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Save Scumming: Do you do it?

By dnzrx on November 21, 2011 9:49:43 PM from GalCiv II Forums GalCiv II Forums

dnzrx

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If you want to know what is save scumming is: it is basically that you will save before you conduct a risky move or something like that, execute said move, and if it fails, reload and try again.

I will also refer the reloading of games after unfortunate events as Save Scumming.

Anyway, do you guys do Save Scumming?

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Ryat
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November 22, 2011 12:09:31 AM from GalCiv II Forums GalCiv II Forums

Yep

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qrtxian
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November 22, 2011 12:35:19 AM from GalCiv II Forums GalCiv II Forums

No. I call it "illegal time travel" and will not do it short of something that is literally fatal to the game (for instance, the time the Dread Lords appeared with a nonexistent ship and crashed the game).

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Noctilucus
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November 23, 2011 4:47:29 AM from GalCiv II Forums GalCiv II Forums

No.

I auto-save often in any case and I notice that I tend to save before executing a risky move but I simply don't reload. Usually when such a stunt fails I can either recover or the game is beyond hope anyway...

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Publius of NV
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November 29, 2011 8:26:04 PM from GalCiv II Forums GalCiv II Forums

I do it in other games, but not in GC2.  However, I usually play with mega events turned off. 

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Zarnick
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December 6, 2011 8:14:18 AM from GalCiv II Forums GalCiv II Forums

  I do it in other games where I HAVE to take a risk where failure would merely mean restarting the game until I reached the same situaution.  So,  not in sandbox games.

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