Good luck with staying clear of it, as awesome as the game is the compulsion(
not addiction) to play alot to be/get ahead is massive, though having 100k gold certainly helps cut down on play time, myself and a good buddy stopped playing wow* in december last year, longest we've been clear of it since we started in 06-07, so much free time now.
*I did feel sad when i tried to log in on the last day, and due to time zone differences (between bnet.com and UK) i couldnt access my mail box containing 6000g
I hope for their sake that blizzard has WoW2 or World of Starcraft or whatever almost ready, much more of this and activision is going to liquidate their underachieving asses.
http://www.blizzardnewmmo.com/Titan