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(10-08-2014, 11:03 AM)Kage Wrote: We'll be going around in circles until we get anything but as far as I'm aware there is no definitive answer. A keen edge will only take you so far.
What I'm saying is, if you do say that Lalafells can't punch a damn then you have to concede that their weapons prowess and martial prowess is going to be on average higher. So they might not be able to punch the shit out of a highlander the same a highlander can do to the other... but they're almost always going to have to be better armed?
Taking the Brass Blades for example. They will have to fight the big ass Amalj'aa who are bigger. By your example, they must be much stronger than even the hyur or miqo'te in the brass blades. But many of the Brass Blades still live and come out alive. Perhaps they all just have a mage on their team but... I've never seen a Brass Blade mage that could patch up an Amalj'aa slicing open a guy's chest wound. And the hyurs are equally able to match up with the bigger mass and size of the Amalj'aa too, not just by ducking and weaving but also matching them strike for strike with shields and swords.
Any idiot can hurt someone with a blade yes, but you still need to have the physical strength to match them arm for arm.
I mean, the blind lalafell may have been exceptional in the Company of Heroes but he still had to punch Titan enough to make Titan not be happy.
I take your 1/5 statement very lightly honestly. With the amount of them in the armed forces you will have to train on your weaknesses. If you didn't, your enemies would just surprise you with them and wham. Done. Every single below the belt death?
I'm still not seeing it like that, but you're right. Until there's "official" word it's just going to be my feelings against the universal yours.
To expand on your point about Brass Blades, though: Do you honestly think Amal'jaa have a legion of lalafell to train with? There also aren't any Amal'jaa sword and board enemies (I think, trying hard to remember but only recall LNC/PUG/BLM/ARC). Brass blades with with sword and shield, so yes, it's reasonable that they ARE out-gearing their enemies so to speak; Blades also wear armor and helmets, something the Amal'jaa fail to do nearly to a one.
The blind lalafell who fought Titan is an exceptional lala, and again an exception to the rule.
I guess part of my issue is this: By waving away the perceived weaknesses of playing a lalafell, it's removing a lot of characterization and creativity. If I played a max-slider brick wall of a roe, no one would take me seriously if I said he was as hard to hit as a lalafell. I'm not sure why the opposite gets to be true, though.
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