When I play open world games, I love mucking around, trying to poke into harder areas early, exploring every corner of the map, checking back to see if I can pick that lock yet, etc. etc. etc. I'm not a crazy min-maxer when it comes to stats, but I AM the loon that picked up every single piece of paper in G5.
So what I need to know is - how likely am I to run my clock down/get a lot of negative effects? I'm so stressed about it right now that I save when I go into a town, I'll save, do my wandering, then reload, and re-do only the bits that were fruitful. It's not as much fun as I'd like!! Haha. I'm also changing my behaviour with dungeons. Normally, I'd try to be methodical to make sure I find all the sneaky switches/item boxes - I clear a whole floor, then head to town to heal before heading down the trap doors/upstairs, etc. Now I won't go back until my magic users are completely out of energy, even if I've had to stop in the middle of a hallway/crossroads or somewhere equally unsatisfying. Somebody please tell me how necessary this kind of stuff is before I drive myself insane! Haha.
(If it matters, I'm playing on hard - my spiderweb experience makes up for my lack of general RPG savvy)
PS Are Levy's 25 coins worth popping by Emergence in the first area? I imagine the second is no for sure.