Is it worth continuing after losing everything?

[Ganymede]

I play for ~1-2 hours and find myself reaching a point where I eventually die without picking up my Jin. The issue is, at this point, I haven't spent any of my money yet. I haven't found anything worth spending it on. But I've gotten far enough to know there's stuff down the line I want.

Every time this happens, I lose ALL my money for the last couple hours, and it's disheartening enough that I give up and start the entire game from the beginning. At first it was totally worth starting over. My increased combat experience gained me twice as many experience points and 10 times the money after reaching the same point in the game. But, if anything, that makes losing all that money hurt that much more, and restarting the game every time is starting to wear me down. I fear how much more it will hurt after getting several hours further into the game.

Just how much does it affect things? Is farming easy in this game? Are there places where you can store your money so you aren't holding on to it while saving up? It hurts a lot now, but I'm not far enough in the game to know if it will even be an issue in the long run.

[Dragoslove]

The sellable items that you find offset this. you don't lose them when you die, so you can sell them right before buying your next upgrade.

[Daydel]

At some point you get gear that lets you gain money faster. I died several times and lost thousands of Ji, but just kept using aforementioned stuff to get it back as I played naturally.
You're definitely not far into the game though so I wouldn't worry too much about it. It can sting when it happens but you'll be fine. Just spend Ji when you can so you don't risk losing as much by carrying it around constantly, and avoid recycling components until you need the money.

[leo_gear]

At the beginning, you may lose 500 to 1000 jin, but further in the game, you will accidentally lose 2500 to 4000 jin on occasion if you're not careful. It's a lesson you learn as you play: don't go into a boss loaded; spend your jin first and you don't have to worry. And don't recycle your components unless you need jin to buy something because they aren't lost on death.

There's also the loss of exp when you die but it's only the exp that hasn't reached a level up. You don't lose skillpoints but you lose the exp you gained toward your next skill point. Eventually, you get gears that help gain more money and exp if you need to use them.

Note: Most of the time, you will get to the end of the game with max Skill points and a lot of the time, you'll get to the end of the game with only a couple Bow upgrades you need jin for. You can farm jin by just killing enemies.

[Engels78]

Originally posted by leo_gear:

At the beginning, you may lose 500 to 1000 jin, but further in the game, you will accidentally lose 2500 to 4000 jin on occasion if you're not careful. It's a lesson you learn as you play: don't go into a boss loaded; spend your jin first and you don't have to worry. And don't recycle your components unless you need jin to buy something because they aren't lost on death.

There's also the loss of exp when you die but it's only the exp that hasn't reached a level up. You don't lose skillpoints but you lose the exp you gained toward your next skill point. Eventually, you get gears that help gain more money and exp if you need to use them.

Note: Most of the time, you will get to the end of the game with max Skill points and a lot of the time, you'll get to the end of the game with only a couple Bow upgrades you need jin for. You can farm jin by just killing enemies.

It sounds like typical Souls Like... And exactly, spend Souls before going to Boss 😉

[林博仁(Buo-ren Lin)]

Better waste money than losing them.

[devilcukie]

I lost 8200 jin on my second run of the game, wasnt even mad. What did not kill you makes you stronger BRO!

[`StormZ_[G]]

This game is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ retarded. There should have been a safe deposit or bank for your jin. No one wants to ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ lose 2000 jin on some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

[Tytonic]

Originally posted by leo_gear:

At the beginning, you may lose 500 to 1000 jin, but further in the game, you will accidentally lose 2500 to 4000 jin on occasion if you're not careful. It's a lesson you learn as you play: don't go into a boss loaded; spend your jin first and you don't have to worry. And don't recycle your components unless you need jin to buy something because they aren't lost on death.

There's also the loss of exp when you die but it's only the exp that hasn't reached a level up. You don't lose skillpoints but you lose the exp you gained toward your next skill point. Eventually, you get gears that help gain more money and exp if you need to use them.

Note: Most of the time, you will get to the end of the game with max Skill points and a lot of the time, you'll get to the end of the game with only a couple Bow upgrades you need jin for. You can farm jin by just killing enemies.

You're right, but generally I don't know that I'm about to walk into a boss. Their rooms sometimes are barely special at all, so you can't tell. Once I die the first time then, I have no choice but to go back there over and over again hoping I can pick it back up before dying again.

[leo_gear]

Originally posted by Tytonic:

Originally posted by leo_gear:

At the beginning, you may lose 500 to 1000 jin, but further in the game, you will accidentally lose 2500 to 4000 jin on occasion if you're not careful. It's a lesson you learn as you play: don't go into a boss loaded; spend your jin first and you don't have to worry. And don't recycle your components unless you need jin to buy something because they aren't lost on death.

There's also the loss of exp when you die but it's only the exp that hasn't reached a level up. You don't lose skillpoints but you lose the exp you gained toward your next skill point. Eventually, you get gears that help gain more money and exp if you need to use them.

Note: Most of the time, you will get to the end of the game with max Skill points and a lot of the time, you'll get to the end of the game with only a couple Bow upgrades you need jin for. You can farm jin by just killing enemies.

You're right, but generally I don't know that I'm about to walk into a boss. Their rooms sometimes are barely special at all, so you can't tell. Once I die the first time then, I have no choice but to go back there over and over again hoping I can pick it back up before dying again.

In some cases, if you die close to the edge of the battle area, you can recover your stuff without triggering the fight. It's possible with bosses like the Fengs, the 1st centaur guy, Jie Quan, Ji. It's not possible for bosses like Yan Lao or certain mini-bosses that lock you in the area.