Sets will not be available at launch, instead they will be included in a post-launch update. Set Items don't return in Diablo IV, though may return down the line. The developers felt that Set Items "guided players too strongly," and designed the game to allow greater flexibility.
Set Items are special items. They are like Unique Items, in the way that every time you find the same item, it has the same attributes. However, in general, Set Items are a tad weaker than Unique Items, or so called "Uniques". This is because Set Items are each part of specific sets, and moreover, if you equip the entire set, you will gain an extra set of Bonus Affixes, hence the name "Set Items." Set Items are denoted by their name appearing in bright green.
Set Items don't return in Diablo IV, though may return down the line. The developers felt that Set Items "guided players too strongly," and designed the game to allow greater flexibility.
At first, you had to equip an entire set of items to get any bonus effects at all. A Partial Set Bonus feature was added to the sets that include more than two items. For each item you equip past the first, there is an extra bonus added to the item itself, until you put together the whole set. This means that it is no longer necessary to equip an entire set to get some very useful bonuses.
Moreover, some set items gain new affixes as players equip more and more items of the same set. These bonuses are separate from the set bonus, and depend on which pieces the player has got.
Some of the new sets added give particularly interesting bonuses upon completion. Many will give you bonuses that are normally not found on Magic nor Rare Items.
Each class has a set specifically built for them. Upon the completion of these sets, Your character will receive a golden light shining around them.
There are other sets beyond these which are also intended for only one class, however they do not award a unique graphical feature.
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