Anyone else notice whites are not longer sold at venders past act 2 normal? Not sure why this was changed…
Also drop rate on FCR rings seems to be lower? Perhaps its bad luck, but I’ve only found 2, both in Hell and played 2 characters through to mid 70s checking every dang magic and rare ring I see. Anyone else noticing this?
No whites/sockets beyond Act 2 normal has been the norm as far as I know.
As far as FCR being less common, it’s because more magic modifiers are available in higher difficulties, making it less of a chance of rolling.
This has always been the case.
yeah i think it was like that in old d2
Played through norm several times without finding any. So I doubt that’s the case. I was playing D2 a month ago and finding tons. just seems reduced, but perhaps it’s just luck.
I used to buy whites for wand bases in A1 hell, but admittedly that was prior to bone necros being nerfed, so that was quite a few patches ago.
I found two or three magic rings with FCR in normal Act 1… But I also farmed Countess several times for the runes to make Stealth, Leaf and a few extra Tir runes.
Luck plays a large role as well, after all it is a RNG loot grinder. 
to be specific: no whites since vendors start selling level 20 items.
Vendor item level equals to the character level, but capped depending on act\difficulty.
Capped at 18 in act 2 normal, so in act 1 and 2 normal you can always get white items.
If you are level 19 in acts 3-4-5 you may be able to get a white item (but IIRC item selection will be very low or none at all because character level 19 will not allow for the item bases to spawn due to them having higher quality level)