One of the defining traits of intelligent beings was their capacity for thought and calculation. For humanity, a thinking and calculating enemy was far easier to deal with than one driven purely by animal instinct.0

Take the Ancestor of Wisdom, for example. He had created the Reaper civilization and advocated for the humanization of the intelligent faction of the Reapers. In their war with humanity, the intelligent Reapers knew how to weigh options, employ strategy, and, most importantly, consider the balance between cost and gain. They had clear goals.0

This gave humanity the opportunity to engage them in a battle of wits. But if the Primal Faction were the ones leading the war, their tactics would always boil down to mutual destruction, launching attacks regardless of cost. The purpose of their attacks would be nothing more than the act of...0