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As I said, HL:A is based on Epistle 3, and in my assumption, other possible E3 scripts. HL:A and Epistle 3 have many parallel story events. It doesn't replaces the E3; it is an entirely separate game—just like OF, BS and Decay.
The Epistle 3 was a draft of the planned E3. Valve has a habit of constantly changing stuff in the board until the release of the games, so Epistle 3 is not the final E3 story.
Honestly, I'd rather have an E3 to conclude HL2 saga and a soft-rebooted HL3, like how HL2 is the soft reboot of HL1—same universe and story, but can be played separately from each other.
HL3 will retcon a ton of stuff because of HL:A's ending, so don't keep your hopes up.
That's what I'm expecting, why else would they suddenly decide to change the EP2 ending after 13 years.
I agree, I'd rather them conclude the Story HL2 has set up ASAP and see something completely new.
The current writer team is imported from Portal team; this is why the sudden change of heart.