(02-10-2015, 11:19 AM)Warren Castille Wrote: It's come up before.
While not quite on the level of housing or White Mages, it's one of the contested things we all agree to disagree on. Mostly.
I had a feeling that would be linked the moment someone brought up Lalafighting.
Personally, I don't think it's quite as one-sided as one might think, and due to an aforementioned reason - an unknown in a combat situation - rather than a matter of physical strength. While soldiers and such may have been trained to fight opponents both larger than them (Amal'jaa, for example) and smaller (Lalafell, maybe irate Sylphs?), it's still going to be something that will likely throw someone off.
I mean, seriously, you're trying to fight a guy who's likely only coming up to your knee. You're going to have to greatly adjust your attack angles to hit them if they were just standing still, let alone darting around and making a nuisance of themselves. Misstep and you could find your momentum used against you as you stumble face-first down to their level. At which point a knife to the eye or something is going to hurt like hell no matter whose hand it's in.
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