Emphasis on the hybrid. Not suggesting I watch full walkthroighs before I walk in and do anything. As I want the greater world and the stories left a mystery and to be experienced. But if I get stuck somewhere for too long that I'm losing joy or think I'm missing something or losing track of direction. I will seek reddit or a YouTube video for some guidance.
I stress out and lose a lot of joy in blind playthroughs. And I can't watch blind playthroughs online as they stress me out knowing that players are walking right by and missing something that would be improving their experience.
I'm in my second playthrough rn, and I've been watching tutorials on questlines to max out a mage playthrough with Ranni's questline. And I've got to say, I'm having an absolute blast and am thrilled I went this route rather than trying to do it blind. I'm certain I would have missed it all. Certain I would have missed Sellen entirely and missed out on some key sorceries that have become the core of my gameplay. But her story and questline and how it ended were still not spoiled for me as I only had locations for where to go next spoiled, not what happens.