Diablo III does not include exceptional or elite items. As a result there are many more base item types, but they have larger differences between them. For instance, there were 16 base types of body armor in Diablo III, making for 48 different types when exceptional and elite versions were included. As a result, the difference in their potential defense and other stats was very slight. In Diablo III there are only 18 types of body armor in the entire game, rather than 48 in Diablo II.