Channelers were definitely severely nerfed in both power and number - I feel like with the number of channelers Jordan described, the number of angreal and sa'angreal involved, and how high the stakes were, a true all out war between those forces should have ripped apart the world on the scale of the breaking. Instead they were relegated to the role of supply and travelling, and cutting each other weaves.
Definitely not consistent with the rest of the series, but what can you do.
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Channelers were definitely severely nerfed in both power and number - I feel like with the number of channelers Jordan described, the number of angreal and sa'angreal involved, and how high the stakes were, a true all out war between those forces should have ripped apart the world on the scale of the breaking. Instead they were relegated to the role of supply and travelling, and cutting each other weaves.
Definitely not consistent with the rest of the series, but what can you do.