One of my favorite heuristics for life is: act more like a PC, less like an NPC. I was brainstorming with a friend of mine about things to remember to act more like a PC, and there’s what we came up with:
-don’t do the same thing over and over again 
-when you see something you don’t understand, ask “what’s going on here” 
-acquire skills 
-coordinate with other PCs 
-set quests 
-optimize your inventory 
-find walkthroughs for the boring stuff 
-everything could be significant, so be observant 
-you have everything you need 
-there are very useful NPCs 
-friendly NPCs wil give you stuff helpful for your quests 
-there has to be a solution 
-you might have to click every pixel on the screen 
-the thing that you’re looking for will be highlighted, but you need to learn to look carefully 
-have a high default level of entitlement 
-be aware that NPCs will try to make PCs follow rules, always 
-grinding is never the most expedient solution 
-practice the most useful skills 
-keep your HP high 
-keep your MP high 
-people have alignments 
-NPCs are usually transparent about their alignment 
-it is worthwhile to figure out the alignment of other PCs 
-some NPCs are NPCs by choice 
-bosses always have an exploitable flaw, so you can beat them whether you’re qualified or not 
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