Upgrading low level oranges vs current level commons?

[CourtJesterCowboy]

So I have a few orange items from level 3/4, but now I am level 6 and unlocking the Blacksmith a bit later than the average player. Im trying figure out if it is worth putting runes into upgrading the higher tier low leveled weapons, or if I should just convert them and stay using weapons that are my current level, and if so, how many levels behind should an item be before considering it not good enough anymore even though it is high tier?

Edit: After finally upgrading some weapons, I found the items actually increase in level per upgrade, so generally it seems it is smart to upgrade early acquired Legendary items.

[garravesh]

runes are garbage cheap to attain. Experiment......breaking down items yields me 100's an hour or more. Its all about the damage. There are mundane weapons that are more powerful then their magical slightly lower leveled counterparts and vice versa.....Im lvl 25 and still use weapons lvl 16-21 and do just fine.

[Lightning]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3152734338 This is a purple staff i found today as an upgrade to my legendary 23 staff i had for awhile even purples seem to be great in the end game for now.

[CourtJesterCowboy]

Originally posted by garravesh:

runes are garbage cheap to attain. Experiment......breaking down items yields me 100's an hour or more. Its all about the damage. There are mundane weapons that are more powerful then their magical slightly lower leveled counterparts and vice versa.....Im lvl 25 and still use weapons lvl 16-21 and do just fine.

So long story short, dope weapons are dope weapons until they arent dope weapons? Do you try every new common you come across just in case its good because things are random? Or can we look up some sorta weapon list and see what is the best?

[CourtJesterCowboy]

Originally posted by Lightning:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3152734338 This is a purple staff i found today as an upgrade to my legendary 23 staff i had for awhile even purples seem to be great in the end game for now.

So what convinced you to jump from orange 23 to purple 25, specifically?

[Lightning]

The legendary staff had 2 fire dmg perks 1 critical chance and 2 defense, so I think the purple one I found is much better.

[CourtJesterCowboy]

Originally posted by Lightning:

The legendary staff had 2 fire dmg perks 1 critical chance and 2 defense, so I think the purple one I found is much better.

Nice ok... after finally upgrading some stuff, I see it also levels the item further. Nice feature