Weakest single individual who can solo the Dread Masters?

Started by Nephthys5 pages

Obi-Wan solo'ing the Dread Masters is legitimately dumber than anything carthage has ever said.

Originally posted by FreshestSlice
There are four protagonists per faction, and none of these ops are cross-faction and have no reason to be, so no, it will never be all eight. It will be at most four, only two of which are actually Force Sensitive, which is a big deal, and the rest are all no names. That's only if you believe all the best of the best just happened to be willing to go anyway.

1.) As I recall, Oricon was one of the cases where the Jedi and Sith worked together story-wise? I wonder if there was any indication in SOR about how that went down. LeG?

2.) That depends entirely on how you define best of the best. I would think mooks aren't being sent to defeat the most powerful Sith in the galaxy (at the time), but they don't necessarily need to be protag-level Jedi across the board either.

Losing to that kind of strike team does not put you in the higher ups in the slightest.

I had a feeling you would misunderstand what I meant there; losing to that team doesn't necessarily make you strong, but losing to that kind of team doesn't exactly mean you're not a monster either. Vader almost lost to eight Jedi on Kessel, and only one or two of them was really impressive.

The Dread Masters are obviously impressive, but you don't need to be as powerful as Valkorion to solo them, given that they lose to teams comprised mainly of unknowns.

Well, I mean, a strike team of unknown Jedi killed Freedon Nadd as well. And again; a strike team should have an easier time of defeating them than an individual. Dealing with being attacked in six directions by powerful Sith Lords is much harder than dividing and conquering with a team.

Originally posted by NewGuy01
1.) As I recall, Oricon was one of the cases where the Jedi and Sith worked together story-wise? I wonder if there was any indication in SOR about how that went down. LeG?

Nope. The only time the Jedi and Sith actively work together is SoR. They may have not killed each other on Oricon, but they definitely weren't working together. The closest you get it having a few Republic troopers defect to the Empire.

2.) That depends entirely on how you define best of the best. I would think mooks aren't being sent to defeat the most powerful Sith in the galaxy (at the time), but they don't necessarily need to be protag-level Jedi across the board either.

The protaqs aren't even "the best of the best" half the time, suddenly Satele is the Empire's greatest enemy before KotFE if you're an Imperial, unless you're playing them, and the Jedi or Sith sending nondescripts to go fight anything is the definition of mook.

I had a feeling you would misunderstand what I meant there; losing to that team doesn't necessarily make you strong, but losing to that kind of team doesn't exactly mean you're not a monster either. Vader almost lost to eight Jedi on Kessel, and only one or two of them was really impressive.

That's if you actually find Legends Vader comparable to Obi-Wan relatively right after Mustafar, and as one of the few people who don't lowball him, I doubt you do. Otherwise, I don't see the comparison. We see how the truly powerful in TOr handle strike teams like this, Revan, where he has to actively work against himself for them to even have a chance.

Well, I mean, a strike team of unknown Jedi killed Freedon Nadd as well.

At the same time, I have my doubts that Freedan Nadd would be able to stand up to individuals of the higher caliber.

And again; a strike team should have an easier time of defeating them than an individual. Dealing with being attacked in six directions by powerful Sith Lords is much harder than dividing and conquering with a team.

It sure is, but then you have one Jedi and a few troopers doing the same thing, and while I want to believe the people with fleet level telepathy were somehow caught off guard, I'm more inclined to believe that the Dread Masters are simply overrated. Everything in TOR is hyped up, and rarely does it ever actually deliver. A one off Sith Lord can supposedly destroy an entire city, and gets stomped while amped. An "indestructible" Sith dies from getting stabbed. A man "second to the emperor" can't kill one agent. And six Sith who can apparently warp the minds of fleets can't even deal with one Sith Lord on Belsavis. On Oricon. And so on.

Originally posted by FreshestSlice
Nope. The only time the Jedi and Sith actively work together is SoR. They may have not killed each other on Oricon, but they definitely weren't working together. The closest you get it having a few Republic troopers defect to the Empire.

Hm, fair point then.

Although, wasn't a team of Sith telepathically interfering with the Dread Masters during the OP either way?

The protaqs aren't even "the best of the best" half the time, suddenly Satele is the Empire's greatest enemy before KotFE if you're an Imperial,

Yeah, I feel the inconsistency there. I would still consider them to be the best of the best in a general sense, though; I can't think of anyone but Satele that might beat them.

unless you're playing them, and the Jedi or Sith sending nondescripts to go fight anything is the definition of mook.

Well, no, because they're the Republic's greatest champions...

That's if you actually find Legends Vader comparable to Obi-Wan relatively right after Mustafar, and as one of the few people who don't lowball him, I doubt you do. Otherwise, I don't see the comparison. We see how the truly powerful in TOr handle strike teams like this, Revan, where he has to actively work against himself for them to even have a chance.

