[citation][nom]gncd[/nom]not impossible. i'm already in act 3 without using the RMAH. just drops and cheap stuff from the gold AH. [/citation]
?? You just said it's not impossible then disproved yourself in the next sentence. And I didn't say it was absolutely impossible to do, because it's not, a small number of very dedicated D3 players have done it. I just don't know of very many people who have, and it takes a ridiculous amount of time to play that way. So for most D3 players out there, it is practically impossible to do.
[citation][nom]gncd[/nom]just play coop with people that know what the hell they are doing.[/citation]
So basically farming? Ya, like I said before, it takes an absurd amount of time, and even when hunting elites in act 2 with 5 NV stacks and MF gear, 9 times out of 10 the rare/magic items I find aren't even sell-able, much less upgrade worthy over my current gear. And my gear isn't that good. While I have better survivability than most players I encounter in softcore, my dps is only 18k. I think the lower dps has a lot to do with my class (WD), but still... I've encountered barbs and wizards that deal 90k+ with their buffs. One barb in particular claimed he dealt ~150k dps and said he was currently the highest in D3. Can guarantee you they didn't find that gear farming act 2.
[citation][nom]gncd[/nom]not the kind of people that just run blindly into a pack of elites then running away only to run into trash mobs and getting killed by said trash mobs.[/citation]
Ya, the noobs are always irritating, can't tell you how many times I've seen that happen. You clear an area and kite backwards guys, not forwards.