Mysterious cloak or Mysterious bracers?

[Thrudh]

Champion hunter week!

So I have enough remnants to buy a fully upgraded Mysterious cloak or bracers.

But which to get?

I'm leaning towards cloak, because you can't craft a Slaver's cloak, but you can craft Slaver Bracers.

I can't think of any named items in either slot at end-game that is an absolute must-have.

Which slot have you guys chosen?

Edit: Oh, I'm crafting for a melee, not a caster.

[NaturalHazard]

Champion hunter week!

So I have enough remnants to buy a fully upgraded Mysterious cloak or bracers.

But which to get?

I'm leaning towards cloak, because you can't craft a Slaver's cloak, but you can craft Slaver Bracers.

I can't think of any named items in either slot at end-game that is an absolute must-have.

Which slot have you guys chosen?

Edit: Oh, I'm crafting for a melee, not a caster.

what races and what classes?

would the hide of the fallen be nice for ranger/bard/barb? does that extra damage crit?

[Thrudh]

what races and what classes?

would the hide of the fallen be nice for ranger/bard/barb? does that extra damage crit?

Fighter/Rogue qstaff user. Since it's bound to account, I technically could move it around to my ranger or my cleric or my repeater rogue, but it's mainly for a fighter/rogue qstaff guy.

[Krelar]

what races and what classes?

would the hide of the fallen be nice for ranger/bard/barb? does that extra damage crit?

The extra damage only applies to animal forms.

[FuzzyDuck81]

I tend to prefer cloak for it, and make a point of having multiple at different levels to spread around among my alts - depending on the character, it's rare for any other item to be in that slot outside of situational switching.

Also, i'm running monks a lot again & having it on cloak means i get the healing amp from that which stacks with the healing amp from the jidz bracers while in fire stance - my shintao is currently level 14 & has 167 healing amp & a similar number for positive spellpower, which is a huge help :D

[NaturalHazard]

The extra damage only applies to animal forms.

really? bug? its not what the description says.

[Krelar]

really? bug? its not what the description says.

I haven't checked in game but is it different now from what it says on the wiki (http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Hide_of_the_Fallen_(level_28))?

"While in Wild Shape, you receive a Primal bonus to damage equal to half the number of Wilderness Lore feats you have."

Wild shape = animal form (or technically elemental form as well I think)

[moomooprincess]

I do cloak first, then bracers

[Tlorrd]

Fighter/Rogue qstaff user. Since it's bound to account, I technically could move it around to my ranger or my cleric or my repeater rogue, but it's mainly for a fighter/rogue qstaff guy.

I did bracers first but that's because I'm caster and wear earthen mantle. But eventually I'll get cloak too since gear always changes.