3). Do I personally want Catalyst to stop production and sell the IP? I want Catalyst to improve, and if they do, I want them to prosper for their effort. If they cannot improve, or can but refuse, then perhaps it would be best for the fans and the IP (if not the company themselves) if the IP did fall into the hands of someone whom would treat it better.
For the most part, this is not a reflection upon the authors and freelancers at all, and more on the business practices of the shot callers of the company.
This.
So very much this.
At least since the 5e Core Book was released ~6 years ago, Catalyst Shadowrun products have been plagued by crappy editing. Every single product.
Now, the smaller the product the easier it was to miss.
The less "crunch" (rules), the easier it was to overlook.
The lack of editing was still there in every product.
Not only has Catalyst shown zero interest in improving their editing, they do not even appear to be apologetic for the lack of quality.
For example, if I was Catalyst's editor (y'all can sling all the jokes you want about this as the argument is valid even if the jokes aren't) and the 6th Core Book was my first product...
I would expect to be fired for the shambles that was printed.
Fired.
Not at Catalyst though...
Do I want 6th, Shadowrun, or Catalyst to fail? No. Well, kind of. Not that I want any of them to go away.... But I really would like the RPG community as a whole to rise up and say:
"No. We aren't buying your mistakes anymore.
Fix yo' shit!"
Instead, what we get is a few sycophants with their Catalyst Brand Cybereyes applying the Rose Filter every time they look at a product and go into crusader mode to shut down any and all criticism as "unfair" and "unwarranted."
Going so far as to harass critics into deciding to not post on "their" forums.