[Miller]

The OP of the thread is simply suggesting that you have to commit to the effect instead of it being a freebie for anyone to take. I wouldn't go as far to call this the heavy armor that trumps everything else; but its a torso item that actively targets a specific set of crit damage builds and slaps them with another 15% ~ 20% DR while also having a similar base stat line to Terrasque Shell and providing +25 HP/FP in the process.

Terrasque is one of the most popular heavy armors alongside body guard as is and tends to be rarer by virtue of being in the inflated 9 star pool. The Akmedis is much more available and would be widely used to great effect to neuter a large amount of duelist builds by existing, seeing as most of them only range in the 130-150% critical mod, putting this as an additional 16-19% DR against these builds for free.

If you want to argue that Cloak of Many Color is a strong item that hasn't been nerfed, there was definitely a time where it needed a nerf; but with the existence of indignant idol and a fair amount of nerfs to the overbearing SAN races barring liches and dullahans, it's a lot more tame than it was in the past, where omni-res was extremely present.

I don't really mind if this equipment gets changed or not, I just think it's honestly way too strong of an effect to not have a condition attached to it. But the idea of it requiring a shield sounds a lot more appealing and thematic to the item itself, considering the Hero's Shield was seemingly made to pair with it. One suggestion I saw in a conversation regarding this was to make the effect a set effect with the Hero's Shield and I'm honestly quite fond of that idea. It could lose the condition that it requires a low base power or have the base power requirement risen further in exchange, while providing an additional effect of some sort to make up for having to run both items.