Ik that AS is supposedly the replacement for at least the books but I still hope you will keep many elements and plot points from them be canon with hn2. Sorry if this post might be a little similar to the whole bring back old lore posts but all I’m saying is don’t scrap the books and hnvr completely many people really liked them including me.
I don’t have anything against AS in matter of fact I kinda like it but I just hope it won’t change the lore too much and if it does I would rather prefer it to not be completely connected with hn2 Ik that it’s most likely too late now since you’re nearly finished with chapter 2 and patch 9 but I just wanted to point it out.
For example I’m hoping stuff that was teased by alpha 1.5, hnvr and gn2 will be in the full game story continuation. Like i Think everything would be fixed if AS was an AU sure there will always be people still complaining like always but a lot of fans wouldnt be so upset