Thanks for the video. Some of those items look really nice, though I wonder if Blizzard can manage to make different items for the same slot desirable. I can't imagine wearing any other belt (until I see that), which of course creates the problem of first obtaining this belt on your own.
Also, itemization aside from those special properties looks pretty boring. Every beta guy I see has monstrous values of mainstat, vit and all res on every item.
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some of you guys must feel so great that D3 has cleaned up the cheaters and perm banned them all.
give yourselves all a pat on the back for keeping your integrity in tack in a fucken video game.
here's a medal of good spot for all of you, be sure to share it with your family and friends!
the few of you that are actually comparing d3 to the real world, you really need to get outside and see some sun.
It's quite funny that almost 95% of this thread's posts don't read the thread and respond.
Blizzard themselves did not follow their own criteria that they set out when it came to permanent bans.
Some random script was ran and there were a lot of accounts that don't fall under the category banned, not just few.
Obviously when someone states this, he is just defending cheaters and bla bla bla.
You guys are a joke, wake the fuck up please.
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TL:DR
- Perm bans on players who tried a simple bug in the game is very extreme.
- This banwave had absolutely nothing to do with botters, botters remain untouched (bots are extremely sophisticated).
- 17 passives was nowhere near the level of game breaking as blood shard goblins exploit, yet the passive bug was treated with much more extreme measures.
There seems to be some confusion, people believe that this banwave had something to do with botters or "cheaters" (thud,d3helper).
The banwave happened because of the bug that allowed players to equip all 17 passives in the game for the first two weeks of the season.
Not sure how blood shard exploit = rollback, hellfire amulet bug = perm ban
Too me it seems illogical
I don't see why people are being perma banned for such a silly bug that allowed players to equip all 17 passives when there are much more serious offenses currently happening in the game everywhere such as botting.
Botters were left untouched during this "banwave", I'm really confused to why botters in D3 aren't being taken more seriously.
I have seen footage of these bots in action, they are extremely sophisticated to the point that I would say it farms more efficiently than most players who are not focused on their game and multi-tasking other activities while casually farming.
Just made a short video to share my opinion/thoughts, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwrDo9Gknhs
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Speed Farming Barb Guide for 2.3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyhka9DNNXw
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Perhaps I've called my viewers retards or straight out cursed at them in the past when I was newer and occasionally I get agitated talking to 15 year olds that constantly troll nonstop, it's just the reality of D3 community.
It's like being a dad to 500 little boys, it's not hard to get agitated and lose your patience.
I am the way I am because I geniunely don't care about twitch/youtube(it is not my occupation) and I'm literally just playing games and stream it whenever I'm online to however many viewers want to watch when I'm on.. simply because well I'm playing video games anyway .....
As much as some of you hate my content, there are a lot of people who enjoy it very much.
I stream for the people who enjoy watching and listening to me, not people who have a problem with me lol.
No offense taken and probably will do you some good to stop "caring" what twitch streamers say on their streams.
edit: as for "testing" and "pushing" grifts on PTR, I pretty much have 0 interest in doing that this time around since I am quite occupied with POE league atm but I have spent quite some time optimizing farming setups
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LAST UPDATE 06.27.2015
d2jsp thread with all my updates: http://bit.ly/1awfDsW
Patch 2.3
Builds
2.3 - Hammerdin Crusader
Videos
Return of Hammerdin?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFo4fg6H5Lc
Patch 2.2
Builds
[OUTDATED] 2.2 - Roland's T6 Speed Farming (Yolando's)
2.3 Fire Rolands Shield Bash [Updated S4]
Videos
2.2 Summary for Crusader / Diablo 3 Patch 2.2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QNJkr1i5Gs
PTR 2.2 - Rolands @ 52 Grift (POST NERF)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lwh0Zb4DZM
PTR 2.2 - New Sweep Attack Shield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZglKjDHejw
PTR 2.2 - YOLando T6 Speed Farming Setup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxsc15WJ9lw
PTR 2.2 - GRIFT 53 /w Rolands (No Shrines)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6KFoA5sNpM
PTR 2.2 - New Shotgun Shield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgJYqZO9pyY
PTR 2.2 - 100% Crit Pet Crusader
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtJSnDNJ5gw
PTR 2.2 - A preview of the new Roland's Set
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og8LlgU0B5g
Everything Below is Pre 2.2
Hi Guys,
I've started this new thread for the all information regarding the Crusader Class I will be producing for the LIVE version of ROS.
