Duo'd in Skyshrine with a bard trying to get his robe not too long ago and even he had shawl 7, despite the questionable reactions it got from within his own guild. Granted he was every bit the completionist but still, bards have only one(?) other option for flowing thought which requires a doze tear and dedicating a weap/instr slot for it. The later version of charm eats through mana pretty fast; for that reason alone, I also plan to get shawled on one of my bards eventually. Other classes might shrug at it, but they have their pick of FT items to mix and match. Hybrids don't get much in the way of variety there. CT loot is a big DKP dump with multiple classes all vying for the ranged/mask slot. Also, if a version of shawl 8+ ever sees the light of day on here, 7 won't have been a terrible decision.
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