Diablo 3 normal items useless?

[DexA]

So the answer is yes they are useless but for a good reason.

[byrneda]

I had the same experience. I actually used superior white weapons on my barb until I got a yellow to drop off the skeleton king. Nothing blue dropped for me that could match the dps I got off two random whites.

Wow, I did not know that.
I'll keep a look out for them in future, when I'm starting out with my first char.
Thank you.

[FireIceTalon]

The only reason for that is because you have to CRAFT blue items to get good stuff. If you compare the blue items that drop compared to the quality of the ones crafted, it is no comparison. This could be only for the beta, but if this is in the real game too, it will be extremely important to pickup every blue item that drops so you can salvage it and create enough Subtle Essence to forge better items.

[self biased]

I'd still like to see an actual item required for forging instead of X or Y quantity of subtle essence. it would still make whites have some kind of late-game value

[Greizer]

Imo it's worth it to keep the best high-lvl white items (15/15/3s, or the equivalent in D3). They may well add a use for them in the future. Perhaps even years down the road. Remember, they increased the rune drop rate and added respecs in D2... Something thought unthinkable by many in the former years. I for one will be keeping all the 'uber' white items, but only the best of the best. If I run out of room then I will put them on the RMAH and see if other people have the same scheme as me.

[self biased]

what's funny is that there are things that people are complaining about with regards to loss of gameplay, speccing characters being one of them. I think back to the early ninties and playing adventure games like the secret of monkey island and some of the things they did because that was what passed for 'gameplay,' and i cringe (Use Rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle on clothesline, i'm looking at you). Respeccing is something that ten years ago that was inconceivable because it interfered with 'gameplay.' now, it's pretty much expected.

[In the name of Zod]

They should have made whites part of the crafting process. That's what I thought I needed when I first ran thru but later realized that the artisan already has everything you'll ever need itemside. Just shows the problems when you put a bunch of developers in charge of a game franchise they have no experience in. Expect more of these problems.

[FireIceTalon]

They should have made whites part of the crafting process. That's what I thought I needed when I first ran thru but later realized that the artisan already has everything you'll ever need itemside. Just shows the problems when you put a bunch of developers in charge of a game franchise they have no experience in. Expect more of these problems.

Completely disagree. If they made white items as being salvageable, people would be running around with amazing gear waaay too early on. Game is already a lil on the easy side on normal mode, being able to craft white items would make the game a complete joke in terms of difficulty.

[In the name of Zod]

Completely disagree. If they made white items as being salvageable, people would be running around with amazing gear waaay too early on. Game is already a lil on the easy side on normal mode, being able to craft white items would make the game a complete joke in terms of difficulty.

You got me wrong. What I meant was that white items should be an ingredient in the crafting process that get consumed. Thus, there would be a reason for them dropping and collecting them. Because you would need a white to craft anything. It could also give the player a bit more of control of the crafting result as a superior white could have better/higher affixes.

[Grayson Carlyle]

From purely a damage standpoint, Superior items can be good while leveling, if you reach content where your current weapon is starting to get weak. In the case of Balanced items they even have an affix which you won't find even on Magic or Rare weapons, a flat APS bonus.

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http://www.d3inferno.com/items/Weapon.html

Attacks_Per_Second_Item_Bonus   +0.03   +0.25