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[DNAbro]

Should I use a guide for this game, so just play however? I heard there's a lot of missable stuff and stuff you can screw up. Is there a good spoiler-free guide to use in that case?

yes there is a lot of missable stuff, but you can't really screw yourself badly. Game is designed so you should be picking what is important to you.

 

[DrunkShogun]

I'm on 7/18, and have a 4 in knowledge and a 3 in everything else. Is there any stat I should really try to focus on? There are some things I know I need to boost for certain situations, like

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Makoto's next rank, and the airsoft guy.

Kindness. At least 4 to make your life easier.

 

[Dragner]

I'm on 7/18, and have a 4 in knowledge and a 3 in everything else. Is there any stat I should really try to focus on? There are some things I know I need to boost for certain situations, like

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Makoto's next rank, and the airsoft guy.

It depends on what you pursue. If you want to train the strongest arcanas you need Guts 3 and charm 4 for death, Charm 3 and Knowledge 5 for star, guts 3 and money for temperance, money for fortune, and Kindness 4 for Hermit.

Thats probably some of the top tier arcana, from the companions Makoto requires charm 5 at some points as the hardest requirement.

Kindness the hardest to level for me, I had to sell TONS of flowers for that...and charm is guts is needed a lot but the best bonuses are hidden behind knowledge 5(star) but thats easy to level.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

I'm on 7/18, and have a 4 in knowledge and a 3 in everything else. Is there any stat I should really try to focus on? There are some things I know I need to boost for certain situations, like

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Makoto's next rank, and the airsoft guy.

Ran into problems with charm and guts the most so far.

 

[zelhawks37]

You missed her?

She was spanking my ass all up and down that damn

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pyramid.

(4th Palace location spoiler)

Nah I meant in terms of recruiting. Ive encountered

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Isis

a few times, but always killed instead of recruited.

 

[Hexxen-Panda]

This is the first game in a long time that has me feeling depressed because I know it will eventually end.

I'm already in dungeon 6 at 47 hours, and I'm feeling this HARD. I feel like I fucked up by rushing it a bit.

 

[molnizzle]

7/5

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Yusuke just recommended that I wrap up any Mementos missions I have before the deadline because I will probably get new ones, but I was purposefully waiting to get more after the deadline so that I have a fuck-ton of them to do all in one run and maximize my time.

Is my plan sound, or should I go do some missions?

 

[MadLaughter]

Thanks for the tips. Has anyone figured out the exact mechanics of the benefit of the 5k readings from (still mid july)

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the fortune arcana?

Saw someone suggesting it only raised things from one note to two, and perhaps had no visible effect if you select like, charm and then take a bath.

 

[MKIL65]

Should I use a guide for this game, or just play however? I heard there's a lot of missable stuff and stuff you can screw up. Is there a good spoiler-free guide to use in that case?

If you're going for 100% and Platinum, you should wait until NG+ for that.

Enjoy the game on your first playthrough.

 

[Weebos]

I'm on 7/18, and have a 4 in knowledge and a 3 in everything else. Is there any stat I should really try to focus on? There are some things I know I need to boost for certain situations, like

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Makoto's next rank, and the airsoft guy.

You'll want 4 in Kindness for an upcoming link, and a 5 to advance in

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Sojiro's

.

 

[AAMARMO]

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So I got the bad ending. I gotta say I did see that twist coming.

 

[Weiss]

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So I got the bad ending. I gotta say I did see that twist coming.

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I thought Goro was really well done! The entire dungeon was about him being this awkward, bumbling charming guy who effortlessly melts the gang's worries about him and them BAM SHOT TO THE FACE! I imagine once I replay the game and actually get past the bad ending I'll like him even more.

7/5

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Yusuke just recommended that I wrap up any Mementos missions I have before the deadline because I will probably get new ones, but I was purposefully waiting to get more after the deadline so that I have a fuck-ton of them to do all in one run and maximize my time.

Is my plan sound, or should I go do some missions?

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I think it's a good idea. Mementos is pretty easy.

 

[Lifejumper]

Guys Yes or No. Is there a true ending?

EDIT: NVM, its in the OP. Sorry.

 

[QuackkAttack]

Afraid of looking at other spoilers so I'll ask this directly. I'm in the opening sections and the game has just now allowed me to begin moving about freely.

