Q7 15ar?

What's up with people wanting to buy shields that are Q7 with 15AR?
Q7 16AR exists so why not those? I've been wondering about this for over a year now.

Because uninscribable max req 7 shields with perfect mods are near impossible to find, and inscribable max req 7 shields don't drop.

Because Req 7 15 ar is much cheaper than ar16s, which almost never drop. It's nice to have more than just eight armor and still meet the requirement.

Why bother at all? Crafter shield from Blacktide Den, 13AL, rq7, all the benefits, little cost

They want as much armor as possible by just using their left over attributes + a rune.

Those shields have Health +20 and no inscription slot.

if u dont meet the req. u get 1/2 the armor... normally 8. so with a 15al shield would it round to 8? or 7?

if you dont meet req no advantage to the req 7 over a req 13
they meet the req
8 is the answer for u

with req 7 15AL shields it gives the paragon (if cmd and moti) the ability to get as much armor as he can with the remaining attributes.


12 in spear
12 in Leadership
6 left over to put in cmd or moti +1 rune will give him +15 armor instead of 8.

Minor correction, but it's actually:
12 Spear
11 Leadership
6 Command or Motivation
These are the attributes before runes.

Q7/8 tactics shields help monks as well b/c it is normally their breakpoint for various stances, and plus it gives like 7 more armor since it meets the req. Very handy in RA and the little arenas.