[PS2] SMT: Persona 3 (The RPG to keep talking about, since :awesome:) Now with more PEZ.

Originally Posted by Tritoch

Question about the culture festival:

Spoiler:

Is there a way to reschedule the Culture Festival after the typhoon? Everyone made such a big deal out of it and there's a screenshot on RPGamer of Yukari in the maid outfit (standing in her room though, so it could be part of something different). Maybe by having a higher social link with the student council? It just seems odd how it faded away like that after everyone talking about it for over a week.

Spoiler:

No.

The maid outfit is a FES exclusive(you are not allowed to change the outfits of your characters in the original Persona 3 as well, so the only times you would see people in different outfits would be if it was something that was in the original, like summer bikinis). It's part of a very strange event.

Originally Posted by Elixir

Any special reason why Yukari talks to you in hiragana when she's sick?

Localization messed up and forgot to remove it. There is another instance of that as well (doesn't involve Yukari though)

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Guest

Do Block Sections only unlock once after a full moon? After Block 3 opened I went through the first section on the first night. Now I'm kinda bored.. Am I stuck playing with trash mobs until the next full moon?

Only when you get the call from Elizabeth, which is only after the full moon events. So yes essentially you are stuck playing with trash mobs.

Originally Posted by LS

The problem is there are some bosses that doesn't have any weakness, good example is the guardian on 59th floor, Having a hard time against him.

Based on what seems to be a common "strategy":
Agilao Agilao Agilao Tarunda Tarunda Tarunda (whenever it buffs itself), etc.

No real strategy... just use the strongest spell you have + heal up + hope you don't get hama'd + carry revival beads + use a Persona that doesn't get raped by Wind. Beware of the reflection too, so at some point you might want to just switch into healing mode and let your party get themselves murdered by attacking it instead of you. At least you can revive your party members.

Popular Persona that seem to be used a lot: Sati (Agilao), Fortuna (Wind Resist + Dodge Wind), Oberon, Lilim (Marin Karin), Legion (Sexy Dance), Principality (Media)...

Originally Posted by Dr. Uzuki

Thing I'm worried about is, do I need Orpheus with me by the time I have access to the compendium for him to be in it? Will he be at his default level or the one he was at when I fused him? And are there any story or bonus consequences to not retaining the original? For example, in Nocturne, if you kept the Pixie you get early in the game to a late point, there was a certain door you'd be able to open, if not, you were out of luck. Anything like that?

The odd thing I encountered was at a certain point, there were no access points for two floors in a row. I'm sure of it, it was a small area that I went over like mad looking for it. I have not come across that in this game until now. I don't know if it was because of how many times I had already entered and warped down to ground level, because I've done it a lot in this single run, or what. It's bizarre and kind of fear instilling to think that, when I need one the most, I could possibly be searching in futility.

Orpheus will be at Level 1 in the Compendium (actually, I believe all Persona are at their original level in the Compendium until you register their new information) regardless of whether you have access to it yet or not.

Access Points are random and not necessarily always on a floor. You will learn to love them when you find them.

I had Angel before the end of floor 5, but that took a really long time of fighting to find one. The game likes to shove Pixies down your throat and sometimes Apsaras in that area.

How ya doing, buddy?

Whenever I fuse or find Personae they are automatically registered in the Compendium at their default levels and skills (i.e. Lv8 Lilim, Lv12 Legion, etc). However if I want the Persona I just created to be called upon in the future with how I created it then I have to re-register it.

Useful if I want to save a certain Persona with a powerful Fertilized Item or with a certain move set that took quite a while to get to appear.

(Say for example I fuse a Lilim. By default Lilim is Lv 8 with Marin Karin, Agi, Zio. However the Lilim I fuse has Marin Karin, Agi, Zio, Bufu, Garu and as a result it levels up to add Rakukaja, Mudo, and Mazio. Rather than having to try to create this particular four-element Lilim over and over again and grind it, I can simply register it into the Persona Compendium to call upon it when I need it.)

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Metal Sphere

Basically, get in the habit of registering your Personas, since some are the result of your grinding and fusing others and some are a simply a chore to get from shuffles. Sure it costs a bit, but you wind up making a decent chunk of change while grinding anyway.

BTW, looks like you also made yourself an elemental Lillim just like I had way back. I tried to do the same with Loki but the bastard wouldn't pick up Agidyne. Still, fusing is awesome. I'll tryto get Null Light on as many of the higher level dark personas as possible, just to toss the Hama weakness out.

Yeah, getting the Persona the right way you want and then re-registering them in the Compendium is so great.

Not only do you keep updated records on them to save you the trouble of having to deal with that crap again, but you can easily get rid of and add in various Persona at your whim for those 50% bonuses when you are doing social links (although you have to be able to afford the Persona's cost).

I might make an elemental Narcissus just to be able to hit all at once.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Your friendship may become stronger soon just means you didn't have enough points to hit the next level at that current meeting.

I guess with some clever manipulations (promising to meet someone when they call you at night gives a boost to social links if you have the Persona of the Arcana they represent, going to Tartarus sometimes so that you don't get a reverse or nagged by someone) and present giving you could do it though.

Narcissus is required for a particular unique Death fusion, which in turn is fused with the rest of the lot to create the "ultimate" Death Persona. Although there are those that value the "second ultimate" Death Persona more than the "ultimate". I think it's the "Die for Me!" skill in combination with "Mudo Booster" that they appreciate about it.

Although Narcissus is damn well useful in itself. The fertilized item it has makes you immune to Charm. Then again depending on when you get it, might not even need it anymore.

I was speaking idiomatically.

*yawn*

Atlus claimed when they were working on Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 that they did not know about FES, and when FES was announced they were too far deep into it to just drop it and work for that.

It's no skin off my back if FES does or does not come to US shores. The true ending of the game is somewhat worth it, and those 20 something extra Persona are kind of neat (although the giant penis is kind of disturbing), along with new things that open up and costumes... but eh. It's not something I'd strive for.

If FES did come out it would probably be in a standalone version, so that we get to double dip while other people can possibly get into it without having to hunt down a copy of Persona 3.

I was amused though that FES is a giant "Fuck You" to various Persona 3 grinders, since they changed a lot of things to taking up your entire day instead of not touching the time at all.

No more max Social Links & Stats on the first playthrough~

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Tritoch

Is that the giant green penis in a chariot with a dozen tentacles sprouting from the scrotum? A friend of mine got that as the secret character in one of those One Coin SMT figurine series recently, and damn that was freakish. I think it was called Mara.

Yes, it would be Mara.

It is both awesome and disturbing at the same time.

EDIT: Although now that I think about it... I guess the social link endings they added for FES would make it worth a purchase, aside from Episode Aegis.

FELIPE NO

Is it a special floor or just a regular one?

On special floors (anything other than normal floors or the floor after a boss) Death appears in less than 2 minutes.

Even if you are in battle the invisible timer is still ticking.

How ya doing, buddy?

The item you gained from the S. Link itself is carried over as well, so it's not like it's the end of the world or anything.

Just remember to put lots of super stuff on the Compendium I suppose :E

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Yeah, it's been on their websites under their resumé that they did voice work for FES. Atlus hasn't come out and denied it, nor have they confirmed it.

It's much like how the VA for Krystal just admitted she did the voice work for Krystal on Brawl. Nintendo hasn't come out and said she's wrong but they aren't going to say she's right either.

You can make of it what you will until the fated day comes.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

The name field was changed to "hello person looking at code this will not help you"

It's nothing new though about people copy-pasting previous layouts. They were doing it for Tales of Vesperia (back when everyone was trying to figure out what system it would be for and all that).

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.