How to Obtain Gil

August 19, 2007, 6:31 PM

So, did you like the way you obtained Gil in this game? By selling your loot? Would you rather have the old system back by gaining gil from defeating the monsters?

Discuss: How do you like to get your gil?

August 19, 2007, 6:40 PM

i think it was good to restrict the way you obtain money in FF, now you have to go out and kill for money for real, stealing items also gets you better items. or selling old weapons etc.

August 19, 2007, 6:59 PM

I sell old weapons, loot I recieve and steal and also from the monsters I defeat. It is a great way of buying items and such and if you dont have enough, then go out and defeat some monsters and get gil and exp.

August 19, 2007, 7:01 PM

Yeah,, it's so much more realistic doing it this way, though it does have it's one flaw: having those teleport stones in the loot area of your inventory. xD
I remember I sold all my teleport stones once 'cause I was selling everything.
And the fact that you have to find a merchant to sell the loot to.
But otherwise, I loved this.

Anyways, yeah, loved this one better than getting money from monsters automatically.

August 19, 2007, 7:07 PM

I liked the idea of obtaining loot to sell. It wasn't too much different than FF games of the past as you still had to battle enemies to obtain gil. This was just a different way of accomplishing that task. In my opinion it was far easier to obtain gil in FF12 than any other FF game. You didn't really have to kill an enemy to steal its items.

August 19, 2007, 7:08 PM

Lol, yeah its a bitch when you sell stuff quickly and you sell something you need! I sold the serpent skin I recieved and needed for a quest, but I got the best item in the end anyhoo!

August 20, 2007, 1:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Hayate

So, did you like the way you obtained Gil in this game? By selling your loot? Would you rather have the old system back by gaining gil from defeating the monsters?

Discuss: How do you like to get your gil?

I thought that the system of gathering loot was more realistic than that of other games. In those, sure, humans drop Gil, that's a given, but animals also dropped it - wierd. I've even seen that referenced in a flash cartoon. Having them drop pelts and fangs made sense to me, and I thought it was a good descision.

August 22, 2007, 2:19 AM

Meh, it didn’t seem to bother me all that much… If anything, it forces the player to go out and fight a whole lot more for loot. I will say though, of all the FF’s I’ve played, this one is the toughest in regards to making large amounts of Gil…

August 22, 2007, 3:10 AM

I thought it wasn't quite difficult to get gil in FFXII. When you set yourself to level up, you gain a lot of loot in the process. The game benefits you the most.

August 22, 2007, 3:28 AM

I thought it was a welcome change

it added a sense or realism to the way you gain money and in it own way encourages you to train up - so you benefit even more.