Andor's Trail

I personally feel its contradictory to the false sense of accomplishment i acheive while playing video games if i cant earn my random drops and my god like character myself i dont get the same level of satisfaction

That being said i dont beleive my veiws must apply to anyone else

The goal of running a hex editor to change save files, changing code to increase drop rates, experience, or finding a way to "beat the system" yeilds a sense of accomplishment probably more real than the monotomy of grinding

Aside from the ethical perspective there is the practical side of it all essentially we are all beta testers creating characters to certain specs only allows people to test more quickly

beyond that i read a statistic somewhere that showed the more creative a person the more likely they are to cheat as it accomplishes the same goal in a different manner

perhaps if my pride was not already so intertwined with my character i might have thought about it but too many hours have been invested to change now

Others opinions?

I like to play any game by the rules and i love to find " loopholes" of the system and use them

I have played old school rpgs for decades. When im in role of GM eweryone of my players call me sooner or later ... as "The EVIL GM". Dont get me wrong... I never cheat or use too hard oppoments (except when the player choose to do some very stupid thing) I just known all of the rules well