Short list of decent artifacts

[Axecleaver]

Based on my exhaustive research, here's artifacts I think are worth it so far:

Enyalio's boots -- level 5 reverse proc disorient (-20% melee tohit), level 10 caster speed buff, 10 minutes every 15. Who wouldn't want that? Uber. Chain/plate only.

Dream sphere -- level 10 morphs your whole group into pantherform, neato and tough to pick out the squishies

cyclops eye -- level 5 stealth lore, level 10 realm lore gives detailed info about a target, nice scout shield, just eye candy for other classes.

Golden scarab vest -- quite a chore to level, but quite a nice infiltrator vest. level 5 -- +3% to all melee resists above the cap; level 10 -- reverse procs nearsight and either snare(uber) or melee speed decrease of 35%(uber). Not sure whether the shapechange is a proc or a usable feature, but you can supposedly change targets into scarabs or... something... nobody got it to work yet.

Harpy Feather Cloak -- lots of rumors (Sodom's post in Gear lays this out nicely), but 10% melee speed boost and 3 6% resists, omg nice! Plus the disarm proc... unbelievably uber. Blockbot with a disarm proc would be pretty sweet.

Healers embrace -- level 5 instaheal 250 (350-400 in practice), level 10 is a 1500 radius PBAE heal for 33%. Uber zerg warfare.

Traldor's Oracle -- beyond uber caster staff -- 5% to cast speed, 5% 5% debuff to all item-based resistances (!), 5% chance to use no power when you cast, AND at level 10 has a 5% chance to bypass ALL resistances on a given cast. Oh ya plus 50 focus to everything and to top it all off it's a 13.5dps staff, blue con, so it'll never decay in the hands of a level 50.

Traitor's dagger 5% melee speed boost, 10% melee damage boost, level 5 -- procs summon elemental (like theurg pet I assume), pretty sweet! Would be great to proc this on a fleeing assassin after he snares you. level 10 -- uber vampiric mist gets summoned and lifetaps your target -- basically a DoT on him, which then heals you. Most uber indeed. Downside is it's a 15.3dps weapon (!) but sounds like a uber offhander if it boosts your mainhand damage. Also has a /use that turns wielder into panther, neato.

Tartaros' Staff Uber friar staff, procs a mana replenish (friars burn power with haste/end regen in battle), 5% melee speed, 4% melee damage, 5.6 delay. Level 10 is a rather lame insta DD when item is used.

Staff of God AE 700 radius unbreakable snare... omg nice... stealth lore at level 10.

Shades of Mist Stealth lore at level 5 (4?), melee speed 5%, level 10 gives 100% 200 point ablative, lasts 10 minutes, use every 15.

[Lifesbane]

omg that stuffs crazy!

[Durandana]

I have been waiting for us to get enough people on so we can try to get Shades of Myst for Raven.... I think it will take a full group to accomplish.

I think Nari wanted a sword that drops in the same area. Not sure on that though. I believe he said he wanted Battler, he can correct me if i am wrong

[Nari]

That sounds right.  Battler is a nice slasher from what I've heard.  Of course the pain of getting it could be bad.  Not sure I want it if the only way to xp it is in rvr...

[Axecleaver]

Battler levels in rvr only.

[Amberryl]

Traldor's Oracle -- beyond uber caster staff -- 5% to cast speed, 5% 5% debuff to all item-based resistances (!), 5% chance to use no power when you cast, AND at level 10 has a 5% chance to bypass ALL resistances on a given cast. Oh ya plus 50 focus to everything and to top it all off it's a 13.5dps staff, blue con, so it'll never decay in the hands of a level 50.

cool, so get it... get it exp for me... and then give it to me when i re open my account =)

[Axecleaver]

Can't do that. To use an artifact you need to

a. get credit for the encounter personally and
b. combine the scrolls at which point they become untradeable, which you then
c. use to activate the artifact at which time you
d-z. spend the rest of your life begging people to help you XP it to level 10.

[Mchagen]

I've been working on getting the harpy cloak.  I have the artifact and two scrolls, all I need is 2 of 3 now.  Countless hours of farming makes me wonder if it's worth it... not to mention all the time it will take to actually level the item.