Diablo 4's New Loot System Dulls Excitement of Finding Rare Items

Diablo 4's new loot system makes farming frustrating and unexciting, with Ancestral Rares being the most valuable drops.
Legendaries are now almost pointless, just carriers for Aspects rather than exciting finds.
Unique items are often underpowered and rarely appear, lacking the excitement they should have.
Uber Uniques are so rare few players will ever get them, making their design questionable.
The new system fails to make loot drops exciting and needs significant long-term changes to improve.

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