Understanding Darth Nihilus
I just came across this analysis about Darth Nihilus from Beni: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=718532&page=133
Am I the only one who finds his assessment extreme?
If Darth Nihilius have no limits then he could have destroyed the entire galaxy in a single attempt. Why bother targeting planet after planet which would be slow and risky process?
Nihilus's Katarr based feat can be a ritualistic development (still an awesome feat and one of the best of the mythos). We just have statement from Visas to consider for this matter but she never witnessed Nihilus performing this action, she was not with him when he attacked Katarr.
Also, KoTOR-CG provides information about how Nihilus became such an adept with Force Drain:
Darth Traya indeed teaches the newly christened Darth Nihilus to harness his life-draining gift to radical height - so effectively, in fact, that Nihilus saps Traya's power in a calculated double-cross.
Yes, Nihilus eventually becomes a being of hunger and pure dark side power, a living primitive intention, but he is still a functioning Force-user with a command of the Force (not human of-course). His condition likely makes it possible for him to perform Force Drain on a massive scale but he still have limits.
Darth Traya even asserted that Nihilus will eventually self-destruct.
From SWTOR:
They did not know that Darth Nihilus, a being of pure hunger and dark side power, was approaching the colony. Drawn to the assembled Masters, Nihilus devoured the life energy of everything on Katarr. Millions of Miraluka died, along with most of the Jedi Order's senior members. Walking Katarr's lifeless surface later, Darth Nihilus came across the only survivor: the traumatized Miraluka Visas Marr, whom Nihilus took as his apprentice.