These are pretty good for mages and reasonably priced. The only downside? Well, they're not so much in the looks department. Right now, I've got a nice black tunic and sharp black slacks...and these piddly little beige booties.
he drops in giddues look up Juu Duzu the Whirlwind under NMs. It's a 100% drop and he hardly damages my 30Drk. Never many people camping him only bad thing is the hour and 30 min wait for him to spawn.
I'm using these right now, but as soon as I get some friends together I'm going to try and get the Garrison boots, some plusses to int and mnd I think and some better D
These will be good for mage classes for quite a while. I got a pair at level 13, and it's only at level 23 that the standard armor (in my case, cotton gaiters) beats the defense rating of these *without* the evasion bonus. Unless you can afford or craft +1 stuff, these'll stay good. I'm still using mine at level 25, along with Scentless Armlets and, depending on the situation, maybe a Compound Eye Circlet as well. (These three together give a total of +13 evasion.)