logical
bout to lose my job TODAY
yes, of course. Spending money comes into play when you're max level and try to max out the gear. As a lot of people already pointed out, there is actually NO way to get better gear/gems without cashing, and if i say cashing then i mean HARDCORE cashing. it's completely ridiculous.
There are ways to get legendary gems without paying but its a very slow trickle.
That being said I was never a max out player)and as far as I know no one on rage was either, there is tanns who plays every season) It takes an ungodly amount of time in D3 to get max level gems to so 99% of people never did it anyway so I dont know why people are making a big deal.
The video about 110k bucks is if you go the longest route. There is a market so you can buy a max level gem for 64k platinum which translates to about 75 dollars. I think there are 10 gems so youre probably looking at 750ish dollars to just straight out buy them. not 100k plus.