Here is the previous thread with all my BETA testing of the Crusader class.
http://www.diablofans.com/forums/diablo-iii-class-forums/crusader-the-church-of-zakarum/80550-some-crusader-information
PATCH 2.06 / 2.1 PTR
Youtube Guides/Content
PTR 2.1 Begins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TZmDwVpJZ8
Crusader Tier Rift LVL 22-35 (LOH PTR Build)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQHg0cVmE-c
Split-Farming Bounties Setup (100x T1/A4 Bags)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99mxpD-8uiM
Twitch Highlights
PTR 2.1 Testing Day1
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4541845
PTR 2.1 Testing Day2
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4547217
PTR 2.1 Testing Day3
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4554323
Farming Organs for 2.1 optimizing for keys
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4556442
Farming more MATS for PTR
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4562782
Talking 2.1
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4577072
2.1 PTR LOH Testing
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4587014
Some Group Tiered Rifts
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4596169
PATCH 2.05 THE CRUSADE PATCH
Youtube Guides/Content
The Crusader Patch aka Patch 2.05
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RkADB0qxiY
Le Maximus? (Fire Build 1.0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kyxrh3e5Qo
She's on Fire (Fire Build 2.0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeK7OmJUiUc
Fire Crusader, Testing Summary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8ADlxfDm7A
Le Pet Crusader?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shGH1mUXc2A
FireLight, Fire Crusader Guide for Patch 2.05
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ABjHo6Suz8
Le Holey Shotgun 3.0?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pADaOI2k90E
Builds
Le Holey Shotgun (Version 1)
http://i.imgur.com/bilr5SW.jpg
FireLight 1.0
http://i.imgur.com/whZIKFJ.jpg
FireLight Bounty Build
http://i.imgur.com/yt8afjR.jpg
FireLight Normal-T1 Build
http://i.imgur.com/62AeChM.jpg
Twitch Highlights
Full 24 hour stream highlight (initial testing of 2.05)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4255613
Testing Wrath Regen, Talking BIS Setup
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4255886
Crusading without 6 piece Set
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4255945
Single Target on Mathael /w HF
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4256057
T6 Elite Rift /w FotF in 2.05
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4256129
Gambling Exploit for Fate of the Fell
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4256206
Crusader T6 Solo Bounties (Patch 2.05 / FotF)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4256239
191 Legs in 3 hours (Group T6 Rifts)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4261706
1H Crusader Initial Testing (2.05)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4263090
Fire Crus Testing (full stream)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4277879
Testing Fire-Start Mechanics
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4278108
Testing Fire Crus in Groups
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4278424
Testing T6 Bosses /w Fire
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4278472
FireLight T6 Bounty Farming (Testing)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4278504
FireLight T6 Bounty Farming (Optimized)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4316341
2m48s T6-Solo Rift (No Conduit/Shrines)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4328044
Lightning Crusader, T6 Viable?
