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[Cowboy Colt]

Speaking of guns, on the rare occasion I play an FPS I'll go as far as possible using only the default starting weapon, usually by virtue of scoring headshots against nearly every enemy. The pistol is eventually rendered entirely useless, and only then do I switch to the alternatives.

On the plus side, I have a ton of ammo for those guns by the time I get there.

I have a similar habit but it's more a case of saving more powerful/effective weapons for more difficult enemies/areas, even though half the time I finish the mission and they vanish anyway.

[EagleV]

Speaking of guns, on the rare occasion I play an FPS I'll go as far as possible using only the default starting weapon, usually by virtue of scoring headshots against nearly every enemy. The pistol is eventually rendered entirely useless, and only then do I switch to the alternatives.

On the plus side, I have a ton of ammo for those guns by the time I get there.

I have a similar habit but it's more a case of saving more powerful/effective weapons for more difficult enemies/areas, even though half the time I finish the mission and they vanish anyway.

I have this with almost any consumable that's not easily obtainable. Even in games like the Witcher, where you can brew more, I don't like using oils or potions before a fight just in case I'd need them later. This was terrible in Rage, where I saved every BFG bullet I could find for the final boss fight, only to find that the "boss fight" was way easier than the rest of the game.

[Johuotar]

It's a long time ago now but when I played Rainbow Six 3 online I had the habit of reloading my weapon for no reason(you could reload even if you had full clip). Sometimes that got me killed as terrorist appeared and gunned me while I was changing magazine.

[miauw62]

If there is a limited supply of something in a game (usually uses for an ability or something), I am always extremely conservative with using it and usually end up never using it.


E: I also do the jumping thing.

[timferius]

If there is a limited supply of something in a game (usually uses for an ability or something), I am always extremely conservative with using it and usually end up never using it.

This. Temporary buff potions are the worst. I horde them, by the end of the game I'll have mounds of potions of this or that, but I'll MAYBE use one or two all game. Because what if I need them?

[Arx]

That's not an unusual habit. That's normal.

[Cowboy Colt]

It's a long time ago now but when I played Rainbow Six 3 online I had the habit of reloading my weapon for no reason(you could reload even if you had full clip). Sometimes that got me killed as terrorist appeared and gunned me while I was changing magazine.

I blame Call of Duty for that!

I never did it before Modern Warfare, now I reload at every possible moment in arena shooters like Halo and Quake.

[Cowboy Colt]

If there is a limited supply of something in a game (usually uses for an ability or something), I am always extremely conservative with using it and usually end up never using it.

This. Temporary buff potions are the worst. I horde them, by the end of the game I'll have mounds of potions of this or that, but I'll MAYBE use one or two all game. Because what if I need them?

I'll gladly risk a punishing death rather than waste that valuable Phoenix Down.

[Nighthawk]

My reloading syndrome is so bad that even when the clip has to be partially empty to reload, I'll purposefully fire one bullet from the full clip just so I can reload again.

How in the hell did I become addicted to reloading?

[timferius]

Those nice smooth clicking noise of the release, the satisfying almost crunch noise of the new clip attaching and the bullet chambering. The small number in the corner increasing, the usually detailed, fluid animation. How can you NOT love reloading?

[flame99]

If there is a limited supply of something in a game (usually uses for an ability or something), I am always extremely conservative with using it and usually end up never using it.

This. Temporary buff potions are the worst. I horde them, by the end of the game I'll have mounds of potions of this or that, but I'll MAYBE use one or two all game. Because what if I need them?

I'll gladly risk a punishing death rather than waste that valuable Phoenix Down.

I've never really had this problem, except for when there's only one use. Then you can bet your ass that it won't even see a use against the super-ultra-final-this-time-for-real boss.

[StupidElves]

Whenever I'm playing something with platforming in it, I'll move the controller in the way I want the guy to go as if it'll make him go further so that he can reach the mark.

If I'm playing an FPS, I tend to use nothing but explosives. I don't know why, I just do.

4X games, if I go to war, I will not stop until that enemy has been defeated and all of their land is now mine.

