[quote=@The 42nd Gecko]
[@KoL] In fact, if I was to pick a faction that was too weak in this fight, I'd pick the Angels. Remove the GM characters, and people who ditched for RL/conflict reasons, and you have our battlefield line up from this battle it'd be...

Miyu and Eve. What a staggeringly potent roster.
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But, you are looking just at this battle. I'm considering the bigger picture. For example, if I had dropped Victoire instead of Ciel, I'd have to pull her punches really hard to explain the Machina surviving in the long run. She would die in a blink in face of Eos, sure, but no one else in the Machina army would be able to take on her bag of mid-to-high level tricks, since their biggest advantage (The Cloud) couldn't touch magic.

In the whole course of the RP the Machina have undeniably been hit the hardest. This is where I draw my conclusions from.