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Maybe Hatred could be black streaked white and Discipline white tainted black?

Is the zebra black with white stripes or white with black stripes?
Seems too similar an effect to be distinguishable halves.

The white and black theme sounds good, but a black bar is very hard to distinguish amounts at a glance.
Candy Cane seems the best color combo besides Red vs Blue up there

I'm not saying the set items found questing are the best possible sets, but more mediocre ones to be used during leveling, or a starting end-game to replace some slots you might need a little power boost to. Most sets will still be completely up to chance, and of course they won't be the best thing to wear.

I also agree with the niche set bonuses, something specific and neat, unique to that set. Not something that increases combat effectiveness directly, but a fun thing that adds some value, like how trangs turned you into the Caster enemy from act 3(name not forthcoming) or IK made you shiny.

I voted other, for Quest related sets. Airandius has an excellent point that sets should be from famous lore characters, or heroes of sanctuary, even if they are made up in game. I remember in Dungeon siege they had little mini questlines of going thru puzzle or monster-heavy dungeons to pick up one or two items of a set at the end of it, where the hero hid his armor or weapons for fear of it falling into the wrong hands. This sort of idea would make set items available at any level, and pretty tailorable to when they're relevant, as well as some nice lore or history behind it that could even be included on the flavor text, or told to you by cain as he identifies it, altho that little idea sounds kickass in any case.

Like before a major quest point, there are a series of three sub-dungeons in the dungeon you are in, and each leads to a chest with some minor rewards and a piece of a set. it doesn't have to be a full set, but wearing all the pieces influences the chance of a unique monster appearance further in the dungeon, or as an aide during the major quest event that drops the rest of the pieces when killed.

Another possibility is in certain dungeons, a rare/unique monster could show up, and when killed drops a map that leads you to a dungeon that only the map can open, where there is either a guaranteed set droppage, or a much higher chance that pieces of that set will drop in that dungeon. Only one of each piece can drop, to prevent farming and increase the chances of getting more of the set. This holds true with diablo's random loot tabling, but makes sets better and more relevant at lower levels.

This can also be done with end-game sets, making the challenges much more difficult, essentially like a boss in dungeon form, while decreasing the drop rate of the set to make it a little more farmable, adding much more to do at max lvl.