Thanks!
I saw there are 2 R8 IGs on the list, but I haven't seen one of any Rarity drop, yet.
On the google doc you'll see a bunch of the R7s are also rated 4star and have uses, albeit niche uses in some cases, so it's not as bad as the first list makes it to be. The first list is really "the best weapons", and some also were demoted because Lunastra adds better weapons for these same cases but until we have Lunastra, they stay relevant.
For IG especially the Lunastra/Xeno IG iirc is one of the best general use ones, but until then, you have plenty of decent options from Kulve. It's worth just keeping all R7s and compare to what you have for similar use(for example elemental IGs, Blast and Paralysis IG which imo are the 2 big status you'd want to keep and the usual raw IG) because unless you made every IG already available, there's probably going to be some decent ones you can keep to fight one specific monster or whatever.
Especially relevant for Arch Tempered Elder Dragons we'll be getting later, for example a fire IG isn't particularily useful now, but once AT Kirin and AT Vaal Hazak are added, it might become a pretty good option and the Kulve fire is better than Rathalos one. You might want a dragon IG instead for elderseal, in which case Deviljho is going to be better but it's something to keep in mind. Kulve offers just a lot of optional weapons, quite often sidegrades or minor upgrade/downgrades from current weapon for niche cases, which is nice if you don't want to have to waste a bunch of materials making a weapon you're only going to use every now and then.
