In the new combat setting the attacker is going to get a +25% advantage. This amount might not be everyone's cup of tea, so what about the idea of making it a game setting? You could have Attacker +50%, +25% +10%, 0%, -10%, -25% and -50%
Then everyone would be happy ... except for Brad of course since I imagine the above addition might play havock with the AI.
Just my 2 BC
Dano