The stats on this seem good for a Bard even at lvl 40 or so. But the price its at atm is a drag. The item has been selling for 30k 20k and Ive even seen it sell for 10k which was taking fast buy another before I could get to it. As for twink I dont believe in the words. If I was to roleplay lol and lets say play one of my toons and someone said your a twink I always say it was given to me by my father..blah blah blah and as for soe not liking you to twink then maybe they should have made every item no drop and not claim eq as to being a rpg. Other than that I think its a great item that could be attained in the bazaar if someone is selling it for a resonable price.
Slight improvement in stats to Breastplate of Living Shadow with a couple of nice saves and +10Dex but overall nothing too amazing.
At first glance I was disappointed on seeing this item in the Bazaar (and it's recommended level, BP of LS is recommended at 40) but I kinda like what SoE are doing with the new drops. Rather than make older items obsolete they seem to be creating decent alternatives...Over the Living Shadow BP I would prolly take this, I quite like the extra 12 in MR&FR.
To anyone involved in taking down Typhoeus I'd imagine this is just gravy and would end up on a trader in the Bazaar, still, nice option for the 55+ Unguilded. When the price settles down
Shared bank slots could have been designed with Bazaar mules in mind rather than just twinking alts. Either way shared bank slots was just a way to get rid of the CS headache of item transfers going "wrong" between players.
As for good twink gear. With a Recommended level of 55 good twink gear this isn't.