Rare items

[Kaiouta]

Hi guys,

I used to play D2 quite a bit and got into it pretty late, as in over a year after release. Not quite so with D3, obviously, and I realize now that I was incredibly spoiled in D2 concerning info, reading through this site pretty much gave me everything I needed to know about the mechanics. Not all that much detailed info yet this time around :P

I did find a list of affixes, but couldn't find any info on the mechanics of blue vs yellow items. Are rares just magical items with more mods on D3, or is it more complicated than that?

Thanks for your time!

[SnickerSnack]

You might try the Statistics sub-forum. Afaik, the item generation mechanics are not yet fully understood. D2 had things like affix frequency, but D3 might not, and we don't know yet. So, for now it would seem that (except for crafting/salvaging) rares are just blues with more mods.