Self-imposed rules in video games

[Kaynil]

So, I was playing Bravely Default today and I was basically letting party members die and then reviving them strategically in order to make them catch up with one another and have them all have a similar amount of experience so they all levelled up after the same one battle. That got me thinking just how often I do this pointless grinding just because it is a mild annoyance for me that the characters are far apart in their required experience points. I tend to do this even if I don't get the party in one go.

Another self-imposed rule is an arbitrary number of repeats I can get with items ina game with limits. I rather sell items before reaching the limit as to not waste the possibility of making a bit of extra money, but I am still a big hoarder.

How about you? Do you have any rules you tend to follow but that have never been explicitly told by a game you had to do it like that? Things that you won't feel tranquil if you are not doing them like that. Any funny stories?

 

[Demon_skeith]

back in the day, or now really, I try and do grinds in short bursts, like a few minutes here, a few there. Just to avoid any long grind sessions, as they get extremely tedious.

 

[Nova]

I am definitely imposing new rules on myself. The reason being my health was damaged a lot during that time due to too much couch gaming.