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Playing Persona 1 in preparation for innocent sin, anything I should know before starting?
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Sep 11, 2011 04:48
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Alteisen posted:Playing Persona 1 in preparation for innocent sin, anything I should know before starting? Don't. Alternate response: Take Elly as your fifth and fuse Judgement Phaleg and give it to one of your other characters. Congratulations, two of your five party members are effectively invincible.
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Sep 11, 2011 05:08
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Alteisen posted:Playing Persona 1 in preparation for innocent sin, anything I should know before starting? I don't want to be 'that guy,' but don't be afraid to play the game on Easy. The game is already hard enough as it is. You can't buy a lot of basic equipment you can in other RPGs- instead they're dropped after you kill enemies. I had to do a lot of grinding to continually have worthy personae on my team. There are various characters in the game that can join your party, but you can only get one of them for the entire game. If you don't like someone or how the game portrays them, just tell them "no" if they ask to join.
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Sep 11, 2011 05:11
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Use cheats and then get yourself the best Persona and just mow through the story, that's what I did on my second playthrough and I found the game far more enjoyable.
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Sep 11, 2011 05:40
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TurnipFritter posted:Don't. Edit: also, as always in RPG's, name your MC something stupid.  (spoilers?) http://i.imgur.com/L5X9V.jpg
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Sep 11, 2011 05:58
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Listen, I didn't face ten long tours against the goddamn 'bots to come back home and lift baby weights.
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Alteisen posted:Playing Persona 1 in preparation for innocent sin, anything I should know before starting? As people stated. You really shouldn't. But if you choose to do so, remember that exp is given out by how much damage a person did in battle, so if someone starts trailing behind. You will have to sit out your main damage dealers and let the slow kid try and catch up.
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Sep 11, 2011 06:31
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Put all your MC's ability points in agility until it is maxed, then put all points in luck; the system used in Persona 1 actively discourages spreading character points evenly, and those are the two best stats. Get personae with megido, etc., early on to curbstomp most random battles.
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Sep 11, 2011 06:36
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I just finished P3P with the female character and now I'm incredibly sad.  I love the game, and would like to be able to play it again on normal, but I don't even know if I can.This is the second time that a Persona game has made me cry like a little girl.
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Sep 11, 2011 08:28
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I'm starting Nocturne. I know it's hard. I'm already familiar with most of the battle mechanics from other SMT games. What I wanna know: is there a universally agreed upon "best" type of main character build? Or should I just pick a style and min max it?
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Sep 11, 2011 08:37
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jackofarcades posted:I'm starting Nocturne. I know it's hard. I'm already familiar with most of the battle mechanics from other SMT games. What I wanna know: is there a universally agreed upon "best" type of main character build? Or should I just pick a style and min max it? You wanna go phys if you're planning on doing the True Demon end, if not you can really just go with whatever.
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Sep 11, 2011 08:39
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jackofarcades posted:I'm starting Nocturne. I know it's hard. I'm already familiar with most of the battle mechanics from other SMT games. What I wanna know: is there a universally agreed upon "best" type of main character build? Or should I just pick a style and min max it? The best type of MC build is one that spams Fog Breath.
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Sep 11, 2011 08:40
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jackofarcades posted:I'm starting Nocturne. I know it's hard. I'm already familiar with most of the battle mechanics from other SMT games. What I wanna know: is there a universally agreed upon "best" type of main character build? Or should I just pick a style and min max it? I went mag early on and made sure to have every elemental magic on the MC or in my party members and I breezed through the entire game, once I reached the end then I focused on phys. Remember you'll be able to 40 in all his stats anyway provided you level like a madman so you can't really gimp yourself, its more like how do you want fight early on.
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Sep 11, 2011 08:52
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Nessa posted:I just finished P3P with the female character and now I'm incredibly sad. Thank you. Welcome to the support group. I could probably be the leader if I wasn't such a crybaby when it comes to P3's ending. 
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Sep 11, 2011 08:59
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If you're playing on Hard Mode I would recommend a magic based build with fire breath, ice breath, and tornado until the midgame. Once you get access to the good physical skills always have at least one on hand along with the skill Focus. Also keep media from the ankh node on you until the midgame as well, you might need the backup healing and you'll have plenty of room for it. Ignore stuff like anti-fire as it becomes obsolete rather quickly. War Cry and/or Fog Breath are also useful.
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Sep 11, 2011 09:01
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TurnipFritter posted:Don't. That's terrible advice. Reiji is the best party member. 
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Sep 11, 2011 12:20
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The Grimace posted:Thank you. Welcome to the support group. I could probably be the leader if I wasn't such a crybaby when it comes to P3's ending. The only way for me to get over it is to take the ending as ambiguously as possible and make up my own to replace it. I get pretty broken up by sad endings, but this one takes the cake. I got so attached to these fictional characters that I've formed imaginary bonds with. Pretty sure I'm gonna be in a funk for the next week or so.
