Low req = high price why?

Kali is correct.

The point about characters who don't yet have a full 200 attribute points was a good one.

That aside, can anybody give an example of build they've ACTUALLY USED (or seen used) in which a weapon skill was in the 7-8 range?

I guess if you're a stance tank who just occasionally hits somebody, it might be possible. Or a trapper. Those are the two cases that come to mind.

trappers use a staff/a non max bow - they deal 100's of damage with their traps, bows are just for lures or whatever.


I did find req 7 useful when i was a stance tank because i used to be hitting for full effectiveness, now a 7 attrib sword warrior would deal so little damage against the kind of enemies you'd want to tank (i reckon about 3-4 per swing, a good stance tanker doesn't use weapon attack skills), it just wouldn't be worth it, the casters wanding would out damage you.


I used a smiting build in hells precipice with 12 smiting, 7 sword and the rest in tactics, It was frankly the best possible tank cos AoE was still good and I was dealing 100's of damage, and I had a sword to slash about with. I think I had 1 attrib left over or something. I could have tooks my sword to 0 attribs and gone str and used dolyaks also, but never attacking for a warrior is just boring to hell, and I couldn't have used a smiting staff as I needed a sheild. See book holders ^^

How is a bow a great trapping weapon?

i'm guessing he goes 16 WS / 15 Exp / 5 Marks ... so having a req 5 bow allows him to attack for a decent amount... he prolly uses the bow to use Oath Shot {E} then hopefully switches back to a staff

Depends on what your attribute level is at. You're not going to want a high req shield in something that you dont have that high. Same with weapons. Although I'm pretty sure if you're going to use a specific weapon your attribute will be above 8. Usually the req8 wont be any more useful than a req10.

Weapon requirements doesn't matter; as long you have 12 points of attributes in your weapon mastery, you should be doing the stated damage on the weapon.

Here's a chart:
Effect of Attributes on Weapon DamageAttribute
Level Percent of
Weapon Damage
0 35.6%
1 38.6%
2 42.0%
3 45.9%
4 50.0%
5 54.5%
6 59.5%
7 64.8%
8 70.7%
9 77.1%
10 84.1%
11 91.7%
12 100%
13 104%
14 107%
15 111%
16 115%

I have never ran less than 12 in a weapon mastery and never will. PvP you want to do the most dmg. Even versital war builds have 12 weapon.

Personally I don't care long as its not more than 12 and 10 is perfectly ok with me. Besides all you'll ever see is the skin.

people buy them for collectability simple as... they don't buy a req 7 sword so they only have to run 7 in swordsmanship... and if they do (so they can pump up strength/tactics) then they are in fact complete morons.

Things like shields and to an extent focuses the requirement does matter... for example Strength being as usless as it is, you don't need to put a lot into it - and you most certainly don't want to be forced into doing so because you have a req 13 shield