I guess we just differ there. While logic/reason get thrown to the wind often in the name of a quick and dirty way to provide challenge I can't agree that it happens all the time. You've accepted it and that's fine but I don't and I don't think the quality of games can improve by using the "it happens all the time" reason to excuse lazy design. I'm at a loss for how Skolas being in prison for a long time could possibly make him stronger unless Varriks was feeding him steroids or breading him for a new rise to power but that wouldn't fit the lore at all. Of course, the prison in general makes no sense and would be a whole other thread worth of discussion.