In an RTS game, I tend to focus on turtling until I get the max tech so I can go all "I'VE GOT SUPER TECH!"

[Rolan7]

I never had that problem with phoenix downs or potions as long as they can be bought in the shop, since they're always so cheap after the beginning.  Elixirs and other technically-limited items, however, only get used once I get really frustrated with a boss (usually after a few deaths).

In the original Unreal I was very miserly about ammo at first.  Some enemies could be safely taken out with the dispersion pistol and lots of dodging, so I did.  Brutes, Kraal, gasbags, hissticks (as my brother and I called them).  Pretty much everything except Skaarj, who dodged the dispersion blasts and had powerful melee attacks or actual guns.  Also Sliths because screw those guys.

But titans *definitely* qualified for dispersion pistol pacification.  It was tricky sometimes, and took a while, but was so satisfying.

Oh and Sunspire was particularly rough for us.  Pretty much the whole level is pitch dark, and we got lost a lot, so we hated to use up the limited stock of flares.  What if we've already been in this room?  No, instead we used the dispersion pistol as a flashlight.  A desecrated temple illuminated by lightning-like flashes of blue light, infested with pouncing spider-like enemies who strike from the darkness.  And since the gun had regenerating instead of infinite ammo, whenever we finally found the direction of progress we'd generally be nearly out of charge and have to flee down the darkened corridors we'd been lost in.  It was creepy and fun!

We also got used to playing without sound to avoid waking our parents, since we weren't supposed to be playing it at all.  So nowadays I find myself listening to podcasts and movies a lot while I game.

[Itnetlolor]

If there is a limited supply of something in a game (usually uses for an ability or something), I am always extremely conservative with using it and usually end up never using it.

This. Temporary buff potions are the worst. I horde them, by the end of the game I'll have mounds of potions of this or that, but I'll MAYBE use one or two all game. Because what if I need them?

I'll gladly risk a punishing death rather than waste that valuable Phoenix Down.

I've never really had this problem, except for when there's only one use. Then you can bet your ass that it won't even see a use against the super-ultra-final-this-time-for-real boss.

Does anybody else see or use healing spells and such as offensive ones as well? More often than not, I keep my phoenix downs and such just in case I run into a particularly difficult undead enemy or boss; why? Because you revive the undead boss with a healing/revive item, it kills them on the spot. ...Wait.

Got that habit from Final Fantasy. Undead being a hassle? Heal them, or revive them. So you have 10,000 HP and are an elite badass class enemy. Answer to my phoenix down which only cost me 150GP apiece.

Want to really be abusive, run into an all-powerful undead eldritch horror, with many parts, and hit them with a megaelixer. While at it, why were they carrying one? Did they expect to cyanide pill themselves?

Hell, in Magicka against Solifuge one time, he summoned craploads of zombies to go after me, and I kept doing my healing glacier move, and rendered that tactic entirely pointless; killing all the zombies, and maxing out my health every time. BTW, zombies take awhile to summon; healing glacier, really simple and quick.

[Shadowlord]

If there is a limited supply of something in a game (usually uses for an ability or something), I am always extremely conservative with using it and usually end up never using it.

This. Temporary buff potions are the worst. I horde them, by the end of the game I'll have mounds of potions of this or that, but I'll MAYBE use one or two all game. Because what if I need them?

I tend to stockpile stuff as well, although I do it even more when crafting is involved: By the end of the Witcher 1 my inventory was full of potions, oils, bombs, along with blade enhancers and food. I had 12 Swallow potions alone (and I was chugging those things all the time, although not so much near the end of the game when nothing could touch me).

This is a screenshot showing my inventory: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26452959/witcher_2014_12_02_13_48_55_139.jpg
It doesn't have any spoilers unless you consider the location one, and can recognize it from the background.
My reagents storage isn't full only because I kept selling the more valuable ones.
I also had a bank which is half-full, all with stuff I didn't need but wasn't sure if I might have needed later, or couldn't find anyone to sell it to anymore.

Almost none of this imported into The Witcher 2.