[Loki]

I think FF did more damage and (like all spells in 51a) there was a chance to cause fizzles, but it was fairly random, you had to get the animation where the character goes "ahhh!" and waves his shield-holding arm in the air in order to cause a fizzle. I did a bit of checking on 51a and any spell could cause a fizzle this way but it's rare, like a critical effect, and because it is so random I'm not in favour of bringing it back. FF also did more damage, but couldn't be stacked up like it can here. So X-wall FF worked pretty well on the original IN, but it really doesn't bother me that it doesn't work so well now.

Personally I am indifferent about casting/bandages disarming weapons, I don't think it plays an important role since most people have auto-macroes for it. If there was enough player support to change it then I would also support a change. However, since it is a stylistic thing and (because of auto macroes) has little effect on PvP then that sort of decision is not mine to make.