I spend a lot of time in open-world games just doing what I want to do. Games themselves are about "wasting time" so there is no guilt for me.
For instance, I built this over the last few days (still a work in progress):
Why? It doesn't serve any kind of in-game purpose. I could throw up some shacks and it would be the same difference as far as the settlers are concerned. I just enjoy doing it. I'm also building a large slave farm. Yep, going the raider route.
I also spend hours tweaking my character. She changes clothes all the time but she also changes looks. This is her latest:
One of the things that I love, for some reason, is to make enemy factions fight. I go way out of my way and do all kinds of convoluted things just to bring that about. Yesterday, I dragged a Mirelurk Queen into a pack of enemy robots. I was very satisfied.
