Your previous assessment was probably more or less correct. It's not like they were getting gear better than the people who would put in the hours, so they could participate in end game content but wouldn't have advantage over players who earned their gear. This Diablo shit is something else. There's essentially no practical cap on power level based on how much you spend. And then while spending maybe 5K per year keeping up with gear is extreme it is something that someone who makes a quarter million per year could justify because their time is worth a lot. There's no one who should be able to justify spending 100K.
Your previous assessment was probably more or less correct. It's not like they were getting gear better than the people who would put in the hours, so they could participate in end game content but wouldn't have advantage over players who earned their gear. This Diablo shit is something else. There's essentially no practical cap on power level based on how much you spend. And then while spending maybe 5K per year keeping up with gear is extreme it is something that someone who makes a quarter million per year could justify because their time is worth a lot. There's no one who should be able to justify spending 100K.