Constantly reloading (but Borderlands 2 helps to get rid of it with Gaige's anarchy skill) and I tend to gett recklessly and I just barely gett out of a firefight then.
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I used to be a compulsive reloader, but after I started playing games like ARMA 2 where one bullet is all that's needed to kill an enemy, I stopped. I usually only carry four to six magazines so if I reloaded a magazine that was missing 2 of 30 rounds, I would waste 28 bullets that could have been used.
one bad habit i have is i always play a game on the easiest difficulty setting.
another is if a game supports cheats codes i will most like use it to make the game even easier ..
i do this because am scared that if later in the game some difficult section comes up that is frustrating i dont want to regret choosing normal or hard difficulty..
recent examples being max payne 3, crysis 2, mafia 2, etc all of them i played on easiest difficulty setting ..
another is if a game supports cheats codes i will most like use it to make the game even easier ..
i do this because am scared that if later in the game some difficult section comes up that is frustrating i dont want to regret choosing normal or hard difficulty..
recent examples being max payne 3, crysis 2, mafia 2, etc all of them i played on easiest difficulty setting ..
Probably the worst for me is focusing way too much on the game. If I'm playing with other people I usually don't say much unless it's a pretty lax moment and if a friend is trying to talk about something not pertaining to the game in question I can get a bit irate, though I've gotten a bit better of late.
Constant reloading, as I've seen a lot of people say, is another.
My uber competitiveness gets me really frustrated, even if I say "Oh, it's just for fun." It's never JUST FUN. NEVER.
Constant reloading, as I've seen a lot of people say, is another.
My uber competitiveness gets me really frustrated, even if I say "Oh, it's just for fun." It's never JUST FUN. NEVER.
I do that, too. Mostly right when I get done shooting, and it has messed me up a few time when another guy came in the middle of it. And then playing Borderlands 2 as the Mechromancer, with Anarchy, where you lose all your stacks if you reload before the clip is empty... man that has been hard to get used to.Slayer_2 said:
I tend to explore too much. Dishonored, for example. Spend hours on each level, rooting out every nook and cranny and possible route. Kinda destroys the replay value.
Also, I've built up a ridiculously large backlog of games, yet still buy more.
Also, I've built up a ridiculously large backlog of games, yet still buy more.
I usually hold on or gather powerful weapons or equipment "just in case" and wind up never using them.
When I play games that have challenge modes, if one flaw happens in a combo or what have you, I will restart that playthrough and never continue, even though that flaw might chain into something bigger and better down the line.
When I was heavy into Both Arkham City and Arkham Asylum, the fight challenge rooms were absolutely terrible, because if I didn't have a 10x combo in fighting almost immediately, I'd restart the whole match. That made probably a two or three hour gameplay match about...I'd say 10 or 11 hours longer than it should have been.
When I play Gotham City Imposters (I just realized I have a huge DC video game kick, oddly enough), I will also stock up on ammunition and health as much as possible. Did I mention I have OCD in some small cases?
When I was heavy into Both Arkham City and Arkham Asylum, the fight challenge rooms were absolutely terrible, because if I didn't have a 10x combo in fighting almost immediately, I'd restart the whole match. That made probably a two or three hour gameplay match about...I'd say 10 or 11 hours longer than it should have been.
When I play Gotham City Imposters (I just realized I have a huge DC video game kick, oddly enough), I will also stock up on ammunition and health as much as possible. Did I mention I have OCD in some small cases?
I think everybody that buys games regularly has this problem. We all think that we'll get to those games eventually, and we never do.SadisticBrownie said:
I have a hard time in a lot of older RPGs because I'm too afraid of messing anything up. So I often spend more time worrying about doing things correctly than playing the game and having fun. It's one of the big reasons that there are so many old RPGs in my backlog.
You know? I never realized how many people felt the compulsion to reload til just now, I thought there were a lot fewer of us.
Seriously though, I very rarely expend more than half a clip on a SMG/Assault Rifle type weapon and tend to reload after every shot from a sniper rifle... even if there's 10 rounds in the clip. I think it's mostly due to the fact that if you reload when you still have bullets left you can fight off something still if it interrupts your reload. That and I always map it to middle mouse so it's always right there.
I avoid Tediore in Borderlands 2 for this very reason... although the one time I did use them I completed the entire challenge for dealing damage with Tediore weapons really quickly.
Seriously though, I very rarely expend more than half a clip on a SMG/Assault Rifle type weapon and tend to reload after every shot from a sniper rifle... even if there's 10 rounds in the clip. I think it's mostly due to the fact that if you reload when you still have bullets left you can fight off something still if it interrupts your reload. That and I always map it to middle mouse so it's always right there.
I avoid Tediore in Borderlands 2 for this very reason... although the one time I did use them I completed the entire challenge for dealing damage with Tediore weapons really quickly.
