I hate to break the news to you, but AC has more of an impact than you think it does. Granted upgrade hp and saves first but if you are not making sure your ac is staying comperable then you are screwwing yourself in the end.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but in the grand scheme of things, AC means exactly nothing, in terms of choosing an upgrade of one item over another. AC will come naturally, if you worry about the really important stat for any class: HP. HP is the only stat that will truly save your life, AC is not. (Resists are a close 2nd) Think about it...when you die, why does it happen? If you answered anything *but* "I ran out of HP", you answered incorrectly.
[QUOTE] If only they had put some AC on that, 15-25 woulda worked nicely! Yet another good item, made into @#%^! [END QUOTE]
What are you talking about? this item is great yeah it would be incredible if they added AC but this is not a PoP item its from VP , this item is great for all melee types considering Stamina is one of the harder stats to raise with gear and noone would turn down 50 hp and 7 str to go with it ( unless of course they had something better) but if you do have something better then why do you care anyway?
[Edit] oh yeah and its droppable so its even better! when you outgrow it you can give it to an alt, this is uber twinkage =)