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Pollyanna
Mar 5, 2005

Milk's on them.


Just met the maid. :shepface:

ApplesandOranges posted:

Central Street at night. I've heard he moves around though after a while.

Found him from this post, thanks!

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Saigyouji
Aug 26, 2011

Friends 'ave fun together.

Captain Oblivious posted:

For example I think you can infer that I don't think the protagonist ever told Sae that Futaba and Alibaba were the same person

Of course, if it's being shortcutted, it makes it even more silly that Sae somehow doesn't make the connection between Futaba and the "skilled hacker" that she mentions you must have known when you start the Hermit link.

Mailer
Nov 4, 2009

Have you accepted The Void as your lord and savior?
Welp. Time warp thirteen days back because I forgot to feed the plant. 30 minutes of mashing fast forward later I noticed a strange numerical difference. Turns out I didn't pick up that different planet nutrients were available. Time warp back from 07/25 to 06/20, including ~4 hours of Momentos grinding and the entire third palace. Probably 15+ hours lost because of plant food. Fun!

Captain Oblivious
Oct 12, 2007

I'm not like other posters

Saigyouji posted:

Of course, if it's being shortcutted, it makes it even more silly that Sae somehow doesn't make the connection between Futaba and the "skilled hacker" that she mentions you must have known when you start the Hermit link.

Not necessarily. If she only understood the case in terms of "Futaba is someone who's heart we stole to get Alibabas help" then the identity of Alibaba would remain quite mysterious. He could have easily left out the information that made identifying them as the same person possible

Klisejo
Apr 13, 2006

Who else see da' Leprechaun say YEAH!
Sp Adhesive 3 more like meth from my Dr Feelgood.

"Man MC, I'm really drained."

-applies SP Adhesive 3-

"By drained I mean WE FINISH THIS TONIGHT MUTHUFUKAH"

Infinity Gaia
Feb 27, 2011

a storm is coming...

Mailer posted:

Welp. Time warp thirteen days back because I forgot to feed the plant. 30 minutes of mashing fast forward later I noticed a strange numerical difference. Turns out I didn't pick up that different planet nutrients were available. Time warp back from 07/25 to 06/20, including ~4 hours of Momentos grinding and the entire third palace. Probably 15+ hours lost because of plant food. Fun!

JFYI the 100% guide actually has a lot of leeway if you don't care about getting both the all books AND the all games trophies in one go. The last like 2 weeks are all spent just reading and playing games. If you just want 100% S.Links it's a LOT easier.

Like, for such a small deviation as getting 2 kindness when you could've gotten 3 you barely have to course correct at all. Would've saved you a lot of time.

brainwrinkle
Oct 18, 2009

What's going on in here?
Buglord

Mailer posted:

Welp. Time warp thirteen days back because I forgot to feed the plant. 30 minutes of mashing fast forward later I noticed a strange numerical difference. Turns out I didn't pick up that different planet nutrients were available. Time warp back from 07/25 to 06/20, including ~4 hours of Momentos grinding and the entire third palace. Probably 15+ hours lost because of plant food. Fun!

Don't do this to yourself

Bardeh
Dec 2, 2004

Fun Shoe

Mailer posted:

Welp. Time warp thirteen days back because I forgot to feed the plant. 30 minutes of mashing fast forward later I noticed a strange numerical difference. Turns out I didn't pick up that different planet nutrients were available. Time warp back from 07/25 to 06/20, including ~4 hours of Momentos grinding and the entire third palace. Probably 15+ hours lost because of plant food. Fun!

Why the gently caress would you do this for 1 extra kindness point? Like, if I had a save corruption or whatever that caused me to lose that much progress accidentally I would probably never play the game again, but you did it voluntarily for 1. Freaking. Kindness. Point.

Atomic Robo-Kid
Aug 18, 2008

.Blast.Processing.

I'll be content just beating Persona 5 since I wussed out on 3 and 4 and quit on them.

If I stress over every stat point or s link I'm going to have a bad time, all of that stuff I'll worry about if I do a NG+.

