With each new season of Diablo 4, there’s plenty of new abilities, gear, and stats to learn, and while new content can be exciting, it doesn’t always improve the readability of your gear. Back in Season 4, Masterworking was introduced, and while it added another layer of strength and personalization to your gear, it still needs some quality of life improvements.
What’s the Problem?
Masterworking offers the ability to improve all of the stats on your gear, and with every five levels, you improve one of your standard or tempering affixes, but whatever the initial roll of the stats was is fixed. For example, if you roll for Intelligence on an item and the range is between 500 and 700, and you roll a low value of 500, then even if you masterwork that stat, it cannot be upgraded to its maximum potential unless you roll a high value of 700. Currently, there is no way to easily compare your pre-masterworked gear to a new drop to see which fully upgraded variant would be higher.
Reddit User Hailwoodnz posted about this issue and called for a simple change.
Can we compare non-masterworked stats please?
byu/hailwoodnz indiablo4
What’s a Solution?
Despite having the option to view the maximum and minimum values for affixes in the Advanced Settings menu, players still desire simpler methods to quickly compare stats. This comparison extends beyond just non-masterworked and masterworked gear; many players are asking for improved ways to evaluate overall equipment stats.
A possible solution would be to allow players to have an in-game gear calculator, perhaps even included as an extra tab in the Armory. Another suggestion would be to simply allow players to view their masterworked items unupgraded to allow for quick comparisons. A third option would be to allow the system to calculate or showcase the upgrades, despite ARPGs commonly expecting players to do math to maximize the full value of their builds. Any way of lessening the constant requirement would be helpful in the long run.
