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

Originally Posted by Chaotic

I am however...:

Holy crap, sucks when Shinji dies. I got him to level 47 and he DIES right after I finish that?! Damn you, Shin Megami Tensei!!

October:

That was a sad moment in the game and was totally thrown out of left field. And to see how Akihiko acted on the day after was even more sad. x_x;; Ugh, I didn't like Shinji's persona very much anyways but it was still sad...

Currently at 85hrs @ 10/1x (forgot exactly) though since the optional boss can only be fought on a second playthrough (damn you Atlus USA!) I'm going to probably poor in another 80hrs or so.

Worth every minute though!

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Originally Posted by bahamuty

Something I noticed when you fuse you can reset and keep fusing until the Persona you want turns up with an item. I only did it once but after a reset or two my Unicorn had an item inside. I don't know if I was just lucky or it's relatively easy.

It's easier to get items out of persona when it is before and after a full/new moon. I think the chances of getting a heart jumps from something like 30% to 70%. Though I forgot where I read that.

I edited my spoiler tag and also the spoiler that Chaotic is talking about IS in October.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Horus is a god send (when you can make it) since it naturally nulls light and will naturally learn repel dark. When you are the right level and maxed out Sun, then definitely make a Horus. A plus is that it doesn't have any elemental weaknesses.

I <3 my multi-dyne Horus (took forever).

How ya doing, buddy?

Yeah, during the last month I plan on working on the ones that are five or higher (there's about 3 or 4) that way I don't end up getting to a level 9 S.Link only to have no way to increase it. That would suck.

I'm totally a victim of rushing though. I'm trying hard not to get to the top of Tartarus too fast (I'm about 3 bosses away from the top on on the first week of Jan). Is it just me or are the bosses getting easier?

To be safe, 6th block boss name:

Except the World of Balance. That shit was insane, had to level up Koromaru to replace Aigis because of his damn Ziodyne -> Megidolaon. Talk about near death, I am so glad I had Mediarahan for when Yukari was down.

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

Originally Posted by rpgcrazied

anyone beat death yet? I havent stuck around a floor to fight him.. but i hear he is brutal. :P

I tried, since it's one of Elizabeth's quests (reward is 6.5 million yen XD). I got owned so bad at level 65. At least I was able to last a few rounds~

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by rpgcrazied

ugh, floor 122th

Spoiler:

3 arcane turrents! plus they hit kinda hard lol. Im using ice.. maybe i need to lvl more

122 floor boss:

If you are getting owned by their attacks, then sometimes it's NOT a good idea to All-Out attack at every possible time. Try knocking them down with the main character, but don't all out attack. If Mitsuru goes last or after them, then just use her to all-out attack. It's pretty simple and if you're other party members don't interfere then the enemy won't even attack.

Either that or you get Yukari up to 45 (or what level) so she learns Mediarama. By that level you should be able to own the turrets and the next boss XD.

Also, doesn't it make it easier to max everything out on the second playthrough? Because you don't have to worry about maxing all your stats, so you can get right onto maxing out S.Links. >_> (still would cut it really close though).

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Same with me. I didn't know you couldn't see your school friends on vactions or exams so I just messed around. Same with my stats, didn't max them out until September when I started getting seriously. Of course, my S.Links have suffered. I only maxed out Justice, Star, Sun, Hanged Man, Magician, and Emporer. And I'm almost done with the game. :/ Almost everyone else is reversed because I ditched them to see Akinari on Sundays and there are about 5-6 S.Links reversed because of this XD.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by rpgcrazied

Does anyone else hate the loading times? of course, they are not that long.. but they are everywhere.

In the beginning they are bothersome (LOAD FASTER I AM ALMOST OUT OF TIME!!!) but I didn't really notice it as much about 3/4 through the game. It's just annoying to wait seconds just for the menu to load up.

EDIT: Sigh, I'm stuck on the 228th floor boss. Only because of it using a SUPER CHEAP version of Life/Spirit Drain. Life Drain takes up a fucking 200hp from you while the latter takes 120sp. DO NOT WANT 3X ON YUKARI GOD DAMNIT

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

If Dekunda works like that, then I'll definitely be trying that since I have a Surt with Dekunda through fusion (I do believe).

The only problem would then be Junpei, since he's level 17 right now. If this works it wouldn't matter right? Since they wouldn't attack. Still would be risky though.

228 boss:

Except Ice and Electricity I do beleive.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Dr. Uzuki

I still do not know how to beat that one without using this super cheap trick.

Which works.

Spoiler:

I have Junpei set on Standby since he can't do anything while Koromaru and Yukari just do normal attacks against it (I guess Garudyne isn't a good idea Yukari?). Might take awhile, but it's definitely better than any other attempts I've done.

Can't wait till I get Monad though, then the fun can really begin.

