The Problems with Itemization in Diablo 4
The community has voiced their feedback regarding Diablo 4's itemization since day one, critiquing many aspects of its current iteration. In response, Blizzard has made itemization one of their major focuses to be fixed in the coming months. While those changes aren't expected until tentatively Season 4, we're taking a look at the problems that exist with itemization in Diablo 4 and contemplating a few possible solutions.
Unique Items Tier List Diablo 4 Item Database
General Itemization
Diablo 4 has 5 different item qualities: Common, Magic, Rare, Legendary, and Unique. These five qualities are the core of the itemization process: without the different rarities, the current itemization system falls apart. Between affixes that only appear on specific Unique items, to the Legendary Aspect system, there are dozens of places that the itemization in Diablo 4 can show weak points, given its level of complexity. The community has been quick to point out the general issues regarding the current itemization in the game as well:
- There are too many niche, situational affixes that boil down to «damage» or «damage reduction», leading to fairly severe affix bloat.
- Item qualities such as Common or Magic serve no purpose in the game other than being sold or salvaged (aside from the very beginning of the game).
- A lack of chase items (or making those chase items so exceedingly rare that the ability to chase is drastically impaired) leads to drops not being exciting for the average and hardcore player alike. Even though Uber Uniques exist and can now be considered chase items with the introduction of Uber Duriel, these Uniques are still heavily flawed in design — mainly because of the acquisition from only one source — and some
