"I'll need it later"

[StarStruckStrumpets]

The summons in Final Fantasy 13.

They are basically unlimited and you just have to recharge your meter by winning a few matches with good rating, and yet I never use them. It's weird really.

That may have something to do with the fact they suck? Not once have they saved me in a difficult situation.

Yeah, I have this problem. I end up hoarding things I have no use for, then sell them after hours of convincing myself they're of substantial worth to my quest.

 

[AVATAR_RAGE]

most games, in FFX I would use my weak summons (if any) incase I ran into something big and scary.

in the Edlder Scrolls games (and in Fallout) I pick up almost any piece of weaponry and armour I find, even if I don't specialise in that weapon type. I remember once of an Oblivion save I had about 5 enchanted maces weighing me down on a blade based character, which in turn stopped me from picking up swords

 

[Tri Force95]

The summons in Final Fantasy 13.

They are basically unlimited and you just have to recharge your meter by winning a few matches with good rating, and yet I never use them. It's weird really.

Thats cause you can do the same amount of damage, if not more (a lot more, normally), then the actual summons can, making them pretty useless.

 

[Plurralbles]

dude, the pokemon games embody this idea.

No one uses a TM they find because they cn never get another one.

Game- "here's icebeam from a girl on the dept. store in celadon"
me- "I dare not use it because then I'm stuck with that one pokemon knowing it and no one else can learn it."

 

[The DSM]

Welcome to the world of complusive hoarding.

I gto 99 potions in FFX just in case, but used 10 then just used Hi-Potions.

 

[Icecoldcynic]

Any game where you have a rocket launcher or some other powerful weapon I loathe to use it for fear I might need it later but not have any ammo for it... And I never need it!

 

[W00ty32]

dude, the pokemon games embody this idea.

No one uses a TM they find because they cn never get another one.

Game- "here's icebeam from a girl on the dept. store in celadon"
me- "I dare not use it because then I'm stuck with that one pokemon knowing it and no one else can learn it."

Of all the TM's to not use, icebeam? You can get those easily from the game corner.


I don't do this for the most part... Except for grenades. I completely forgot I had grenades for just about my entire first game of mass effect. And for borderlands. But, of course, when I do remember I have grenades, it's always when I'm fighting those annoying rushing-type enemies that grenades are completely useless on.

Also, I need to start using my pills more often In L4D2.

 

[SilverUchiha]

L4D2. I typically just use the sidearms or melee weapons to not waste ammo on the main gun if possible. I hate nearly 200 bullets in a sniper rifle, i just hate wasting them when the magnum is unlimited and probably one of the most accurate weapons in the game (not the most).

Aside from that, in Pokemon I never really use elixers or any other PP restoration items because I'd rather just sell them for more pokeballs or something. I wouldn't call that hording though. I'd think that's just good economic sense seeing as it's free to go to a center and restore all your moves anyway.

 

[Urgh76]

elixers........ just in case

 

[Abort-retry-fail]

Ah, this. Certainly happens a lot, at least to me. In most campaigns I usually spare everything I come across, at all times. I played through BioShock using the wrench on everything except the Saturnine splicers, anything with automated fire, Big Daddies and Mr. Cuddly at the end.

I was probably afraid this weirdo [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3n0vBcW5fc&feature=related] would show up as a boss at some point.

 

[Da_Schwartz]

Hello, my name is da_schwartz and i'm an item hoarder.

I am beyond guilty of this, especially in RPG's. That constant, i'll need it for the last zone mentality. Yea chances are i never do. I do it with weapon upgrades as well. "nope, not gonna waste it on this weapon...I'll wait till i get a better one first". Shooters too, I tend to use lesser ammo first before wasting more powerful of valuable rounds on common baddies and grunts. I'll hold onto anything until i die multiple times trying to do something or i simply hit the wall. it's terrible.

 

[Daedalus1942]

Well, recently I was playing Fallout 3 as a big guns character, a behemoth came and I was planning on using the mini nuke launcher, but then I thought to myself "I'll need it later" for whatever reason I thought there was a better use for it, anywho. I saved my mini nukes and not soon after that I sold it to make room in my inventory.
The same was the case on Mercenaries 2, I used maybe 2 airstrikes the entire game.
Oh, and Hexen 64. You constantly get new grenades and potions but I never use them for safety.

Anywho, the question is, what are some moments in gaming you've had something and thought to yourself "I'll need it later" when there really isnt anything that you will need it for later?

Bioshock, the grenade launcher/rpg launcher. I never used the damn thing until i played it on survivor mode.

 

[Uncreative]

Dear god, I do that in pretty much any situation in which it is possible.

From TMs in Pokemon Blue over a decade ago, to the poptarts on the counter right now.
"I'm hungry, but I may be in a better mood for poptarts later..."

I need help.

 

[Huupertti]

I'll stack up elixirs or megaelixirs in final fantasies and I never use them....

 

[SuperTim]

Throughout Warhammer 40K games on comp.
I keep my most powerful army at my base in case something creaps up

 

[Fritzvalt]

Any rpg where you can put poison on a weapon. I keep telling myself "No, there's a bigger bad that I might need this for." I end up with a crap load of poisons, but nothing to use them on. I'm working on this, though.

 

[GraveyardTricks]

Alllllll the time!

 

[Denamic]

I do this too all the time.
I always end up with inventories full of low level stuff I have absolutely no need for any more.

 

[De Ronneman]

I hoard items on THE FINAL BOSS, when you won't need them anymore after it.

I tend to prevent that in RPGs and Shooters, because it can make games laughably easy.

I am a victim of the collection syndrome. Whenever something sweet emerges with, say, 1 use, I don't use it, I keep it as a trophy.

When it comes to litterally keeping stuff with later use in mind, that's something I only do when the game is easy enough to get through without using stuff. Usually fearing that later tough parts will have me for breakfast.

 

[Koeryn]

like... every RPG...

also i know what u mean in mercenaries... i darent use any of my arisrtikes in case they are needed later...

I never ever found air strikes to be rare items. I used them on pretty much everything, for pretty much the soul reason of "Lulz that was AWESOME!"

I don't generally hoard items expecting to need them later. If it's on hand, it's probably going to be used. I may regret it later, but most games give you so much ammunition for pretty much everything that its hard to justify NOT using stuff.