It's been mentioned a few times that folks are welcome to suggest uniques, runewords, and sets for v1.7. I removed most v1.3 stuff when I started changing it (I wanted players to collect characters rather than items, i.e. rather than grind for items after killing Hell Baal I wanted to make a new character. There's about 7-10 builds per class to try), so there's plenty of room for either new suggestions or even just requesting a certain item to be brought back.
It would be ideal if this thread was finished by the end of this week though, since it's getting pretty late to make and test the changes being requested.
If you make a request, it would be good to include the stats you want and the theme you'd like. I'll be balancing the suggestions a bit since I've got a pretty good idea of what items and stats are available in v1.7. I might also block a suggestion by telling you that it already exists, but I'll probably keep it in mind anyways just in case a niche occurs to me.
Another good method of thinking of items is to play a build you've never tried before, and think of items that would make it easier or more interesting. For example, most of the Fury+WereWolf items were made available to Sorcs because my Enchantress wanted them to be more effective in Melee.
Link to HUv1.7 WebpagesThe webpages includes a home.htm file you could start at, it helps organize the other files.