This Robe looks similar to a Apothic Robe and the SS Robe but is alittle lighter. If you are on 7th Hammer and would like to check what is looks like on a Gnome send me a tell.
Color of this robe is same as Apothic but maybe a slight tinge of orange added into it. I looted this just because it woulda rotted on the ground, I already have the Summoner's Robe from the Kael Magician Quest. Basically the Burning Rage Robe is just a suvenier of my first trip to VP about 6 weeks ago.
Lets compare this little mage robe to the Apothic Robe (Mage robe from Hate). Pretty much any mage who would be going to VP has an Apothic or something better...
This one : AC 14, Sta 10, Int 14, Mana 40, SvFire 5 Apothic : AC 11, Sta 12, Dex 5, Int 14, Mana 40
Going from apothic to this : Gain 3 AC, 5 SvFire and free BO3 (BO3 = 150 mana, duration 15 minutes) Lose 2 Sta, 5 Dex
AC = irrelevant. A mage should be taking hits at this level, and if he is 3 AC isn't going to make a difference - he is paste in seconds.
SvFire - nice, but minor
Sta - couple HPs, doesn't matter.
Dex - how many mages are meleeing with procing weapons?
In other words - the only significant change from an Apothic is the effect. One that is available elsewhere for far less effort.
Remember how EQ works though. By the time you can earn yourself any item in the game you need something better because if you try to make do with what you have, you'll get dead pretty quick. Also rather frustrating when you lose every drop that comes along anyway, and therefore aren't making any decent change (me, and I seriously do lose every roll when it counts, I've won one roll on Hand Woven Shoulder Guards in the Sarnak fort in LOIO a while back, that says it all, heh).
Decent... I'm not gonna complain about the proc, in part cuz I'd like to know the ACTUAL number of folks who have had the chance to loot 2 of the pieces with the same proc. I'd guess less than a dozen in all the servers. I'm just hoping I get lucky enough to get one of those pieces.
Why in the world do we need another robe with burnout 3 on it? Dont get me wrong, not a bad robe otherwise, but some effect other than the same 3 on every single piece of equipment would be nice.