Many players have already beaten the game on multiple platforms (Xbox 360, PC, PS4) and don't want to spend dozens of hours re-unlocking their favorite characters just to play with friends on a new console. Furthermore, save editors allow for "Challenge Runs"—for example, starting a level 1 character but with the most powerful endgame weapon, or playing through the story with Agility maxed out but Strength at zero. The Ethical Side of Editing

Rowan, eyes like worn steel, did not speak of personal loss. He thought of the people starving beyond the walls, of villages razed by the tyrant’s riders. The Broken Throne called to the part of him that had sworn oaths to protect the realm. Mira, ever pragmatic, weighed the King’s Bargain: supplies could avert famine; erasing a traitor’s name—was that an injustice, or a mercy?

: While the maximum intended level is 99, some editors have been used to trigger the infamous Level 256 glitch , granting characters near-invincibility and massive damage output.