I have a suggestion on how rares could be fixed.
As noted, the biggest problem with rares is that rare weapons are garbage. The rares for the rest of the item types can at least still compete, so I will focus on the weapons with this post.
In classic, rare weapons would have to get a damage suffix and a prefix to be the best. It was a relatively rare occurrence that you found a weapon with the best prefix and suffix.
I think that the patch should re-introduce this. Allow a rare to spawn with damage suffixes and prefixes. Adjust the combination of affixes so that the best possible rare would be the same damage as a cruel magic weapon. If this was done the best rares would be better then magic only weapons because they could get more mods on them.
Finding this 'perfect' rare would be very difficult, so the cruel weapons would still be sought after. A cruel weapon would allow a casual player to complete (power level wise) with avid players, and the perfect rare would be the little step up for avid players.
Edit: Oops, in classic the best rare was a combination of two damage prefixes, not a prefix and a suffix. This doesn't change my idea. Just let rares spawn with more then one damage prefix, but not with more then two. Obviously exclude cruel from spawning on rares. Cruel plus another would be too much.
As noted, the biggest problem with rares is that rare weapons are garbage. The rares for the rest of the item types can at least still compete, so I will focus on the weapons with this post.
In classic, rare weapons would have to get a damage suffix and a prefix to be the best. It was a relatively rare occurrence that you found a weapon with the best prefix and suffix.
I think that the patch should re-introduce this. Allow a rare to spawn with damage suffixes and prefixes. Adjust the combination of affixes so that the best possible rare would be the same damage as a cruel magic weapon. If this was done the best rares would be better then magic only weapons because they could get more mods on them.
Finding this 'perfect' rare would be very difficult, so the cruel weapons would still be sought after. A cruel weapon would allow a casual player to complete (power level wise) with avid players, and the perfect rare would be the little step up for avid players.
Edit: Oops, in classic the best rare was a combination of two damage prefixes, not a prefix and a suffix. This doesn't change my idea. Just let rares spawn with more then one damage prefix, but not with more then two. Obviously exclude cruel from spawning on rares. Cruel plus another would be too much.
USWest Hardcore Realms
Accounts: mikedok5, mikedok6
Accounts: mikedok5, mikedok6