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Persona 5 |OT| Lupin The Fifth. Label spoilers properly! (see post #4621)
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Should I replace weaker skills with their stronger versions (for example Maragion instead of Maragi) or should I keep them both? Most of the time I don't use them to deal a lot of damage but to knock down enemies so I can finish them with an all-out Attack. So it seems using the weaker version gets the job done most of the time and conserves SP.
Also, can you still hang out with characters after maxing out their social link? Is there any benefit in doing so?
Also, can you still hang out with characters after maxing out their social link? Is there any benefit in doing so?
Wolf Akela
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No point keeping weaker spells. You have way better skills to use those slots.
Dunno in P5, in in P3/4 it was pointless to spend time with them after maxing out the link.
It's overblown. Game was too good so people needed something to complain about ¯\_(ツ_/¯
Yeah, there are some questionable lines but the game in general isn't that badly localized.
Most of those clunky translations are in the first few hours of the game.
Seeing how many dialogue lines the game has (story, coops, LINE messages, Mementos banter, and other stuff I can't remember), having some clunky lines doesn't seem that weird.
My impression is that the game has MUCH more text than Persona 3/4. The word count of those chat group conversations alone must be huge.
Autoignition
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Just hit September. There's no way I'm maxing out a vast majority of my Confidants. I'll get maybe four or five of them total, I think. Stat requirements are really chafing my ladydick, and I'm often too lazy to keep the proper Arcana on me.
August burned me the fuck out on
Maybe shouldn't have tackled it all in one sitting, but holy goddamn. Halfway through it, I said to a buddy of mine, "This game is paced like ass." And it really is. I don't remember these kinds of pacing issues with P4G, but it's been a few years since I played it, so I could just be forgetting.
I really just want to take a moment to appreciate the main character in this game, though. God, I really just adore him and his dialogue choices. He's such a huge step up from Yu, and he shines a light on just how fucking nothing Yu was. I know Atlus will never do this, but I'd love to check on him in 10 or even 20 years to see how his life turned out.
August burned me the fuck out on
the slice of life parts of this game, though. Jesus Christ. 25 days of just SOL shit.
I really just want to take a moment to appreciate the main character in this game, though. God, I really just adore him and his dialogue choices. He's such a huge step up from Yu, and he shines a light on just how fucking nothing Yu was. I know Atlus will never do this, but I'd love to check on him in 10 or even 20 years to see how his life turned out.
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Hm, that's too bad. But I guess they leave the introduction of new Demons to the mainline series.
BassForever
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I feel like I'm the only weirdo that uses all the party members evenly in these games :X
It's all up to you really, if you choose to not keep strong versions then you will lose out on damage for mini bosses and bosses. What I do is that for everyone apart from the MC I keep the strong skills and buff them up with passive skills as much as possible. For MC I do the same but I also keep 1-2 low level personas that deal low level AoE elemental attacks just to conserve SP for those low level enemies.
Another thing I do is that since Invigorate skill stacks, I use the SP accessory along with a persona with Invigorate as my default persona everytime I go into a battle. That way I get like 12-14 SP the moment I get control, which is more than enough to use low level skills on shitty enemies.
EZA review is out, 5/5, woo
I've just finished the Temperance arcana. Really good writting in the last few levels. I loved the send off. How
Dunno, the level 10 of this coop was quite an emotional ride for me.
He can definitely be more flavored than previous MC if you want. I loved the Hermit coop level 7 scene
I definitely appreciate having 25 days to just do normal life stuff, without Morgana screwing me around and the cast being all like "dude, we gotta go to the Palace!".
I recommend you leveling up the Fortuna coop to level 7, since
I hate the feeling when you can't advance any coop in a day. Fortune and Temperance have some of the best perks when it comes to getting the most out of the calendar.
she becomes a really good teacher, how she says sorry for thinking of you as a hassle and scolds you. And then she says she knows you're a Phantom Thief but decides to trust you.
Dunno, the level 10 of this coop was quite an emotional ride for me.
