I never use any consumables

I am sure you will end up using only level 1 & 2 consumables because Platinum will be just as easy.

Wait.., do you mean consumables or boosters?

Who are you trying to impress? In a nutshell you just said your no different than 95% of pugs because you, d rather save lv1 consumables for a difficulty that may never come to andromeda....

Redex.

There is stuff that I use (and find useful) on gold ... like ammo, shields or strength enhancer. I don't use those on silver or bronze. There is stuff ... like the XP booster ... that I use when leveling up a character ... still waiting to unlock the latest UR, so I've collected a fair amount of that booster ... otherwise, not interested since all my characters are level 20. One thing I have not looked at, rail amps, after the big weapon buffs ... probably need to relook the utility of those ... same for power boosters. Might be an alternative to ammo, which always seems to be in short supply.

The rest of the stuff I find less useful ... some bordering on useless ... and will use on silver and bronze, just to clean out the inventory. This is where I ended up in ME3MP ... having a similar epiphany to the one had by gethadept.

Now, if the store would just let me trade in my ammo packs for ammo boosters ...

Good for you. I wonder, the pugs who never used anything in me3 platinum, are they still waiting for that diamond difficulty? Will they ever get to use those consumables

I've had pugs and friends show up in ME3 plat without any consumables. But, they tend to use more medi-gel. Even level 1 or 2 consumables can let you get by with less gel usage.

I lol every time I hear people are stocking up for platinum, because that day may never come.

OP is right. Boosters are for pussies.

For sure. The old saying that it matters how you use it, not the size yada yada applies here too.