I think the itemization of Kunark is all around terrible:
- Half the best items in the game (especially prenerf) come from the Sebilis crypt, which is a trivial camp with all the named being single pulls
- HS East is the hardest area in the game except for maybe the myconids in sebilis, and has zip for loot. Even for North and West there is a reasonable case to be made for increasing the loots; HS is way harder than Sebilis
- Chardok is no joke, especially further in, but doesn't drop much
- The JBB and Spear of Fate turned shamans into sick dps classes for some unknown reason
- Meanwhile Wizards don't get any sort of damage clicky outside of VP
- Casters get no Kunark upgrade to Planar armor
- Kunark armor has no stats on anything except the BP/Legs (wtf)
- Warriors don't get any sort of intermediate weapons between the Sarnak Warhammer and VP
For example, if caster armor pieces dropped in HS/Chardok and a few of the crypt items were switched to HS, things would get a lot more balanced item wise.