I bought it last week. Im a full str mage, and the armor seems handy for me in maus. I searched the threads where they said the orb wont, but the crafted armor will keep the healing effect after lvl 61. And as others stated above, it will be handy when the armor awakening comes (sooner or later). Also, you can craft it back to orb, so in the worst case, you can still sell it for twink pvpers.. imo, its not a bad investment.