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4344133
Le Holey Shotgun Variants
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4344172
SeaBiscuit Bro Army
ttp://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4352506
Le Holey Shotgun 3.0
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4352610
HC Crusader PT.1
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4368805
HC Crusader PT.2
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4368888
7 hours of T6 Rifting
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4380493
PATCH 2.04 AND PREVIOUS
Youtube Guides/Content
Crusader Part1 Basics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_6RZIl5yXA
Crusader Part2 Transitioning from T1 to T4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahggiJyLCYk
Blade of Prophecy A Condemn Build T1-T6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOLOEzcckJk
What to Gamboool As A Crusader
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veQzG9rZBrw
3m16s T6 Rift 3 Level Group Clear (CRUS POV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ydhfmuzu7w
3m38s T6 3-Level Rift Group Clear (CRUS POV NO CONDUIT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9buwQ32P-rY
2m52s T6 Rift Group Clear (Crus POV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJcl0oQupRo
Current Meta of ROS (Maximizing Efficiency)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo9FUpFg-Is
ROS Solo EXP/GOLD (Bounties)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnl_HKVvqC0
Builds
CC Based T1-T4 Heavenly Fury Build
http://i.imgur.com/DrKuPPf.jpg
CDR Based T4-T6 Heavenly Fury Build
http://i.imgur.com/4jrxT9u.jpg
Lightning Crusader T1-T4
http://i.imgur.com/NiR2a0M.jpg
Light Crus T4-T6
http://i.imgur.com/3kJP9ks.jpg
Fire Crusader built around Maximus T1-T4
http://i.imgur.com/EaFewxF.jpg
Fire Blessed Shield (Gyrfalcon's Foote)
T1-T4 http://i.imgur.com/PqxQQwY.jpg
Blade of Prophecy - A Condemn Build
T1-T4 http://i.imgur.com/6njf8DX.jpg
Blade of Prophecy - A Condemn Build
T6 http://i.imgur.com/4geWEO2.jpg
Jekangbord - Blessed Shield
T6 http://i.imgur.com/PtmioGV.jpg
Twitch Highlights
Being efficient your first week of ROS
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/3952075
Lightning Crusader DONE RIGHT (gameplay)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/3963478
Re-visiting the Lightning Crusader (explanation)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/3963447
T4 ON FARM
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/3982486
4/6 Crusader Set, Updates on OPCrus
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/3990200
Crusader doing 30M+ DPS
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/3990242
Dead but not dead but dead...?
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/3990277
the Cookie
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/3990532
Crusader 4/6 Set doing T4 Bounty Run (dropped CC progression)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/3990604
Understanding why VIT > AR end-game for Crusader
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/3996207
A2 Bounty Split-Farming T1
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/3996498
Initial T6 OPCrus Testing
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/3996689
Fire Crusader Re-visited
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4008871
Understanding why ITEMS equal Builds in ROS
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4008972
Fire Crusader Done Right
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4009146
Lightning Crus update /w Lightning Gear
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4009166
Group Farming T6 Rifts
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4021509
Split Farming Bags /w Ascendancy (HF)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4023337
T6 RAPED - LOLthorns
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4035448
Light Crus - End Game ?
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4036934
Laser Crus - Still KING in da HOOD?
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4036940
Blessed Shield adventures begin
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4041495
Block Chance% = Damage
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4041497
Fire Blessed Shield (Gyrfalcon's Foote)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4045299
6/6 Crus Set Complete
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4045342
Transitioning to end-game setup
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4045356
T4 = The New Normal (6/6 Crus Set in action)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4045380
Unity Explained
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4051639
Optimizing condemn for T6
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4051706
They broke my LASER BEAMS FailBlizz
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4051829
T6 = THE NEW NORMAL
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4052127
You call this T6 Farm? looool
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4052344
T6 rift /w consecration to make up for HF bug
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4063944
OPCarry
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4066498
RIP T6 RIFTS - GGROS
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4066517
Physical CRUS Viable for T6? (mortal drama build)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4075909
LastZoul's T6 Build TESTED by MC (posted front page dfans)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4075928
Crusader Weapons = Builds
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4078175
Introduction to Crusaders (For Noobs?)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4085500
How to FARM ROS
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4085536
Baleful Remnant Tested~
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4096558
UNITY + IRON SKIN = OP ?
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4096658
GO TEAM GO (T6-Crus Group Spec Setup)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4096646
CAM'S REBUTTAL Tested
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4105852
IS THIS REAL LIFE?????????????
