Bah. Bacca's blade is NOT stronger than a properly upgraded Virboblade or virbosword in KOTOR II. In fact, if given an Echani Vibroblade upgraded, Hanharr can decimate Jedi. And in any case, Hanharr is actually skilled in ambidextrous fighting fromt he start, whereas Zaalbar isn't. Also, Hanharr survived outside of Kashykk, and among strangers. He was an accomplished killer who knew how to stalk prey. Zaalbar was more or less lost until Mission found him. She saved him, more or less...
The swords you can't really talk about. Kotor II character shad more choices in upgrading and could reach lvl 50. Kotor I chars would lose easily.
And yeah Zaalbar may have been lost without Mission he did survive in a world where nobody could understand him where he had no money where he had nothing that could give him a life besides his strength, and he did survive. I really don't think there is that much of a difference between the two
I brought up the idea of blades since Bacca's blade was brought up as a potential one-up for Zaalbar. Really, though, Hanharr was much stronger and deadlier. That much is evident in his personality and past. The fact that he was among the top ranked bounty hunters on Nar Shadaa speaks volumes. Zaalbar was captured by a group of Gamoreans. I mean, come on.