Quote (Sepulba @ Sep 29 2017 02:39am)
no, for any item with a quality of magic or higher the ID is set when the item drops and won't change upon identifying
runewords will get an ID upon initial rw creation (given the base was virgin at that time). the ID won't change after that - even if you re-roll or hel it.
from what i can find on-line. everything stated here is true. although i cannot find much talk of it during this deckade, outside of people referencing the issue from diablo 3 forums.
i will likely re-write this a bit more organized after i have collected more info on our situation. i have seen a couple people mention losing characters. i am not sure how they are being lost yet, but i'll keep an eye out.
we can still use this thread to debate some of this out as it comes.
for an extra addition, i'm adding this link.
https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=17431073this gives a very good breakdown on how clashing works.