So I was thinking, just for the lulz, of farming up an Ancient Plate set and going full bomber with either the recon shield or guardian shield with a few CTR trinkets. Given that bombs are unaffected by ASI buff/debuffs, it only leaves the medium movement speed debuff to deal with.
The question is, how much would that movement speed limit me? I know that the movement speed buff on the mercurial set is apparently almost imperceptible, but I haven't heard much about the ancient plate's debuffs since most people focus on the ASI debuff.
I'd probably be running with a DBB, RSS, VT and AoA, since I'm planning on crafting those for PvE anyway. I'm not really interested enough in T3 PvP to craft up any dedicated 5* weapons.
The negative effect is way more noticeable IMO. I can't stand using full Ancient on big levels. One piece is more than enough for me.
The extra life does seem tempting for a guardian.