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Sep 11, 2011 19:29
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Technique posted:That's terrible advice. But Elly will make things easier in general, both because she shows up way earlier and she starts with a Judgement Persona. Nessa posted:The only way for me to get over it is to take the ending as ambiguously as possible and make up my own to replace it. Shero dozes off and everyone enjoys the nice spring day, then they all go out for ice cream and live happily ever after. Shero possibly keeps the boys as a part of her harem.
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Sep 11, 2011 19:40
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TurnipFritter posted:But Elly will make things easier in general, both because she shows up way earlier and she starts with a Judgement Persona. But Reiji will punch things in the face, kick things in the face, and wield an assault rifle with one hand. Also, magic tricks! 
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Sep 11, 2011 19:44
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Something I never got in Persona 3. Why exactly is it that they thought that Aegis would fit into the school perfectly? Wouldn't that thing on her head and her way of speaking sort of throw suspicion onto her?
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Sep 11, 2011 22:26
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The thing that always bothered me was, how does Aigis wear shoes with her pointy robot feet?
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Sep 11, 2011 22:33
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Baalster posted:Something I never got in Persona 3. Why exactly is it that they thought that Aegis would fit into the school perfectly? Wouldn't that thing on her head and her way of speaking sort of throw suspicion onto her? They told everyone she's from Wisconsin and explained that everyone in Wisconsin wears weird headbands, speaks in a stilted tone, and binds their feet to look like they have peg legs. And then everyone in school agreed that people from Wisconsin are weird.
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Sep 11, 2011 22:41
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Zyklon B Zombie posted:The thing that always bothered me was, how does Aigis wear shoes with her pointy robot feet? I imagine she switches them out like her gun hands.
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Sep 11, 2011 22:44
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TurnipFritter posted:They told everyone she's from Wisconsin and explained that everyone in Wisconsin wears weird headbands, speaks in a stilted tone, and binds their feet to look like they have peg legs. And then everyone in school agreed that people from Wisconsin are weird. Well poo poo, I guess I'm just weird too.
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Sep 11, 2011 22:47
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TurnipFritter posted:Shero dozes off and everyone enjoys the nice spring day, then they all go out for ice cream and live happily ever after. Shero possibly keeps the boys as a part of her harem. Exactly. (P3P ramblings and impressions up ahead. Spoilered just because.) I dated Akihiko, but took the Ryoji romantic link too just to see how creepy and weird it would get. And because of Ryoji, I totally had to make a Thanatos that I never used, but kept in my party for the end game. It totally took me off guard when I went out with Fuuka and she asked if I was cheating on my boyfriend. And holy crap on my awkward timing of social links. I just finished maxing out Akihiko when I come downstairs to meet Ryoji who whispers that he wants to see my room next time. Then Fuuka asked why my face looked so flush.  Oddly enough, when I first started watching my boyfriend go through FEZ, I couldn't stand Junpei. I thought he was as bad as Yosuke and a skeevy pervert who would probably betray the group at some point. "There's no way I'll social link with that guy in P3P." But then I started playing P3P and suddenly found Junpei to be totally endearing. He pervs to show affection. And we totally went out for ramen and he agreed that I should go for Akihiko cause it would be just like a manga. That's when Junpei became my best friend.  I still wanna go on some swings with him. I cried during his rank up when he talks about going on a swing together because I had just gone on a playground swing for the first time in years the day prior and realized that I really missed swings. The game just happened to hit really close to home. I also really wish there was an option to hug people. I just wanted to give the poor guy a hug after the mess with Chidori and tell him everything will be okay.  The summer festival was also really cool to play as a girl and I'm glad I went with Junpei. Also, characters remembering previous things that I've said and done totally gets to me. Akihiko remembered that I liked sweet food and took me to the candy shop, and then he knew that I had just started the cooking club with Fuuka and asked me to make him some sweet things. Akihiko also has the best Christmas gift ever. Up to that point in the game, I was always complaining about running out of SP cause I'm a heavy magic user. The music box is totally the best thing. And I'm glad he liked the cute scarf I made.  I'm really surprised that the Aigis route didn't change much for the female character. I thought of her as a cute, sisterly character through most of the game, but she still had me touch her "sensitive organ" and didn't want me to find happiness with a man. I still love Aigis, but she's totally weird. That felt good to write out. I needed that. Nessa fucked around with this message at 06:47 on Sep 12, 2011 |
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Sep 12, 2011 06:40
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Nessa posted:(P3P ramblings and impressions up ahead. Spoilered just because.) I dated and maxed out three female S.Links: Yuko, Chihiro and Fuuka. Of the three I thought Yuko was by far the best written and most compelling love interest. Her story arc with acting as a coach for the little kids was really endearing. Hers was also the only end game part that really got to me, once I realized that the MC was dead. Like, I was legit depressed after how she says she'll make the MC fall for her all over again. Chihiro wasn't a good investment, I guess you could say. Her story arc is such pandering anime garbage by the end I was just grinding it out to get her Max Persona, which wasn't even that good. Fuuka was a happy medium, but the whole "girl can't cook how waaacky" is such an overdone trope that it kinda annoyed me from the get go.
