Crushbone Belts - Sell or Turn In

[loramin]

I feel like the people disagreeing with me are missing this part:

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

wearing what you find or are given

I'm not saying "gear doesn't matter" or "play naked" ... I'm saying that the difference between what you can acquire by looting and doing quests vs. the gear you can buy in the tunnel is not noticeable.

In this exact example, you get a free suit of patchwork/tattered armor just by getting the XP. Let's focus on the boots: 3 AC. Instead of wearing them, you could sell belts for 2-3p each (according to the wiki),

Instead of getting 20 belts of XP, you sell the stack, and let's say you make 50p (someone was generous). Then someone else is generous and sells you Dwarven Work Boots for half price.

Congrats, you lost 20 belts worth of XP, a ton of time running around selling the belts (you could have gotten a yellow bubble or more of XP in that time), a ton more time shopping in the EC Tunnel (again, lost bubbles of XP) ... all so that you can +5 AC,
+3 STR, and +5 DEX ... that you will never notice.

But if you'd just killed orcs and turned their belts in, you'd be at least a level higher, and you would notice that level. So look, I'm not saying "never buy gear as a starting player" ... but in general, that should be the rule, and things like a cheap haste belt or HP/AC rings should be the exception that proves the rule.