Diablo II 1.10 Beta Test begins

[Dagni]

Do set items downgrade to magic if they fail?

That's the way it's always worked.
Next time an act boss drops a magical for you, check its durability.
An old CD2 leftover, "failed set" magical items and "failed unique" rare items still had more durability than their counterparts in 1.09.

Yeah, I just wasn't entirely sure how it worked, I didn't mean to imply that it had ever been changed. And I knew about the durability thing, but I've long since sold that particular Kris.

However, I DO think that failed sets need to drop as rares now. Because as it stands, that is the ONLY way to get a blue item from an Act Boss, so whenever you do, you know that you nearly got a set item :(, and frankly, it has the feel of a bug, when you only get a blue item 1 time in 200 items or so.

- Dagni