In the midst of what seems like my 900th playthrough of TOTK I started thinking about how my gameplay has changed over the past year, specifically in the things I STOPPED doing

THE TEARS The first time through I did all the tears and memories, partially to get the story and I thought it was going to be an easy way to get the Master Sword. It was not. Since play 1 I haven’t gone near the tears and EVERY memory everywhere gets a big FF

FULL ARMOR UPGRADES. I used to get all my main armors fully upgraded but a couple playthroughs ago I realized stopping at 2 upgrades to get the set bonus is good enough. Last time I didn’t even bother with the 4th Great Fairy. Same with Zonai batteries. I don’t need all color batteries especially when device blink out before getting anywhere near the end of my battery power.

SAGE’S WILL. Since my first play, I have skipped all the King Gleeok ones and haven’t gone out of my way to find any. If I find them, fine. If not…meh. I don’t really notice a difference if a Sage is upgraded or not

KOROK SLOT UPGRADES. I used to get enough to get full bow/weapon slots, but it’s really not necessary. When you use your last seed the idea of needing to go find 25 more for the next slot is just too tedious

BUBBULFROGS. I don’t need all the rewards anymore. I just get enough to get the White Lynel horn and then I stop.

So far, I still get ALL the shrines and ALL the sages, but I could see at some point not bothering with Mineru