The solution to sets and uniques

[Slomo4shO-1943]

I, along with others, have made multiple suggestions that help address set and unique issues:

Feedback on low level sets

Since PTR is closing tomorrow until further notice, I am posting this thread here as well. Classic sets are mostly worthless in LOD with the rare exceptions. Most Low level sets only spawn with 2 affixes which is basically in line with Magic items. Magic items dropped in the game can have two magical attributes, one from a Prefix and another from a Suffix. Rares and Uniques can have up to 6 affixes. Magic and Rare items can also roll staffmods (auto mods) on class specific gear as well as staff…

Lets Talk Runewords

Before discussing runewords, lets have a small discussion about sockets in gear and some of the level requirements for higher socket items. First order of business is that Normal difficulty has a maximum of 3 sockets in any piece of gear regardless of whether the maximum sockets for said piece is higher. This limit increases to 4 for Nightmare. This is to say that it is impossible to find any weapons with 5 or 6 sockets in Nightmare and below through monster drops. Socketing using Larzuk results…

Sets need to roll Ethereal and staffmods

There is a world of issues with sets and uniques that will require a more in-depth analysis of the issues but the most overlooked properties for sets often overlooked is their inability to roll ethereal or include staffmods on class specific gear and staves/scepters/wands. Sets and bows are the only items in game that can’t roll ethereal. The logic for bows/crossbows is they have no durability. There is no logic as to why sets were exempt from the ethereal roll. Having ethereal sets would open …