The Unique/Set upgrade recipe D2R deserves

General Discussion
1

While waiting for D4 to launch ive delved back into D2R modding and improved upon my old concept

Simple one:

  • Normal unique or Set + Random jewel = Unique scrap

  • 4 unique scrap = 1 Unique essence

  • Normal Unique or Set + UNique Essence= Exceptionnal upgraded version of that item, both base and affixes

  • 3 unique essence+ jewel = Unique Core

  • Exceptional unique or set item+ Unique Core = Elite upgraded version of that item, both base and affixes

  • Unique core+ jewel = 3 unique essences

This concept has for goal to create a Sink for excess unique and set item drops

and it aims at providing meaningful and true upgraded version of these items

this ultimately raise up the lower end of itemization to make the endgame itemization richer and more diverse

NOTE: The upgrades are also mostly made of arrays which create a rng element to it, which generates a need and will to roll new ones for possible better rolls

2

When you are talking about upgrading, are you talking about changing the base item to its exceptional or elite version, or are you talking about improving or adding affixes on the item?

3

if you Look at the video

the base change

but the affixes on the item do too

that fixes the major flaw the original upgrade system has, Affixes decent for low level most likely are dogwater in edngame, therefor improving the Affix offer of those items when upgrade was the main goal of the modification

4

I would much rather see a way to reroll junk uniques (so that if you get a +1 to skills whatever on a 1-3 skills roll its not automatically complete garbage)
So taking your idea of scrapping junk uniqs, then using maybe 50-100x scrap to reroll the (desired) unique