I've got Good news and Bad news. Both are . . . that it still drops. 'cause I'd hate to encourage anyone to camp this guy as rare as the drop is.
2006.Nov.11th. Finally got it.
I tried for the Claw about a month solid 3-5 hours most nights back in March. Then scattered days throughout summer. Another week solid 3-5 hours now in November. Probably killed the Assassin 30+ times altogether.
Lot's of Luggald Assassin's will pop. See my location description here http://eqbeastiary.allakhazam.com/search.shtml?id=11658;page=1;howmany=50#114135819132233
When you finally get the one with the dagger to spawn, it won't be the straight edge Luggald Claw image, the one I got has the jagged edge image, and he was holding the dagger in his right hand, and a Trident in the Left.
HE HITS HARD. (At least against a puny low HP Necro. . .)
I'm L67 2535HP 703AC, w/combat agility 1, was only self buffed at the time he finally popped.
He hit between 41 and 140 per contact, and hit twice as fast as my L67 Lost Soul pet. (And the L67 pet quad's a lot. . . this guy hits FAST.) The pet with 8k~ hp was taking the beating much better than me. I had to FD at 15% and let the pet take the beating and the pet (and my Dot's) finished him off.
He's MUCH harder to kill than the other Luggald Assassin's without the dagger. I don't remember seeing the words Backstab. . . but he must be a Rogue.
Landed Embracing Darkness, Splurt, Nightfire, Dark Nightmare. He must have approx 11-12k Hit Points total. (Pet got in a few blows near the fire I couldn't see in the logs.) I counted 10,664 from my dots and pet for certain.
LoL. . . he was stabbing me so fast my Dodge(nn) went up 6 ticks in a row.
Ahh well, I have it. I can use it for the Necro when she's gotta get "up close and personal".
Nice to have. . . it still drops. . . but you'd have to be insane to camp it considering the time involved. . . hope EQ is merciful to you, and it drops the first.