User blog comment:Ruaisu/New Item Icons in the PBE/@comment-8234800-20130716121301

I really don't like the new look at all. The old ones may be crude, but they're distinctive and, most importantly, iconic. You look at Thornmail's old icon and you instantly know what it does. The new Thornmail icon just doesn't tell me anything. Or the new Deathfire's Grasp - yeah, when you look closely, you see that it's like a skeletal hand, but on first glance (and pretty much always in the game itself) it just looks like a glow-y staff. The more realistic design makes the icons less iconic.

Also, they'd have to rework ALL icons at once, because otherwise, these are gonna look completely out of place.