Odd quirks you have while playing RPGs

[IncendiaryDevice]

Mmmm, gems.

Proceed to kill the most violent dragon in the game and only loot 2 rubies, 3,000 gold and a gold cup. Pah! These RPG dragons know nothing of dragon hoarding...

Currently playing DIV: OS, and the game has so far given me 3 diamonds, one of which wont stack with the other two, 2 crystals, 3 malachites & 3 star pebbles. No idea why the game has these but I'm loathe to sell them as I was expecting to make a hoard at some point. Can't really make a hoard with just 11 gems.

 

[Gregz]

Mmmm, gems.

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What game is this ^ ?

 

[IncendiaryDevice]

Mmmm, gems.

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What game is this ^ ?

It's Avadon 1, but I do it in most RPGs where loot doesn't vanish if you drop it and come back later. Avadon is just one I have a screeny for because of some convo a few years back or something.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[oldmanpaco]

I always play a tanky wizard on my first run of an RPG. This goes back to Ultima IV or so.

 

[Viata]

No elves in my party. If the game forces me to have elves, I dislike the game even if it's the best game out there.

 

[unfairlight]

I rarely if ever sell quest reward and unique items. I often collect them and place them around my player homes if the game has any.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

Mmmm, gems.

Proceed to kill the most violent dragon in the game and only loot 2 rubies, 3,000 gold and a gold cup. Pah! These RPG dragons know nothing of dragon hoarding...

Currently playing DIV: OS, and the game has so far given me 3 diamonds, one of which wont stack with the other two, 2 crystals, 3 malachites & 3 star pebbles. No idea why the game has these but I'm loathe to sell them as I was expecting to make a hoard at some point. Can't really make a hoard with just 11 gems.

This opulent screenshot almost turned me into a Jew.

 

[Tiger666]

Mmmm, gems.

Proceed to kill the most violent dragon in the game and only loot 2 rubies, 3,000 gold and a gold cup. Pah! These RPG dragons know nothing of dragon hoarding...

Currently playing DIV: OS, and the game has so far given me 3 diamonds, one of which wont stack with the other two, 2 crystals, 3 malachites & 3 star pebbles. No idea why the game has these but I'm loathe to sell them as I was expecting to make a hoard at some point. Can't really make a hoard with just 11 gems.

This is a thing of beauty.

 

[Darth Canoli]

Do you have any strange habits or quirks that you exhibit when playing RPGs?

I kill myself every time i come across a loading screen.

When i wake up in the morgue, there's a flying talking skull telling me the game wasn't so bad and i actually enjoyed it, then it happens all over again.

 

[Tiger666]

Always turn left first in an area I haven't explored yet. Like if there's a large room with a number of doors to explore, I will always take the left door first. Also, try to avoid going through the door I'm sure leads to the next part of the main objective. I'll leave that to last and explore all other directions first.

 

[JarlFrank]

Do you not equip boots on the females when it is an option Jarl?

I'll let this screenshot of last year's Morrowind playthrough speak for itself:

So yes. If you can actually see equipment displayed on the character (or in the inventory paperdoll) I do not equip footwear on my female characters, or equip them only with sandals if sandals are in the game.

 

[Zep Zepo]

Not only do you look like a gnome...you have serious psychological problems, dude.
Get Help. Seriously.

Zep--

 

[octavius]

Do you not equip boots on the females when it is an option Jarl?

I'll let this screenshot of last year's Morrowind playthrough speak for itself:

So yes. If you can actually see equipment displayed on the character (or in the inventory paperdoll) I do not equip footwear on my female characters, or equip them only with sandals if sandals are in the game.

Why you dirty podophile...

 

[JarlFrank]

Not only do you look like a gnome...you have serious psychological problems, dude.
Get Help. Seriously.

Zep--

RPGs are my help

 

[Zep Zepo]

RPGs are my help

Of course, you do good work in that department. But clean yourself up, man.

Aren't you in Japan? Shave, Get a haircut. Get a Waifu. You should be swimming in yellow pussy in no time.

Zep--

 

[abnaxus]

Put only cute gurls in the party.

 

[JarlFrank]

Aren't you in Japan? Shave, Get a haircut.

You're probably mistaking me for someone else in this detail :D

 

[Zep Zepo]

You're probably mistaking me for someone else in this detail :D

Hmm..could be. Maybe it's MindX that looks like the garden gnome.

Zep--

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

I tend to make a separate save file and then go on a killing spree if the game allows me to do it.

Once my character is killed in action, I reload that save and continue playing as if nothing happened.

IIRC this habit started when I played Fallout 3 for the first time. I just wanted to put these poor NPCs out of their misery.

 

[unfairlight]

Oh yeah, that reminds me of how I kill anyone that insults me in RPGs. Same reason why I never joined Legion in New Vegas, I was always too fed up with their shit on my very first meeting. Being a wasteland psycho is fun.

 

[taxalot]

I explore most of the open world as soon as I get access to it, talk to everyone, get all the quests, and when I'm done I forgot who the fuck were those people and why am I supposed to do these.

 

[anvi]

The only quirk I can think of, happens to me in any type of game. If I see a location that gives me nice feelings, or a bit of music I like, or a sound effect, or bit of gameplay, anything nice, there is a chance it will remind me of another game and then I want to play it. But it can be so unrelated. So for example in Factorio when placing a turret, it reminded me of the Halflife episode where you pick up turrets and place them in preparation for a big attack when and you have to defend. Or in an Arma3 while flying a chopper I went over a small stone castle and it instantly reminded me of a fort I used to hunt at in an MMORPG that I really loved and I wanted to just ALT F4 out of Arma to play that game right away. It tends to only happen if I am not 100% satisfied or immersed.

The only other thing I can think of is how much I hate towns in games which I explained in a recent post.

 

[a Goat]

I scratch my left testicle if the combat is tactical, right if it's action based.

 

[Beastro]

Mmmm, gems.

Proceed to kill the most violent dragon in the game and only loot 2 rubies, 3,000 gold and a gold cup. Pah! These RPG dragons know nothing of dragon hoarding...

Currently playing DIV: OS, and the game has so far given me 3 diamonds, one of which wont stack with the other two, 2 crystals, 3 malachites & 3 star pebbles. No idea why the game has these but I'm loathe to sell them as I was expecting to make a hoard at some point. Can't really make a hoard with just 11 gems.

ITT we learn that ID is a gem ferret.



No doubt every RPG player is a ferret of their own sort, if only for being exp ferrets.