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This is the way if you aren’t rich and can master compartmentalizing.
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One of my early mentors said that he was a full time musician that worked in software during the day to pay the bills. After all this time, I get what he means.
As someone that turned a programming hobby into a career… it fucking sucks. I don’t have enough time in the day to get back to hobbies, so when the work day ends, zoning out to video games late into the night becomes my main quest. Can’t complain but this full-time job side quest fucking sucks, especially with AI muscling into everything and sucking the oxygen out of the room.
This damn side quest is taking too much time of what is available before credits and the rewards are not worth it
Cosmetic rewards aren’t enough. We need in game currency to keep up with the other faction
It's like this side quest is just the same grind just to maintain the starter level potions and save spot. Loading screens mention experience will lead to level gains but I think they've been patched out
Aka work to live, not live to work
Works well if you don't need to work for a meal or roof over your head.
For the rest of us, 6 days a week to keep head above water.
It works fine even if you need to work for a meal and a roof.
My main motto…
My main job is my hobby. Problem is there’s a bunch of assholes there calling for meetings and getting in the way with other nonsense, various red tape and other bullshit.
I treated hobbies like the main quest and started playing video games during the work day. You're right! Life feels totally different.
Ah, crap. I have 500 hours in Fallout 4 and still haven't beaten the main story yet due to side quests. Guess I never get to go home.
Great! Here's another transmitter for another rooftop...
Great! Here's the coordinates for another piece of tech to find...
As someone who just started playing FO4 for the first time because it was single digit cheap and now have 85 hours vested: I feel that pain lol.
Everyone hates doing their daily's
Well, I usually focus on the side quests 😓
ez gg when you don't need to work all the time to save any money and you don't have kids that take up all the rest your time, wp wp
Wouldn't work, as I am already treating my side quests like my job and my main quests like my hobbies.
Problem: I ignore everything not related to the main story
What's the alternative? How do other people live?
I think of the difference as "work to live" vs "live to work"
lots of people grind for income
I've done it. trying to transition away from that and get to the point where work is the side quest instead of the main focus
What bicycle is dis
Fucking dailies gold grind blech