Jay Wilson in Blizzcast 8:

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... Then if we do set items they'll be green, we haven't made a call on set items yet.

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If? I hadn't really considered that Set items might not be back (they are a big part of the D2 experience for me). Sigon's, Cathan's, Angelic, Hsaru's, Isenhart's... all have their role when playing the early game. Yes, there was a serious problem with Sets and SP (availability before being obsolete), and their usefulness was mainly limited to the early / mid game (with a couple exceptions), but those things could easily be addressed in D3's implementation. A shared SP stash fixes one issue, and more / higher level Sets (with progressive set bonuses) could fix the other. It just doesn't make sense to me that they might get rid of such a great item class.

Anyone else care if D3 has Set items?

I think everyone here has made some very compelling arguments why sets don't work out well, and how they possibly could.

Thank you. Now I will take a nap.