Little Tip
Once you get to the point where you have too much money, you can start stacking stats on the few items you constantly wear. I usually play games saving until I need to buy something. With Dynasty Warriors, I never buy stuff...so I had TONS of money.
So I got to a point were I started to decide what stats to focus on. For me it was HP, ATK, DEF, then a last one...tried range, technique, now trying evasion duration. I start augmenting (think that is what it is called) to combine stats. After many many times, I have 3 rings (or items to wear) where each of the stats listed on them are between level 60 and 100 plus. These 3 items can boost a new characters stats up a lot. And since Guts is level 99 with 9999 for each stat...I can play and waste items.
I havent used too many of the stones I found.
Hoarding them for possible later use.