I would like 99 of these, and 99 of those, and 99 tents to pitch at the hottie.

I never fully stock up to 99 of any item. I figure if I get up to 99, then I fight an enemy that I can steal that item from, or it drops it, and I can't carry it because I'm maxed out, then that's an extra 100 gil or whatever I could have saved up for something else. So normally, I don't purchase more than 70 of an item, and I start selling once I get over that. I always buy the newest of each weapon and armor though. I also refrain from using any items for anything. I will use magic to cure instead, since magic can usually be restored for the price of just one general healing item, so using magic is a lot less costly.

Final Fantasies were pretty stingy with money until 6, I believe. I remember in 5, Phoenix downs were 1000 gil, while staying at an inn or a tonic were only about 50 gil.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Cyrus XIII

I played some FF4 Advance lately (which by the way is an excellent port) and ran into a rather embarassing episode. I'll share it with you guys nonetheless, because it really fits the topic:

So I'm in the second town and have some money to spend already. Going through the motions of my FF routine, I stock up on weapons and armor first (or try to, as there isn't anything useful for my my characters yet), buy five units of each status recovering item (except those expensive thingies that cure petrify), three Phoenix Downs and twenty regular potions.
A short while later Edward joins the gang, who I immediately find to be as useless as a hole in the knee. But he has that Heal skill that recovers about ten to twenty HP for each character. Not a complete loss I think and brawling myself through the next dungeon, I use it frequently. Until during one battle, halfaway through, the game tells me, "No healing items left.".

What the...? The skill - which I didn't remember - used up all my potions and throwing down with that Ant Lion actually became at least a bit challenging. I guess that's one way to be pushed out of your RPG buying habits.

I did the same damn thing. Only, it was my first time through the game, so I clenched my teeth and tried to force my way through as well as possible. I made it, but I never went back to Edward again for tricking me like that.

There's nowhere I can't reach.