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| - Powergaming is when gaining of experiences (XPs) or coins (gc) is put before roleplay (RP). This often leads to ignoring of roleplay or acting out of character (OOC).
- Powergaming is a practice often mistaken for godmoding, though there are several significant differences. The key difference between the two is the player's attitude towards established rules; while a godmoder tends to break rules, acting in ways that are not possible for his/her character,a powergamer manipulates the rules to his/her advantage, essentially taking every possible advantage without ever actually committing any violations.
- Powergaming (PG) refers to a game-play style that focuses on monster hunting. The measure of success in this style of play lies in the amount of gold and treasure, magic items, and experience points the player can amass. Fast leveling, also known as power leveling, is a major focus in powergaming servers. A player who enjoys powergaming will often prefer hack-and-slash (combat heavy) and monty haul (treasure heavy) modules over those with a lower availability of combat and magic items.
- Powergaming is gaming with the intent of playing a powerful, effective character. A powergamer is a player who is into powergaming. There are several different ways to powergame. A minmaxer is someone who tries to squeeze as much efficiency as possible out of a system. A rules lawyer cites rules and precedents that support their arguments against other players. A twink is a pejorative term for someone who abuses the rules in letter or in spirit, whereas to tweak is simply to make legal, reasonable alterations to improve a character's effectiveness. A cheat breaks the rules. A munchkin is an immature player, among whose many defects may be an excessive interest in powergaming, likely through crude strategies.
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| - Powergaming (PG) refers to a game-play style that focuses on monster hunting. The measure of success in this style of play lies in the amount of gold and treasure, magic items, and experience points the player can amass. Fast leveling, also known as power leveling, is a major focus in powergaming servers. A player who enjoys powergaming will often prefer hack-and-slash (combat heavy) and monty haul (treasure heavy) modules over those with a lower availability of combat and magic items. Powergaming is often referred to as "rollplay" (as in rolling of dice) as a parody on the concept of roleplay. While powergaming and roleplaying are compatible in some situations, they tend to be at odds with each other in the more extreme cases, as demonstrated by the restrictions of some roleplay-focused servers against metagaming and grinding (repetitive combat for the sake of combat), both traditional staples of powergaming.
- Powergaming is when gaining of experiences (XPs) or coins (gc) is put before roleplay (RP). This often leads to ignoring of roleplay or acting out of character (OOC).
- Powergaming is gaming with the intent of playing a powerful, effective character. A powergamer is a player who is into powergaming. There are several different ways to powergame. A minmaxer is someone who tries to squeeze as much efficiency as possible out of a system. A rules lawyer cites rules and precedents that support their arguments against other players. A twink is a pejorative term for someone who abuses the rules in letter or in spirit, whereas to tweak is simply to make legal, reasonable alterations to improve a character's effectiveness. A cheat breaks the rules. A munchkin is an immature player, among whose many defects may be an excessive interest in powergaming, likely through crude strategies. Is powergaming bad? If you're trying to make Superman on a limited point budget, powergaming is good, and it will probably take every ounce of minmaxing you have to do it. On the other hand, if your investigator can mow down shuggoths with his Uzi, that probably represents a difference in play style from the usual Call of Cthulhu campaign. As in many things, powergaming should be practiced in moderation.
- Powergaming is a practice often mistaken for godmoding, though there are several significant differences. The key difference between the two is the player's attitude towards established rules; while a godmoder tends to break rules, acting in ways that are not possible for his/her character,a powergamer manipulates the rules to his/her advantage, essentially taking every possible advantage without ever actually committing any violations.
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