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I'm told I have to "take Kamoshida's heart" by the time the school board meeting happens or else I'll be expelled. There have been veiled threats that really bad things will happen if I'm expelled from a second school. How serious is it? Obviously, I'll get a game over in the game, but what is the story implying happens to the main characters? No school will accept me again? Execution? It would have to be pretty bad considering we could still invade his castle after May 5th, make him change his heart, and then just deal with whatever the consequences were from there.

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I'm fairly sure it states that the main character would go straight to juvenile hall (kid prison) because he's already on probation. Ryuji would probably just drop out of school. So pretty bad for them in the real life sort of way.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Wait there's more than one ending ugh...I always get bad in games like that

 

[Bunta]

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Don't post spoilers without any description of where it is in the story, please.

 

[QuackkAttack]

Wait there's more than one ending ugh...I always get bad in games like that

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It's super easy to avoid.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

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It's super easy to avoid.

You underestimate me

 

[AAMARMO]

You underestimate me

Make sure you make another save.

 

[SHarris78]

Is there really nowhere to buy any SP regeneration stuff once you've run out in the first dungeon?

I'm virtually at the end but had to leave due having used up all my items. Back in the real world, there's loads of HP items to buy but I can't find a single SP one. Checked all the vending machines, the clinic, supermarkets - nothing.

 

[DrunkShogun]

How many actual persona 4 Easter eggs are there. I only came across one I think

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rise poster

. By the way I've beaten the game so feel free to spoil me on that topic.

 

[Iriscomeback]

Screw the 5th palace, seriously.

 

[Dragner]

Is there really nowhere to buy any SP regeneration stuff once you've run out in the first dungeon?

I'm virtually at the end but had to leave due having used up all my items. Back in the real world, there's loads of HP items to buy but I can't find a single SP one. Checked all the vending machines, the clinic, supermarkets - nothing.

You can buy SP regen accesorys leveling up the death arcana.

 

[LiK]

Screw the 5th palace, seriously.

That's my next destination. Altho tonight will be OW.

 

[daevious]

How many actual persona 4 Easter eggs are there. I only came across one I think

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rise poster

. By the way I've beaten the game so feel free to spoil me on that topic.

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One of the Who's Who guests is Adachi, who is apparently set to be executed soon.

 

[Trojita]

How many actual persona 4 Easter eggs are there. I only came across one I think

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rise poster

. By the way I've beaten the game so feel free to spoil me on that topic.

Early on in the game after the first palace they mention

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Naoto on TV as the first Detective Prince.

 

[EndMerit]

Sojiro:
...MC? What's going on?

MC:
> Salt...
> I'm just a bit salty...

This S-link is off to a good start.

 

[Zesh]

I haven't been this hooked on a game for a long time; I'm having trouble doing other things because my mind just wanders back to the game. Feel like I should've taken time off work for this.

 

[PancakeBurglar]

Can someone spoiler the date in which we decide what ending we get? I want to make I have a save ready just in case.

 

[Incendiary]

Talking with my friend about Persona 5 and her actual cat apparently starts trying to herd her family into bedrooms at night and howls/meows at them constantly if they stay up.

So Morgana forcing you to sleep is based in reality, apparently!

 

[Totakeke]

Can someone spoiler the date in which we decide what ending we get? I want to make I have a save ready just in case.

You don't have to worry about it as long you save as usual and save when the game asks you if you want to save (as if that's not a big enough warning sign).

 

[DrunkShogun]

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One of the Who's Who guests is Adachi, who is apparently set to be executed soon.

Early on in the game after the first palace they mention

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Naoto on TV as the first Detective Prince.

That's nice to hear. Nothing big but still nice to see them in the game. Just realised that persona 5 avoided the persona tradition that's in 2&3,

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no group bath scene

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[Strangelove77]

Did they ever give away the Ann dynamic theme in the US? It's on sale now and I'm wondering if maybe I missed it when they put it up for free.

 

[Dragner]

Talking with my friend about Persona 5 and her actual cat apparently starts trying to herd her family into bedrooms at night and howls/meows at them constantly if they stay up.

So Morgana forcing you to sleep is based in reality, apparently!

My cat actually goes in top of my chest and meowths at my face to wake me up minutes before the alarm sounds. And if I try to set it up a bit to sleep a bit more...hell no he will cry like theres no tomorrow until I wake up.

 

[PancakeBurglar]

You don't have to worry about it as long you save as usual and save when the game asks you if you want to save (as if that's not a big enough warning sign).

Alright that's good to know, thanks for the heads up.

 

[gun_haver]

You can buy SP regen accesorys leveling up the death arcana.

