The good thing about realm play is that you can spend a bit of money or trade some other SU's/runes you find in order to get the build enabling SU you are searching for.
But for those who like to play SP because they don't want to deal with lag and/or needing a constant internet connection, is pretty much out of luck if they are trying to find a certain SU out of 1000s. It's pretty difficult if you are just looking to play a certain build. You have to spend days maybe even weeks to get the item you are looking for, I think that's kind of stupid seeing how now many SU are very build enabling, not just something to have for more power.
If I want to get back into this game after a new content patch is released and there is a certain build I want to play and try out and it requires 1 or 2 certain SU, why should I have to make a completely different character (mf farmer) to play instead in hopes of finding those items just so I can mule them and start all over again?
I understand Sacred Unique's are suppose to be that, unique. But with so many more SU being released that are very diversified and build enabling, acquiring them shouldn't be just up to luck, at least for single player. If I want to try out a new cool build idea and just getting back into the game, I'm at the mercy of the luck gods and don't think that is good game design.
I'm assuming many people will just say, it' SP... Just cheat/copy them into your game, no big deal. Most people, I hope, like to play the game legit and if you start cheating, what's the point of even playing if you can just import in anything you want...
Would it be so bad to introduce new SP only recipes that lets you make all the SU's? Of course it wouldn't be like creating a Tier item that just needs 2 arcane crystals. Maybe to create a SU you would need higher level of ingredients like 50 arcane crystals + 100 stat signets + 1 great rune + 1 elemental rune + 10 trophy fragments or something along those lines.
This way you can still play the char you are intending on building up to, all the while farming with a purpose to get the item you need, in case you never ever get the item you are farming for in Duncraig because of bad luck.