Do you think/hope there will be unique models for certain legendary items such that their appearance is the same/very similar across the different classes? Combined with about 20 different dyes (as shown at Blizzcon 2010), it seems like there's going to be a solid degree of variation in the look of our characters.Īre you happy with the potential amount of variation in character appearance? Is the amount of variation really far less if we exclude very subtle differences (such as merely swapping one item)? This means there's probably about 729 (3^6) to 4096 (4^6) different armor permutations that we'll be playing with at any given stage of character development. I imagine, at any particular period of character development, we'll be mixing 3 (maybe 4) different tiers together. That's probably not going to be the case. This, however, would include mixing an item look from tier 1 (normal) with tier 18 (hell). Thus, without including 'naked' looks, mathematically there should be about 34,012,224 (18^6) different permutations for armor appearance on a given character. Of the armor slots on the paper doll, I believe 6 (helm, shoulders, torso, pants, gloves, boots - I'm not sure if belts and bracers are included) are associated with a visual change on the 3D model of the character.

Presumably, this translates to 6 for each difficulty (normal, nightmare, hell). There are 18 or so different gear sets/tiers/looks as stated by Bashiok.

Tier 18 armor sets