Not required to use the AH to advance... it's an option. Can suck it up and just pound it out or join a friend or two and make it happen. The AH is a nice side option to allow you other ways to gear up without having to spend the time trying to farm it.
Diablo 3 is the same the others have been, a grind. Eventually you grind the whole thing out, capping both character level out and difficulty level. The biggest let down for me is the fact that DPS is based on weapon damage for all classes and that the level cap is 60. But I'm sure changes will come, Blizzard is always wanting to make the money and I'm sure an expansion is in the future. I've only maxed out a Witch Doctor, still have 4 more classes to play.
Diablo 3 is awesome, absolutely loving the game. But it's not an MMORPG like so many people seemed to think it was before playing it. It's Diablo and Diablo 2 with some amazing and not so amazing changes and super graphics. Two thumbs up for Blizzard on this one... now if only they didn't make WoW so danged pathetic ><
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