Kaev, Kunark shields don't have the ridiculous AC they provided to shields well after I quit (Live). Sarnak Battle Shield and Clay Guardian shield only have 25AC and Stalwart Seas is ERU only. Pretty much everyone would agree to trade 10AC for the other stats on the epic any day of the week. Also, you'll see fewer ripostes on slower weapons, which favors 2H over 1H+shield (although most people don't consider that an issue until PoP).
Until you have access to VP, epic is BIS for Kunark.
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