POE 2 New Rune currency item

POE 2 gives us a ton of ways to use currency and crafting mechanics to make our own items. The new Rune system has been a blast to use and more easily build the necessaary resistances or additional properties we want on our weapons.

However between POE 1 and even now POE 2 theres been a subset of items whom have been overlooked and often become cast into the stash to never be looked at with many players saying things such as "this is cool but it doesn't do enough to warrant the item in my build" or "this item is too underleveld to be considered being used in my build" even though their properties would be build changing and allow for more flexibility on the player these items just don't do enough on their own to justify using them often being relegated to a niche of a niche of players trying to utilize them in builds... If you've guessed uniques by now you're correct.

Uniques have very interesting properties to them that could redefine and change how a player uses their build. But the aforementioned issues of poor stats, low level gear and not enough affixes sully a unique's ability to be useful in most cases.

I'd like to propose a new rune which could double as a new currency item. The rune would have a low drop rate close to that of a Divine in Path of Exile 2. How the item works is you use the currency on a Unique you have. This will destroy the unique and select one of the affixes on it and create a rune with that affix inscribed. You can then take that rune and apply it to your gear.

This breathes life into the underutilized and vastly growing amount of uniques in circulation while also breathing new build opportunities to life for players. With how low of a drop rate the item is it will be coveted to acquire and be very expensive in currency meaning the unique market won't be severely affected (most uniques sell for around or less than 1 Exalted) Additionally as a thought you could give one of these inscriptions as a reward during the campaign around Cruel act 5 or 6 to give players more opportunities to play with the item earlier than being deep into maps.

Runes are such an amazing concept and being able to create your own new runes by destroying a unique to then apply on an item would also add a new layer of value into the POE market and enable even more build diversity.

Thank you for taking the time to read through my idea, I hope you will find some value in the ideas brought forth and time I took to express them. Thanks again for giving us POE 2 and continuing to support the game.

Much Love,
HitmanStallion
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