50's SK Gear Advice

[Ennewi]

Always raiding at the bleeding edge, it would be easy to conclude that shawl 7 isn't worth the effort, especially if other aspects of the game seem tedious like questing and trade skilling. Stat-wise, 8 isn't even that good by those min/max raid tank standards though.

The effect is what makes hybrid players rank shawl 7 highly, myself included. Anything that constantly helps reduce solo/group downtime—sitting, feign deathed, or standing—is significant, especially when it doesn't cost a thunder of dragons in terms of DKP. And, unlike virtually every other item, shawl has decent enough potential to maybe one day receive an upgrade since the Ring 10 treatment was originally intended for it, only to be postponed due to time constraints. What would a custom content shawl 10 look like? If it's anything along the lines of...

AC: 10 STA: +10 CHA: +10 WIS: +10 INT: +10 HP: +100 MANA: +100
SV FIRE: +10 SV DISEASE: +10 SV COLD: +10 SV MAGIC: +10 SV POISON: +10
Effect: Flowing Thought IV

...than 7 seems worth the time investment for many classes.