Hello i hope this will get to the ones that deals with removing items/gears or improving them in the game.
I have noticed there is ethereal gloves & ethereal belts, which make no sense to have because they dont have repair on them, so il say it would be best to just remove those completely from the game, which will give us a better chance on getting something better drops of other items.
they dont have any porpuse in this game, you have them for few days they get red and then cant be used anymore.
i dont think they should be improved but just removed completely for the game it would be best.
d2r has made so many changes, so i dont see why this one should not be added to that aswell.
I have used on several occasions eth gloves/belts/boots during play-through… all were awesome upgrades to what I had at the time and allowed me progress while finding better permanent gear.
The boots lasted me a very long time… possibly months don’t recall, but I finally found some Goblin Toes and dumped the eth’s in a “free” game.
My 2 characters are at end game, so the eth stuff is NA now, but I’d not remove the ability for characters experiencing play-through to not have these often good/usable/upgrad items.
not sure how long you have played d2 but they can spawn with repair and high ed and can be some of the BIS gloves there are.
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They get an increased defense and lower requirements for the trade off of not being able to be repaired. That’s the purpose. Some items are able to get a self repair mod making them more valuable.
For those that don’t, sometimes the short-term benefit are worth the fact that you will eventually break the item. Some items last quite a while, especially armor on classes that don’t get hit often. You can also use them for specific tasks so only wear them down a portion of the time.
Rip the best in slot melee vs melee gloves then
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or… allow mercs to equip gloves/belts/boots 
thatd be fun, but maybe a bit too strong lol