Board 8 > You pick up a permanent stat boost item in an RPG

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I almost always end up hoarding it unless its a series I've specifically learned not to hoard things in like Fire Emblem

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If they're theoretically unlimited, even by difficult means, I will give offensive ones to whoever has the highest of that stat, and defensive ones to whoever have the lowest of that stat.

If the number of the item is strictly limited and cannot be undone, I don't use them, lol

my favorite character
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Took the weaknesses option but it does kinda vary. I skew a bit towards main or favorite characters sometimes, and I ignore weaknesses that would be silly to improve (like the Magic stat of my melee-only guy)

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Drakeryn posted...

my favorite character

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Give it to the main character immediately

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It somewhat depends on the game, but it usually stays in my pack throughout the entire game. That's what happened with CS3.

If I'm only controlling a single character I'll feed it to them though. That's what I did for Tales of Berseria, gave them all to Eizen.

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LeonhartFour posted...

Give it to the main character immediately

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whoever i'm controlling

unless it's tales of symphonia, where you can upgrade them, where i hoard them endlessly and forget to ever upgrade and use

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Tom Bombadil posted...

Took the weaknesses option but it does kinda vary. I skew a bit towards main or favorite characters sometimes, and I ignore weaknesses that would be silly to improve (like the Magic stat of my melee-only guy)

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Main character unless it's a useless stat for them and then to the person who is strong in that stat.

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It mostly depends on the game, the limit to them, whether they improve later, whether game mechanics don't favor them or they're ignored by class upgrades, how many characters there are, how easy it is to max out certain stats, and if I cycle through different characters or teams.

Usually whoever is my favorite though.

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Definitely always hoard them onto my favorite character.

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always the protagonist

Had like 80 stat boost items in Cold Steel IV and as soon as Rean became available they all went into him

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Who needs the most of that item to get max stats?

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Mix of the 2nd and 3rd option. For one I'm obviously not going to give +Int to characters that don't need that stat. lol

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ended up picking Other, cause it is completely dependant on many things.

Mainly Availability, and Party Comp.

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Hbthebattle posted...

I almost always end up hoarding it unless its a series I've specifically learned not to hoard things in like Fire Emblem

Paratroopa1 posted...

If they're theoretically unlimited, even by difficult means, I will give offensive ones to whoever has the highest of that stat, and defensive ones to whoever have the lowest of that stat.

If the number of the item is strictly limited and cannot be undone, I don't use them, lol

Usually both of these together (Meaning I'll blow them all before the final boss, or if there's an NG+ where I get to keep my items I'll save them for immediately before whatever super challenge lies there) with a skew towards favorite characters where there's multiple good choices

Drakeryn posted...

my favorite character

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I always save them in my inventory until I reach something difficult and then they normally get thrown onto whoever needs it

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Drakeryn posted...

my favorite character

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Drakeryn posted...

my favorite character

To make them more badass and able to 1vN

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Depends. But whoever benefits the most technically would be it.

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Whoever benefits the most + my favorite if there are multiple

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Man stat boosts are like the only items I DON'T pointlessly hoard

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Double down on strengths across the party unless it's a weird case like Kingdom Hearts where you'd be an actual crazy person to give it to anyone other than Sora.

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Read all the spoilers, and only bother with party members who stay for the end credits.

Drakeryn posted...

my favorite character

the fact that you didn't include this means you're a nerd

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If they sell worth anything, I sell them. Otherwise I hoard them and use them all at once for the final boss.

The exceptions is Fire Emblem because stat boosters in that game is game changing. The other are speed tabs in Chrono Trigger. One point of speed is a lot in that game.

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LeonhartFour posted...

Give it to the main character immediately

pretty much this, unless they don't need it (magic on a melee attacker etc.) or if I really like another character more and can control them

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If I'm not paralyzed by indecision, I'll use it to further strengthen someone's strengths - which is not always the MC.

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Hold onto them forever and mostly forget about them. But they're one of the few consumables that I don't sell when I get fed up with my inventory and decide to clean house. Maybe I pull them out when I hit a point where I decide I need a boost.

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Depends on the game. If it's something like Kingdom Hearts with one main character and then NPC party members, the player character gets it without a second thought. In an ensemble thing like Octopath Traveler without too many characters, I generally like to make a character's strengths stronger. And in something with a bunch of characters like Fire Emblem, they sit in storage and never get used out of indecision.

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Hold on to them forever and never use them unless there's a reliable way to get more of them.

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Lookup gamefaqs guides to see what's the optimal solution.

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Used to never use them ever

Now just immediately use offensive ones on chars with high stat, defensive ones on chars with low stat, prioritizing main character if there's a tie.

Depends on the game I suppose, and how the item is termed.

I remember in Star Ocean 3, there were two items that increased either Health Points or Technique Points, and the effect was designed so it only affected the current stats, and the gain was a percentage based increase. The maximum benefit came from using them only when a character reached the max level, so I actually waited till, I think it was Level 255 or something like that?

But anyways, the HP/TP total for the main character became 90000+/13000+ after using the few stat boast items available.

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Hbthebattle posted...

I almost always end up hoarding it unless its a series I've specifically learned not to hoard things in like Fire Emblem

this

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In most games I just give them to whoever I expect to use a lot, I find they rarely matter much anyway. In Fire Emblem it varies a lot more since for most games I know which units actually do get good benefits and which either don't need them or don't get much meaningful improvement.
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Either I don't use them or lowest of the stat. (except for like Magic boosters go to mages)

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