If I remember correctly we haven’t heard anything about runes since 2019. They were one of my most anticipated itemization features. It would be seriously disappointing if they are not in the game anymore…
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We have not received any additional information on runes. unless I totally missed it.
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Tbh, I expect them to be gone. There hasnt been a single word about them in 2½ years? Which really is a shame. Sounded like the most interesting new system in D4.
Have any of the item affixes that mention boosting gems etc. mentioned runes?
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Ahhh… I love the runes, though.
Give me my Enigma!!!
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i also really want them in
too bad they stopped talking about them 
I would like Runes to be implanted in game but not the way it was in D2
I liked the idea of a Rune which trigger something from an other Rune, I would like to see more depth in that matter, being able to “write” our own rune-words could be neat.
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Exactly. This system is the whole reason I wasn’t so worried about itemization, because D4’s rune words had so much potential. Even if the base items weren’t very interesting, you could make them interesting yourself via your own rune combinations.
I would be so sad if runes are gone
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Honestly I hope runes/runewords are still in D4, not only because it’d be a large boost to customization options in gearing, but also since they’re likely the only things to help magic and rare items compete with legendary and unique items.
yah, this
i also liked runes in D3 how they altered the spells.
something better than d2 and d3 i hope, i mean it is D4 after all. Raise the bar?
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probably not since every item could possibly roll with as many sockets as it has affixes so far
I don’t think that’ll be the case, at least pertaining to unique items, since unique items stats can’t be changed at all. So unless the item naturally has sockets, it wouldn’t be able to make use of runewords. Also that could be handled by having magic and rare items being capable of rolling 3 or more sockets while legendaries can roll up to two only. And if a rare item, with sockets, is upgraded into a legendary, via the occulist, it would lose some of it’s sockets so that it would only have 2 max.
well that’s how you want it to happen
but as i said so far i see it as they described it
a rare item could potentially have 4 sockets and then you can turn it into a legendary with 4 sockets
Well sure, I never said that’s how it will happen. Merely saying how I would like to see it happen. Kind of the point of feedback.
not trying to be arguing here
i just said that because you said
and, well i wish it wasn’t but i think it will
outside of the case that they are completely limiting the system and only allow up to 2 sockets per item
I was talking about unique items on that, since they had said the affixes rolled on unique items are fixed (save for the amount of each individual affix) and can’t be changed.
oh
yea no unique items not ofc
but legendary items
We don’t even know if uniques are still in game. Some things announced haven’t been touched since, so some things are a mistery.
Like I think there was a reference, or something that mythical items are gone, if I remember correctly.
mythicals are gone and uniques are in
that was an official statement with screenshots and descriptions
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Oh Okay. I didn’t remember that. Thx. And wasn’t it like runes were only attachable to rare items, because rares are the only items whit sockets? That’s also cool concept, not to throw away yellow gear if you can find runes that you want to use.