Talk:Big Lad/@comment-30893141-20170102021307/@comment-16533050-20170102024840

The tallboys were designed for populace control, not to combat the plague specifically.

Also, the Big Lad isn't armored. Perhaps the heavier armor necessitates that the Tallboys use older style weapons such as the compound bow. In addition, the Big Lad is set in a time period 12 years ahead of the first appearance of the Tall Boys. Flamethrower tech may not have been perfected back then.