Well, it's still a grind b/c that's the game. Repetitive dungeon crawler grind. But seriously, the legendary drops happen. I've got probably 30 wearable legendaries from starting the game until now (31 paragon)...and am sitting on a legendary in every slot except shield, gloves, and legs at the moment. I have maybe around 10 legendary plans to make gear. I've seen two set drops (green items)....one I can wear and one for a demon hunter that I stashed in case I make one on the console. It's the complete opposite of the way it used to be in the auction house days. I used to struggle to get any gear I could use and had to buy it all. Now I am constantly sorting through the gear I get to make sure it's not a little bit better. A good problem IMO
If you have friends on Xbox Live that play the game you'll randomly get legendary items (you don't know what they are....but that they are just legendaries) that are assigned to them and you mail them out (gifts). I've sent nearly 10 out, still waiting on my first one to be sent to me though haha.
If you liked D3 but hated the auction house/gold grind. Your issue has been removed. I believe this applies to the computer versions as well. But I don't plan on upgrading or playing it on the Mac again b/t the couch/controller/TV experience of this game has me hooked. So much more relaxing for this type of game. IMO