I really dunno why they felt the need to make the other armors so unbelievably horrible but they really made these monk armors worth it. Low weight and high ac is what every monk can use. I personally use SCHW on hands but if I ever got an RBG or CoF or anything such as that for a haste item I'd do this quest so damn fast and boom i'd drop another .9 weight off me. Love these quests. :p
If you hunt in the zones where the components drop for the main purpose of exp, getting the quest components kinda becomes a nice bonus. Besides, gimmie some better gloves attainable at Lv.45 (even less, I got the bracer a few days ago at 43).