To my knowledge they have none. The best strategy is to hit them with physical attacks and debuffs. Some of the later gold shadows are nice enough to hit themselves with rage too.
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To my knowledge they have none. The best strategy is to hit them with physical attacks and debuffs. Some of the later gold shadows are nice enough to hit themselves with rage too.
Tiu Neo
Member
Yep. You can also use Revolution up your critical rate and get lucky getting one (or more) of them down. Of course, their Critical Rate also goes up, too, so you have to be lucky, but that worked for me until mid-game.
Red_taiyaki
Member
Yah, I played on VH on my first playthrough. My next run though is going to be my trophy run so I'll be playing on very easy haha. Can't wait
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DJ_Lae
Member
Yup, once they start casting ballsack they're sitting ducks.
Still overwhelming when you end up against four of the hands, though. You know you'll probably only kill two of them but that doesn't stop you from trying.
And every time one escapes it's sad.
Tiu Neo
Member
Yep
I started using Megido spells to try to kill them all, late game Got them once or twice, but then it's pretty much all of them or none =\Not on on New Game Plus, lol. I love how oddly common they are though.
Randam_Hajile
Member
So, I put the game down for a week and now I can't remember a certain plot detail.
I'm in the Void Quest chasing after Mitsuo and I can't recall why we suspect him as the culprit. Last thing I remember was arresting the fat Risette otaku hanging outside the tofu shop and Morooka being killed.
He appeared on the Midnight Channel taunting people to come get him. I believe Adachi also let slip that he was loose.
Posted earlier in this thread; asking whether I should buy even though I'm a jrpg noob. GOD! Got it last night, and I'm nearly 8 hours in already. It eats your life this game, it eats it, and feel it sucking the life out of me. Looking at reviews and other opinions on other forums, people didn't seem to like the first few hours, but I absolutely loved them. Didn't mind the lack of 'game' in those hours, the story just sucked me in. The characters are all awesome.
Thanks for the recommendation guys. LBP vita, Assassin's Creed, VLR and PS All stars are gonna have to wait.
Thanks for the recommendation guys. LBP vita, Assassin's Creed, VLR and PS All stars are gonna have to wait.
DJ_Lae
Member
I'll be honest, my favourite parts of Persona 4 are those where I'm talking to other characters or just reading dialogue and proceeding through my days.
In comparison I find the combat and dungeons to be kind of weak. Every time I finish one I go "Thank god, now it's back to social linking."
Yeah, feel the exact same way, except there's a weird feeling of "fuck yeah shuffling cards, gimme a good persona, yo!". Alot more swearing and adult themes than I expected, which is actually a breath of fresh air.
Tiu Neo
Member
You're not alone
I still think the first few hours are a bit boring, compared to the rest of the game, but my favorite part of the game is doing S. Links, and dungeon exploring is the weakest part of the game imo. (But I really like the combat)
Almighty spells work the best, but if you don't have them, keep using physical attacks and hope for crits.
DJ_Lae
Member
I did too. Battle wasn't particularly hard but it took forever.
Red_taiyaki
Member
The old strategy of mind charge + -dyne spell seemed to have worked best for me. I had plenty of SP remaining and if I recall correctly...he never had a chance to
reform Mitsuo the Hero.
Yah, I played on VH on my first playthrough. My next run though is going to be my trophy run so I'll be playing on very easy haha. Can't wait
This is what I'm doing.
It's remarkably easy. Difficult to not overlevel, haha.
My best attack was only a Fire Boosted Agilao with a level 40 Pyro Jack, so he reformed twice.
SpaceBridge
Member
Trigger, I need help:
how do I trigger the old lady SL? She told me to see her at the flood plains on sunny days, but I haven't been able to start the SL. I see an old lady there talk about her daughter, but nothing else.
You just need to have Devil at rank 4
, where the old woman mentions not seeing the protagonist anymore
Must be a sunday or holiday.
SpaceBridge
Member
Wow, came in here to ask this exact question.
buddha0991
Member
For Persona 4 yes, but Persona 4 Arena contains a sizable chunk of Persona 3 in it too, so might want to think about that if you are thinking of playing Arena.
Absolutely! lol, this has become a recurring question and each time a person buys the game they claim to love it. Reach out to the truth!
we.are.the.armada
Member
Absolutely. Persona 4 stands apart from the rest of the series in terms of fiction, so you aren't missing out on anything. There are very few throwbacks to previous games.
I'm stuck on the boss of the second dungeon. The two smaller enemies are easy to defeat, but I can never take down the main guy before getting killed by that AoE attack. Most of my party is on level 17, and I get the feeling that I'm not at an adequate level to progress. It's the final day before the fog sets in, so grinding isn't really an option.
Should I reload a previous save from just after the first dungeon, or is there some obvious strategy I'm missing?
Should I reload a previous save from just after the first dungeon, or is there some obvious strategy I'm missing?
Cool, thanks. Will swing by Gamestop after work today.
buddha0991
Member
Just remember to play or at least look up Persona 3 if you are going to play Arena. It is hard to go back to 3 after playing 4.
No other obvious strategy if you know the smaller guys' weaknesses already. I suggest being at level 20+ for that dungeon. The game rewinds by a week if you miss a deadline, so you can just let the fog set in and then retry the dungeon if you don't wish to grind. In the future it's always best to do the dungeons right away.
I completely overlooked the person you're supposed to interrogate until a week before the fog sets in. Otherwise, I would have spent at least a week getting prepared. Thanks.
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
Holidays aka Sundays and Holidays, that're sunny.
SiegfriedFM
Member
I just got Yukiko to be my girlfriend, but... what's that special persona they mention? I don't see anything new in the compendium. Do I still need to find the fusing personas and be an appropriate level?
Oh, and are there any more special scenes after max social level? I'm in July.
Yeah, those sections are a little bogus. Luckily they never take longer than two days going forward.
Yeah.
You get date scenes with the girlfriends on specific days and a scene for each member of the team after you max their social link later in the game (which also unlocks their third tier persona).
That's how many skills remain for that Persona to learn. After you learn the next skill, one of the ones underneath moves up so you can see what it is.
WrenchNinja
Member
Oh god...i am in such deep shit
Red_taiyaki
Member
Don't use the same static party all the time. Be sure to switch your characters out from time to time, even just to gain a few levels as there are Risette specific lines for each character when they have a status effect, perform critical hits, etc.
Ah, thanks. I was going to roll with Chie/Yosuke/Kanji mostly but I'll switch it up for item grinding and whatnot then.
Tiu Neo
Member
Yeah. Do that, don't be too overleveled, and try to listen the lines when you get debuffs or ailments and you should be ok.
Red_taiyaki
Member
No problem. Since I was playing on very hard, I did most of my switching when I was either grinding for persona cards/skill upgrades/money/etc. Good luck!