But I might need 99 of every potion for the last boss!

So what you’re saying is I’ll never actually need it and it’s just for players trying to make the game easier

And that if I use it I’ll be without it in the presumably increasing difficulty to come

This is why I like roguelike mechanics. Permadeath encourages me not to hoard and the hunger clock encourages me not to grind.

This is also how I am with customer rewards points.

“Hmm, I have enough to cover today’s slice of pizza, but if I save up, I’ll have enough for an entire pizza in five years”

This is actually why I’m so simultaneously good and bad at Resident Evil. Because I am too scared to waste a single bullet, so much so that I taught myself how to use the knife. Becoming convinced that killing every enemy with guns that blocks an important hallway is not feasible.

Even though I’ve seen Let’s Plays where that is absolutely the case and there are no ammo shortages, about a million times.

I’m good because I can actually get a good ways through the game while doing this, I suck, because I will spend most of the game in caution because I did this. And we’ll waste a lot of time as I will need to leave a room and reenter if the zombie gets too close without falling