So Long and Thanks For All the Gear: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Mother 3]]'' has this too, with constantly changing party members, though this will usually be reversible later. But three words: Salsa the Monkey.

** When the party washes up on Tanetane, all of their items are washed away with the tide. If you defeat the Barrier Trio before getting your lost items back from Ocho, they are lost ''permanently''.

* ''[[Dragon Quest VII]]'' averts this: When {{spoiler|Kiefer}} leaves the party permanently, he tosses a bag with his equipment in it through the portal the rest of the party takes back to the Ancient Fane. He does this even if you strip him of his inventory before the point of no return, because there's a letter to go with it.

** There is a true problem with this later in the game. Party members that leave temporarily keep all their gear ''and the items they are holding''. This is usually not a problem because you will gain the character and those items back, however the game has a [[Gotta Catch Em All]] [[MacGuffin]] system to advance the game and in the rare chance {{spoiler|Maribel}} holds onto a [[MacGuffin|shard]], well this is one of the few Game-Breaking Bugs that becomes an [[Unwinnable By Mistake]].

 

* Can happen in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' or any other MMORPG which uses guild vaults. Griefers will get themselves invited to a guild, convince their new guildmates to allow them to grab some gear out of the vault, and then leave the guild with their newfound stuff. Fortunately this activity is usually against the game's EULA and [[GMs]] can often help you recover your goods.

 

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