Tsk, tsk, tsk...
I sense a severe case of 'customsphobia', here. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Don't get me wrong - i don't doubt the points that you've raised. I wholly agree with them. But you are missing the point, here.
Let me put it that way - what item is more powerful overall in your opinion, the Preserving Boots or the Staff of the Magi?
I think that you'll agree that the Staff is more powerful if used anyway
near its full potential.
Yet, you don't ban yourself from using it, right?
The Preserving Boots are
very powerful, but some of the original BG2 items
still trump it - and no one ever suggested that using them is 'cheating'.
Just becuase it's custom doesn't mean we should be more judgemental about it.
Cheers. [img]smile.gif[/img]