q7 weapons

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My first q7 shield came from a desert griffon, which was level 21

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A. Heya, I was wondering where the Q7 weapons dropped back in the day?

B. Also why did Axes and Hammers drop in Q7 but Bows for example didnt? And why do only swords, shields and foci still drop in q8, when the reason for the nerf was pvp balancing?

A. I remember in 2006 getting a chaos axe q8 6-28 from a chest run in fow.

So I bet q7 you can get from below shiverpeak chest and drops by monster.

now the fow normal chest not ever drop any q8 in any case.

B. I think the reason was with the introduction of Hard mode.

Quote from Shaya

Heya, I was wondering where the Q7 weapons dropped back in the day? Well i dont think anyone can say this for fact, some ppl claim they dropped q7s basically everywhere, but the q7s existing indicate that they dropped same places q8 does now

found a thread in which was mentioned, that q7 armor 15 shields drop from lvl 15-18 enemies nowadays, was that the lvl range for q7 max items back then? partially, lower level (15-16) dont drop max items, but where u got max dmg u had chance for q7.

Also why did Axes and Hammers drop in Q7 but Bows for example didnt? And why do only swords, shields and foci still drop in q8, when the reason for the nerf was pvp balancing? Its just the way gw drop system was implemented, level/drop/armor/dmg with drops doesnt go up in linear way, but between q6/q7 there is a breakpoint / curve in stats as good example q6/11 focus dropping today making some items drop lower req than others.

And as the last question:

which axe and hammer skins did actually drop in q7? i didnt see many even in high end collections of you. Well basically any dropping from right level range was possible, but to name a few: Cleaver, great axe, war axe, double bladed axe, battle pick, piercing axe, hand axe,spiked axe and for hammers: Warhammer (spiky & lion), foe hammer, twin hammer, runic hammer, rams hammer, break hammer, righteous maul)

super excited to get some answers on those questions x)

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