absolute nonsense 
MIs are literally picked because of their base stats; Not because of level and affixes - why; because otherwise commons or craftables would be exactly as good
What makes MIs so good is their guaranteed base stats, and ofc more specifically modifiers for the slots that bring modifiers.
No one is farming gollus ring because it can be lvl 94 or get XY affix; but because it has a regen base and or certain +skills.
No one is farming Solael legs because it can get a phys res prefix; but because it has XY base res and lifesteal
You aren’t farming the RE medal on an RE build because it might give you 50% vit dmg on an affix; but because it reduces the cooldown by a huge chunk
etc etc etc…
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Riiight. I’d like to see how many MI you have shared in your stash, or you even use when levelling your characters.
easy example: guess how many good levelling builds utilize MIs these days
as for my own; i usually use even more since i know how/where to obtain them and like to level meme builds, like fire ABB using ugdenbog rifle+vilgazor necklace and ilgor medal +solael legs and ofc viloth rings for extra points
like i said, it’s literally the simplest of concepts; if all you cared about was the affixes; you could use commons or craftables and it would be the same or even better (since craftables get bonuses too ofc)
The reason MIs are chosen is always because they bring us a base bonus that is good to a build, be it during levelling or end - and ofc the modifiers can be straight up build defining or rival or be better than legends (if they didn’t have those modifiers on certain slots you’d see lot less MI use “as was the case prior to patch 1.1.5”)