What are your adventure stories in hardcore?
So I've played this game a lot. It's pretty much my favorite game in the world actually... and like somebody who drinks a lot of wine, eventually you begin to appreciate the other, more subtle, facets of the things you love. I am sad to say it has taken me years to try something completely different than my normal approach. My normal approach being something like a "goal maximizing automaton".
In the past I would open up this game and I would do everything I could to exploit the various game mechanics in this game to my own ends. For example selling everything I have and stealing it back for gold (why not just cheat it in?) or killing Drizzt with a neutral good character by setting a billion traps (why not just ctrl-y?)
I have tried something new (for me) and much more cool recently that has completely changed my experience of this game... I haven't been using the quicksave feature at all. And I'm staying within the bounds of my character. And truthfully it's a lot more fun... I wish I would have tried this sooner. And yet... it's a testament to how awesome this game is that even when you break it it's still just plain damned fun.
But I'm a changed man... and now I am interested in you splendid folks who have been doing this all along? What are your bits of wisdom and lore and unbroken adventure?
What are you adventure stories in hardcore?
In the past I would open up this game and I would do everything I could to exploit the various game mechanics in this game to my own ends. For example selling everything I have and stealing it back for gold (why not just cheat it in?) or killing Drizzt with a neutral good character by setting a billion traps (why not just ctrl-y?)
I have tried something new (for me) and much more cool recently that has completely changed my experience of this game... I haven't been using the quicksave feature at all. And I'm staying within the bounds of my character. And truthfully it's a lot more fun... I wish I would have tried this sooner. And yet... it's a testament to how awesome this game is that even when you break it it's still just plain damned fun.
But I'm a changed man... and now I am interested in you splendid folks who have been doing this all along? What are your bits of wisdom and lore and unbroken adventure?
What are you adventure stories in hardcore?
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