Sorry, hit enter before i typed anything and it threw post up blank.
Anyway, why would a druid bother? Ok, 15 str is nice, but I'm a druid. I only melee when i'm bored. I use a ceramic sowrd of valor, which has 10 dex and Extended Range IV on it (plus some other crap that i forget), but even if i didn't i wouldn't bother with this.
My guild let me have it, since I was the only one in the group that could use, but I had to be honest and say it's crap. There's no lvl requirement on it, so i guess it would make some nice twink gear for a level 1, but hell i would take a Ceremonial Smudging Stick over this any day. A little less AC but nice resists, and something else a druid really needs, what's that called again? Oh yeah, it has WISDOM on it. Plus, it's easy as hell to get. A good group can get it with no risk, and (unless really unlucky) much quicker. Oh well, I decided to sell it, and give money to guild bank. Surprise surprise, it took weeks to sell, and i was the only one trying.
That's it, it just really annoyed me, I geuss I'll get flamed by a bunch of people telling me I don't know what I'm talking about, and how druids really do need str :p
I just bought this for my 47 druid on the Sleeper, swapped out an Idol of Karana which was +3 WIS, and picked up another 10 in my mana pool in the process. Plus, I'm going to enjoy the +15 Strength for all the times I'm carrying around bags full of loot... not to mention a nice little kick to the AC stat. All in all it's not bad until I can pay the 3000 pp for a Wurmfire totem.
I can swap out my Frozen orb on my cleric still be over 200 WIS and only lose 5 mana but gain o so much esp the STR seeing as I am a HE and well were kinda weak
A nice range slot item for those of the weaker races. I would still prefer Wis on the range item for my Troll Shaman. The AC hit is good for a range slot item for druids..
He is smoking the pipe of truth. As you should know, Shaman can wear plate where as Druids are limited to leather. Shammies need more AC but it is also much easier for them to get. The 5ac for a Druid in a range slot could be more significant than it is to a Shaman. For example, the percentage gain in AC by adding 5 to 500 is greater than adding 5 to 1000.
Shaman do need more AC. I melee with mine on pretty much every single mob. Too many druids fall into the quad kiting pit, where at later levels they have very little defense skill.