Crafting with Shaper/Elder-Items

Has there been anything said about crafting with those items?
Considering they have a special background, are they like an own item-type, meaning you can chaos-spam a shaper item? Can you essence spam then, too?
Also while one affix for shaperitems obviously has multiple modifiers associated, is there a limit on shaper-affixes to be rolled per item?

So the wand they showcased. The 3 mods for "socketed gems supported by...", do you think that is just one affix?

Edit: Actually, the Vaal Regalia appears to have 3 elder/shaper mods also. Unless regenerating ES is a new regular mod.

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FarmerTed wrote:

So the wand they showcased. The 3 mods for "socketed gems supported by...", do you think that is just one affix?

Edit: Actually, the Vaal Regalia appears to have 3 elder/shaper mods also. Unless regenerating ES is a new regular mod.

yeah 3 socked gems must be one mod, otherwise we had 8 modded items...


also es regen is already possible on items ( suffix for es chest and shilds i believe )^^

Man, it looks like I am actually going to have to go to the wiki. Ugh...reading. :)

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KillerKrug wrote:

yeah 3 socked gems must be one mod, otherwise we had 8 modded items...

um, no, the 'supported by' lines are paired with one stat line, they're all two-line mods.

inc aoe support -> inc aoe mod
trap and mine damage support -> mine damage
efficacy -> spell damage
onslaught -> attack speed
lesser multi proj -> proj damage

same thing can be seen in all the ones they've previously teased



also, if they were a packaged deal, there's no reason for that wand's trio of supports to exist as a package, onslaught and efficacy are nearly mutually exclusive (unless you're only using efficacy for the spell damage half of it)

Not sure Onslaught and Efficacy are mutually exclusive. Just poorly synergistic.

If items can have 3 elder/shaper mods, I am wondering if they could get all six. That seems a little frightening.

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FarmerTed wrote:

If items can have 3 elder/shaper mods, I am wondering if they could get all six. That seems a little frightening.

Seems plausible that they could get 6 total special mods, but it looks like the 'supported by' mods are limited to 3 for 1handers and 2 for helms and gloves (they haven't showed any boots with 'supported by' mods yet, and based on essences and existing uniques it seems unlikely they will get any).


Dunno if 2handers will be able to get *any* 'supported by' mods. Probably not, but it seems like the mods they can get could be just as impactful or moreso (+1 frenzy and 7 ave cold damage per 10 dex on that bow...)



I'm curious what the difference between elder and shaped is, if there's any theme. I'd assume they just draw from different mod pools, but is there any theme behind what mods they can roll? Guess we'll just have to... SCIENCE!