When I reach a "town", it feels natural to equip my strongest armor and weapon then sell the rest. But what if I sold all of it? The strongest gear sells for a lot, and you can buy a lot of defense candy for permanent stats. I'm trying this out with no upgrades on level 4, probably the most demanding situation (possibly level 5 is worse, if the scaling with no EXP upgrades is worse than the scaling provided by my sugar addiction, but I doubt it). You get 2 floors of chests after each shop, so there's a decent chance of getting a replacement weapon and armor.
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