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4111891
T6 Rift boss, Mesmerized by OPCRUS
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4111913
T6-IMMUNITY-LIGHT CRUSADER???
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4111989
Fissure T6 Viable?
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4112019
Thorns T6 Viable?
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4112079
Fire-Crusader T6 Viable?
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4112105
Captain MannerCookie (T6 Viable Blessed shield?)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4131360
Shield Bash + Skorn Bleed Procs Tested
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4155868
Fate of the Fell + Heaven's Fury Re-visited
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4158269
Crusader QA and Gear Checks
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4171758
Blessed Shield or Fist of Heavens?
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4198389
Flying Crusader Cookie
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4198850
My Crusader Setup + Testing Halls 3
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4212410
3.265B Xp per hour (30 min sample)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4212579
3.420B Xp per hour (30 min sample)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4212604
Optimizing XP+Follower
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4219532
3.875B xp per hour
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4219498
4.097B xp per hour but epic fail
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4219563
MC'S NEW MISSION IN LIFE
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4228637
4m27s SOLO T6-Rift as Crusader (no conduit)
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/4228651
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Hi Guys,
I'm sure there will be time to re-visit old builds and setups, but most likely will focus on the new set to kick things off.
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Return of the Hammerdin?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFo4fg6H5Lc
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I did not know about this exploit until the night before i streamed it in the morning, not sure where you guys are getting that I kept this exploit a secret until then .....
I am done here guys, take care
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THIS IS NOT A PLEA TO GET UNBANNED.
TLDR; I'm BannerCookie, It's not a TROLL, I = BANNED
I'm posting this thread because of the numerous threads with incorrect info and people asking me if I am unbanned and rolled back like the others who exploited the blood shards.
Wanted to clarify my thoughts on this whole ordeal since people have been getting really confused by the highlighted section of my twitch broadcast that I put on Youtube, which I should've edited better obviously.
As I said in the news post on front page this morning, I am not rolled back and my account is a permanent closure.
I have no idea why Blizzard rolled back my accounts like the others when my account was already closed (Yes I'm just as confused as you guys are).
I'm assuming this was done automatically by the system that did the mass rollbacks or it is some kind of strange troll.
This is what my Client looks like when I open the Diablo Tab (For all realms including even PTR).
Obviously I'm a bit salty to be the only one being banned while others were just rolled back but I'm glad they are doing something about an exploit finally than doing nothing at all up until now and I don't think everyone needs to be banned for an exploit such as this when nothing has been done in the past.
Yes I didn't expect Blizzard to handout any punishment as they haven't in the past, so the perm ban took me as a surprise too but they probably didn't like the fact the exploit was being streamed to a large viewerbase so my penalty was probably elevated to a perm ban.
I've had a bit of a habit of "forcing" Blizzard's hand when it came to issues that I felt were important and felt were needing immediate attention, probably not the best way to go about getting things done but hey it has been effective
The first time I was banned across the forums when duping was discovered back in late 2012 by myself and a few others on the forums. After numerous attempts to have Blizzard respond to duping before it gets out of control, I created multiple threads across battle.net forums alerting everyone about the rampant duping across the RMAH and server. In these threads I offered 100m gold to the person to last bump the threads before they were locked, I was swiftly banned from the forums for my actions and it was swept under the rug until 3-4 months later a "rollback bug" was fixed.
Then during ROS closed beta, I was also banned several times for my constant disagreement with "beta testers" who spent more time on the feedback forums than actually testing the beta. To be fair I got pretty frustrated and started trolling these players who were inaccurately giving feedback and data for reasons I don't really understand to this date lol.
Even back then during ROS beta, the "entire" diablo community on the battle.net forums, diablofans and reddit were calling out for Blizzard to ban me on the beta servers for doing the shrine exploit /w lag switch.... on the... beta... server.... lol .....
Why the D3 community has always felt that it's unfair for other players to have easier progression than themselves in this game whether it be through Pay to win(RMAH/trading), clever use of game mechanics and bugs/exploits continues to puzzle me to this date.
