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Goddammit. I saw this pop up, and I didn't look at the timestamps or anything, just read the first two pages and thought "Huzzah! I have something useful to contribute to this discussion!" and spent a ton of time writing one out.
Since I put in all that effort, I'm gonna post it anyways, even though by this point I won't be contributing shit.
I think we can reasonably assume the laws of motion are pretty much the same, so I shall do so.
Lalafells should be able to become stronger per pound than a Roegadyn, because muscle strength comes from the number of fibers you can fit in said muscle. A Roe is not only taller than a Lala, but also wider and thicker. Volume, and therefore mass, is proportional to the cube of height, while muscle cross-sectional area is proportional only to the square of height. Simply stated, the bigger you get, the strength per pound actually decreases significantly.
That being said, I don't think that advantage counts for much. "Damage" is a matter of transferring a lot of energy very quickly to your target. Let's simplify a punch as a brick with the same mass as your fist being thrown at someone. The kinetic energy of that brick varies directly with mass and the square of speed. Looking at my character's wiki and that of Mr. Eorzea himself, Brave weighs 230 ponze and Chachan weighs 47 ponze. Assuming the weight of their respective fist-bricks scales with their total body weight, Chachan would have to punch 2.21 times faster than Brave to deliver the same amount of energy. Keep in mind, his joints would also have to absorb the reaction force of the punch-ee's body back on his fist, wrist, arm, elbow, shoulder, etc. Brave has a lot more meat in her arm to safely dissipate that energy. Also consider things like reach disadvantage.
As far as the presence of Lalafells in armed forces throughout Eorzea, these forces fight in numbers. Even if one of your blades is held by a Lala, 3 vs 2 gives your side a huge advantage.
Goddammit. I saw this pop up, and I didn't look at the timestamps or anything, just read the first two pages and thought "Huzzah! I have something useful to contribute to this discussion!" and spent a ton of time writing one out.
Since I put in all that effort, I'm gonna post it anyways, even though by this point I won't be contributing shit.
(10-08-2014, 09:45 AM)Kage Wrote: A keen edge however, can only take you so far.
If we're not going with the fact that Lalafell must be able to hold their own physically to continuously keep up with their Hyur and Roegadyn counterparts in the Yellowjackets, the Blades, the Sultansworn... then it means that a -lot- of Lalafell are just able to fight at better standards. Their skill level in terms of combat knowhow and such would have to be, in average, at higher level than their larger counterparts.
We're applying the laws of physics, reasonably so, to a world in which we don't know what the laws are.
I think we can reasonably assume the laws of motion are pretty much the same, so I shall do so.
Lalafells should be able to become stronger per pound than a Roegadyn, because muscle strength comes from the number of fibers you can fit in said muscle. A Roe is not only taller than a Lala, but also wider and thicker. Volume, and therefore mass, is proportional to the cube of height, while muscle cross-sectional area is proportional only to the square of height. Simply stated, the bigger you get, the strength per pound actually decreases significantly.
That being said, I don't think that advantage counts for much. "Damage" is a matter of transferring a lot of energy very quickly to your target. Let's simplify a punch as a brick with the same mass as your fist being thrown at someone. The kinetic energy of that brick varies directly with mass and the square of speed. Looking at my character's wiki and that of Mr. Eorzea himself, Brave weighs 230 ponze and Chachan weighs 47 ponze. Assuming the weight of their respective fist-bricks scales with their total body weight, Chachan would have to punch 2.21 times faster than Brave to deliver the same amount of energy. Keep in mind, his joints would also have to absorb the reaction force of the punch-ee's body back on his fist, wrist, arm, elbow, shoulder, etc. Brave has a lot more meat in her arm to safely dissipate that energy. Also consider things like reach disadvantage.
As far as the presence of Lalafells in armed forces throughout Eorzea, these forces fight in numbers. Even if one of your blades is held by a Lala, 3 vs 2 gives your side a huge advantage.