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[Delight]

Eh, no...

"kill, steal and sell" everything in sight

is expected by the game, whereas "Metagaming is a broad term usually used to define any strategy, action or method used in a game which transcends a prescribed ruleset, uses external factors to affect the game, or goes beyond the supposed limits or environment set by the game."

As for powergaming, you can use the same strategy with any character, even the lame-ass NPC thieves that come with the game by default. It doesn't require a particularly powerful character.

Killing everything, waiting for monsters to respawn, etc. isn't a normal roleplaying.

Edited by Delight, 08 June 2007 - 01:56 AM.

[Miloch]

Actually, I don't really do either of those things. Do I steal? Yes. One of the main character classes is "thief" after all.

[Bookwyrme]

Maybe that's it, then. My main characters have always been on the honest side (beyond picking up the odd coin left lying on the dresser, of course ), and I've actually never even tried pick pocketing.

[Delight]

Isn't stealing from shops/pickpocketing a bit risky?

[Gabrielle]

Yes because it will turn the clerk hostile and anyone else around him. Plus those pesky guards that appear suddenly.

[WarlockFX]

I must play the game wrong... I've never had anywhere *close* to that kind of gold.

I just pick up every magical stuff and the most expensive of other stuff (diamonds and better) that I find on dead enemies and sell it (no stealing from anyone alive or such - I am usually even keeping things in houses if someone lives there). I am now close to killing Irenicus and have over 700 000 gold (I have some mega-mods installed, but I would have several hundreds of thousands anyway).

[Delight]

Monty Haul! Monty Haul !!
It never happened to me in normal game, so I suspect that it has to has something to do with mods ...

[WarlockFX]

Monty Haul! Monty Haul !!
It never happened to me in normal game, so I suspect that it has to has something to do with mods ...

I just checked my old savegames from my first completely unmodded game... so I discovered I exaggerated a little... I had only 160 000 gold at the end of SoA and 480 000 at the end of ToB. Still, it is way too much considering my game style (buying the most expensive stuff including the best ammo all the time, not stealing from people, ignoring the less interesting loot, not using any special strategy to make profit, etc.)

[Solar's Harper]

Isn't stealing from shops/pickpocketing a bit risky?

That has got to be one of the biggest problems of BG2, well minor one really if you can afford everything just fine.
Even with the highest thieving skill, you can still get caught just like <snaps fingers> that!
At least pickpocketing outside the transaction screen isn't like that, but even stealing a potion of the lowest degree can get me caught every time, not on Bioware!
Ah well, once Cespenar is done with his rip-off non-negotiable prices for forging/upgrading items, money should be the least of concerns.

btw, just what does that imp do with all that money anyways? anyone?