I haven't got these yet (they're available just don't want to spend all of my yen), so maybe it doesn't matter, but these almost feel like a bit of a cheat. SP works differently than MP in most games - it's really important and is the main limiter on you just running through enemies, since everything has a weakness and the strategy of when to use your SP is part of what makes battles a challenge.

Also, it adds some fun tension to dungeons when you try to one-shot them and by the end are scraping for a few points of SP however you can get it.

Seems like regenerating SP (dunno how it works, per turn i guess?) would kill some of that, since the scarcity of it is what balances out how easy enemies are to kill.

Then again, who cares. I'll buy em anyway.

 

[Aaronrules380]

Can someone spoiler the date in which we decide what ending we get? I want to make I have a save ready just in case.

The first one will ask you to save beforehand anyways and should be pretty obvious. There are other's later that are super, super easy to avoid near the end of the game as well

 

[Wiseblood]

God damn, if I wasn't already in love with this game's soundtrack then it hits me with "Rivers in the Desert".

 

[Aaronrules380]

I haven't got these yet (they're available just don't want to spend all of my yen), so maybe it doesn't matter, but these almost feel like a bit of a cheat. SP works differently than MP in most games - it's really important and is the main limiter on you just running through enemies, since everything has a weakness and the strategy of when to use your SP is part of what makes battles a challenge.

Also, it adds some fun tension to dungeons when you try to one-shot them and by the end are scraping for a few points of SP however you can get it.

Seems like regenerating SP (dunno how it works, per turn i guess?) would kill some of that, since the scarcity of it is what balances out how easy enemies are to kill.

Then again, who cares. I'll buy em anyway.

The SP regen accessories are really powerful early game, but the sp heal is a flat 7 so as you progress it'll remain useful but be far less op. I felt like they were damn near mandatory by the endgame even on normal difficulty

 

[SHarris78]

You can buy SP regen accesorys leveling up the death arcana.

So without levelling up the death arcana there's no way of getting SP, is that right?

 

[Weebos]

If I buy the DLC soundtracks is there a way to set them on "random" so I will get a different track in each battle?

I assume not, but I can dream.

So without levelling up the death arcana there's no way of getting SP, is that right?

For the first dungeon? Not that I can think of. More options open later.

 

[Auto_aim1]

Maxed out the doctor, oh my...

So without levelling up the death arcana there's no way of getting SP, is that right?

If you are willing to pay double the price, but I think you need at least rank 3 or 4 for it to appear, not sure.

Oh I misread, you can get regen in other ways too.

 

[NightMystic]

Screw the 5th palace, seriously.

Absolutely hated this dungeon. It just keeps going on and on. The first area is just the worst. The second area isn't too bad, but by the time I reached it I just wanted it to be over.

 

[Totakeke]

So without levelling up the death arcana there's no way of getting SP, is that right?

Plenty of ways. There's several demon skills that regen SP as well.

 

[Aaronrules380]

So without levelling up the death arcana there's no way of getting SP, is that right?

there's also coffee and curry from the hierophant link (And with temperance at a certain level those can be made without taking up time). I've also heard some of the vending machine drinks give a tiny amount of sp back

 

[Tiops]

I'm already in dungeon 6 at 47 hours, and I'm feeling this HARD. I feel like I fucked up by rushing it a bit.

Holy shit, how? I'm a few days before the third dungeon at 33 hours lol.

 

[Wiseblood]

Is there really nowhere to buy any SP regeneration stuff once you've run out in the first dungeon?

I'm virtually at the end but had to leave due having used up all my items. Back in the real world, there's loads of HP items to buy but I can't find a single SP one. Checked all the vending machines, the clinic, supermarkets - nothing.

There are SP regen sodas available in the vending machine by the bath house, the one in the school courtyard, two of them in Shinjuku, and I think two more in Akihabara. They sell two types of SP soda you can buy 1-2 of per week. Only 5 SP per soda though.

 

[Dragner]

So without levelling up the death arcana there's no way of getting SP, is that right?

You can get it with items like soul balms. Or with items like coffee but that requires leveling another arcana. In the end the items from death are super poweful, both the consumables and the accesorys

 

[T.O.P]

Second palace / "Case" is boring me to tears

Hoping for the third one to be a bit more intriguing :/

 

[Auto_aim1]

I haven't got these yet (they're available just don't want to spend all of my yen), so maybe it doesn't matter, but these almost feel like a bit of a cheat.

It's not a cheat. In dungeon 5, you will need to use SP smartly even with the accessory on all four characters, but you can do the dungeon in 1 day. It gets hard later on.