you have to understand on pc the whole game is designed with the AH in mind, everything from droprates to moster difficulty step ups is being factored in

example: a lvl 63 rare 1 hander on pc can roll with as low dps as 100 and top out on 1250+
add to that 3 to 6 random properties (yeah even the number of stats is random) it treats it like a separate roll for each stat

now add to that dmg% and weapon dmg TYPE and we are up to 9 diffrent and separately rolled stats, of wich 6 can be dex/str/int/vis/critdmg/socket/loh/atkspeed etc.

as you can see the chances of getting something useful even if you get a fair amount of lvl 63's dropping is pretty much more than slim

it was designed this way BECAUSE of the AH, they wanted it to be hard to get the pieces you wanted/needed to progress, initially before the fixes/patches they wanted you to be forced to farm gear before you hit inferno with droprates on 63 gear being in the 1% bracket .and straight from a blue mouth "this is where the ah comes in"


console version however is designed NOT to use AH , hence it doesnt take 50 years worth of playtime to get a competitive character, its still alot of work and requires shitload of farming. but the adjustments made to stats on gear and how it is rolled (theres now a cap on stat ranges depending on rarity and ilvl) makes it so much more pleasant to play, it really feels like this is how the game should have been from the start

but if you never got to inferno i can understand why you think the ah isnt forced, but i double dare anyone that states that to try and get through inferno and start doing mp5+ without going there (wich is still not as hard as old inferno but atleast close to)

in short, getting 100k dps is almost impossible without going to AH, getting 150 is a mental undertaking, getting 200+ ? "well cya in about 68 years mate"

doing the mp's EFFECTIVELY or "actually have a slim chance of getting the rares/leggys per hour i need to even have a chance to get something i can use"
100k = mp3:ish
150k =mp5:ish
rising to 500k+ =mp10

you can do em with lower stats altho ull be too slow and ull only drag out the killtime wich equals less chances to get something useful

i usually land on 15-20 leggys per day with 2 accounts and oh maybe 4000 rares (13-14 hours)

after rougly 500 hours of farming ive gotten a semi good legendary chest and NOTHING else of use above 100k

oh almost forgot on a sample of 50000 drops 0.1% is legendary, set item 0.05ISH (and yeah they also have the crazy random stats) so building a set on pc without AH ?

yeeeeah right