“Unique” is a strong word associated with something that only exists once.
But “unique” items in Diablo 4 are everything, but unique. They drop like rain drops.
Even “mythic unique” items in Diablo 4 are everything, but unique.
The same (Mythic) unique item can drop multiple times on a single drop in a tormented boss run. I witnessed that a friend got three (!) rings of starless skies on a single drop from one single boss run, thus one kill of that boss.
I think it’s hilarious to call it “unique” or “mythic unique”.
To make the name “unique” work, there should be much more different unique items in the game. Like thousands of them. Right now the number of different unique items is about 100. And if you play a certain class, then the number of different unique items is even lower, about 20 class-specific ones for each class right now.
“Unique” in the true meaning of the word would be an item that drops not more than one time for the same char or for the same account or maybe even among all players in the entire world. And then this unique item should always have the same stats, like mythic uniques have right now.
I personally think that it would be very interesting to have items in the game that only exist once among all players in the entire world. That would give the game a new, exciting and special feel, making the game much more special.
What do you think? Do unique items deserve to be called “unique”? Are you also spammed with the same “unique” item over and over again? What do you think should be changed? What do you think about the idea to implement items into the game that are unique with the very meaning of the word, thus exist only once among all players in the entire world.
I think it fine being called what they are. I think the unique part come from they “unlike anything else”. The fact they has aspect that they can only provide and affixes that no other gear can get. Also have to remember games like to take some words like unique and give it own variation of the definition.
Are you so bored you’re going to argue over semantics and worse, argue semantics without considering that they are unique items within the context of the game’s loot. There is only one Beastfall Boots. only one Andy’s Visage. You might eventually get better versions of the same item but you can’t find those effects on any other gear in the game. That’s what makes them unique.
the number of uniques in the game have no bearing on whether something is unique or the wording unique works. the whole premise of your argument makes no sense when you apply this fallacy
You are trying to rationalize the word choice in a game system with real-world expectations.
Don’t.
First of all, “unique” is a loot tier. Nothing more. It could be called “potato” and would function the same.
Secondly, they are unique. They have unique statistic setups compared to any other item that can fit in that slot. Only one item by name has the arrangement of affixes and “aspect” that each unique has. How is that not unique?
If you dilute the drop pool in the way you want, you either make uniques impossible to farm to the point of being worthless, or completely busted for the tiny percentage of people that find and use any specific one. You also make their setups so plentiful in variety they may as well just be randomized affix/aspect loot anyway.
You nailed it… like “master” skills generally being weaker than their “core” equivalents and “ultimate” skills that are so worthless many builds don’t even bother slotting them.
It’s just a bunch of terminology that you need to learn to play the game. Yeah, we all get the joke about “extra unique” or “mostly unique” but when the dead roam the battlefield and fungus can explode in fiery blasts leveling your hero words are just collections of letters. It’s how you deal with them that matters.
1] Unique has many definitions. One is particularly remarkable, special, or unusual. This fits.
2] Thousands of uniques? They cant even balance the current ones in the game and you want 1k?
3] Highlander Uniques? There can be only 1? This would be terrible for the game as you would have ppl in pvp with power nobody else could have. Also how would these ppl lose these items? What happens if they leave the game? These items would end up in all the streamers hands eventually. Terribad idea.
Uniques are item type are fine. No changes are needed there. The changes needed for uniques are less legacy versions and tighten up the ranges and drop less.
While I agree that words matter, for something as trivial as this, i am fine with calling one type of item unique and another type legendary. It’s not like the legendary items are actually legendary either, right? And rare items are anything BUT rare. So yeah, it is what it is.
A bit late in the game to be changing those things though, not that it makes much of a difference.