1.) From the sounds of it, though, you do. So why are you trying to dodge the point?

2.) For them to even have a chance? I have my doubts about that, given that even the mookiest of them survived the encounter. In the only in-game situation where killing one or two off could have been possible.

It sure is, but then you have one Jedi and a few troopers doing the same thing, and while I want to believe the people with fleet level telepathy were somehow caught off guard, I'm more inclined to believe that the Dread Masters are simply overrated.

Eh... But.... Ee... I... 😕

How could six lords personally valued higher than Dark Councillors by Vitiate for their power be mooks? And that's prior to their exposure to Phobis Devices... That hardly adds up.

The phobis devices gave the Dread Masters incredible telepathic powers, but that doesn't mean the rest of their abilities match up

But they do. They can raise the dead, conjure massive force storms, perform near-unparalleled alchemy, teleport, grow in size.... An Esh-ka siphoned a small portion of power from a single Dread Master and then casually obliterated a huge statue merely by throwing someone into it. They're hundreds of years old and better versed in sorcery than anyone not named Vitiate.

Originally posted by NewGuy01
Hm, fair point then.

Although, wasn't a team of Sith telepathically interfering with the Dread Masters during the OP either way?


It was one Sith Lord, and they couldn't control the player anyway, which is why they try to demand your biggest fear from you to give them an edge.

Yeah, I feel the inconsistency there. I would still consider them to be the best of the best in a general sense, though; I can't think of anyone but Satele that might beat them.

They become completely irrelevant when you don't play them, though, which is annoying. They aren't called for in any situation, so while they may be pretty powerful, they become footnotes.

Well, no, because they're the Republic's greatest champions...

They're the Republics greatest champions when they're relevant, otherwise, they aren't even there. And rest of the team is filled with unknowns, just like there will never be two HoT's in a flashpoint, just one HoT and another Jedi, there will never be two HoT's in an OP, and so on.

1.) From the sounds of it, though, you do. So why are you trying to dodge the point?

2.) For them to even have a chance? I have my doubts about that, given that even the mookiest of them survived the encounter. In the only in-game situation where killing one or two off could have been possible.


1) I don't rank Vader that high, actually. Vader honestly doesn't impress me, in Legends, until TFU II. Not dodging the issue at all.
2) they still would have never defeated him without the aid of L!Revan, so honestly, the point stands. The fact that no one dies is jarring, but then again no one died against the Dread Masters either.

Eh... But.... Ee... I... 😕

How could six lords personally valued higher than Dark Councillors by Vitiate for their power be mooks? And that's prior to their exposure to Phobis Devices... That hardly adds up.


I never claimed the Dread Masters were mooks, just not as impressive as they are let on to be, not that being more impressive than the people who have a week turnover rate is that hard.

Darth Vader.

Nephthys seems to be the only one saying anything remotely logical in this thread.

I plan on addressing some points here today.

Originally posted by DarthAnt66
Nephthys seems to be the only one saying anything remotely logical in this thread.

I plan on addressing some points here today.


EDIT: And anyone else who made an effort in support of the Dread Masters.

Thanks for the save 🙂

I just don't understand peoples reasoning. What will Obi-Wan do when one Master is blasting him with lightning, another is attacking him with TK, another in mind****ing him, another tosses their saber at him and the other two go for some bizarre sorcery Kenobi's never even seen? Other than die.

Who can defend against 6 Force users of this caliber attacking you at once? You'd really have to be in the upper tiers for it to be remotely plausible. I don't think people are grasping it in practical terms.

I'd say Revan/Vader/Exar could solo.

I don't think Darth Vader has the resistance feats or hype to suggest he could when Palpatine is bringing him on his knees from across the galaxy, in all honesty.

I actually do think Vader may be able to resist the Dread's mental influence, but that's not the same as defeating all six of them at once.

One Jedi knight goes in and defeats them all with randoms as back up, but they probably take Vader because reasons.

Originally posted by FreshestSlice
One Jedi knight goes in and defeats them all with randoms as back up, but they probably take Vader because reasons.

Obviously Freshest, I mean this guy was a Jedi Knight and he had backup from a Republic Special Forces team!

I mean Vader certainly hasn't killed Jedi Knights or any Special Forces teams before....certainly not!

Not any from TOR, which is the high point of all Jedi Knights. Jedi Knights were all progressively worse from TOR onward.

Originally posted by FreshestSlice
Not any from TOR, which is the high point of all Jedi Knights. Jedi Knights were all progressively worse from TOR onward.

Yeah there weren't any Jedi Knights of notable skill or anything at any later time, how silly that they managed to last so long afterwards is just silly!

Kaedan captured them. Theres no indication anywhere of a fight actually occurring. Also Republic Special Forces aren't randoms.