To preserve that feeling of finding a unique that makes you want to level a new class.
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As opposed to what?
You know that uniques are random and drop regardless of your class or build right?
I really do not need a unique to drop for a class I have no intention of ever playing.
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is this true? i didn’t play ctb or anything.
With how many uniques we are estimated to get, I’m going to pretend they don’t exist. The odds of not only getting one, but getting one that fits a build you find fun, are slim to none.
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This issue is solved with free trade btw.
Gives value to a very rare item that drops you may not ever care or want to use by trading it out to someone that may actually use it that has something on offer you may actually get use out of.
Turns getting a Unique but strong item for another class that in your eyes is totally worthless from a pretty disappointing experience into a potentially exciting experience.
Uniques or legendaries? They have said you can only expect to get maybe 2 - 4 uniques per season, and at that drop rate your definetly going to want them to be for your class. If you mean legendaries, they do drop for other classes but i think they are weighted to do so more often for your current class.
We can’t truly know anything about drop rates from any of the betas.
They’ve said the average player will get roughly 1 per month if you calculate it.
But what is the average player? 10 hours a week? More? Less?
Does it assume the average player might not hit 100 before end of season?
I would say if you’re 100 inside of a week, you’re probably gonna get 1 or 2 uniques a week. But we just don’t know.
They may make it so the chances of getting a unique for another class are slim to none, it may already be that way, there’s no way to tell without a blue post or something.
I had about 5 uniques equipped in my testing and had a dozen or so in my stash, but that drop rate was likely to just get feedback on the items.
I would definitely prefer that, but I doubt it’s going to happen. It’s a compromise I’m willing to make. I know the developers have made lots of compromises to incorporate beloved dynamics from different playstyles.
There were no uniques in beta. You are probably thinking of legendaries. You cant get unique drops until world tier 3.
Maybe he meant the closed end game beta? Uniques from there maybe? or maybe he just meant lagendaries…idk.
end game beta you could which is what i was referring to.,
I think OP and alot of you are forgetting about smart loot. or will that just not apply to unique items
Kinda fun and frustrating at the same time finding items for other classes, but paired with the fact that we cannot trade majorly powerful items to other players in exchange for what we want, it does make more sense to have a weighted drop rate to favor items for your currently played class. Granted, you could always account-stash swap items to an alt of another class.
I agree there needs to be open trading and get rid of the class specific drops.
No. Uniques. I was in earlier betas.
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well that would make sense then