"hey this would be awesome, if I actually needed it, but I don't so...well look at that, it's a crappy item in the open market." I don't think we need to muddy that water.
What if the Mystic could add you the pristine bonus? Then what you found could become better if you want and at the moment you ID it you'll see the normal stats without the pristine bonus. This way you won't be disappointed by the real stats when the item is placed at the AH.
The point is to make more balanced the line between self-found items and AH items as OP already explained.
@Mutilate24 You are exactly right - everyone will go for that XYZ imba build. In fact if they make loot 2.0 as diverse as possible, we will have countless XYZ imba builds. The problem is that to make such a build yourself, you'll have to farm with years (or your bot for those who runs such) to get those build improving properties you want. So the most devoted players will have the strongest builds and OP idea adds to this too.
@ruksak They can scale whatever they want dude and the Mystic changes nothing (as long as its not free to reroll the stats).
The reason I made an account is that I really liked the OP idea (once again clapping for it).
I am on the side of whats best for D3 and the RMAH is a parasite for D3. Just as the bots are. They can kill both with one patch, you name it.
And loot 2.0 will be a failure as long as they don't realize that you don't have to balance Diablo - its not an RTS. You should have weaker and stronger builds, thats the whole point of it and thats what Jay Wilson never managed to understand. But for these builds to become stronger, you don't need to pick the right skills, you need to have the right items. Items which have build improving properties. And from the gamescom screens I didn't saw such, so I am really skeptical about loot 2.0.
What if the Mystic could add you the pristine bonus? Then what you found could become better if you want and at the moment you ID it you'll see the normal stats without the pristine bonus. This way you won't be disappointed by the real stats when the item is placed at the AH.
The point is to make more balanced the line between self-found items and AH items as OP already explained.
@ruksak They can scale whatever they want dude and the Mystic changes nothing (as long as its not free to reroll the stats).
I am on the side of whats best for D3 and the RMAH is a parasite for D3. Just as the bots are. They can kill both with one patch, you name it.
And loot 2.0 will be a failure as long as they don't realize that you don't have to balance Diablo - its not an RTS. You should have weaker and stronger builds, thats the whole point of it and thats what Jay Wilson never managed to understand. But for these builds to become stronger, you don't need to pick the right skills, you need to have the right items. Items which have build improving properties. And from the gamescom screens I didn't saw such, so I am really skeptical about loot 2.0.
It wasn't at the start, it was when RMAH started to get useless.
Now, you maybe know what will happen with the expansion - these BoA items will get useless.
RMAH is a priority for blizzard, don't fool yourself.