Thanks Adeyke and Ruvunal :)
So in summary here if Crystalion punches holes in his level 50 polearm he could get Merciless because Merciless is lvl 32
So if ilvl - int (qlvl/2) is 32 or more Merciless is available
In other words any of these Polearms except Battle Scythe
And that polearm would be a Merciless Polearm with 1-2 sockets and 50% chance of a suffix so it could be an improvement
Rather an expensive investment - it would use a socket quest reward and a lot of gems and you'd almost certainly get a socketed Partizan in the areas you were playing. I've seen a Partizan drop in Act 4 Normal in 1.10 Beta 1
I suspect that it is not worth it, a vanilla Savage polearm would probably do with the gems being saved up for a cubing frenzy when a Cruel - capable elite weapon drops
So in summary here if Crystalion punches holes in his level 50 polearm he could get Merciless because Merciless is lvl 32
So if ilvl - int (qlvl/2) is 32 or more Merciless is available
In other words any of these Polearms except Battle Scythe
And that polearm would be a Merciless Polearm with 1-2 sockets and 50% chance of a suffix so it could be an improvement
Rather an expensive investment - it would use a socket quest reward and a lot of gems and you'd almost certainly get a socketed Partizan in the areas you were playing. I've seen a Partizan drop in Act 4 Normal in 1.10 Beta 1
I suspect that it is not worth it, a vanilla Savage polearm would probably do with the gems being saved up for a cubing frenzy when a Cruel - capable elite weapon drops