98 actually. I did this on legacy. Not worth it imo.
You dont understand how comitted people are.
1. They find a duping method which is not known. They keep this method hidden, so it wont be patched.
2. They make wepon ilvl99 the way mentioned.
3. They dupe sojs and skulls.
4. They reroll until requested wepon stats are true, and sell.
5. They fully automated it with bots. A ini file or simular are used to insert wanted stats and wepon type. The bots then does the duping, the ilvl increase and rerolls.
I actually dont know if etheral is kept true rolling.
Im pretty sure people did something simular with imbue quest.
Produce ilvl 99.
Imbue, fail = reroll server with bugs.
Fully automatic via bots, stats to roll for via .ini file or simular.