diablo-3
You're probably expecting a 'rage' post about never getting Rare's, but it's the contrary.
I've been playing for the past few days with a friend, and I seem to get a rare item on an average of 10 minutes per piece. Whereas my friend only gets rare pieces when it comes to boss levels.
Being a DH, and my friend a Monk, is there any class that by default gets rare pieces more frequently than others? Or certain levels, bosses?
Take a look at the Apprentice Leather Doublet
Underneath the stats, you will see Salvages Into section. This will show you your chances of retrieving crafting supplies. For this item, you have a 100% chance of getting a Subtle Essence, and a 15% chance of a Fallen Tooth. This information is not shown in-game; as far as I can tell, only the website has these references.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find stats on dropped magical or rare items, so I have no concrete proof that they conform to these standards.
However, crafted items work as follows (and I believe dropped gear would work similarly):
I was poking around the blacksmith's recipe's, and realized: Inferno has an extra salvage! Using the same source, Inferno class gear results in the following:
UPDATE: As of 1.0.3, Blizzard reduced the chance of salvaging Fiery Brimstone from magic items from 0.8% to 0%.
If you're looking for non-Inferno rare salvage (Fallen Tooth, Lizard Eye, Encrusted Hoof), your best bet is to either:
Since set gear doesn't drop before Inferno difficulty, and any crafting of said set items will take more materials inputted than received, this isn't very viable. You can salvage any uniques you find, though, if you don't want them anymore. You'll get more return selling it on the auction house and using that cash to buy what you're looking for, though.
Now, the tiers of materials. The general idea is that each difficulty has it's own salvage materials, magic and rare. In practice, it's not quite so clear cut. I've salvaged items found in Nightmare and received Normal difficulty materials. Testing has revealed the following results:
Armor/Weapons:
Jewelry:
Source: My testing
So, when salvaging an item, make sure to see what the required level is. If the item has a reduced requirements affix, then add that to the required level to get the true item level. Since 1.05, and the introduction of Monster Power, Reduced Level Requirements affects the materials gained. So for inferno salvage, your items cannot have a reduced level requirements affix.
Rare items no longer need to be identified. Legendary items still do, though. Just right click them to reveal which item you've discovered.
Just right click the item. A short cast bar animation will appear and you'll identify the item yourself, no need to go anywhere.
This is explained in-game by the small bar at the bottom of the tooltip, but its easy to miss.
Best Answer
Rare drop base is the same across all classes however it can be affected by gear and Magic % drop rates on the gear or followers.