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Ever since finding out that items are not set in stone until identified I have found myself using ctrl-s and ctrl-l everytime I come across an important (even semi-important) item in the game.

Amen to that. Damn the electric fence! Sometimes too much information is indeed a bad thing.

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Almost half my gametime has been spent reloaded the game trying get a better item. It is an obsession, loading up one more time trying for something better...then again...and again..and again.... if you get my drift. Its fun in some ways and a curse in others.

It's a sickness, I know. I started writing down the stats of every single version of armor/weapon/amulet blah blah blah and then saving each one under a separate game so I could go back later after lengthy conference with my minister of war and my weapons advisors and use the best one. Arrrghhhhhh!
Can anyone say OCD????

Now please excuse me while I go wash my hands.