i think most of the seasoned players do this before leaving the island

never

never

Only idiots do that...cause there are plenty of opportunities to get around lvl 55+ :)
Regardless, its everyone's own personal decision.
I'm a veteran Gothic player...never felt to do such thing. Anyway, what are the enemies are for? :D

What are the nameless npcs there for other than for more exp?

Originally posted by Teralitha:

What are the nameless npcs there for other than for more exp?

Flair.

This is how such people show their true nature. Therefore, never. You need to remain a "human" even in the virtual game world, and not an animal.

Never. i play as the most humane as i can. never serve evil all ways destroy the claw. But i all ways kill Canthar before going into Khorinis. he is trouble if you don't just get rid of him.

Bro, if you talk to the Canthar in Farmer's clothes for the first time before Chorinis, then later in the city he will not give a task for Sarah and will not turn you in.

Originally posted by mcdcecil:

Never. i play as the most humane as i can. never serve evil all ways destroy the claw. But i all ways kill Canthar before going into Khorinis. he is trouble if you don't just get rid of him.

Then you have been deceived. The paladins are evil because they took over the island and are hoarding all the magic ore, and once they got it, the island can burn for all they care. The villagers are evil because they are all thieves in the thieves guild. The only good guys in this story are the pirates.

Never.

Originally posted by Teralitha:

I kill every no named npc, including paladins for all that extra exp. Lower khorinis is empty. Every non quest guard. Every generic villager. Farmer etc. All that juicy exp.

Yeah I do this in all gothic games in all mods I play.

You get lots of exp and loot and besides it is fun to figure out the routes especially in more complex mods and take npcs out without others seeing it. Then you death blow them on the ground to make sure you have fewer witnesses for the next kill and eventually it becomes easy.

For me it is a fun mini-game within Gothic. Love it. Did this in Ahssun and Archolos and all the other mods

I kill paladins as a mage with my ice bolts at the very edge of my spell range. They dont even agro at that range or know who killed them, but I get exp.

Well you don't have to kill anyone. If you looking for extra exp you can just beat them in duel for same experience and loot. Depending on NPC they will either congratulate you for being better fighter or will threat you as a criminal from that point. Second thing can be fixed by paying a fine for your crimes to recompensate their losses or by using scroll that wipes their memories - paying fine is usually better way if you pick a fight with multiple people since it's cheaper than multiple scrolls (and scrolls are limited). Sure murdering everyone is even more cheaper but one of best things in this game are cities and farms full of living people chatting and doing their everyday jobs. If those areas get deserted they simply loose their cozy charm and something is missing.

Also if you want free exp find skeleton mage and keep him alive. He will summon additional skeletons from time to time and each of them gives nice reward for being defeated, allowing you to get infinite exp while still keeping the challenge (you have to deal with summoned skeleton while being attacked by mage, so it's not free exp).

never²³