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my guess is his item should have been a baranar's star. perhaps that's where you went wrong.
^Incorrect, that would cause triple durability
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If the rarity check hits upon an item of unique or set quality, the game creates the list of all valid item types (determined by their ilvl) and randomly selects one to drop. If there is not a unique of that type, a rare item with triple durability will generate. If there is no set item of the selected type, a magical item with double durability will appear.
http://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Item_Generation_TutorialIt's because...
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Ethereal rare or Unique items upgraded using the Horadric Cube are set to the maximum Durability of the base Exceptional or Elite item.
http://wiki.theamazonbasin.com/index.php/DurabilityIt's level 66 with a Lo rune (level 59)
when you up an exceptional item to elite it receives a hidden level req tag of +7 to highest level modifier.
Long story short, it dropped as a Jagged Star and he upped it.
This post was edited by Marieusz on Sep 16 2015 03:39pm