Disarm Skill - Useful, but is it worth the trouble?

[Mady]

This post by Brabble on The Steel Warriors board was compiled in 2005, it probably still has some validity:

http://www.thesteelwarrior.org/forum...ad.php?t=13856

Some things increase your aggro, some do not. Beg does not. Disarm, as far as I know, will get you on a mob's hate list but not much else. Cyclone blade works well, though you have to be careful when to use it (around mobs the chanter is trying to mez, for example). Doing a /rude to the mob doesn't help. The "spirit of rage" discipline actually does add to your hate, though it is rarely used because of it's END cost, long refresh, and general lack of power. Sit may not add to your aggro, but you can re-position some mobs with it. I believe the general thinking is that /shield does not add to your hate, though it's still a good idea to use it in group settings when a caster draws aggro (or, you can use it on knights as a kind of insult, heh).

[Dravingar]

Disarm Protector when he has the stupid AE poison weapon. Other than that it's just to see ARGGGHHH my weapon.