Do req8's still drop?

I am known to my guild as "The guy who farms anything and everything", however, despite all my farming, and lots of views on the high end forums, i have noticed that lots of people are selling lots of req8 items, and that im not getting a sniff at any of them. They seem to be around in abundance, but i never seem to get any.
So my question is - Do req8 items still drop, or are people selling preivously found items from before a nerf?

Thanks before hand, and i apologise for being so ignorance.

Yes, they still drop. BUT. Now the drop rate is like the drop rate that was on req7 items. The abundance you see is people selling off old items for the most part. I managed to hit almost 13000 chests opened and have not seen a req8 so yes they are now rare.

In the past FEW weeks I have seen more req7 +15^50% weapons for sale than in 2 years and a half.
Same goes with rare skinned req8's, like chaos axes and fellblades: if you take for example 3 or 6 months ago, now the market is flooded with _at least_ twice the amount that you could see.

Your opinion will be different, but I strongly feel that we're still under the effects of dupes, hell knows if surviving dupes of the first generation, or new ones.

yup they are VERY rare
what i'd like to know though ...what's the rarity difference between golds from NM and HM, if any

You are talking about full damage req 8's no doubt. Never knew they existed. Its a peculiar things about the weapon system in GW, it mostly sucks. The differnec I have seen from NM to HM is by and large very small. The monsters being mostly a higher level just means there is a slightly better chance of a drop being better.

- Some Rangers and Monks. And even then it's beside the point. If everyone can't have same items for PvP, no one should have them.

Do you know what cheating means?

- Big difference in PvP? Hell yes it's big difference when on person can reach req limit for shield with 12-10-8 attributes and the other one needs 12-9-9. Please shut up if you have nothing to contribute.

r8 drops do happen. I got an r8 tact shield max AL, white though...non insribable/non-modable, so bleh

I have a few req 8 max damage golds, that all dropped I think at latest the end of 2006. They are all common skins, or have fairly bad inherent damage mods though (including a req 8 max gold chaos axe with 15 v hexed ), so I've never really bothered trying to sell them.

Too rare to merch, too much of a hard sell for a casual trader to bother to try to shift. I guess as the perceived rarity of req 8 has increased, so has the market for the marginal ones, and you will see more offered for sale.

I've got a req8 inscribable Holy Vial from a little while ago...

Well actually almost a year ago.

i got a req 8 flame artifact, purp from a locked chest in factions a few days ago, think they are defietly alot rarer now though.

my only req.8 max dropped 1 years later...but as say they can be dropped, i don't see noone that i know drop one.

I got 2 req8's in last two weeks.

One Embossed Shield, gold, with -2 while enchanted inscription... +45 while in stance.

One Imposing Scepter from Spectral Vaettir in EotN, req 8 domination magic. 20/19 Inscription... But not perfect dmg.

alot more req8 seem to drop in GWEN than anywhere else .. dunno if thats becuase everyone is playing there..

I've got about 5 req 8 shields in my storage, they are all white or blue however. I've gotten them all from farming UW (NM)I believe, and the last one I got was maybe 3 weeks ago.

I had a req 8 gold - max damage , inscribable bramble longbow from a hidden treasure in nightfall about 3 months ago.
I sometimes use it when I hero hench with my necro so I can stay way back and control the fight from a distance - other than that - does get much use

(Actually I suppose I could give it to my ranger - drop down marksmanship and maybe try beast mastery for a change....hmmmm)

Dunno if you understand how the market works.....

When you buy stock you don't just sell it at any given time. You wait for the Price to rise well over and then you sell it.

Just like now how req 8s seem to hardly drop anymore and more people are selling the "rare" req 8s because more and more people are buying them now for more and more money.