Excellent points. Still, I think the bigger shame is that the value of
discipline for true warriors, i.e. retaining offskills versus big monsters,
isn't worth a flying fuck at a rolling donut. This may relate to why those
pesky nomads keep on asking and asking and asking for offskills that penetrate
mob defence.

That of course ties back into the (very unpopular) physress debate. Why we
need so many monsters to have 100% physress when we leave a robust armor
system unused in the corner wearing a dunce cap is beyond me. I can see a
monster made of mist resisting physical in the same way a monster made of fire
would resist fire. I can't see why some dude in plate mail is immune to
newtonian physics. Change mob physress to mob prots today!