Currently, the system now is that any green items which have 3 attributes now also provides the extra gem socket which was a great improvement to the game reducing the amount of rolls needed from 1 in 4 down to 1 in 2.
The problem we still face is that green rings (regardless if triple stat or not) have a 1 in 3 roll to be red, yellow or blue socket and we cant get exactly what we want, this makes it very difficult when targeting a prefered stat + combat rating + blue socket to have what we call a ābisā item (best in slot).
Many of us spend an entire world tier of 10 weeks trying to get our rings sorted and most commonly give up trying to recraft it after several weeks.
My suggestion is to have the ring sockets changed to be āprismaticā which basically means you can use any color in the socket - there are 2 ways to implent this, either the socket is prismatic always for rings or only when it has 3 attributes.
Please consider implementing this quality of life change for a future update.
both my rings are 2396 Blue soc, I have a had 3/2 yellows drop which i save for a little cr boost when needed but Iām basically saving my wisps now for i7 or whatever comes. I have over 120 with no plan to use them because the chance of getting good rings and the right soc is such a joke. Rather than a prismatic allow us to reroll the socket colour, it will take more but I feel they would be more inclined than giving it to us āfor freeā
One of my rings is 2436 CR with Strength, Willpower and Fortitude, but a yellow socket. A couple of days ago I got the same ring with 2456 CR and a blue socket, but with Strength, Willpower and Vitality. I kept wearing the 2436 CR ring because whilst Iād gain Fortitude from having a Sapphire in the blue socket that gain would be less than Iād lose from not having Fortitude in the three main attributes. So, even if you could have a prismatic socket, or you could re-roll the socketās colour somehow, youāre still going to have a hard time getting a 3/3 with the right 3 main attributes.
current gear drops with 2 stats being bit over 1100 now is 110 armor and armor pen which is now equal to a rank 6 of a aqua or sapphire gem, but a rank 7+ is more effective than fortitude if you do have blue socket
Tbh - Iād be happy if they would reduce the RNG of the entire Set system.
Its bad enough for the reasons set out in this thread of getting the Stats you want but the wrong colour socket, but even more frustrating is getting 2 socket items for gear pieces that have a max of 3ā¦Itās just nonsense to have this as an additional RNG sitting on top of coloured sockets on rings and the various Stat combos.
Yes, I accept Blizz/Netease have TRIED to alleviate this by making 3 stat items guaranteed 3 socketsā¦but the difference is MARGINAL.
My advice: Move the Set crafting to be the same as the new Legendary crafting, allowing players when they pick āFine Craftingā to select the colour of the socket on Rings and guaranteeing a 3 socket for the other gear items. Even if you donāt make it a guaranteed ātriple statā item - just having the security of 3 socket or a socket colour you want would be a HUGE QoL improvement in my personal opinion.
Heck, Iād even settle for having a system for Set Items that was similar to Legendary items, i.e. an essence system. Once you find a set item, you extract it, and then when you get a green item for that slot with better stats, you turn it into the set you want (if youāve already extracted it). Itās incredibly frustrating to get drops where the CR is better, itās a triple stat, maximum socketsā¦ but because itās the āwrongā set itās useless.
Exhibit A (as an example)ā¦
If I could turn that Issatar belt into an Urges belt, Iād gain 60 Combat Rating.
As it is, the higher CR belt is pretty much useless to me.
