Is this cheating?

[darkstarpoet1]

I'm even failing to see how this is an exploit.

it's not a big deal or anything major, but it would be technically an exploit. an exploit is anything done in game that is not for the intended reason. i do not think that starting a leve just to reset your timers and then abandoning it is why it was put in game. that is in place for people that run leves being able to run multiple leves and using their abilities in each one. doing that for a different reason is, in fact, what an exploit is.

like many people have said it is not a major issue, but it is technically exploiting an in game feature for a reason other than it is intended. it is intended to reset your timers to do that leve and not for running garuda over and over by abandoning it.