Chaos Damage doesn't bypass Energy Shield
1. The key phrase here is "build-enabling uniques."
Imagine if Shav's didn't exist, and instead "Chaos Damage doesn't bypass Energy Shield" was a prefix which only spawned on Scholar's Robes.
If this were true, droprates wouldn't need to be very high to get a basic low-life-enabling chest; even self-found could do it reliably, before even reaching Cruel, with just a handful of Alterations. However, perfecting that chest, getting it to the same power level of Shav's, that would border on a Mirror-worthy item. (Technically, Mirror Scholar's Robes would be like Shav's with better resists.)
The way I see it, unique items are bad design. They put build-enablers into a terrible binary: not enabled, or best-in-slot. There's no room for gear progression in that gear slot under such itemization.
2. This is only true once the no-lifers hit a lack-of-new-content wall (itemization is content). Until then, the gap follows the same rule as upgrade frequency; higher standards cancels out better items. Also, hitting that content wall is kind of a nightmare scenario from a dev standpoint.
Trade does the same function better. The more players there are ahead of you, the greater the supply of hand-me-down upgrades, therefore the cheaper they are to buy.
Oct
Same with giving Path of Exile bosses a resolve bar
A voidheart jugg will lose some damage but not really care that hydra is poison immune, a Path of Exile chaos barrage or spectral throw will be able to kill hydra but will have to actually play the game
Jan
Easiest way of getting specific uniques is through Path Of Exile
Poe4orbs answered his questions: Hey, easiest way of getting specific uniques is through poe. trade.
Oct
Buy Cheap Path of Exile ORBS Exclusively from Poe4orbs.com
Poe4orbs, the online supplier of game items and orbs, has over a million customers around the world.
Dec
I wish the community of Path of Exile had been smart
I mean sure, if you bought a ton of extra stash tabs and can physically hold that much poe currency, go ahead.
Dec
Path of Exile Rarity bonuses can actually affect the rarity of the uniques you get
No what this means is you run a map and pay 4 poe chaos orbs or whatever it is to apply nemesis from zanas map device.