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[Kodachii]

I'm a competitive gamer.  When there is a legit competitive environment I will of course exploit any edge within reason, which requires basic efficiency.  However in a game like Diablo 3 where the pvp will likely be a joke for a long time/always and at most a silly little ladder system for leveling which I couldn't care less about, I'll take my time, play a bit here and there with people I care to play with, sparingly meet and play with new people etc.

The kind of gamer I am...  Well, I usually prefer to check out the beautiful scenery and artwork in a game than rush through it.  I like to submerge myself in the story and in the world.

[A1win]

abu11, on 26 March 2012 - 06:22 AM, said:

What does powergaming mean in practice? Are you not playing the game unless you're absolutely sure that the way you're playing is most effective, making you spend bulk of your time theoretizing about possibilities. If it's just simple like changing items for better ones as you pick them up, aren't we all doing that? Does powergaming imply unhealthy and antisocial playing habits, like repetitively grinding some boss or area, or playing in long streaks without breaks?

In practice, powergaming doesn't mean you analyse every item you pick up or calculate which skill would be the best for a particular situation, because if you can't do the analysis fast enough, you end up losing time rather than gaining it, which is against the principle of powergaming. Analysing in itself is not powergaming; it's theorycrafting. Powergaming just applies the knowledge it provides into practice.

Powergaming and socializing are not exclusive. In fact, I'm socializing while powergaming by powergaming with my friends. It requires everyone to be working towards the same goal and to do it well. Good teamwork is a requirement for co-operative powergaming.

Powergaming doesn't necessarily mean playing as much as possible, although it's one of the aspects to it. I voted "All the way!" myself, too, but it's not really all the way. I still do other things than gaming as well. I also agree it's game specific. In singleplayer games, the goal is not to beat the game as fast as possible, but to enjoy playing it, so powergaming doesn't really apply there. There needs to be some kind of a competitive environment for it. In Diablo III, we're competing who has the best characters and who makes the most profit on the AH. And for some (not me), PvP later on.

[Mccormick]

It really is just part of the fun for me, i'm a rather competitive minded person.

In practice, in Diablo, i'll much preffere farming little really hard mobs (move up in difficulty asap) than farm many weak mobs though.

[BR_GuyFawkes_BR]

In a sense. I´m competely fine in throwing away high end geared characters or using sub-optimal skills sets just for the fun

[Nuvian]

I guess I'm a powergamer, sometimes i wish i wasn't though, always doing research/theorycrafting to make sure i have the perfect build/items/playing style can become tiresome.

I will mainly be playing hardcore though, time spent theorycrafting can be a life saver