This is a very nice item, which numerous classes would benefit from. I just wish to note, the cost on this item, is not for its stats/ac, it is for the effect haste and it's rarity. I have spent NUMEROUS nites camping the arena, with a 5-6 person group, for 10 hours plus at a time. (and yes, we cleared the POZ's as well) One group of 55+ can easily clear the arena, and in 300+ hours of camping it, we have seen one drop. We have gotten numerous Thurg Quest drops, including 3 different BP's but only one Silvery. So would a caster benifit from it, yes, but luckily, our group that fights there regularly are good friends, and the casters agreed it would better suit the melee's and my monk won the roll. So I don't forsee the price dropping much below 20k. I guarantee I wouldn't part with it for 20k. As for needing a full raid to get one, ya'll need to learn your characters, as a 55 cleric and 55 monk regularly duo the bank area, which I see someone else having posted has dropped it. So with patience, it is possible to obtain. Rather than spam the message board here with pointless posts, I think I would better say you would be better to spend your time learning the capabilities of your characters. /shrug Just my thoughts on it.
55 Master
55 Cleric
50 Warrior
50 Druid
45 Enchantress
40 Necro