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 Member 2043 Level 29.93 Mar 2006 
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For me, it really depends on what RPG I'm playing at the time.
Any game in the Final Fantasy series, I very, VERY rarely buy any items. Even though I have the money for it. Why? It's so damn easy. You'll find items lying around anyways, and those will most likely suffice for whatever you're going to do until you find a save point. That and I'm usually broke for weapons too. (At least in Final Fantasy VI) Shining Force series though, I usually stock up on the best healing items for every long stretch of the game. Since enemes tend to kill you in two hits regardless of your HP, I stock up if I don't have a town to go to for 3 or more battles. No antidotes or anything else of that kind though. If a character's poisoned, sucks for them. Seiken Densetsu 3, I remember distinctly, I stocked up on two things, Round Drops/Pakkun Chocolates/Honey Drinks (depending on how far I am through the game) and Angel Grails. I stocked nothing else. That's just about all I needed. Games like Fallout/Diablo on the other hand, Massive buying of Healing Potions/Stimpaks like there's no tomorrow. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
Member 2043 Level 29.93 Mar 2006
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Final Fantasy 1, on the other hand, money was like as valuable as oil is right now, Phoenix downs did not exist and potions heal like 1/5 of your health as well as any cure spells you might have. Ethers were non-existant so you had to have the money to go to an inn. It takes money to save as well. And since magic could not be cast religiously, it was going to be hard to recover any HP without items. That and everything else cost a fortune too, like Magic and weapons.
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It also depends on if its worth it to buy the stuff or not. Like, in most games (or at least most Final Fantasy games) you have enough MP to cast whatever you're going to cast religiously that you don't need any Ethers or MP restoring items. High level heal spells (Cure3 for example) completely negate the need for any X-Potions you might be hoarding. And the all purpose Esuna will negate any need for remedies. Hell, even Final Fantasy 8 made the item command optional.
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