Recently, I completed World Boss Hunter on 6 toons so had some points to burn. Burn them I did. I picked up 3 nice upgrades for my MT. What made me post this is that I am confused about some of the 2k(ish) items when compared to the 4k Bloody Skullcracker items. Often the 2kish items are equal to if not better than the 4k items. It comes down to aug slots.
You can buy a Loop of Kelethin for 2450 points.
http://www.thehiddenforest.org/webtools/items.php?id=12605
or a
Blood Skullcracker's Broken Tooth for 4000 points.
http://www.thehiddenforest.org/webtools/items.php?id=17842
You can also compare it to the Bloody Skullcracker's Toenail which is also 4000 points.
http://www.thehiddenforest.org/webtools/items.php?id=17844
Here, because of the Dodge XI (60%) on it, I guess one could argue that it's better than the Loop with a Fiery Diamond of Agility in there which would only give Dodge VIII (53%) but yet...we're only talking about 7% between the two.
When aug'd up for a tank at least, the Loop is on par with the Bloody Tooth/Toenail (statwise) and significantly less expensive even when you add in the cost of a Glowing Pearl of Whatever to go into the slot2. The differences are small enough that I could not imagine anyone bothering to upgrade from a Loop to a Broken Tooth or Toenail.
The AC/HP increase between the 2k(ish) items and the 4k...seem lacking as well. 10/15 AC and 200HP/END for almost double the cost.
This is as far as I got in comparisons. I'd like to pick up more LDoN items (Bloody Skullcracker stuff in particular) but...the expensive ones just do not seem worth it (unless I am missing something, which is entirely possible). I think it comes down to the Slot 2 Multiple Stat aug slot on some of the less expensive pieces that are absent on the higher end items. The higher end items get 2 slot 8's and a 1 while less expensive items often have an 8, a 2(Multiple Stat), and a 1.
Would it be possible to re-evaluate some of the Bloody Skullcracker items and consider changing one of the 8's into a 2(Multi-Stat)? Possibly bump HP/AC a tad as well.
NOTE: I can understand not adding a Multi Stat slot 2 to the less expensive Skullcracker items but really think the Bloody Skullcracker items would benefit from having it.