Weapon Req question

why is a certain level requirement on weapons/items if anyone is still able to reap the benefits of the item's enhancement, i.e. +30health?

not that im complaining, im just curious as to what the point is. is dmg reduced w/that particular weapon if ur not of the right req?
if so, what about shields? if it's a req9 tac shield and you only have, say, 5 in tac, u'll still get the +30 health mod off of it but what's the drawback of not having a high enuff req?

well the req in brackets is only for the attribute its next to. so req 9 healing prayers means it will if a wand need 9 in healing prayers to do the damage. if not itll do 1/4 of the damage.

with a offhand itll give 1/4 of the energy or the armor.

so if its a +12 energy itll only give 3, and if its 16 armor itll only give 4

ah, i c. Thx for clearing that up

Shields that don't meet the req give AL +8, not AL +4.

This is not accurate at all; the weapon will do the damage of a starter weapon, not a quarter.

I truely believe that ANET should change this to where you don't get any of the benefits if you don't meet the requirement.

And who is ever going to use a totem axe or rajazans fervor if that happens?

...and make the wintergreen items the most prized items in the game?

I wish they would change it so that you can get Max damage without the req. but you can't critical.

Warriors that use energy skills and enchantments?

+5 energy is worthless for a warrior.

what's the point of getting 5 more energy? using power attack one more time?

a damage mod will outdamage that single power attack anyway.

having a +5 energy wont resolve energy probrem.

I use +5e stuff to run with...

true ^^ but this was thread of the discussion i replied

now you dont run meeting the req on your sword right ?

That made me lol.

I like the whole req thing how it is tbh.