JarlFrank
I like Thief THIS much
If you've never slaughtered every living thing on Khorinis to harvest every last drop of XP
But by the end of the game I usually end up powerful enough to effortlessly defeat the dragons even without doing that.
Also my Wizardry 7 and 8 parties usually fared well enough without abusing the leveling system and grinding random encounters, too.
Have you had a doctor check you for OCD? Because your gameplay habits sound like OCD to me.