Additional Spam:
While I was looking up the Persona 3 FES opening, I was greeted with something that looked promising.

YouTube - Persona 3 FES Opening

Reading the description, I saw that they said Persona 3 FES would be released Feburary 2008. Now I don't know where they got their info from or if it's true or not (it is youtube) so I'm taking it with a grain of salt.

Not holding my breath, but just in case...

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by rpgcrazied

wow i didnt see that coming..

Spoiler:

so.. is Shinji really dead? I know he prob is, but he wasnt playable for that long. I guess he doesnt come back. :P

October spoilers:

Yeah, he's dead alright. Can't do a thing about it! Though he was sweet enough to let you use hammers, because some of them are pretty damn cool (Crit Up [High] + 300 ATK? ). I sorta guessed something like that would happen because his persona was way to powerful at our level.

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

Originally Posted by STRIGON-2

If that's the case... I'm not hesitating to drop another $50 on this game.

This is probably one of the best RPGs I've ever played, and getting a couple more hours out of it would be totally worth it. Especially if it means closure for several things in game.

I hope it's true.

A couple, more than that.

There's a new difficulty (Hard), there's new endings for most, if not all, S. Links. There's a new S.Link (dating Aigis~), so new persona. And the episode after the game is said to add at least 30 hours onto it.

Seriously, this is so big that I"m surprised Atlus tried to deny at first that FES was coming. I really hope Atlus USA does localize it so much that I'm grasping onto little things like that video.

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Originally Posted by STRIGON-2

Regarding FES:

Does anyone know who the Aeon Social Link is associated with?

Regarding FES:

Aigis, you get to date her~

Originally Posted by Xellos

So FES is just the original game, with added scenes and changes to gameplay? exactly how much extra is there? because honestly that doesn't look very appealing on first sight.

And if this is indeed the case, I don't get why they didn't just release FES right away. I'm sure it must have already been out when they did P3.

Because there are a lot of things in there that would be controversial if brought over and I think Atlus USA was thinking of the fans and how they probably didn't want censorship to begin with. I've been reading around and from the looks of it, the game would get an AO release here because of our shitty censorship. Which would mean no release. ;(

But since people are voicing their opinion and are open to censorship, they will definitely think about it.

Also there were two releases of Persona 3. The Append Disc and Independent version. The Append Disc needed you to put in Persona 3 before you started up then switch back to FES. This is Episode Aigis and does not include Episode Yourself (which is what the main game is). The Independant version of the game is basically the 'director's cut' of the game with new S.Link endings, an extra S.Link, new persona, persona move lists changed and a bonus is Hard Mode. Episode Aigis is supposed to tie up loose ends with the ending of Persona 3 and is basically the 'true ending'. I remember how people were using the 'omg we won't get the real ending!!!' as an excuse. Funny.

Also, Monad can only be unlocked now by beating Reaper, which is harder. I know on Normal you'll get by with 75-80 maybe, but hard mode will require 85-90 even possibly 99. Which would render Monad useless during that playthrough :P.

More maybe spoilerish about FES:

You can also date Elizabeth in FES, but those are just requests and not related to any S.Links.

EDIT: I forgot, that a lot of the school days change completely and exams have different questions in the Independant version. Also, the Naganaki Shrine is more useful in FES. You can pray to it to get random, helpful effects.

So all in all, FES adds a LOT of stuff to the main game. Enough to make you want to play it again after beating it, plus with an all new episode that will probably add roughly 30-40 more hours of gameplay? I know I'm pouring 130 hours into the main game (more doing a 2nd 100% play through) so over 200 hours on this game? That would be awesome~

I really hope Atlus USA does the Independent version of the game over the Append Disc. But if they must, I will not argue with them, it'd just be nice. ;(

Originally Posted by Xellos

And if this is indeed the case, I don't get why they didn't just release FES right away. I'm sure it must have already been out when they did P3.

Actually, FES came out while they were in the middle of localizing Persona 3. So I don't think they would have quit because it's not like they can just copy-pasta the translation.

ALRIGHT I AM DONE EDITING/POSTING NOW.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Really? Wow, they better bring FES if they are doing this. D:

Coming to say: THE FINAL BOSS IS A BITCH.

Final Boss:

Not only does the boss have 25,500 HP (spread among 13 forms, plus 6000 for the last. But in the last form, it becomes strong to everything but Almighty (expect to see 80-90 damage tops at level 76). Good luck trying to live because it will eventually start throwing Hamaon (Justice) and Mudoon (Hermit and Hanged Man) and those apparently hit for about as much as Samara and Die For Me! does...a lot.

I had about 15 precious eggs and 5 somas. I died with all my SP running out due to running out of healing items.

The final boss is definitely a challenge. But I'm not going to go through the time every time I lose (I fought for 1.5 hours before dieing) so I'm just going to use Armageddon once I make Lucifer and Satan. Ugh >/

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?