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Bookmarks come in handy, once again.
Unfortunately it fails there too, because the big question in general has to do with whether or not these sequences exist purely for gameplay.
Because apparently realistic and consistent displays of a character's power are what's on BioWare's mind, not making an entertaining/challenging/flashy boss sequence for their game.
Originally posted by ILS
So much Malgus wank, and I can't believe I'm actually about to defend Windu here.He only "struggled" to lift the piece of metal because him and Anakin just got finished being blown up at point blank. Malgus probably wouldn't have done much better had he eaten an explosion without his armor.
Originally posted by ILS
Tossing away a few tons of rubble from absolutely massacred buildings isn't that great, as much as some want to pretend Malgus practically threw two buildings, or that he was way more powerful than a Jedi who did so, it didn't happen. The fact is, Malgus had some of the rubble from both buildings fall above him, so he caught what was immediately above him, no more no less. The Jedi tipped over the rubble of two scorched buildings with shitty foundations, which is nice but not all that great.
1. Endured a missile
2. Endured a grenade explosion
3. Endured cliff-shattering blast of power
Darth Malgus was on the brink of death after the aforementioned experiences. Now imagine a confrontational scenario with a powerful opponent after suffering life-threatening injuries, Darth Malgus's showings are really remarkable. Indeed, his battlefield have never been duplicated as per assessment of Darth Sidious.
Now show me an example of Mace Windu taking the aforementioned punishment in a single battle and still being battle-capable or even alive.
Originally posted by ILS
Malgus' lightning wouldn't be an issue for Mace, given he was holding back Sidious' lightning, which at the time was potent enough to bend his lightsaber back at him. He even tanked several seconds of Sidious' lightning and only finally died when he hit the ground outside.
Darth Malgus is a master of Force Lightning like Darth Sidious. Heck, the former can produce a maelstrom; something that the latter learns from the former.
Originally posted by ILS
The False Emperor showings are also being wanked. In the cutscenes he uses lightning on a team who haven't gotten their weapons out to defend themselves, and also have no readily apparent defences prepped either. Call it shitty cutscene making on SWTOR's part, or idiocy on the character's part, but they were unprepared. Great that his lightning can down 4 people who aren't defending themselves, but not really overwhelming. The Force push is pretty much another example of shitty defence on the protags part. They make no visual attempt to defend themselves. It's a momentary lapse.The choking is simple gameplay mechanics. Highly doubt the three-phase or whatever "Malgus is coming for you now" shit is meant to literally represent what was happening.
I would expect Darth Malgus to kill a member or two of a Strike Team during combat. At minimum, we can deduce from the cut-scenes that Malgus was dominating members of the Strike Team with his powers but the Strike Team members managed to prevent any breakthroughs with joint effort.
Still, if it takes a Strike Team of battle-hardened warriors to defeat Darth Malgus then it isn't a stretch to assume that the latter can handle the likes of Mace Windu [1 on 1].
Originally posted by ILS
So yeah, Malgus is great, I like him better than Mace, but let's get his war-torn cock out of our throats once and for all, mmk? Besides, his medium-effort, omnidirectional blast that shifted his transport, busted windows and doors inward, sent hordes of people flying at high speeds etc, early on in Deceived is better wank that nobody bothers using.
Originally posted by ILS
Lel, settle for the majority of posters having him above Maul when even that is questionable, you don't need Mace as well. Again, Malgus is great but not that great.
Even though Mace Windu doesn't have showings on par with Darth Malgus but...