Oh jeebus. Seems your fake victory has gone to your head Tony and impaired your ability to read.
Try giving it another go, bearing in mind this time, that nowhere does it state in that paragraph that his "enhancement" is specific to his presence on the Star Forge. Instead it says, categorically, that "Darth Malak possesses extraordinary dark side Force powers out of proportion, in his game terms, with his class and level." I assume you know what the word categorically means yes?
In other words it's not amp, it's a permanent enhancement, so the fact that it doesn't appear in the KOTORCG, means it doesn't exist.
Now I'm off to bed, in the morning I expect to find a more intelligent response.
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Last edited by Beniboybling on Sep 2nd, 2017 at 01:21 AM
Honestly Beni, the mark of a great debater is one that can concede when a point he/she was arguing for was debunked.
Your original point was trashed when evidence came out that WotC articles was totally legit, and you moved the goal post again to say it's a retcon - that too, was refuted.
This is exciting, since I think this will have to be your final argument before check-mate.
At the moment you're just creating new arguments for them to be dismissed, like a king trying to avoid check.
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Malak was explicit, across multiple lines of dialogue, that the bulk of his amp was only when present on the Star Forge.
For example: "You made a mistake coming here, Revan. The Star Forge fuels my command of the dark side. You are no match for me here."
Thus, even if Malak was permanently amped, which is an unconfirmed stance, mind you, the majority of his enhancement would be on-nexus.
Thus, the Malak that is "far more powerful" than Kun, indeed, is amped, not with a permanent enhancement of such scale.
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Now, here's the great part: even if it was a permanent enhancement, that would just mean he's far more powerful than Kun off-nexus too.
The only argument you would have for KotORCG stats retconing it would then be to fully accept the base stats as canonical, which you certainly won't do.
Why? Because then Darth Malak vs Darth Sidious, Bastila Shan vs Dooku, and similiar garbage is a legitimate debate (for you).
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Last edited by Jaggarath on Sep 2nd, 2017 at 01:50 AM
Malak says repeatedly that on the Star Forge he is at his strongest and nothing more. Nowhere does he ever claim to be powerless when not on it. In fact, the Rakata state that Malak is getting stronger and stronger by siphoning it's energies. Which wouldn't be the case if the SF were just a temporary amp, and even if it somehow was, given the amp would only function in one particular location, Malak might as the well be impotent.
I thought that would be bloody obvious. But evidently not.
Needless to say though this isn't even an argument. Because the article is, once again, categorical in describing the enhancement. Whereas by your reading it should say:
Using a mysterious power source as yet undiscovered (complete Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic to learn more), Darth Malak was able to possess extraordinary dark side Force powers out of proportion.
But it doesn't. Does it?
No I do not you loopy primate.
Here darling, let me explain the argument very clearly:
1. The original article says that Malak had "powers far greater than even Exar Kun or Freedon Nadd".
2. To reflect this Malak was given "out of proportion" ingame stats & abilities
3. Had 1. still been the case come 2008, the aforementioned stats would have remained disproportionate, but they didn't, so evidently, it isn't.
The only premise I need accept here is that Malak's in game stats reflect the canon abilities of his character. By no means does that make them or any other statistics accurate summations of the characters power in and of themselves. Try harder.
P.S. To KMC's Most Saltiest (u know who u are )
The point will be conceded when Ant can muster a refutation that doesn't reflect the intellectual capacity of my last bowel movement, or rather, your debating standard.
So in other words, get comfortable.
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Last edited by Beniboybling on Sep 2nd, 2017 at 09:19 AM