Persona 4 : Golden - Your bowl is a portal to the Meat Dimension

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Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

I'm halfway through my second playthrough at this point. I'm falling in love with this game all over again. Also:

Why did I do this :v:

Edit:

Sankis posted:

Speaking of SP, does anyone NOT use Yukiko? She has so much god drat SP and can cast healing spells all day. Plus fire is usually useful.

Hey man, I was too busy rocking out with Kanji, Chie and Naoto to use Yukiko at all. :colbert:

(I still leveled everyone, though)

Arist fucked around with this message at 03:47 on Dec 17, 2012

# ¿ Dec 17, 2012 03:45

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# ¿ May 17, 2024 20:47

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Liquid Penguins posted:

Should I just stop using the sos or is there actually a point to it?

I don't know, you tell me.

# ¿ Dec 17, 2012 04:44

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

THE AWESOME GHOST posted:

Careful, some bike trips are a waste of a day. Rise's are always useful because they add a very large chunk to All Out Attacks eventually. Teddie has enough good skills naturally and through S.Link that the mediocre stuff he learns through bikes aren't worth wasting a day, Kanji's Bike stuff is just all around bad. Chie can finally get Bufudyne through Bikes and Hamaon is useful on her if you don't use Naoto.

Yukiko's bike skills are pretty useful, Mind Charge obviously is great but even spirit drain is useful, Marakunda is really good against bosses.

Naoto's problem is she has 8 slots and like 16 good skills, in the end I just left her with Garudyne, Mahamaon, Mamudoon for the elements even though her bike stuff is all good.

Yosuke gets Confuse up which looks useless but actually makes Tentarafoo kinda cool

Doesn't Teddie learn Dekunda through bikes? That seems worth it, at least.

# ¿ Dec 17, 2012 11:51

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Spite posted:

How does that work? Can you get skill cards out of personas?

Go to Chagall.

# ¿ Dec 18, 2012 20:40

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

I always used Kanji for that fight. Plan out what turn you're going to destroy the barrier on, then skip the AOA and hit him with a Power Charged Cruel Attack.

# ¿ Dec 19, 2012 03:31

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

So, there's this kid on the second floor of the Practice Building who will trade your weapons for stat-identical reskins. If you trade him the sword Triumph, he gives you a lightsaber. :black101:

# ¿ Dec 20, 2012 02:42

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:

Speaking of, does the Mr. Pringles exploit still work? I couldn't imagine making infinite money without it.

Nope, he starts casting Megidolaon after a few turns.

Though, I honestly never had a problem with money/EXP in this game. I finished my first run at level 95 without grinding.

# ¿ Dec 20, 2012 15:54

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

I think what really spoiled Reach Out to the Truth for me is that I've been listening to superior versions of that song (band and Reincarnation) for the last few years.

# ¿ Dec 22, 2012 00:10

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Edit: beaten

# ¿ Dec 22, 2012 15:39

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

So I was fighting Kunino-sagiri yesterday, and I had Power Charged Kanji to take down its last bit of health.

Then it used Control. Rise upped the group's attack, and then Kanji hit me with Primal Force for ~850 damage, killing me instantly from full health. :suicide:

Fortunately, Rise revived me, but I couldn't believe it.

# ¿ Dec 23, 2012 15:17

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Very nearly zero. Persona 1 and 2 are completely unrelated (and Persona 1's pretty drat bad anyway), while P4 contains a few references to Persona 3, most of which are contained to one area about halfway through the plot. They are pure fanservice and will not impact your enjoyment of the game at all.

Edit: gently caress, beaten like five times

# ¿ Dec 28, 2012 06:17

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

The Grimace posted:

I didn't even think about that. I would kill to have Chie wearing her Epilogue gear. She looks really cool with her new outfit and longer hair. Not to mention Kanji...

vvv Thanks, sorry.

Yeah, it's a real shame that we can't equip them as outfits in NG+. All the epilogue designs are really great, especially Chie and Kanji's.

# ¿ Dec 29, 2012 15:43

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Esroc posted:

I use Yosuke, Chie, and Kanji with a focus on heavy and severe phys damage. Yosuke is my healer, with Diarama and a whole mess of Macca Leaves.

