I’m asking because (as a show-watcher only) seeing his other feats of strength makes it seem like the Guardians should not have been able to considerably hurt him in the way they did (Red Rush especially seemed to have quite an effect intially, making him vomit up a bunch of blood). Did he let them injure him more than they could have if he was at maximum force to make his story more believable?
Which sort of raises the question if he couldn’t have gotten away with his scheme for longer by killing them and not being at the scene, just destroying the suit (presumably he has more than 1) by throwing it into the sun or something.