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@Varlth-mankrik

Need has never been defined by Blizzard

Not quite true. We know what allows the Need roll.

Unable to Roll Need on an Already Owned Item With A Lower Item Level

“You may only roll Need on an item if your class can equip it and it is considered an upgrade. Having a certain item equipped or in your inventory will prevent you from rolling Need on that item if it is the same item level or lower.”

But we can also infer the intent, with regards to Greed, DE, and Transmog.

Greed and DE are easy – one cannot roll Need on an item that one cannot equip, even though they are vendorable and/or disenchantable. Thus, “Greed” and “DE” are not “upgrades”.

For Transmog, it’s a bit trickier:

I do not understand how people roll need when wearing more powerful gear

For A → B to be a true statement, B must be true when A is true. This is a conditional statement e.g. “If a shape is a square, it will have four equal sides at right angles to each other”. We can start with “If transmog was intended to be used by a Need roll, a player should be able to roll Need on an item they can equip, and do not own at the same or lower ilevel” You’re saying A is true. Yet B is not in the case for a Paladin and an Agi polearm. The item is equippable. Hence the statement…

It’s also possible Blizz is an inconsistent and lazy company, since they don’t really care to respond to any of these, clear them up, or fix transmog rolls.