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[Concillian]

I think items would be less tedious if an NPC could ID them all at once.

The tedium I'm referring to has nothing to do with the ID time. The issue is that there is so little ID time because you get so few rares when leveling... and a fair amount of playtime in hardcore is leveling.

The NV system works okay when you're 60 while playing the majority of your play time, but this is not often the case with hardcore.

You're either twinked (AH or self-twinked) or you're checking vendors for blues, as they often have better loot than drops. Once you get 60, the NV system corrects the issue, but going from 30--> 60 is tedious without guaranteed rares from anything.

At 60+, the loot is about the only thing it can be. I mean you'll reach some point where loot can't get much better eventually. That point is going to be largely the same amount of time input from 60 if you're talking about using the AH, if drop rates change, prices will eventually shift so that your 57 of 60 are not interesting will happen after a similar number of hours played as it does now. That's part of the way the market works. No, that part of the system I don't really take issue with. It's getting an inventory full of magic items with 0-2 rares for 30 levels.