ImpAtom
May 24, 2007

Please don't try to 100% the game using a guide your first time playing.

Mailer
Nov 4, 2009

Have you accepted The Void as your lord and savior?

Infinity Gaia posted:

JFYI the 100% guide actually has a lot of leeway if you don't care about getting both the all books AND the all games trophies in one go.

It's me. I'm the guy grinding out the true demon ending first go in SMT3 and reloading to see all the events in P4G. More than that, though, it's that the work in manually correcting everything (I did it in P4G) is way more effort than repeating things. The only thing that broke me in Golden was the Rise trophy.

At least this time I'll come at it with the knowledge that I can blow the cash on SP restore accessories before the third palace and grind there instead of spending a retarded amount of time listening to podcasts while I slowly farm in Momentos. I went in being a tightwad on cash and walked out with 200k.

NotALizardman
Jun 5, 2011

I'm having a hell of a time deciding if I want to romance Makoto or Hifumi and the game keeps kicking me in the gut over it. They're both so good, and every time I think I decide on one, the other does something hilarious or amazing and I change my mind! Hifumi starts yelling about unleashing her evil eye, and then Makoto goes to a Yakuza movie with me and gets really into it! How am I supposed to decide?!

And then the end of the Hawaii trip happened, and man gently caress you game. I chose Makoto and I feel like a massive dick for standing up Hifumi.

Baku
Aug 20, 2005

by Fluffdaddy
The other day I asked if there were specific arcana I should make sure to max out for the Persona, and I was reading around and figured out that the answer is Lovers and Star

You need the ultimate Persona from those arcana to fuse the only thing that gets Victory Cry in P5, so please be nice to Ann

DMorbid
Jan 6, 2011

With our special guest star, RUSH! YAYYYYYYYYY

I can't get the casino music out of my head, someone send help

Expect My Mom
Nov 18, 2013

by Smythe

NotALizardman posted:

I'm having a hell of a time deciding if I want to romance Makoto or Hifumi and the game keeps kicking me in the gut over it. They're both so good, and every time I think I decide on one, the other does something hilarious or amazing and I change my mind! Hifumi starts yelling about unleashing her evil eye, and then Makoto goes to a Yakuza movie with me and gets really into it! How am I supposed to decide?!

And then the end of the Hawaii trip happened, and man gently caress you game. I chose Makoto and I feel like a massive dick for standing up Hifumi.
I already can't decide who to date, and I literally have not met any other female characters aside from Ann and Tae

Farg
Nov 19, 2013
9/17

you can't make me come back if i TURN INTO A CAR

Mordiceius
Nov 10, 2007

If you think calling me names is gonna get a rise out me, think again. I like my life as an idiot!

ImpAtom posted:

Please don't try to 100% the game using a guide your first time playing.

Or let people play whichever way they want.

I'm using the guide to play through because my wife is watching the game as I play and she wants to see all the social links. It drove her crazy in the GB Endurance Run when they would waste time instead of expanding social links.

This may be a surprise, but for some people, using a guide does not reduce their enjoyment of the game.

Farg
Nov 19, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZdOMlWAKTs

Arist
Feb 13, 2012

who, me?


Please don't troll me online for this interruption, okay?

Hunt11
Jul 24, 2013

Grimey Drawer

Moltrey posted:

I already can't decide who to date, and I literally have not met any other female characters aside from Ann and Tae

Don't worry about that. The decision only gets harder later on in the game. Hell I was sure I was going for Ann and then Makoto showed up and everything got so much more difficult.

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



You can be friends with women without dating them right

Terper
Jun 26, 2012


CharlieFoxtrot posted:

You can be friends with women without dating them right

Yes. I only dated Futaba and maxed every other girl.

Pollyanna
Mar 5, 2005

Milk's on them.


So, does the Moon link benefit from having Moon personas in your party? It seems like it's independent of that mechanic.

Neo_Crimson
Aug 15, 2011

"Is that your final dandy?"
So does the game have any difficulty spikes a la Shadow Yukiko? I just finished the second palace at lv.19 with almost no grinding and I'm wondering if I should put some time in Mementos to level up instead of just focusing on S-links and stats.

