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Originally posted by Darth Sexy
Except it's not a toss up. There is NO evidence of the Exile being in Revan's league in terms of force mastery. While I agree Revan is inferior to Nihilus in terms of raw power, he still trumps in him in the force ability category. Nihilus is an anomaly because he's a wound in the force, so his power is very hard to gauge. The exile is an average jedi who happened to have the ability to create force bonds (learned from Revan). This has been argued to death already.
Revan benefits form being over inflated.
Nothing in POD references Revan's knowledge on combat effective force techniques, just a couple of sith rituals one of which Bane tricks Kaan into using.
Kotor 1 Revan is the most powerful Revan to date and he wasn't anymore impressive than the Exile in Kotor 2.
Furthermore Revan's mastery of the dark side of the force pales in comparison to Nihilus', so whatever knowledge you choose to assume he had, it doesn't change the fact that Nihilus' power and feats speak louder than any suppositions.
Post Kotor 1 Revan regains his knowledge, but where is the proof that he's more powerful than what we witness in Kotor 1? He was already doing things by reflex and Malak comments he'd grown more powerful than his knowledgeable past self, no less.
Anyway, it's my opinion, you want to argue the error of my ideas? I've given a logical explanation as to how I've come to these conclusions.