Exactly what I do. I fucked up long ago and had to grind an end boss for weeks to not replay the entire game (saved with basically nothing in inventory).
Now I rotate save files, always keep stacks of consumables, etc. and absolutely never use awesome or unique items. Because you never know.
The sad part is I’m much better at games now, having had 30 more years to practice, so I rarely even need those crutches… unless theres an easy to use hotkey for it, I probably wont use them much. The situation that convinced me to be abundantly cautious has literally never happened, or come close to happening, again, and not at all because I changed strategies.
Exactly what I do. I fucked up long ago and had to grind an end boss for weeks to not replay the entire game (saved with basically nothing in inventory).
Now I rotate save files, always keep stacks of consumables, etc. and absolutely never use awesome or unique items. Because you never know.
The sad part is I’m much better at games now, having had 30 more years to practice, so I rarely even need those crutches… unless theres an easy to use hotkey for it, I probably wont use them much. The situation that convinced me to be abundantly cautious has literally never happened, or come close to happening, again, and not at all because I changed strategies.