Technically, the suggestion was have more peddles, then it denigrated into the why of the suggestion and that's where it became a mechanics debate.

I'll just toss this out before the thread gets yanked.

Let met get this straight, you think giant armor is overpowered. So you should be able to pad your armor so that it's as overpowered as giant armor. That's genius.

Oh, except that the people with giant armor would have it padded as well, then it would be mega giant armor.