You say it as if it was a bad thing lol
Monsters infrenquents significantly increased the fun of theory crafting by adding +skills and damage conversion to skills.
In regard to this thread, as any arpg, GG rare items always been rare and that doesn’t change in Grim Dawn. The next expansion will help though by being able to control the damage type that rolls on MIs (from the altar) and by being able to reroll affixes on top of the seeds (seed = the quality of the rolls)
The Altar and other feature about the Ascended mode :