I'd say both, it just depends on who you talk to.
He's easily one of the most powerful sith in the mythos.
👆
After Sidious, he holds the best hype and accolades,
👆
and he has a very impressive combat feat: taking out a groups of powerful jedi with a powerful storm of lightning, which is his best feat on record as far as I know. However, placing him on par with Sidious, is vastly overrating him.
I don't know about that; It's pretty obvious that the scene you just mentioned aboard the Emperor's space station in itself was intended to parallel Palpatine's in the Chancellor's office-it's clear that some level of parity is implied.
He does have a lack of ability in regards to physical combat, but I'm questioning how much that matters. Other sorcerers like Mother Talzin and Gethzerion could go toe to toe with Sidious, and I'd consider none of them to be Vitiate's equal.
DE Sidious makes Vitiate look like a mere child playing around with rituals to pull off feats that are less potent than feats Sidious can pull off with mere thoughts which come from Sidious's own natural power, without aid.
Curious--any examples?
However, Karpyshan and Bioware royally ****ed that up by having Revan and others actually able to compete with him and portraying his abilities extremely poorly.
You're silly. Vitiate is BioWare's and Karpyshyn's character. Their interpretation of him not aligning with what you think he should be is not a valid argument.
Originally posted by carthage
I'll be surprised if you dont run as a Republican congressman when you get older lol.
I find that extremely improbable.
NewGuy01
Curious--any examples?
Palpatine's Force storms are "triggered by mere thought and inclination" {The Essential Guide to the Force} and, at their maximum potency, "threaten to consume all of space" {The Dark Empire endnotes}.
BTW, I echo Skillz's sentiment in that your response was very good.
Skillz, what say you on this subject?
Originally posted by psmith81992
I mean he destroyed everything on the planet.
I don't remember the damage being that significant {but I haven't read that particular passage of Revan in years}. Are you sure you aren't confusing it with Nihilus's onslaught of Katarr as portrayed in "Unseen, Unheard"?
Originally posted by The_Tempest
I don't remember the damage being that significant {but I haven't read that particular passage of Revan in years}. Are you sure you aren't confusing it with Nihilus's onslaught of Katarr as portrayed in "Unseen, Unheard"?
100% certain. Everything on the planet was destroyed. There was no color to it either, everything was brown. Millions died, the force ceased to exist.