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<blockquote data-quote="monkeydave" data-source="post: 7088186" data-attributes="member: 6876381"><p>I stumbled upon this and just want to put in my two cents. It's so easy for players to exploit the system now, even without cheating. Online play, SKT, trading without certs all make it very easy to exploit the rules without breaking them.</p><p></p><p>For example, I have a character I use for events and epics. I supplement with online play to boost levels. He recently played a session of SKT that was purely to get loot. I didn't know what I was joining when my friends asked me to play, but I didn't object when I found out. Run into giant layer, get conch, go to Maelstrom, kill Imryth with Storm Giant help, get loot, kill Imryth's spawn, get loot. Now, it was fun, but clearly not how SKT was meant to be played. But perfectly legal. Log sheet shows that now my level 10 fighter has Ring of Protection, Dwarven Plate, Staff of Thunder and Lighting (he had previously had this, traded an Anstruth harp online over facebook, the harp he had picked up in a previous SKT chapter I played out of context when a friend's table game at a store was short one week) and Ingot of the Skold Rune (which he will likely put on a shield), and a potion of Giant Size. Again, all legally, if somewhat exploitively, gained. Now I'll take him to an epic in a few weeks and he'll be pretty powerful in T2 with a +2 weapon, and 24 AC. Not to mention the super OP potion of Giant size and an insane amount of GP.</p><p></p><p>Are DM reward really that much of an issue when stuff like this can happen legally when playing online with players who metagame like crazy? All logged with DCI numbers and everything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="monkeydave, post: 7088186, member: 6876381"] I stumbled upon this and just want to put in my two cents. It's so easy for players to exploit the system now, even without cheating. Online play, SKT, trading without certs all make it very easy to exploit the rules without breaking them. For example, I have a character I use for events and epics. I supplement with online play to boost levels. He recently played a session of SKT that was purely to get loot. I didn't know what I was joining when my friends asked me to play, but I didn't object when I found out. Run into giant layer, get conch, go to Maelstrom, kill Imryth with Storm Giant help, get loot, kill Imryth's spawn, get loot. Now, it was fun, but clearly not how SKT was meant to be played. But perfectly legal. Log sheet shows that now my level 10 fighter has Ring of Protection, Dwarven Plate, Staff of Thunder and Lighting (he had previously had this, traded an Anstruth harp online over facebook, the harp he had picked up in a previous SKT chapter I played out of context when a friend's table game at a store was short one week) and Ingot of the Skold Rune (which he will likely put on a shield), and a potion of Giant Size. Again, all legally, if somewhat exploitively, gained. Now I'll take him to an epic in a few weeks and he'll be pretty powerful in T2 with a +2 weapon, and 24 AC. Not to mention the super OP potion of Giant size and an insane amount of GP. Are DM reward really that much of an issue when stuff like this can happen legally when playing online with players who metagame like crazy? All logged with DCI numbers and everything. [/QUOTE]
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