I know I should probably use different party members, but all my other characters are between like level 45-55. And after all the work I've put into my current party I hate the idea of having to grind for god knows how long to get another character up to my current level. Hell it took me over four hours just to grind from 70 to 90 because the drat Golden Hands run away at the drop of a hat

If you're not going to use a dedicated healer, definitely try to fuse a good persona for that. I find Kikuri-Hime (Priestess) to be a decent choice when I play.

# ¿ Dec 31, 2012 03:47

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Bogart posted:

I'm at 6/20 and I can't seem to find the girl to talk to so as to trigger Kanji's Social Link? I fear that I've missed out on a link with my best bro forever.

Just check back every day. I ran into the same problem during my NG+. Unfortunately, I'm fairly certain that his next available day if you missed him up to that point is after the next dungeon opens, which is really crappy.

# ¿ Dec 31, 2012 04:01

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Bogart posted:

Oh, bugger that, then. I hate the fishing minigame. Thanks, though!

They're wrong, you don't need to give the woman anything. She will ask for a Red Goldfish, but if you don't have one she'll still give you the net, just not the normal reward of a jewel in addition.

# ¿ Jan 1, 2013 00:16

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Captain Oblivious posted:

I forget, does weapon strength actually factor into persona physical special attack damage or is that just keyed off of strength and the ability?

The latter, though strength factors into normal attack damage.

# ¿ Jan 1, 2013 01:32

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Nate RFB posted:

Are you sure? I'm fairly sure I talked to her and she asked for a Red Goldfish and just ended the conversation there.

I did the same thing on my last playthrough and I most certainly did not have a Red Goldfish to trade. Maybe I waited longer so the flags changed or something.

# ¿ Jan 1, 2013 02:35

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Nate RFB posted:

April and December are the only two where you want to put off entering the TV until the last second, though it's harder in April's case since there is better chance you will need a couple of days to do it. All other dungeons are best completed the day they open up.

Man, I clear out the April dungeon on the first day every time. :colbert:

Frees up my party members for Social Links.

# ¿ Jan 2, 2013 13:18

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Cake Attack posted:

Never More, assuming we're thinking of the same song.

It's the version from the Reincarnation album, though, not the original (which I believe is the one on Hee Hee Ho).

# ¿ Jan 5, 2013 03:41

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Coughing Hobo posted:

The fox's mood has nothing to do with how much he charges, it's based on your social link rank. At rank 1, per SP restored he charges 60 yen, and each rank lowers the cost by 5, until at rank 10 it's 15 yen.

They were referring to his actual mood, which acts as an additional modifier on top of that. With a low SL rank and an angry fox, you're going to be paying huge fees for recovery.

# ¿ Jan 7, 2013 17:43

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Larsson posted:

Just fused Mara.

Um...well...that's quite a nice chariot.

Remember, it's not a real Mara without Power Charge and Growth 3. :getin:

# ¿ Jan 8, 2013 16:14

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

JetGrind posted:

Wait, how did you get a time skip after Heaven? Did you get a bad ending or something?

Also, unless I'm wrong, you should have until February to max her link.

You have until the end of December to do it. Marie's available every day in December, though, and the game even tells you that, which should raise a giant "DO THIS NOW" flag in your mind.

# ¿ Jan 10, 2013 06:11

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

The thing I really didn't like about Marie is that is tried to force the romance stuff on you in story scenes even when you said no in her Social Link.

# ¿ Jan 10, 2013 22:02

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

My favorite part of that dungeon is that you can get Coin cards in Shuffle Time and the game will increase your payout to a whopping zero yen. :v:

# ¿ Jan 12, 2013 02:26

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Ibram Gaunt posted:

If I have Evade Ice, and equip and Eye of Ice (Greatly raises evasion to ice) do they stack in any way? or will one just overwrite the other.

I'm pretty sure Evade skills don't stack. Whichever has the greater value will take effect.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2013 05:52

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Really Pants posted:

It's a little weird hearing Laura Bailey as a bubbly teeny bopper after Saints Row the Third.