I never use the ultimate weapons I'm hoarding because I'm afraid that, despite the current fight being ridiculously difficult, my next fight might be even more ridiculously difficult, and then I'll need the ungodly powerful weapons I'm hoarding. And the health potions. And the mana potions. And I'll be lucky to have all that backlogged ammunition for the rocket launcher I didn't use to kill those tanks earlier. It'll all come in handy for the next fight, I swear...
When the game gets tense, i chew my tongue. Been doing it for several years and still haven't stopped myself from doing it yet.
I have to explore an entire area before moving on. I don't even enjoy it really, I just feel really bad about not knowing where that door on the left led to... I might be moving past it with Dishonoured though, I wasn't frantically searching for the 100000000000 ways in/through an area before actually going through with it.
ProTip: Hiding in the rafters is always the best idea.
I like starting certain games again because the opening is cool. I regularly restart Bioshock because the intro and Medical levels are awesome. The following level with the Research Camera makes me drop the game completely every time though.
I've been through the opening of Persona 4 at least 4 times now. It's still fucking amazing. The pacing is spot on, the music is epic, there's a perfect amount of story/dialogue/gameplay/combat gameplay ratio and the opening two hours is just all round awesome.
Also the start of Dark Souls. Level 1 invades are hilarious. Then Blighttown happens and oops, there goes that playthrough!
ProTip: Hiding in the rafters is always the best idea.
I like starting certain games again because the opening is cool. I regularly restart Bioshock because the intro and Medical levels are awesome. The following level with the Research Camera makes me drop the game completely every time though.
I've been through the opening of Persona 4 at least 4 times now. It's still fucking amazing. The pacing is spot on, the music is epic, there's a perfect amount of story/dialogue/gameplay/combat gameplay ratio and the opening two hours is just all round awesome.
Also the start of Dark Souls. Level 1 invades are hilarious. Then Blighttown happens and oops, there goes that playthrough!
Driving on sidewalks, or in the on-coming lane.
Also, I'm a bit of a collector. If there's a special, unique, or rare item I have to hold onto it and put it somewhere. Like in FNV and Skyrim, I have a cupboard deticated to my trophies.
Also, I'm a bit of a collector. If there's a special, unique, or rare item I have to hold onto it and put it somewhere. Like in FNV and Skyrim, I have a cupboard deticated to my trophies.
If the number in my ammo count is anything but a number that ends in 0 or a multiple of the magazine (eg. mag of 5 i have 15 other bullets left) I get really upset and will not be happy until the number is "correct."
If I missed something I felt was important I also get really upset.
Also I am another OCD reloader which doesn't help with my first OCD issue but I always like having full mags in my gun.
If I missed something I felt was important I also get really upset.
Also I am another OCD reloader which doesn't help with my first OCD issue but I always like having full mags in my gun.
Whenever I play a multiplayer RPG with friends (WoW or Borderlands) I will outlevel them. This will generally upset them into no longer playing with me, and we'll just pass here and there, and by the time we're all max level we'll have totally different in game social groups.
I don't do it maliciously either, it's always "I'll play another hour, they won't mind if I'm a level or 2 higher".
I don't do it maliciously either, it's always "I'll play another hour, they won't mind if I'm a level or 2 higher".
I am also a compulsive reloader.
Another thing for me is that I almost never use any consumable items. Health regaining ones only when necessary and temporary boosts never. I always sell them, so I can buy something that lasts.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME
Another thing for me is that I almost never use any consumable items. Health regaining ones only when necessary and temporary boosts never. I always sell them, so I can buy something that lasts.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME
My name is IFS and I'm a compulsive reloader. My bigger issue in games with an inventory system is hoarding, if it could prove useful, or is worth a decent amount, or I want it as a trophy, or for any number of reasons I will pick it up and go to great lengths never to drop anything.
Most of my New Vegas characters end up alchoholics because drinking boosts strength and I drink often enough to carry more loot that it becomes pointless to cure my addictions. I also remember making several runs all the way through the elven ruin in dragon age (the part with the werewolves) just so I wouldn't have to destroy loot.
Most of my New Vegas characters end up alchoholics because drinking boosts strength and I drink often enough to carry more loot that it becomes pointless to cure my addictions. I also remember making several runs all the way through the elven ruin in dragon age (the part with the werewolves) just so I wouldn't have to destroy loot.
well my fist bad habit was leaving my games out of the case and when they stopped playing there was no one to blame except me now all my games REMAIN IN THE CASE at all cost unless it is being played.
My other bad habit sort of goes with Loot games See cool weapon/accessory/etc, drop remove all the stuff I don't need and pick up what ever it was.
My other bad habit sort of goes with Loot games See cool weapon/accessory/etc, drop remove all the stuff I don't need and pick up what ever it was.