06-13-2008, 11:46 PM
It would only be duping if you are backing up the items on the file alone rather then file itself, or if you restore a char and xfer items over to another char then restore the original of the previous char so you have two totally different chars with the same item(s). Both of these scenerios would be cheating, but would be rather pointless as there are much easier and quicker ways to cheat. And if you cheat, why bother playing, right?
All in all backing up is perfectly fine as long as you ONLY restore in the following situations:
1. An item you drop or try to equip and/or pick up lags out. This happens quite often. There was a time when i didnt back up and I lost a few really nice items this way. Its common nowadays for lag to eat items, especially in games with 3-4 players.
2. If you had items on the ground and the game suddenly times out and drops, restoring is justififed in my opinion.
3. If you soloing and you forget you have spare items in town but accidently kill diablo or hit new game, I think restoring here would be acceptable as well. Or if you are in a game with someone and are xfering but then lat becomes to high for you to re-enter and they cannot carry your items, restoring here I believe would be acceptable also.
In all other situations, I see it being controversial at best and in many, it would be cheating...the most obvious being if you die from monsters and cant get your gear back. Selling your items to Gris or Adria then changing your mind later on, I believe restoring here would be cheating as well. If you have any doubts, dont sell them!
All in all backing up is perfectly fine as long as you ONLY restore in the following situations:
1. An item you drop or try to equip and/or pick up lags out. This happens quite often. There was a time when i didnt back up and I lost a few really nice items this way. Its common nowadays for lag to eat items, especially in games with 3-4 players.
2. If you had items on the ground and the game suddenly times out and drops, restoring is justififed in my opinion.
3. If you soloing and you forget you have spare items in town but accidently kill diablo or hit new game, I think restoring here would be acceptable as well. Or if you are in a game with someone and are xfering but then lat becomes to high for you to re-enter and they cannot carry your items, restoring here I believe would be acceptable also.
In all other situations, I see it being controversial at best and in many, it would be cheating...the most obvious being if you die from monsters and cant get your gear back. Selling your items to Gris or Adria then changing your mind later on, I believe restoring here would be cheating as well. If you have any doubts, dont sell them!
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"Your very ideas are but the outgrowth of conditions of your bourgeois production and bourgeois property, just as your jurisprudence is but the will of your class, made into law for all, a will whose essential character and direction are determined by the economic conditions of the existence of your class." - Marx (addressing the bourgeois)