Aldur
Memory Dealer
It's war...what do you expect? They won't go there to settle down like rational people...they'll go there to splatter the blood of their enemies because they think they're right and nobody else can say otherwise. Practicality is a must when fighting with 100+ pounds worth of metal on your body. You'd trade that for leather and it meant you were quicker,but any strike at you is deadlier. Also take Cloud's Buster Sword for example. It makes absolutely no sense,and you'd have to be 3 or 4 times the mass and height of a human to wield it properly. Which at that size it's just a chunky shortsword or a dagger.