Yep. Though, gear is levelled so you can only really equip the best gear for your level.
But, at least on the lower levels it totally voids all the in-game gear. Even the best stuff I get dropped is several levels behind me so I'm dumping it on the AH and buy my own gear.
Indeed, if you want optimal gear its kind of hard to argue against the AH while leveling. You can frequently double your DPS with a single purchase since most of your ilvl drops are so far behind you. When you get to 60 things change quite a bit but then you're still at the mercy of the RNG for drops. Thankfully at 60 you get innate magic find to offset the boss runs being neutered so better drops are more plentiful in general.
Ya, I need to lighten up.
Well yeah actually, we worry about your blood pressure
Community is fine, people aren't always going to agree on everything. People like some things about Diablo 3 and don't like other things, not exactly a shocker. You're always complaining but I don't see you trying to raise the level of discussion or have more positive interactions with people. Ya catch more bees with honey man.