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

I tend to stock up on healing items the most. If I don't have enough money, I still try to make sure that I have at least ten of each important healing item. In terms of weapons or armor, I don't tend to buy a lot while visiting shops. My habit has always been to simply use whatever I find in the game.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by GoldfishX

In Suikoden games, spending becomes interesting...Figure you'll likely have around 40-50 active party members, a number of which will need top-of-the-line armor and weapon upgrades. So maxing out a character's weapon is something of an investment of both money and committing to using the character, since you'll run out of money fast if you just try to do everyone.

In other RPGs I've played, a character I invested in happened to die or leave the party for various reasons. Now I tend to simply max out the main character since I know that he'll at least be available during the final battle.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Amanda

One of the worst offenders for making money useless was Kingdom Hearts. For the first half of the game I was scrimping and saving every bit of munney (or was it munnies? or munny? I forget) just to keep my party in hi-potions and new weapons. Then, after the first time through Hollow Bastion, munney was suddenly useless. The only new weapons and items were ones you had to find through random drops or synthasize or whatever. Enemies started dropping potions so regularly that I didn't need to buy them any more, and I barely had to buy any to max them out when I decided to do so. And...that's it. Unless you're one of those people who actually enjoyed gummi ships and gave enough of a damn about them to bother building some, there's nothing else in the game to spend your cash on. I literally maxed out my party's funds long before the game ended. Hell, Sora had enough to retire on by the time I was finished.

Ah, I remember that in Kingdom Hearts as well. I decided to spend an hour leveling up in one of the worlds and I soon discovered that my money had reached its limit. In Kingdom Hearts II, I experienced a similar situation that you described. Enemies in Twilight Town dropped items like Mega Potions and Mega Ethers too frequently for me to buy anything.

How ya doing, buddy?