ethereal uniques

[matkovsky]

hi everyone. this post is maybe suited for trading values forum, but i thought it has more general meaning so ill post my question here.

what i want to ask is if ethereal uniques that cannot be soketed have any value. i mean not only trading value, but their use in game. ethereal helms, armors, shields and weapons u can soket with zod to make them indestructable if u value them so high to spend a zod. but if u find ethereal unique belt, or gloves or boots,do they have any use? which characters/players will want them? or this ethereal uniques are total junk and go to charsi immediately?

[UGTM]

Well, that's debatable. :smiley:
For example ethereal Sandstorm Treks are more worthy than the normal ones, because they have auto-repair mod.
Also, there are the collection items which are worth A LOT being perfect and ethereal (for example Verdungo's belt). But, in general, if they have bad stats and no auto repair, and also can't be socketed, they are worthless.

[Anthraquinone]

indeed, it's all about the self-repair mod.

The ones that spontaneously come into my mind are:

Sandstorm Trek boots
Titan's Revenge javelins


related to this: uniques that have the indestructible mod cannot spawn ethereal.

-AnQ

[thegiantturtle]

elated to this: uniques that have the indestructible mod cannot spawn ethereal....unless they always spawn ethereal.

Other than a handful of set uniques, no indestructible items can spawn ethereal.

[matkovsky]

thnx for replies

considering not many uniq belts/boots/gloves are really good, most character builds utilize almost same items with few options, even less of them are usefull if ethereal, so maybe someone can provide short list of eth belt/glove/boot items that are in value?

[Crowd Control]

I think the list stops at Treks :) .

[UGTM]

And i add eth perfect Verdungo's. :smiley:
Saw one go for 15 hrs or so on EuScL.

[Crowd Control]

Yeah, but that was just because it was a collectable.

[Yacoby]

I think the list stops at Treks :) .

And Titans :wink3:

[Dizzymjewu]

Consider weapons suitable for Mercenaries here too. Tomb Reaver, Reaper's Toll, Bonehew spring to mind.

[ProfessionalBerg]

Vamp Gaze, out of the same group. CoT can also be used.

[Crowd Control]

I think the question was really only directed to non-Zodable items and indeed Titans is the only other item.

[Antonio]

Eth Skullders Ire is a nice armor. In the weapon department: Hone Sundan if the ED is high, Lacerators for some novelty builds or a PI solution, already mentioned Titans, maybe some other I can't think of right now.

[ProfessionalBerg]

Ethereal caster weapons are not too bad either. I mean, how often do you use your Oculus, Death's Fathom or Death Web to whack monsters? Besides, style points.

[Copilot]

Lots of eth items are good for mercs.

Tomb Reaver, reaper's toll, bonehew, eth shaftstop, eth duriels, fort in an eth armor, eth vamp gaze, eth arreats, any good merc runewords in an eth armor.