No to all of them; although you get the short term accomplishment, you forever remove from yourself the experience of the journey to, and final arrival at 50. Which I feel I'd miss even on a second, third or fiftieth character too. Ultimately I'd feel I was cheating myself.
And it's not hypothetical to me as such; if anyone has played HAWX on the PC, you'll know there are a number of cheats/hacks out there, including one that pushes everyone in the same game as the cheater to the highest rank when the game ends... and I've backed up my save files, and then rolled them back about 8 levels to where I actually was once when I got hit by it. And HAWX is pretty grindtastic and doesn't really reward you for doing it either... but my progress is MINE, and I'd rather see where I really was.
Yes to all of em
But them i am very wierd in gaming circles i love cheating to take full advantage of a games content and a games longevity increases tenfold for me when i can find cheats. Also i maybe would be willing to risk a ban if the game had gotten so monotonous it was a case of cheat or stop.
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Yes to 1
Its the only way I would get a lvl 50 pb or ws (shudders at the thought of playing 1) and maybe to get a def to say I had 1 50 of each.
As for 2 probably
3 nope I dont go digging around so wouldn't find it in the 1st place.
4 if youre doing 1 and 2 why bother with 4
As with most things though I'd only do this when wanting something specific like a lvl 50 WS. After that would go make something I wanted to play and would enjoy lvling.
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Ok Avatea lemme change the question slightly.
If i could guarantee i wouldn't get caught, and were to use only tools the devs created (i.e the exp button)
Of course i would. And so would you. And so would everyone 
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Not quite everyone 
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Now if you asked the question
"if you had any dev tool available ingame what would you use?"
I'l have to say the ability to either transform into a GM [hami in atlas!!!] or summon AVs/Monsters all over the zone.
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No, No, No and No.
I pay money for this game, why on earth would I want to skip all of it? Or any game?
I can't even understand those strange people who buy a new game from the shop and buy the game guidebook with it at the same time.....seriously, just buy the book, it's much cheaper for you!!
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Now if you asked the question
"if you had any dev tool available ingame what would you use?"
I'l have to say the ability to either transform into a GM [hami in atlas!!!] or summon AVs/Monsters all over the zone.
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Well if we're gettin dev powers i'd want that kill all button they use to test drop rates
Naaaah, where'd be the fun of randomly pressing buttons and facerolling on everything I play in any kind of game hoping that I get lucky and my theory crafting works and then being called skillful because I had the foresight to click on all the green buttons?
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Now if you asked the question
"if you had any dev tool available ingame what would you use?"
I'l have to say the ability to either transform into a GM [hami in atlas!!!] or summon AVs/Monsters all over the zone.
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The red text, just to screw with poeples minds 
No x 4
All the friends I know and play with, I met them while leveling through missions.
I hate to solo, so you're getting the picture...
But I did participated to MA farms, due to the fact that I was unable to find a team at the moment that wasn't into farming (and, once again, I remind you that I hate soloing).
No to all 4.
As mentioned from another player.
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I must say number 2 does sound quite tempting. The rest I'd probably try to turn in for the above mentioned badge, as a non badger I would love to have that just to know the affect it would have on others.
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No to all, and I would file bug reports.
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1.) Yes
2.) No
3.) Yes (XP only however)
4.) Yes
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What would be the point? This stuff would reduce the game's lifespan to a month at most, more likely a few hours once you've experienced everything it has to offer by cheating your way there.
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Only would be tempted for the INF gaining as I help others with it too... The rest is a deffinatly no!
Now.. on the same thing...
Would you report this as a bug to the devs when you find it?
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What would be the point? This stuff would reduce the game's lifespan to a month at most, more likely a few hours once you've experienced everything it has to offer by cheating your way there.
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For full details check the topic in the new players forum titled "What's so great about level 50."
But basically because i don't enjoy getting to 50 anymore, i only enjoy what i can do whilst level 50.
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Would you report this as a bug to the devs when you find it?
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Definitly not.
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Ok Avatea lemme change the question slightly.
If i could guarantee i wouldn't get caught, and were to use only tools the devs created (i.e the exp button)
Of course i would. And so would you. And so would everyone
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Why would they?
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Naaaah, where'd be the fun of randomly pressing buttons and facerolling on everything
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You could use it in PvP for those lovely recipies 
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Would you report this as a bug to the devs when you find it?
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But I know people that never /bug anything, even if it's serious. They say "some one else will /bug it, why for me to bother".
I don't blame them really.
When you /bug something and you are unable to follow the whereabouts of your bug report, makes you not to want to bug anything else.
Remember the situation with the "aura in character selection screen" crashing clients at February of 2008?
I bugged it 3+ weeks before that version hits live, while was still at test server. No one cared until it gone at live servers and escalated causing grief to hundreds of players worldwide. Later, I learned that I wasn't the only one that bugged this and for once more, like a broken record, the excuse was "not enough people reported it".
C'mon CC guys, you should lower your expectations of people bugging things. Don't expect that ratio to reach impossible limits to act and take it seriously...
After that I don't /bug that often really...
no to all four. (albeit reluctantly!)
I've seen these things all the way through my gaming "life"..
from Jet set willy infinite lives , chuckie egg infinite lives, zargons revenge (orik 8k) level skip through ultima online item duplication (at a "crease" in the map where you crossed from one server to another) up to quake 3 & doom 3 and even left for dead.
yes i tried the cheats early on but hten got no sense of achievement for finishing the game. none. even if I beat something afterwards when the cheat wasnt active (noclip on quake anyone?) I still knew that I only got there because I cheated. I play games to enjoy them. If I cheat then the enjoyment and sense of accomplishment goes away.
would I report it?
unfortunately ... yes. so dont go telling me any of your secret "methods"
I dont think I'd report someone for doing it (unless it was in a major way) but I would report how it was done so the hole could be closed.
@avatea: i have joust emulated on my PC. i still go back and play it every now and then. Great game! Fond memories of myself and my brother pooling our pocket money to play it in the local arcade and my big bro "protecting" me from the not so nice element that used to gravitate there....
Reporting it would almost certainly guarantee the Bug Hunter badge, I think
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That brings back memories...my brother had Joust and I was crazy about that game. I wouldn't leave his Commodore 64 until I'd finally fallen asleep.
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