Saigyouji
Aug 26, 2011

Friends 'ave fun together.

Pollyanna posted:

So, does the Moon link benefit from having Moon personas in your party? It seems like it's independent of that mechanic.

Moon (and Sun) always ranks up when you spend time with them, so no.

Bogart
Apr 12, 2010

by VideoGames
I named the protagonist Mike Mutton and I recommend it to everyone.

Fabricated
Apr 9, 2007

Living the Dream
I'm barely starting this game and I have a feeling I'm going to need a spreadsheet of poo poo in front of me to play it properly. This game is good but it makes me realize how much my attention span has been destroyed in the last decade or so.

Like it's really bad. I used to be able to grind out anything and everything- I liked poo poo like Morrowind which has an insanely fleshed out world and no waypoints/compass, and I loved the Baldur's Gate series and min-maxing DND 2e characters and micromanaging combat. And I find myself almost entirely unwilling to read the tutorials here when I know for a fact that you really loving need to understand the battle system to not get completely wrecked even on normal.

Bogart
Apr 12, 2010

by VideoGames
And I named the group Fresh Boyz. Alright, later!

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

🍂🎃🏞️💦

Fabricated posted:

I'm barely starting this game and I have a feeling I'm going to need a spreadsheet of poo poo in front of me to play it properly. This game is good but it makes me realize how much my attention span has been destroyed in the last decade or so.

Like it's really bad. I used to be able to grind out anything and everything- I liked poo poo like Morrowind. And I find myself almost entirely unwilling to read the tutorials here when I know for a fact that you really loving need to understand the battle system to not get completely wrecked even on normal.

Hit weaknesses
Do what you feel like each day and don't worry about missing poo poo
Don't try to clear dungeons in one day
Register personas every time you get the opportunity
Fuse everything

Klisejo
Apr 13, 2006

Who else see da' Leprechaun say YEAH!
Did... Did my Catbus just catch me with his rear end in a top hat?

Electric Phantasm
Apr 7, 2011

YOSPOS

Oh my God that call from Ryuji while getting grilled by Makoto. Effin' really dude?

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.
Wow but Kamoshida is a garbage human being.

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!
I don't think I've seen anyone even mention dating Chihaya or Ohya in the past year.

Arist
Feb 13, 2012

who, me?


I'm only three ranks into Chihaya but she seems like a garbage person

Coldforge
Oct 29, 2002

I knew it would be bad.
I didn't know it would be so stupid.
This game is so absolutely awful, and I can't stop playing it :(

Baku
Aug 20, 2005

by Fluffdaddy

Tae posted:

I don't think I've seen anyone even mention dating Chihaya or Ohya in the past year.

I like Ohya and considered her, but picked someone else, and I'm planning to be the player on NG+ to make sure I date every single possible girl

Coldforge posted:

This game is so absolutely awful, and I can't stop playing it :(

awfully good!

Lord Ephraim
Feb 22, 2008

That's one way to get ahead in life, but nothing beats an axe to the face.
Are weapons and armor completely pointless to buy again? I know this is a really redundant question to ask in Persona/SMT but it really needs to be asked again. The money sink is real.

Supremezero
Apr 28, 2013

hay gurl

Lord Ephraim posted:

Are weapons and armor completely pointless to buy again? I know this is a really redundant question to ask in Persona/SMT but it really needs to be asked again. The money sink is real.

Armor's good.

Not so much for armor as it's stat bonuses, mind.

Weapons are mostly eh, but the protagonist eventually gets a "steal on normal attack" ability that might make you feel like upgrading his weapon, I guess.

Alfalfa The Roach
Oct 13, 2012

You need to be a badass first.
One the one hand, I'm not feeling the music to Mementos

On the other hand, driving around it inside Morgana is cool as heck

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Mordiceius
Nov 10, 2007

If you think calling me names is gonna get a rise out me, think again. I like my life as an idiot!
When you use a persona to do a physical attack, is it based off your persona's strength, your weapon damage, or a combination of both?

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