Have you gotten a req 7 or 8 item recently?

Blue req8 inscribable max shields drop quite often for me in Nightfall areas.

i've got a GOLD req 8 perfect giant Conch of fortitude in EoTN and a golden phoenix blade of fortitude req 8.

They still drop.

There are Req7 Factions weapons.
Celestial Swords/Shields & Crenelated swords seem to be the most *common*.

The attributes required for shields are often not something you'd spec very high if you had a choice. Especially for warriors; strength and tactics are both pretty bad lines to be spending 9+ in.

Bows and spears also have places in builds that don't care much about the weapon attribute so long as they get the full base damage from their auto attacks.

You also might want a low req caster item to get HCT/HSR for a critical spell from an off attribute.

As for the rest, there's really no reason to favor any req below 12, since you'll always meet it anyway.

i have gotten a req 8 shield but it was white so i sented to merchant

I got a weirdo drop the other day.

A req7 strength embossed aegis inscribeable, but was +15al, not 16. Still, gold, etc. Merched not really thinking about it. Pity.

Why low req are wanted? I have a monk that I made a Mo/W and use a 6 req tactics shield with 14AC. It works perfectly for me and gives me 14AC where I would have had to spend it in runes just to get 10AC. Plus I can put any type of mod in that shield like +10 vs slashing and +30hp of course and I would have had to waste many many more attribute points trying to work a req 9 tactics shield onto my monk. With but 1 point out of Divine Healing attribute I am able to have +14Ac all over and an additional +10AC vs slashing and able to put either more hit points or more energy or even more armor class using my rune slots. Since I lost some energy from using a shield vs a focus item (12 points) I use my runes for increased energy and get 7 of the 12 points back if I want them. I'm pretty happy with a 40 energy bank though on my monk. For me that was a find of a lifetime in this game with 14AC for only a 6 req in tactics. Recently I used this shield on a dervisher/warrior with sword and going heavily in wind and earth prayers and made her quite formidable with this setup.

R8 Strength Shield of the Lion and Lotus Shield from Nightfall Normal mode about half a year ago.

R8 Celestial Longbow with no primary mod from the chests in the vermin area about a month ago.

Many req 8s that are blue over the years.

1 Req 8 Chaos Axe 15% in stance.
1 Stormbow req 8 15^50.

That's all I can remember although I"m pretty sure I had some crap req 8 golds before Factions came out.

Got a few req 7 whites too.

When Nightfall was released I got a white max Sun & Moon shield of fortitude req8 strength....that I still have cause the skin is rare & beautiful.

It's never been confirmed or denied. Every time a "do req7 still drop?" thread pops up someone always claims to have gotten a max/gold req7 recently.

I personally haven't seen any new ones in a while. Herb had a pretty extensive list of known req7 items, but he quite playing I think.

That req7 stave was an accursed staff, max/gold and old school 19/19 I believe.

I have been playing for 20 months and never got a req7 or 8 weapon.. And ive vanquished all and done all missions/dungeons in HM...
q8 ebonhand req strenght dropped for a guildie though..when i was doing a CoF run with him

Lol Thierry2 just do the newbie area outside of Kamadan or the First City in hard mode. You'll get at least 8 req maxed gear there. I got a 8 req max shield just yesterday again in the one just outside Kamadan. I'm actually farming for more 15ac and 14ac with 7 and 6 req shields in them as that's where I got my first one.

As far as req 7 maxed gear I would think those would remain VERY rare and so, there shouldn't be a lot of people posting they've gotten one recently. Probably as rare as the christmas polar bear thingy. You may play a GW lifetime and never see a req 7 though. Some are lucky and some are not.

In NM, R7's drop mostly from low leveled monsters. This explains why most R7's are Crenellated Swords (Or atleast a lot).
Req8's HARDLY Ever drop in HM, its as chancy as a R7 in NM. Same thing though, the lower the level of the monster, the more chance there is of having a req less than par (Req8 for Inscribables and R7 for Non-inscribables)

Req7 drop in areas were low levels(1-19) meet high level (20+)

So true...
Also my theory for what i stated above AND why so many r8 inscrips are not gold is that ... kinda farfetched but be prepared...
There is no such thing as a 15.6armor shield, however maybe there would be if the system didnt round it to 16armor, so my theory is that for this example, a 15.6armor shield can come as R8 (talking about inscribables) which makes sense since...
1. Low level monsters many times drop stuff less than max (15.6armor IS less than max =p)
2. Whites/Blues/Grapes are commonly not maxed either, but are NEVER maxed with mods like sundering or 15^50 or anything of the sort
3. Its hard to find a NON-Max Grape/Gold in HM, hence almost no R7s found there (in HM/No inscrip), or R8s (in HM/Inscrip)

Sorry have to disagree that purples never have 15^50 because I just salvaged one out of a purple sword I got in that newbie area I play in. Purple just means "everything" won't be maxed ever. I've gotten several maxed mods out of purple equipment though. Even some things better than gold like a Healing Ankh that is req 8 healing and perfect +12 energy and not gold but purple. Things have changed in that department as well as what is on a purple item. I can get as good of mods out of purple items as I can gold ones now.

Nope. r7 and r8 seem to not drop anymore for me lol. dont know why.

Well..i never got a max damage weapon that was lower than 9...found a req 8 14-20 fellblade in hm today, was pissed it wasn't maxed lol.

Play in the newbie areas Death By Ketchup in HARD MODE. You'll get one I betcha. Kamadan first three or four newbie areas are great for req 8 7 and 6 drops, though not always maxed stats on everything. I find to get the low requirement high stats items you need to play in the newbie zones of the chapters in HARD MODE. GWEN don't have a newbie zone so's I don't know where the good stuff is there. But, Nightfall is the only one where you can get blue, purple and gold inscribeable gear and that's why I farm it to death in the newbie areas so much. Also, I nearly always get 1 or two gold drops every run in them. I don't buy lockpicks though to open chests I wait until they drop and give them to my treasure hunter wisdom character to build up her titles in those.