Its not the pain that is limiting. Palps basically used off brand, and mixed brands for the suit, so it just sucked. Palos also later offered a brand new upgraded version, but Vader Turned it down
Current lore makes it clear that he did. He oversaw his own repairs once he got used to the suit and even remade large portions of it from scratch using scavenged parts in some stories.
I don't think it's still canon that the suit was intentionally made to be bad or makes him any weaker. The first Marvel Vader series (which is incredible btw) even goes in-depth on the guy who designed the suit and they never mention it being bad. He's even pitted against the inventor's other 'creations' to see which is best.
Closest we get to a reference that the suit has flaws built-in is that the inventor had a remote devive which would let him turn the suit off if Vader tried to attack him. Of course Vader doesn't give a fuck and still kills the dude quite spectacularly, so even that wasn't a huge deal in the end.
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u/RisKQuay Nov 11 '24
Was pain limiting though? Pain is meant to help one focus the dark side, isn't it?