I don't want your darn Tranquility Bat, Kamulop

[Legendary Mr. Tiddles]

Why are you wasting my time?

[Recumbent]

Some of the latter items are very useful though.

[iPsychosis]

I thought the same thing, until I realized I had to buy the bat to see the next item. It continues this way as well.

[fejota]

Yeah, you must buy everything to unlock the next item. But tranquility bat was good when Ichiban started in Hawaii.

[Middle Aged Nerd]

Publicado originalmente por iPsychosis:

I thought the same thing, until I realized I had to buy the bat to see the next item. It continues this way as well.

Yeah, this irritated me. I was used to previous installments of the franchise, where sometimes stuff would become available gradually as the game progressed. I don't remember Kamulop saying (or it being written anywhere) that new stuff would only become available after you already bought the available stuff.

Can anyone think of an example form a previous game? I cant, but then again sometimes my memory is addlepated by alcohol and age.

[Mixedbeats18]

Publicado originalmente por Middle Aged Nerd:

Publicado originalmente por iPsychosis:

I thought the same thing, until I realized I had to buy the bat to see the next item. It continues this way as well.

Yeah, this irritated me. I was used to previous installments of the franchise, where sometimes stuff would become available gradually as the game progressed. I don't remember Kamulop saying (or it being written anywhere) that new stuff would only become available after you already bought the available stuff.

Can anyone think of an example form a previous game? I cant, but then again sometimes my memory is addlepated by alcohol and age.

isnt a shop, but the land minigame of 0 fit the bill? you know the one you need defeat the first king? er leasure king? the guy with glass

[Stoibs]

Yeah this thing was poorly explained and implemented. I completely ignored that trade-shop until about chapter 10 or later because the *1* reward item seemed like a joke item and I was waiting for more stuff to become available..

Ugh. some of the later stuff is pretty good (MP recover at start of turn/end of combat) would have been nice to know that I was meant to just spend all my fortunes on that and every other item as they came in the early chapter and levels.. some of the early stuff might have been useful at those levels. :/

[Wingnut Mcmoomoo]

I bought the first item because i figured "why not" and when another unlocked i understood right away that i'd need to keep buying from him to climb a loot ladder. It becomes super obvious if you happen to turn in all the fortunes you find in the area (like the little park area, there is a ton in that small location) because that will making you climb a bit up the ladder showing very clearly what the system is.

I would even assume they put extra fortunes there to prompt you to buy the bat because you have extra so its no risk, then you'll see how it works.

[Stoibs]

Publicado originalmente por Wingnut Mcmoomoo:

I bought the first item because i figured "why not" and when another unlocked i understood right away that i'd need to keep buying from him to climb a loot ladder. It becomes super obvious if you happen to turn in all the fortunes you find in the area (like the little park area, there is a ton in that small location) because that will making you climb a bit up the ladder showing very clearly what the system is.

I would even assume they put extra fortunes there to prompt you to buy the bat because you have extra so its no risk, then you'll see how it works.

That would work better if the bat was better than what I had at the time I guess :/
I can't even remember what my gear was exactly back then, but I know I hovered over that thing and immediately saw like -15 or whatever attack power so didn't bother with it. I guess buying/finding a better weapon prior to this ruined the whole fortune trader mechanic for a lot of us.

[Ignosius]

Yeah, I waited a long time into the game, expecting him to eventually expand his inventory.

Eventually I had so many points saved up I decided to just buy the dumb thing anyway, at which point he got another item and I realized how it worked. Would have been nice if it had been explained.

[a passerby]

Kamulop sells really powerful amulets. I pity those who failed to take advantage of those

[Legendary Mr. Tiddles]

Publicado originalmente por Stoibs:

That would work better if the bat was better than what I had at the time I guess :/
I can't even remember what my gear was exactly back then, but I know I hovered over that thing and immediately saw like -15 or whatever attack power so didn't bother with it. I guess buying/finding a better weapon prior to this ruined the whole fortune trader mechanic for a lot of us.

Yup, that's how it was for me. Thanks everyone, I'm going to expand my collection now.