Oh, 100%. I shared Thousand Year Old Vampire with a relative that matches this, thinking his love of history would make it an interesting thing, and his response was "I can already think of ways to beat the system", even before he actually read the system. It's like...yeah, it's a single player pen and paper RPG. You probably can. Why...why would you though?

But that's what I mean; exploiting perceived flaws in the system is a greater goal -even when it ruins the game for themselves-. Because there is a greater sense of satisfaction in finding loopholes. And I understand that sense; I just find more value in understanding the underlying goal and intent and delivering on that.