Explorer's Tabard (Why?)

[Zyph]

but, you can meld crit onto a body, as well as more beneficial stats to begin with things like the hauby, making the tabard just obsolete imo.

It handily beats Drg body now as far as a entry-tier endgame gear.

You're still going to be best with melded gear for body piece, but the argument between it and AF body has pretty much ended at this point, IMO. You're not going to notice the 300 TP difference now that you're not spending 1500 in the first 2.5 minutes and 500 almost every minute after that to maintain Power Surge.

But what about over the GC Sergeant's Tabards