There is no evidence suggesting it got removed just not much evidence that it dropped often. Its drop rate may be too high but the things I'm sure of are:
1. It DID drop in the first place as there are screenshots proving that.
2. There was never a post about it getting removed with any consensus in the eqdruids boards I've visited researching the topic (eqdruids.com / thedruidsgrove.org etc.)
I still play on live and its one of the items I still want to get, and some of the old VP 1.0 dragon loot drops off mini-named mobs in there, so I may check that out in the next few days clearing out the zone to see if any of the old robes still drop.
tl;dr the absence of proof that it continued dropping isn't sufficient to warrant its removal from drop tables.
I could probably find a mob like undead knight of unrest and see that for a year span no one commented on it dropping the mantle, but that doesn't mean it was removed (random example probably false but still you get my point).
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