This is basically a single player ARPG game that we are forced to play online, who gives a fuck.
Seasons are literally 0 skill and a competition of maybe 2-3 players per class leaderboard. Anyone that has amassed that much play-time and done basics math and game theory will figure this game out as long as you have put enough time in a 4 man group for the entirety of the season...
I'm not really sure where the problem lies in such poor communication between community and developers. The battle.net forums being an absolute cancer of a mess probably has something to do with that. The extremely small vocal minority who constantly spam their threads within the rules of the boards are spearheading worthless discussions of shit.
To be clear it's actually not a ban where they are preventing me from playing the game in the future, they are just forcing me to buy a new license for all the editions of the game I previously owned and I can play the game.
My seasonal experiences so far for Diablo 3 and when I quit
Season 1 - Quit Halfway (Filled with exploits/bugs + not enough to do in game / season too long)
Season 2 - Quit after 40 hours (Filled with exploits/bugs + zero new content)
Season 3 - Banned after 70 hours (Filled with exploits/bugs + not enough to do in game / season too long)
I have also been a part of every single PTR patch since the Closed beta of ROS as well as most of Vanilla.
Imagine that plus all the hours I spent on the live servers, obv burnt out as well.
This was a game that had trading and an active economy and some basic pvp in the past, yes people did brawl (Vanilla).
It is now an ARPG that has 0 trading, 0 economy, 0 pvp, and 99% of the items in the game are Bound-to-Account.
At least trials are finally being removed?
BOA used to be a punishment you would take for abusing game mechanics or rolling back your account so that you can't trade your gear... Now it's on all our items, oh wait recently they unlocked crafted crap... yellow mats to add to my 25000:1 yellow:blue ratio of mats....
Ancient Items were a terrible idea as well, why not just increase base stats of all legs and just make drop rates 1/10 . lol
There is an extreme imbalance in group farming and solo farming, basically it's almost pointless to play this game solo at this point (If you want to compete for solo but don't play in groups 24/7, you will have 0 chance)
Gear needs to be easily accessible to more than 0.1% of the population who play the game if there is to be any form of actual competition between more than 2-3 players per class leaderboard.
Call me silly but I remember MP10 timed runs by the community from Vanilla days being more competitive than GRIFT leaderboards. At least there was more than 2 people that had equivalent gear competing and there was less rng.
Imagine that, a concept from the broken vanilla stages of the game where evil things such as AH and trading was allowed being better... wtf?
Balancing is terrible every single patch despite the constant overflow of good constructive feedback for most classes from a large playerpool of PTR testers that actually play the PTR with increased MF BUFF(ABOUT TIME TY PHARAOH)
It's quite obvious at this point that internal testers for D3 are and will continue to be completely clueless.
PTR 2.2 was an absolute disaster imo. This was one of the longest PTR I have seen Blizzard run in a long time and despite that and all the constant feedback from community members the end result was extremely disappointing for every single class that I tried. Oh and let's not forget that the blood shard bug was discovered during PTR, well before the release of the patch.
Could go on and on but it's already become a gigantic wall of crap no one wants to read.
Sure maybe not all my opinions and views are correct about what this game should be, but I was already feeling pretty bored with the game and frustrated with the results of PTR 2.2
The ban just gave me even more reasons to quit.
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edit: I'm going to answer you seriously for once since prolly won't be posting here for a while lol
did I do it for the money? if your asking me if I did the shard exploit stream for money, I made a total of I think $25 during that whole 8 hours of streaming. That includes both donations and ad revenue for the 8 or so hours, most of it was donations since I didn't run any ads.
My collector's edition d3 and bla bla was prolly worth $150 or so I have no idea what is costs currently.
so prolly safe to say wasn't for the money.
Why did I cheat, because it was already well out of control and everybody was doing it offline/other streamers off stream.
A part of it was for the pure entertainment of making shitload of shards drop I will not lie and the other part is to bring it to the open and force blizz's hand.