No Linio I have had items that give +2 stat bonuses, they are not terribly common, they definately should be more common. Legendary ( Legendary and Unique- orange and gold tier items are the items that are desireable usually and should kind of level up and stay competitive til endgame), blue items are only exciting when you have nothing worth having and dont cause that much aexcitement to begin with, green items are replacements for blue, but not a whole lot better.

I am not against random either, just not weak useless items that do not reward, excite or improve the character. Random is good in lots of ways. I am not offering a lot of helpful advice here, just an expressed desire for items to be better, not lose their useful competitive edge throughout the game and agree with most of the others that are unhappy with loot for their often similar reasons.

Yeah what is up with the Stone Sword what use is that? I thought it might cause petrification or something for a one time use...nada. Yeah there are not that many unique items, Sword of the Planets is good, I wish it came in a 2handed version!

I do know from my previous playthroughs that items get better above level 10 ( so dont despair too much) but that as I said they become obsolete especially weapons, which sucks and since they cant remain competitive for damage versus a lower tier item thats higher level you have to abandon it for a higher damage weapon that has few if any enhancements...a lot. Hence my wish for combining items.