Make Magic/Blue Items Great Again

In Diablo 2 Magic Items could roll greater affixes that were stronger than the affixes Rare Items could roll. This was balanced by the fact Magic Items could only roll 2 affixes. It was a nice design that made Magic Items relevant even in end game.

In Path of Exile, Magic Items should have the ability to somehow roll "greater" affixes too. I mocked up a quick example in mspaint where using a vaal orb would increase all affix values by 60%. It's just a spitball example, I'm sure you guys will come up with something way better.


Thank you for making the greatest ARPG of all time, keep up the good work and thank you for reading my suggestion thread.

I'm very interested in this concept. I don't know about the specifics of the stat roll ranges. But I imagine Normal/Magic/Rare/Unique items having different pools to roll Corruption stats/enchants on could potentially be a really cool strategic layer to engage w/.

I'm cool w/ it being just a simple Vaal and not some super special/chase Currency, also.

It`s funny how after 25 years diablo2 is still the goat of itemization.

As for this idea, i could +1 even vaal-less version but before that i`d like some1 more familiar to comment how it would affect recomb balance(because you can`t recomb corrupted items, right?).

+1

Agreed. To make Magic Items competitive with Rares, the "Greater Affix" is a great idea and needs to offer something Rares simply cannot achieve, without making Rares obsolete.

Instead of a flat percentage increase across the board, when you Vaal a Magic item, each affix is independently multiplied by a value between 1.5x and 2.0x

Since Magic Item is now Corrupted, you cannot use a Regal Orb to turn it into a Rare and locked into those two massive stats forever. I could see perfect rolls of 2.0x on specific affixes making some Magic Items highly sought after for some builds.