Never seen this 'Giants Tooth' op item but meh I never really go for the most powerful and popular best-in-slot items personally. For me, sure damage is nice and of course necessary, but I really enjoy finding items that aesthetically are awesome (
..which is why you'll never find me using the ugly Folg mace even though everyone raves about them) and also make for weird and interesting play styles. Added to this is the challenge of making such items work to their full potential combined with my particular builds.
As for Ragnarok items I'm only playing through it for the 2nd time recently (
still in normal) and from what I've found I've been pretty happy with my finds. Especially liking all the Proc-type skills on many of the blues > something that was distinctly lacking in Titan Quest's items prior to this expansion, we had a few but Nordic have amped this up! If anything, I feel like the MI's are a hit and miss - seems like compared to vanilla TQ MI's they are mostly mediocre.. this is funny though because it's like the flip side here where instead of the MI's being the most sought after items now, at least imo, the unique blues are much better and indeed worthy of that 'epic' status.
Also, going back to aesthetics imo the item art for the original Titan Quest was next level with just the overall look and detail - I'm talking about both equipped on your character and the bitmap art in your inventory. Ragnarok item art is not bad.. idk, I like nordic/viking gear but it just looks flat to me. I know they did improve the art a bit with patches since the initial release but yeah, that's my thoughts on that.
...this game can really rise from the shadow of Grim Dawn and stand for its own again. It's an 11 years old game, so what? Who cares about the age of a masterpiece?
Definitely agree with this. Grim Dawn is so good, but people love adventuring in lands of historical mythology and finding sweet myth-flavoured items! It's a key part of what makes TQ so awesome and the Nordic team could take the Titan Quest IP further for sure. Also, I'm still legitimately amazed at the graphics when I load it up, and this game came out in 2006!