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From what I know so far, I'm not going to get the expansion, seems like it can prolong the life of the game so little.

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Here, simple solution: (for the ones who say that I'm only bad news and negative comments)- highest possible quality white weapon + brimstone + some other not so easy to get crafts/items + considerable amount of money = legendary version of that white item. It not only makes white items interesting but also lets you hunt an specific legendary. Same rule could apply to blues, maybe the difference could be that the outcome legendary has stats that are related to the blue stats.Voila, new "generic runewords", that doesn't even need new content, it uses what is already in the game.

I like how that sounds. And I still do think we need a way to circumvent not being able to find a certain Legendary (and not being able to trade for one), because chances are people will get frustrated once they hear there's this awesome "build unlocking" item, or crazy gimmicky item, and they can't find it after dozens of hours farming. I do wonder how it would work for items that do not have a "white" version. Like Sources/Mojos, Rings and Amulets. That said, it's a bit sad that, while it's an idea that could probably be seriously discussed by the developers internally (because it's simple and objective), even turning out to be a new feature that many people would appreciate, it will likely not get enough attention or discussion and will get lost in time. (it's just how things are) Unless you can put some pretty photoshopped screenshots, post it on reddit, incgamers and the official forums, and gather a crapton of support. It's the number one problem that good ideas have, getting enough visibility.

You missed the point, what I was talking about is about having some use for every item that currently drops for you. In the case you mentioned, notice that in my example the only difference would be that the blue one would somewhat force the legendary random attributes to not be so random, and more according to what stats the blue already has. So, if I just want a legendary I can gamble with a white item, no big deal, it wont be 100% of the time a better item if I put a blue there, just that the odds would probable be better.

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I don't understand this obsession with making whites and blues actually viable. They already serve a pretty good purpose; you'll use them leveling up, and you need their crafting materials for higher end crafting. I'm all for making runewords in the future, but the state they are in now is perfectly fine, and Blizzard doesn't need to waste any more resource time on them.