Is it concidered Cheating if... (May contain Spoilers)

Deathead · 09-20-2002, 10:31 AM

Ok... I play the game. Then I take a year long vacation and come back. I've forgotten everything that I have completed and agreed to complete. So I export my character and import him into a new game.Turns out he was maxed on his XP and had some of the better to best weapons. I used a XP Cap remover so that I can still achieve Stars in my weapons.
I am ready to export my guy again and move him to BG2.
Does this make me a cheater? Will the extra stars be there in BG2 when It brings my XP down to the previous Cap?
Should I play the BG1 & TotSC from the begining with a from scratch character?
Help me out.

I wish my name was Baggins · 09-20-2002, 01:10 PM

I think a better question is do YOU think that it is cheating? After all if you go and play BG2 and walk through it and feel unfufilled or guilty is it worth it? Or on the other hand if you go to BG2 and have a ball is it cheating? Who knows? The answer to this question lies within yourself young Jedi not within the lines of this forum.

Deathead · 09-20-2002, 01:20 PM

Let me put it this way.
My pals and I are bragging about our 'Geekism', I get trumped by "I can code directly in binary 1s & 0s", can I legitimatly pull out, "Well I beat the entire Baldur's Gate Series with out cheating" and regain my 'Geekdom'?
~Deathead
(Thinking about it... just asking this question should put me in a decent lead for being a Geek wouldn't it? )

Telchar of Nogrod · 09-20-2002, 02:11 PM

Bottom line, are you having fun? If you're feeling a little let down after the fact, try it another way. Who cares what anyone else thinks? Just remember the bottom line.

Deathead · 09-20-2002, 02:14 PM

Good point... thank you

I wish my name was Baggins · 09-20-2002, 02:14 PM

WOOHOO FOR THE BOTTOM LINE!!! BOO TO GGEKDOM!!!

09-20-2002, 02:50 PM

Oh yea you are a cheater [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] but what's the big deal [img]graemlins/question.gif[/img] . As long as you are having fun then it doesn't matter. It is your game [img]graemlins/chaos.gif[/img] and you can always start a new game and keep it clean. Now off you go and cheat some more

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Cerek the Barbaric · 09-20-2002, 03:02 PM

BTW, Deathead, your weapon proficiencies do NOT transfer over to BG2. You will have to reassign the stars in the weapons you want.

Not necessarily a bad thing. It will give you a chance to "refine" your character a little more. Also, BG2 is MUCH MORE like PnP, in that you have to choose a SPECIFIC weapon (such as long sword, katana, bastard sword, etc) rather than being able to specialize in an entire category (Great Swords).

SnarktheStrange · 09-20-2002, 10:00 PM

Is it thought to be cheating to look up critters in the Monster Manual? Or is it SOP? Or is it just a matter of playing style?

badet · 09-24-2002, 09:44 AM

hm, i wonder, i started a game and played 'bout 1day and 7h (in bg time, that is) and then the whole thing crashed. So i went and bought a real copy of the game ('bout time) and imported a guy with some stuff i had in the game that crashed. It was lika a 1+ wand and some losuy ordinary armour, lika studded leather. I didnt want to go trough the "kill-alot-of-wortless-enemies-to-be able-to-buy-a-shitty-35goldpeice-armour-for-imoen". Now U made me feel lika a cheater, is it "unclean" to do what i did?

and is it "unclean" to load a previous save if your hitpoints go up with the _minimum_ or something equal, when u level up?

09-20-2002, 01:10 PM	#2
I wish my name was Baggins Elminster Join Date: September 7, 2002 Location: Upstate, SC Age: 53 Posts: 463	I think a better question is do YOU think that it is cheating? After all if you go and play BG2 and walk through it and feel unfufilled or guilty is it worth it? Or on the other hand if you go to BG2 and have a ball is it cheating? Who knows? The answer to this question lies within yourself young Jedi not within the lines of this forum. __________________ I went this way while he went that way, so I scream to my partner, \"WHERE\'D HE GO?\" only to have my partner answer, \"WHERE\'D WHO GO?\"

