7th August 2004, 4:05 PM
You haven't played enough I think. In ALL Japanese RPGs I've played, towns give you upgrades yes, but the BEST stuff, for every "tier" in the game, is ALWAYS found in dungeons, dropped off monsters, obtained via sub quests.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)