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CHEAT.

Okay I used to cheat all the time in video games, and if savestates are counted as such, then still guilty. My ass grew up with the game genie, and some of those older titles were punishing without lives.

Anywho I started playing a Hammerdin in Diablo 2, it's pretty much the easy mode class to play, and since I hadn't touched D2 is about 2 years, I went with that. One point in the game, the maggot lair, your build is rendered useless, due to it being underground tunnels big enough for one person.

So the Paladin's hammers can't spin out and clobber enemies. My solution? Download a trainer and make my pally a melee character JUST to clear this one hurdle then switch back.

See otherwise my build would be bricked, since you need to go inside and nab an item behind enemies. I'm playing classic Diablo so there's no runewords for teleport. So the next best thing is to sadly break my anti-cheating vows.

Do I really care? No it's just a goofy video game.

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[–] Beaver@hexbear.net 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Not sure if this post is meant to be serious or not, but there's no such thing as cheating in a single player game.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 1 points 1 hour ago

semantic nonsense. it's cheating at solitaire if you look at the face down cards.

[–] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 3 points 5 hours ago

Please don't write clickbait titles. It's a selfish and antisocial behaviour that rests in annoying other people so they will pay attention to you.

We can leave the corporate internet behind by considering the human on the other end.

[–] git@hexbear.net 2 points 5 hours ago

Most people wait until after maggot lair to respec into Hammerdin for this exact reason.

That said there are a few options if you’re stuck:

  • Get a teleportation staff from Drognan and skip through most encounters
  • Save a point for Smite and go through slowly
  • Give your merc a slotted pole arm with normal (lv. 12) topaz/ruby and let them clear ahead with concentration aura
  • You can hug the walls and position yourself to hit an enemy directly in front by bear hugging them at their bottom right but it’s tricky
[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 1 points 5 hours ago

i cheat in every game if i can shrug-outta-hecks i've grown too old to care about "gamer cred" for beating a hard gayme. as long as you're having fun do what you want in your single player experience

[–] dead@hexbear.net 2 points 6 hours ago

skill issue

[–] tomcatt360@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 hours ago

It's not cheating if it's only affecting your experience. This is always true in singleplayer games, in multiplayer games, not as often.

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 19 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

wow cheating in single player games is highly offensive to massive nerds. Think twice next time

[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 2 points 7 hours ago

Poweroverwhelming

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 6 points 11 hours ago

I probably would just git good smuglord

Just joking, I dont care but truthfully I havent cheated in a game since I was a kid and used godmode in morrowind and cheats in rts games.

[–] AFineWayToDie@hexbear.net 2 points 9 hours ago

I used to use a muling program when I played D2 single player.

It's your game. You bought/pirated it fair and square, so enjoy it for on your terms