(12-17-2014, 03:33 PM)Hiro Wrote: In light of... the entirety of this clip I tend to share your opinion to a degree, that said I will always appreciate anyone willing to indulge me in more realistic combat sequences.Yeah, pretty much. Roleplaying a more realistic bent can be fun, too. And it's not like anyone has to indulge me in particular - I'm just one person with one particular view on things.
There's something else worth noting here for this topic in particular - the armorer questline makes it clear that properly made cobalt chainmail is enough to stop bullets, something patently absurd IRL but a fact of life in Eorzea. That alone should help put into perspective just how different the laws of physics are in the game world as opposed to RL. Now, I have no idea how levels translate into the game world (if they mean anything at all), but it seems like even a mundane soldier can make up for a lot with the right equipment...