[Kameron8]

I'd personally rather have Sturdy Standard Body come with something stronger than just different armor type options.

The original intent was that it would retain the flat health boost in addition to being able to gain an enchantment, but you could still argue that it would wind up being a less effective Terrasque Shell, and I wouldn't disagree.  It, unfortunately, has issues being both statistically terrible and extremely boring at the same time.