Shattered Kingdoms

It has seemed to me that much larger races dish out disproportionately larger amounts of damage with ranged combat as opposed to smaller races. While my elf merc's bolts with his crossbow were all but useless against mithril, and heavy armor wearing opponents, scouts like Oraaji would do a lot of damage for being centaur (size large), and Winn was demolishing adamantite wearing opponents for being a giant.

Alignment impacted your character adversely as far as damage dealing as compared to those you mentioned too. Still I agree... size matters.

There are massive disadvantages to going giant/centaur/griffon/minotaur. Human is still most likely the best race for _every_ class. Size large/giant doesn't need a wimp.

I agree with the conclusion, but you're smoking crack on the first half of the statement.

Wait, what? How does alignment affect ranged damage, from bolts/arrows?

This x1000. Size large/giant ranged combat can rock people's faces off, but I don't think it needs a wimp. Human is viable for every class and the best choice for some of them, but definitely not the best choice for every class.

For what race/class combo is giant/centaur/griffon/minotaur the best choice? I would never pick one of those four races if my goal was pure pk ownership over an extended period of time.

I didn't say those were good choices! I think centaurs make better scouts than humans, though. Dexterity is overrated, and size large arrows are much more damaging than size medium arrows.

I probably wouldn't either. But my assertion still holds true because there are more races than that.

I am going to shoot you with a medium sized arrow, then I am going to shoot you with a giant sized arrow, you get to tell me which one sucked less.