What pieces of equipment are safe to sell?
One thing that annoys me about Final Fantasy 7 (and 6) is that it's very difficult to sell items. Well, I mean, selling them is pretty easy, but the selling screens give you all sorts of numbers, and none of them are about the stats of what you're selling.
One of those sell screens does not suck. Guess which!
The only point in holding onto old equipment I can come up with is "unequipping" people's weapon and defense slots so you can always have the best gear available for your current party, and very early game equipment will do the job nicely. People joining — and leaving — your party also can likely throw you curveballs, but other than that...
So, how can I determine what pieces of inventory are safe to sell?
Best Answer
I tend to follow a rather conservative rule of "if I bought it at a store, and that item is at least 2 store-grade-items out of date" then I consider it safe to sell. Additionally, I don't tend to sell unless I need cash for something.
So for instance you go to NPCville and you buy a shiny Bronze Sword, and then you visit NPCtowne and they're selling a Steel Sword. I probably wouldn't even buy the Steel Sword in this case, and I'd probably not sell the Bronze Sword if I did. But once I reach NPCtopia, and they're selling a Magic Sworde, but I can't afford it, I'll sell off my Bronze Swords to pay for it.
In FF7 in particular, I'd hang on to things that have a lot of Materia Slots or high Materia growth if you plan to grind some of the more difficult Materia up to their "master" states. Even if the weapon sucks, you're still getting bonus AP out of them. Everything else I'd sell as per my plan above.
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