Does Rise gain XP in combat like the rest of your droogs, or are her extra abilities all from Social Links?

She gains experience along with your party.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2013 21:14

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Pollyanna posted:

As for Shadow Namatame, his deal is a little different. The Shadow Namatame we see is not Shadow Namatame at all, but Amenosagiri or possibly Izanami.

It's neither of them. When Shadow Namatame appears, the group is so focused on the idea that he's the killer that they create a false narrative in their minds. This created the image seen on the Midnight Channel at that time, in the same way that Rise's image on the Midnight Channel was sexualized beyond reality. Izanami's "window" shows you what you want to see, not what's actually true.

Also, neither Ameno-sagiri nor Izanami had any real reason to interfere with the murder case.

Arist fucked around with this message at 06:14 on Jan 15, 2013

# ¿ Jan 15, 2013 06:11

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

You can only find the final bug at night, by the way. I refreshed my save so many times before I realized... :argh:

# ¿ Jan 16, 2013 03:40

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Ibram Gaunt posted:

Some people keep mentioning being able to adjust EXP rate on newgame+ is this an option that opens up later because I just set up new game plus and all I got was the ability to change my difficulty, or is that just what they mean?

Changing difficulty changes EXP gained, damage dealt/received, and money earned. You can mix and match these options in NG+.

# ¿ Jan 16, 2013 13:40

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

psychoticBacofoil posted:

Going in with my usual party of Chie, Brosuke and Teddie then, I'll be grinding a while though, nobody but my Persona are in the 70s yet and I'm worried about possibly getting demolished.

Teddie is a bad, bad choice for that dungeon. Have you leveled Kanji at all? You may have trouble otherwise.

# ¿ Jan 17, 2013 19:11

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Go level Kanji now. It'll probably take less than 2 hours if you hit enough Gold Hands. :colbert:

# ¿ Jan 17, 2013 21:33

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

psychoticBacofoil posted:

Or I can level Naoto up because the fact that I have Zio moves kind of makes Kanji irrelevant.

That's not why Kanji is useful in that dungeon. You want him for physical attacks.

# ¿ Jan 17, 2013 22:01

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Sharkman posted:

Not true. Bufu will never, ever upgrade to Bufula. It will only ever become Mabufu. I know this because on that super-Izanagi I posted earlier, I had both Zio and Mazio, and was told I couldn't upgrade skills the next time I got a Magician card. Same goes for Zionga and MaZionga never becoming the -dyne versions, and I assume the same goes for everything else.

Say, what's the best hit-all Physical skill I could get? Agneyastra is cool and all, but it almost never hits with all three. I have skill cards for Brave Blade and Myriad Arrows, but I'm seeing some people on the internet say that Blade of Fury is better, despite being a Medium Phys attack.

Vorpal Blade is a heavy hit-all, though it only hits once.

# ¿ Jan 18, 2013 05:13

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

There shouldn't be any locks. Wait, is this in March?

# ¿ Jan 23, 2013 22:44

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Protocol7 posted:

What carries over in a New Game+? Everything? I want to max all my social links the second time around and get the true ending.

Money, Compendium, status levels (Expression, Knowledge, etc.), Social Link items (so you can still fuse the ultimate of any Arcana you maxed in NG), costumes, and the stock in Daidara's.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2013 23:25

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

Really Pants posted:

Okay, I think I'm starting to get a handle on how to complete every link.

Jester, Temperance, Death, and Hanged Man all need to be stalked obsessively from the minute they show up, because they're just not available often enough to skip.
Aeon needs a few levels before she calls in December.
You have more than enough evenings to max Justice, Heirophant, Devil, and Tower twice over.
Trying to finish any school kids' links ASAP means wasted days, because you miss out on extra points from tests, lunches, and Sunday calls. Does chilling in the evening give as many points as sharing lunch?
Where are you supposed to get those stupid beetles for the last Hermit quest? Is that one time on the shopping channel seriously all there is?

Am I missing anything else?

Hanged Man is available 5 days a week, it shouldn't be too much trouble to max it.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2013 12:25