Will Rare Items Be Useless in Diablo 4 Season 4?
As Diablo 4’s first PTR week comes to an end, players almost unanimously agree — next Season’s itemization overhaul is a big win! However, the upcoming changes have raised an interesting question: are Rare items going to be useless?
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In the Season 4 PTR, Rare items only dropped with 2 random Affixes, while Legendary items always dropped with 3 Affixes. If this continues to be the case during Season 4, then Legendary items will always have greater potential over Rares.
However, it may not be that simple. The new Masterworking system will progress Tempered Legendaries through 12 tiers of upgrades — with tiers 4, 8, and 12 granting an additional 25% stat boost to a random Affix. If all of these random bonuses happen to land on a single, build-defining Affix, then the compounding stat boost would be massive!
Due to the random nature of Masterworking, there’s a case to be made for crafting with Rares early on, specifically because they have fewer Affixes. Fewer total Affixes means a better chance that these random upgrades will apply to a single desired Affix.
1 in 3 chance 25%
1 in 4 chance 2/2 25%
1 in 4 chance 20%
1 in 5 chance
Alternatively, Rares can be sold to a vendor for gold or salvaged at the Blacksmith for crafting materials — specifically for Veiled Crystals. Even a garbage Rare is worth at least the sum of its parts, and during the PTR Veiled Crystals were in short supply.
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Rare items won't ever be best-in-slot in Season 4, but does that mean they'll be useless? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
Diablo 4 PTR Coverage
- No Plans to Extend PTR
- Diablo 4 PTR Datamined Changes
- Adjusted Rewards for Tormented Bosses
- Campaign Skip Hotfixed on Diablo 4 PTR
- Boosting Resets Codex of Power in D4 PTR
- PTR Known
