I completely agree with what has been said. For 150 coins get rid of the stat downs at the very least. Boxer mantle is 10 times better and only 75 coins. Some of the items worth 150 coins are disappointing.
For 150 coins, I think it would grab alot more attention if it was Att+25. There is too minimal difference between this & Foragers mantle, which is 2Mil cheaper.
Chiefly Attack is better for meleeing than STR. Not sure how much better 5 attack is than 3 STR for that, and in what circumstances it is (if not always), but there's always that. If you have a STR mod WS, macro whatever in for WS.
Now if you're a thief, this is clearly better all around for DD'ing (no STR mod WS unless you have a Mandau), only you hve to swap it out if you're firing acid bolts.
This thing does have purpose, but it's just ****** expensive =/. It's basically the kind of luxury item that's there only if you have little else to buy and you're a big spender. Personally I'm getting it tonight. Out of the marginal-increase luxury items available, this will be my cheapest one to buy, lol.
It costs 150 coins for the charger mantle if I'm not mistaken, and it's only 3-4 more attack than an amemet +1 or forager's mantle when you count the str on those.
Anct. coins are going for ~20k each on Unicorn, so that's 3 million gil. 3 million gil for a piece of gear that isn't better than items which are significantly cheaper? Wtf were they thinking with this?