eh Ikkys get regen already whats the point lol

but female dark elves look awesome in chain! who wouldn't want to wear chainmail fishnets?

Spoiler: No item in EverQuest is worth its grind.

We got ourselves our very own Norrathian Diogenes. What newbie yard do you sleep in with your patchwork pillow?

Just posting here to say "iksars"

Yes

Iksar regen by itself isn't necessarily a game changer for melee. It helps when soloing, but without external help (i.e. buffs from another player), it's generally more efficient to level in a group.

Racial regen in conjunction with a regen item like this changes the calculus. While it's not as good as a fungi tunic, it stacks with racial regen, making soloing / duoing far more manageable and efficient up until level ~40 or so.

Even in proper fast paced groups, the Ikky BP can significantly alleviate healer pressure if a druid or shaman is around to give you spell regen, effectively giving you 12 health per tick while standing if you're an iksar (which isn't far off from fungi tunic values and is effectively identical to having chloroplast).

As for the forum topic, my advice is to use the money you'd spend on a rubi BP on a ceremonial iksar breastplate instead. Kunark is a only a month and a half away. You actually only get +3 health per tick with the rubi BP - better than nothing, but honestly nothing to write home about. My guess is that ikky BP will be roughly comparable in price, or maybe moderately more expensive with Kunark launch as demand > supply. Outside of fashionquest seekers, you'll have a harder time selling the rubicite BP in Kunark when other regen items become available, so re-selling rubi BP may be a major pain when everyone is chomping at the bits for Kunark goodies.

If you're like me, you may not want to resell the BP, because it is 1) still useful, 2) frickin' cool.

Look good. FashionQuest is the real endgame.

No, 3 points of regen is not worth the current price. Get a Fungi Tunic and a pre-nerf fungus covered staff.