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If someone wrote a story about a doctor or a lawyer who used a ton of obscure medical or legal words that you didn't know, would you call that great writing? I've a feeling that you'd be the first to bellyache about it. I fail to see any difference in using legal and medical terms that most people don't know (and which the author can and should explain) and using outdated words that most people don't know. If you read modern LF, you find words like "espy", "remonstrate", "objurgation" etc. that fell out of use a hundred years ago. What on earth is the point unless they're simply putting on airs? It's childish twaddle.
You should always find the simplest way you can to say a thing accurately. To not do so would be the equivalent of a guitarist or pianist actually looking for a more difficult way to play the a passage.
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