Quote from Nudalus
Many people are saying that the RMAH won't be good income, with the wopping 15% (which is fine) cash out fee which isn't that much, and D3 gold going to be selling for $1/1k or less (rough calculations here, if you are expecting a lot for gold, it'll drop quickly like wow gold trend).
So how will you be able to sustain income that way?
ENTER THE BEST THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO GAMING SINCE VIDEO GAMES WERE CREATED!
http://www.twitch.tv/
They offer a partner program where you make money off advertisments. Coming from Starcraft 2, people do make money that way and a very GOOD income for those who are well known. In fact most Pro-SC2-Gamers will tell you that their salary from their team isn't that much, but the money they make from streaming is pretty signifigant.
For more info on their requirements please see: http://www.twitch.tv/partner/signup
So yes, D3 CAN be sustained income, but in technicallity, STREAMING is the sustained income, not the game itself. I for one am going to give it a shot as I am a student, and have nothing else to do this summer as the job market in my field isn't the best for just a summer job.
ahahahah, to make money off streaming man you need to become wildly popular, look at the amount of viewers you need consistently, and i doubt anyone will be making money off streaming d3, sc2 obviously, that's an amazing game to watch. but especially with no pvp, not many people will be watching some dude grind out mobs in d3, at least in my opinion. Either way if you're giving it a shot, you need to advertise your stream and offer something different and new that will make people watch your stream and not the hundreds of other ones there will be...
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Learn to: use Grenadier, get some equipment with Hatred per sec, and use Bat familiar and Templar follower.
Cluster with Loaded for Bear = 290% initial + 4x 100% bombs, EleArrow + Ball lightning = 77.5% per hit, hits most enemies 2-3 times. Neth Tentacles hits enemies once for 155%. So basically 10 hatred for half the damage. Now consider Cluster is an instant, does AoE on initial and secondary hits, and you can move while using it. Ele arrow you can stutter but makes it less effective due to stream directional changes which means less mobility. AKA different utiliy and design between skills, dislike Cluster, then go use something else.
Also, go play a Wizard and use hard hitting abiities like Meteor, that uses ~a third of your resource pool.
Maybe do some research or I don't know.....try some new things yourself??? Instead of swearing like an idiot.