1.) They aren't always holding one, but sometimes you can see a weapon or focus. If it looks unnatural, it's going to drop
This isn't to say when you go to FoW that all berserkers will drop Chaos Axes. This only applies to monsters that are different from their normal skins.
2.) If a creature is taking less damage then he normally should, say in a firestorm [no longer viable] or Zealot's fire [see firestorm] then he is holding a shield. Hopefully this info saves you time in areas like UW, if you're trying to figure out whether to kill the last aatax or not.
Other than that I don't know
How to tell what you're going to get from a drop
krammit
neoteo
usefull hint , never notice anything .. i will look for it
Sereng Amaranth
I can confirm that shield thing. I used Flame Burst next to 2 spiders and the one that took lower damage had a shield. 
Savio
If you haven't noticed in Sorrow's Furnace, most of the time if a boss is holding his special weapon/offhand, he'll drop it. However, sometimes even if they aren't holding it they'll drop their weapon.
Arcador
That is pretty cool 
Shukrut
Cool, nice info... I'll keep lookin for that now and see if I can find anything else myself...
Tactical-Dillusions
I killed a grawl in witmans folly which was wielding a defender....sure enough that is exactly what i looted from it.
Battle Torn
Cool advice. I noticed this sometimes but didnt think anything of it
Digital Bath
Yea, I have tried to point this out to some PUG's in game with very little success. Everyone just kinda goes "huh??" then ignores me the rest of the time. *sigh*
Shimus DarkRaven
yup, it's true. I get many a focii from that. Simple. If he holds it, it usually drops <9/10> times.
--The shim
--The shim
NightOwl
Huh?!
/ignore
(seriously though, interesting tip, I'll have to keep an eye out...thanks)
/ignore
(seriously though, interesting tip, I'll have to keep an eye out...thanks)
Gwenhywar
I posted this pic in guild's forums a while ago:
It looks pretty funny when tiny, transparent smites are holding something. Never saw them holding an ecto though ... 
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It looks pretty funny when tiny, transparent smites are holding something
. Never saw them holding an ecto though ... .
Charcoal Ann
i can remember reading somewhere about this.
items that enemies hold are ALWAYS from their possible loot table. By no means does it HAVE to drop however. it is simply a possibility.
you can also tell when an enemy is using a vampiric weapon (the Shiverpeak Centaurs carry a lot of them). i've killed tonnes of them. never got vamp from em though
items that enemies hold are ALWAYS from their possible loot table. By no means does it HAVE to drop however. it is simply a possibility.
you can also tell when an enemy is using a vampiric weapon (the Shiverpeak Centaurs carry a lot of them). i've killed tonnes of them. never got vamp from em though
Finch
its cool when you take vampiric damage, then you kill the guy and he drops his weapon. You ID it and its vampiric heh. Kind of what the person said above me but ive actually gotten some.
krammit
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Originally Posted by Charcoal Ann
items that enemies hold are ALWAYS from their possible loot table. By no means does it HAVE to drop however. it is simply a possibility.
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W.R.T. UW: In all the ~250 ecto I've farmed I've never [noticed] a smite crawler drop a different item than that he was physically holding in his mandible
paint ftw
Theos
I have noticed this but when ever I see the weapon actually there it pops off and is either purple or gold. I am not complaining, but I agree it's funny when you see a Grawl having a hammer and a shield at the same time... OMGZOR they HAXOR!
Oddly in the grawl situation sometimes its the hammer that drops O-o
Oddly in the grawl situation sometimes its the hammer that drops O-o
NekoZ
Somehow, was doing Charr mission since I skipped em all, one had a Sickle but dropped a Ram's Hammer.. o.o