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Sep 12, 2011 07:14
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Strange Matter posted:If I may offer a male perspective: Yeah, my boyfriend maxed out both Chihiro and Yuko in his game too. Yuko is pretty cool, but Chihiro is a total doormat who runs away from guys. I enjoyed Fuuka's story just cause I liked helping her out and making goodies. In my own game I was really sad for Akihiko because he already lost Miki and was terribly depressed that he couldn't protect her and nearly lost Shinji (I saved him in my game!). Especially because Akihiko is so protective. "Watching you fight makes me angry because I'm worried about you. I don't want to lose you like I lost Miki." That made me break down too. And Junpei already lost Chidori in such a heart wrenching way, I couldn't bear for him to lose his best friend too. gently caress depressing endings.
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Sep 12, 2011 07:46
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I'm so sad that Junpei was never a S. Link in the original and FES. We're supposed to be bros. Also, after playing 4, it's hard to go back to 3 where there's no "friendship" option.
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Sep 12, 2011 07:52
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Nessa posted:In my own game I was really sad for Akihiko because he already lost Miki and was terribly depressed that he couldn't protect her and nearly lost Shinji (I saved him in my game!). Especially because Akihiko is so protective. "Watching you fight makes me angry because I'm worried about you. I don't want to lose you like I lost Miki." That made me break down too. God, I forgot about that. That just makes the ending even more 
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Sep 12, 2011 08:24
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About Junpei's special friend, you guys DID bring her back, didn't you?
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Sep 12, 2011 08:54
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Justice posted:About Junpei's special friend, you guys DID bring her back, didn't you? I didn't know you could. And I made an effort to talk to everybody, every day, just so I wouldn't miss anything important.
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Sep 12, 2011 09:10
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Nessa posted:I didn't know you could. Oh it was a special set of flags added in P3FES, and they're present in P3P as well. There are four dialogue options you must pick when talking to Junpei in September. They should all be pretty obvious, but you do have to actively track him down somewhere in town once or twice.Don't give up! Also, the special rooftop scene with the romantic party member S. Link of your choice is only available in New Game+.
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Sep 12, 2011 09:39
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Junpei was kind of a dick in P3 and while I started out liking him, didn't really care much for him by the end of the game but felt like a much better friend in P3P.
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Sep 12, 2011 12:05
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Justice posted:About Junpei's special friend, you guys DID bring her back, didn't you? Nope. It feels like it defeats the point of the storyline if you magically revive her from death just to have a happy ending. Even if you buy the MCcoming back via the whole Messiah thing, it gets more and more muddled when you start saving Chidori and Shinjiro and such.
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Sep 12, 2011 12:44
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Thank god Azusa Kido is far less prosaic than you  Have you no romance?!
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Sep 12, 2011 12:52
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Ibram Gaunt posted:You wanna go phys if you're planning on doing the True Demon end, if not you can really just go with whatever. My impressions of the different endings is just that one is sad, happy and neutral. Am I right?
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Sep 12, 2011 13:33
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ImpAtom posted:Nope. Yeah, all of that poo poo was basically really dumb.
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Sep 12, 2011 13:42
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casual poster posted:My impressions of the different endings is just that one is sad, happy and neutral. Am I right?
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Sep 12, 2011 13:48
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I got the Neutral ending because the three alignments were monumentally retarded (or at least the humans supporting them were). Felt it was a pretty solid ending, all things being equal. If I play through it again I'll probably go for the TDE I guess.
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Sep 12, 2011 13:51
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Justice posted:Thank god Azusa Kido is far less prosaic than you I normally am a sucker for that kind of stuff, it just didn't work in Persona 3 for me. casual poster posted:My impressions of the different endings is just that one is sad, happy and neutral. Am I right? Not really. Aside from neutral, they embody different philosophies. (And even neutrality kind of does that.)
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Sep 12, 2011 13:53
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Radish posted:Junpei was kind of a dick in P3 and while I started out liking him, didn't really care much for him by the end of the game but felt like a much better friend in P3P.
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Sep 12, 2011 13:57
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