Poll of the Day > When there's a game choice of risk vs. reward... do you ever not maximum risk?

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Seriously!

Ok, this is excluding the fact that you can save scum forever until you eventually win... I'm not counting that.

You have a risk vs. reward choice... how often do you take the easy path, let alone the easiest path, and not maximum risk!
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Depends on how OP I am or if I've figured out how the game the system.
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Yaknow... I had this idea for a while, and now that I've posted it I can't help but think that games don't really offer risk/reward choices very often these days
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No. It's why my investment portfolio is 100% penny stocks.

I don't maximize risk often at all...
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I go the safe route majority of the time.

I usually weigh the two sides and try to find a balance.
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Depends on the game, and the consequences. And also the odds of success.

I really only go maximum risk/reward when I know I can save-scum my way to guaranteed victory, or when the consequences for failure are almost meaningless.

It's a large part of why I don't play rogue-likes - any game that resets all of my effort off a single failure sucks all enjoyment out of a game for me. I basically need steady progress - even if incremental - versus constantly risking losing everything.

In any game where you can theoretically grind for small amounts of money or gamble for larger amounts (with the risk of losing everything), I'll choose the grind almost every time. Unless I've found a way to cheat the system or save-scum.
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