Patching 1.0.2c -- potentially nerfed mob damage

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Augh quote splitting. I'm just curious about a few things.

I have done hundreds of Warden / Butcher runs with full Nephalem Valor stacks. It's not even challenging anymore - it's flat out boring.
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I've spent two solid weeks farming Act I and have jack to show for it save for a couple pieces that made a minor difference, and not nearly enough to get me even remotely comfortable in Act II.
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I've been doing this. Do you want to know how much I've spent on the Gold AH doing this, before the RMAH came out? Well over 2 million gold, and probably more than 3 million. I still can barely set foot in Act II. In order to buy any sort of upgrade I'm looking at 1 million plus per item, and I guarantee I'll need at least 3 new pieces to get anywhere in Act II

This just doesn't add up for me, at all. I've got *maybe* 20 Butcher runs in, probably less. I've easily made the 3 million you've spent on the AH. And I'm still finding deals for gear at 50k-250k. And I haven't done arbitrage on the AH at all, so that's not where I'm getting the gold from. Noting my own progress I don't see how you can still be stuck in Act 1 with hundreds of Butcher runs.