Originally posted by Numan
That scan does not prove that Ragnos was powerful because there could be many reasons why they bow down to him. They could have just respected him as he did lead them well and brought about a golden age of the sith. Ludo Kressh was his padawan and judging by his character, he would have likely looked up to him. He was not actually very power hungry and just wanted what was best for the sith empire. Naga Sadow could have bowed down to him for many reasons. He could have been trying to act loyal to him to gain support from the other sith lords for instance. You are interpreting that they bowed down to him because they feared him and that therefor Ragnos was more powerful than either of them. All that scan proves is that they did in fact bow down to him and it is your interpretation that they did it out of fear and were therefor not as powerful as him.
The Sith dont look up to anyone, they selfish in the way they learn what they can from their master and at the time they're stronger or able to muster enough strength to be stronger, they backstabb their master.
Sadow would not do that, the Sith hated Ragnos, he ruled with an iron fist, Ragnos had no true support, its by the very fact he was the most powerful, that noone ever betrayed him.
Yes, True, but a battle of feat wars is exactly the same, eg. Luke can stun people with his green lightning. therefore he stuns whoever and wins. That doesnt work, you need to prove it works on everyone, you need to prove it works on force beings and etc.
Another factor that proves Ragnos was truly leagues above Kressh and Sadow and most definitely Kun is that, while Kressh and Sadow were under his rule, they never fought, they never bickered in the sense that it would create civil war, none of them even tried to overthrow Ragnos, most likely any attempt would fail, Remeber Ragnos's scepter and consider how much force Tavion needed to gather to resurrect him, it took planets worth of force, that obviously means the he posses that much power.
Consider also, that no other Sith accepted the commands and decisions of any other spirits eg. Kun and Nadd, Sadow and Nadd etc.
Yet when Ragnos crowned Ulic and Kun, there was no dispute he was obviously known to be the most powerful sith of all time