Comic Review: Transformers Regeneration One

[Verno]

This line made me cringe. True evil doesn't recognise itself as evil. That's what makes IDW (and even BM) Megatron such interesting villains -- they don't see themselves as villains, but as heroes.

To quote the Liege Maximo in G2:

You cannot destroy evil. It exists always as a counter-force. A balance in nature that is always maintained...

Thus, when the first named Prime was created, so was the Liege Maximo

You are right in what you say about villains like BW/BM Megs - that they're deliciousness comes from their perspective of the universe. But the Liege Maximo is speaking on a much larger scale - in fact, he essentially makes up half the scale himself; the evil half.