Game Mechanics: NPC hit box

[Hooke]

In short, the NPC hit box is way too large. Anyone else notice this? I can be fleeing from a mob and it will be 5 or 6 lengths behind me and still be able to attack. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

From reading around the forums I get the sense that perhaps this was done to fix some sort of kiting exploit? But in any case, as it stands, it is overkill. It should be maybe half of what it is, and that is still a stretch.

Thanks.