kilrathi have faired any better than us?
It is true, we beat the Nephilum out of our space twice, but if they could break through it is highly unlikely that ConFed would be able to hold off for long.
The Kilrathi knew only war, even when they were not fighting they were probably arming for the next engagement. Kilrathi technology was in many ways superior to our own ie. cloaking, dreadnaught etc. Assuming that the paw crushed the skull on Earth at the end of 3, would the Kilrathi be better prepared for the Nephilum than we were? Could the Kilrathi destroy the bugs, or at least making them wish they didn't jump into cat space in the first place?
I'd love to know what my fellow WC fans think about this possibility.
-Kon
In the immediate aftermath of the war, the two factions in ConFed seek to reshape the power and might of its forces. Tolwyn loses the battle and so ConFed finds itself decommissioning a large portion of its forces.
Then it happens, the Nephilum, the baddest of bad asses show up in small numbers and look like they could easily wipe out mankind. We can only imagine the kind of force they had on the other side for Blair to analogize the Kilrathi to housecats in comparison.
This brings me to the question... was the ending of WC3 necessarily the better one considering the Nephilum threat? That is to say, could the Kilrathi have faired any better than us?
It is true, we beat the Nephilum out of our space twice, but if they could break through it is highly unlikely that ConFed would be able to hold off for long.
The Kilrathi knew only war, even when they were not fighting they were probably arming for the next engagement. Kilrathi technology was in many ways superior to our own ie. cloaking, dreadnaught etc. Assuming that the paw crushed the skull on Earth at the end of 3, would the Kilrathi be better prepared for the Nephilum than we were? Could the Kilrathi destroy the bugs, or at least making them wish they didn't jump into cat space in the first place?
I'd love to know what my fellow WC fans think about this possibility.
-Kon