09-20-2002, 02:11 PM	#4
Telchar of Nogrod Drow Warrior Join Date: September 2, 2001 Location: NYC Age: 58 Posts: 267	Bottom line, are you having fun? If you're feeling a little let down after the fact, try it another way. Who cares what anyone else thinks? Just remember the bottom line. __________________ \"Here once was light, that the Valar begrudged to Middle-earth, but now dark levels all. Shall we mourn here deedless forever, a shadow-folk, mist haunting, dripping vain tears in the thankless sea?\"<br />Feanor at Tirion upon Tuna, Of the Flight of the Noldor, The Silmarillion

09-20-2002, 02:14 PM	#6
I wish my name was Baggins Elminster Join Date: September 7, 2002 Location: Upstate, SC Age: 53 Posts: 463	WOOHOO FOR THE BOTTOM LINE!!! BOO TO GGEKDOM!!! __________________ I went this way while he went that way, so I scream to my partner, \"WHERE\'D HE GO?\" only to have my partner answer, \"WHERE\'D WHO GO?\"

09-20-2002, 03:02 PM	#8
Cerek the Barbaric Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: October 29, 2001 Location: North Carolina Age: 62 Posts: 3,257	BTW, Deathead, your weapon proficiencies do NOT transfer over to BG2. You will have to reassign the stars in the weapons you want. Not necessarily a bad thing. It will give you a chance to "refine" your character a little more. Also, BG2 is MUCH MORE like PnP, in that you have to choose a SPECIFIC weapon (such as long sword, katana, bastard sword, etc) rather than being able to specialize in an entire category (Great Swords). __________________ [img]\"http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/cerek/cerektsrsig.jpg\" alt=\" - \" /><br />Cerek the Calmth

09-20-2002, 10:00 PM	#9
SnarktheStrange The Magister Join Date: July 5, 2002 Location: Rochester, MN Age: 81 Posts: 124	Is it thought to be cheating to look up critters in the Monster Manual? Or is it SOP? Or is it just a matter of playing style? __________________ Snark the Strange

09-20-2002, 10:31 AM	#1
Deathead Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: September 20, 2002 Location: Florida Age: 44 Posts: 6	Ok... I play the game. Then I take a year long vacation and come back. I've forgotten everything that I have completed and agreed to complete. So I export my character and import him into a new game.Turns out he was maxed on his XP and had some of the better to best weapons. I used a XP Cap remover so that I can still achieve Stars in my weapons. I am ready to export my guy again and move him to BG2. Does this make me a cheater? Will the extra stars be there in BG2 when It brings my XP down to the previous Cap? Should I play the BG1 & TotSC from the begining with a from scratch character? Help me out.

09-20-2002, 01:20 PM	#3
Deathead Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: September 20, 2002 Location: Florida Age: 44 Posts: 6	Let me put it this way. My pals and I are bragging about our 'Geekism', I get trumped by "I can code directly in binary 1s & 0s", can I legitimatly pull out, "Well I beat the entire Baldur's Gate Series with out cheating" and regain my 'Geekdom'? ~Deathead (Thinking about it... just asking this question should put me in a decent lead for being a Geek wouldn't it? )

09-20-2002, 02:50 PM	#7
Jan Guest Posts: n/a	Oh yea you are a cheater [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] but what's the big deal [img]graemlins/question.gif[/img] . As long as you are having fun then it doesn't matter. It is your game [img]graemlins/chaos.gif[/img] and you can always start a new game and keep it clean. Now off you go and cheat some more .

09-24-2002, 09:44 AM	#10
badet Dungeon Master Join Date: December 9, 2001 Location: sweden Age: 41 Posts: 79	hm, i wonder, i started a game and played 'bout 1day and 7h (in bg time, that is) and then the whole thing crashed. So i went and bought a real copy of the game ('bout time) and imported a guy with some stuff i had in the game that crashed. It was lika a 1+ wand and some losuy ordinary armour, lika studded leather. I didnt want to go trough the "kill-alot-of-wortless-enemies-to-be able-to-buy-a-shitty-35goldpeice-armour-for-imoen". Now U made me feel lika a cheater, is it "unclean" to do what i did? and is it "unclean" to load a previous save if your hitpoints go up with the _minimum_ or something equal, when u level up? __________________ Badet!

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