I don't really think the belt is worth the effort of getting the head if you ask me. If you just so happen to get the head though, that's great. Btw, Woot! First post!
I don't agree. This belt is very much worth it, and is not overly diffucult to get. Sure, it is very, VERY time consuming to get the faction, but that isn't 'hard' so to speak, and I have killed the Dain with my guild with only 18 people, which was fun :) Hardes't part about him isn't his banish, but the single pulling of him, which is diffucult. Even compared to some PoP drops, this is still very nice.
For a melee class, as long as your haste is not in your waist slot with RBB or Seahorse or something, then definatley try to get this, it has great saves and stats and decent AC for the slot, and Aura of Battle, more attack and HP regen... Even for a caster, it is awesom, although the Aura of Battle is moderatley wasted on you, the other stats and large HP and Mana more than make up for it. No offense to Brudish, but you are wrong, It is worth it ALL the way.