Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-34036625-20171220194702/@comment-32013442-20171221145406

None really. Except perhaps that most men/dwarves do not have the time to become excellent in both fields of battle. Elves live forever, so they just keep improving their already formidable skills. Think of how long one must practice to achieve excellence in any area, then ask a man to split his time between using both a melee weapon of any sort and a ranged weapon (example, a bow). You will no doubt watch the poor soul either flounder in ineptitude, or become stale as a mildly competent user of his weapons.

The point is that for anyone to master a skill, countless hours must be poured into wrestling with and eventually overcoming the skill's challenge. Most people, unless we are extraordinarily gifted, will not achieve the excellence of one who has dedicated his entire life to the mastery of a skill in which we only dabble.

Elves, as I said, life forever, hence their incredible skills in all areas of their lives.