Talk:Battacor/@comment-26145872-20181116052739/@comment-66.119.108.61-20181121020054

Don't usually care enough about wiki comments to reply myself, but I'd hate to see the most recent Lone Tenno's astute analysis buried under the ongoing comment war without anyone recognizing it for being pretty on-point. I'm really not a fan in the first place of "which will win out, X or Y" and "which is more powerful, X or Y" conversations about factions in any franchise because everything is subjective (contrary the beliefs of Dapocolus) and it's entirely conjecture, since the important thing is that they are groups of characters that have certain strengths and weaknesses, goals and aspirations and drive action within an imagined world - and thus will operate in accordance with the goals of their faction and give us a dramatic experience to enjoy as consumers.

The most recent Lone Tenno really nails it with the understanding that regardless of whether or not the Grineer and Corpus trade openly anymore (which apparently stopped after the tensions of Gradivus), the Grineer can never truly establish total domination if it means destroying the Corpus, simply because the Corpus make so much stuff people need. Yeah, they may no longer get it from Corpus through trading, but now rather by looting, but you can bet the Grineer are using tons of Corpus stuff and they can't afford it if that stuff is no longer being made. May I point to Uranus, the center of their entire cloning operation which keeps them coming and drops boatloads of Polymer Bundle, described in game as Corpus tech? If the Grineer destroyed Corpus infrastructure through and through, they wouldn't even be able to keep cloning... yet they also can't end hostilities because the Corpus no longer trade openly, and thus things like Polymer Bundles must be taken by force, leaving a delicate balance of power.

Interesting stuff to consider overall. But yeah, let's not use the word "objectively" for things it doesn't apply to... Certain facts can be objectively true, but "better" always involves some sort of assessment, and an assessment is always subjective (someone must pick criteria, rank their relevance, and so on). If you feel the need to write something is "objectively true" you should also stop and reconsider what you are saying, no matter the topic at hand...