He can definitely be more flavored than previous MC if you want. I loved the Hermit coop level 7 scene
where Futaba calls Mishima an NPC and you can choose "Savage" as an answer lol. Couldn't have put my thoughts into words better than that lol.
I definitely appreciate having 25 days to just do normal life stuff, without Morgana screwing me around and the cast being all like "dude, we gotta go to the Palace!".
I recommend you leveling up the Fortuna coop to level 7, since
you unlock a Fortune reading that increases affinity with coops, so you don't need to spend time with them when you get "your relationship won't deepen yet". After 1-2 days, you'll be able to level said coop.
Engrish should not be tolerated at this price.It's overblown. Game was too good so people needed something to complain about ¯_(ツ
Should I spend some of my money on upgrading guns or is it better to save it for other purposes? I'm in the third dungeon atm and I'm still using the initial guns for each character. I've been mainly using them to exploit gun weakness mainly, not to deal damage, so I don't know if it's worth the investment
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MeisaMcCaffrey
I'm really sad I finished the game. I can't replay such a long game. enjoy it guys, don't rush through it.
Nope, just use them on flying enemies who should go down in a hit anyway. Upgrading them is pointless.
enjoy it guys, don't rush through it.Nope, just use them on flying enemies who should go down in a hit anyway. Upgrading them is pointless.
Dark Metamorphosis
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5 hours into the game, like it more than 4 initially but just like with 4 my suspense of disbelief gets disturbed by the american voice actors using japanese honorary titles - it sounds super off to me. It draws me out of the experience a bit.
Man, doing the September palace in one sitting was a huge mistake. My brain was fried by the time I got to the puzzle at the end. Anyways, that's another one gone and I really want to talk about what happened at the end of that one.
I've only gotten to 9/22, Okumura's Palace is done. The person in all black that killed Okumura's shadow has a build very similar to one of the Confidants. Is my hunch correct?
bahamut zero
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I've got a very high engrish-tolerance after playing certain chinese-english releases, P5 is far from bad.
Just make sure you get some sleep.
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MeisaMcCaffrey
I bet everyone noticed the same thing.
The lyrics to the song are sometimes so hard to figure out due to engrish. If it wasn't for the official lyrics being out I wouldn't have gotten a lot of the words hah
Chie Satonaka
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Palace 7:
This place fucking SUCKS.
Man, this is one time where I didn't want to be right. I loved getting surprised by the twists in P3 and 4.
I just have to say, it's crazy how good the game is even after all this time playing.
Use japanese voices then
Just got the
Judgement
has to "auto rank up" seeing who it is
I find it amazing due to the atmosphere, music and fights. Palace 5 did the same but in a drab place with shit music and did it more.
If you are having trouble going around then I recommend you use cover to cover movement, because the enemies don't notice you at all even if you are a hair length away and right in front of their line of sight. There are plenty of cover in the palaces for that reason.
It does annoy me that even if there's room for them to walk right by you without altering their pathing, if the path is narrow they'll freak out a little then turn around.
You should swap covers so that you are not in their path but I didn't really have much issues with it. As long as you aren't moving when they are right in front of you they won't freak out. So if there is an L shaped cover then just swap to the side which is away from the enemy and let them pass.
Yeah, the scene with both characters doing that pose is awesome. Do we know if he
has some autistic traits? He certainly reminds me of an autistic kid I looked after in my scout group.
Strengthening a persona raises their level and lets them inherit a random ability from the sacrificed persona.
I was reading it only gives a bonus to things that give you 1 note (Juice will give you 2 now, same with the bonus from studying at the dinner. Knowledge will remain the same, just the bonus from what you order) It's small but it will add up over time.
They were boring and a bit too long to my taste and also they add nothing to the story. Only futaba dungeon was good for me a good mix of puzzle+story and wasn't long.
Inquisitive_Ghost
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I just got to the part where I got to hear Rivers in the Desert for the first time.
Holy fucking shit is that song HYPE or what
Holy fucking shit is that song HYPE or what
texhnolyze
Banned
Pre-palace 7.
Look, there are lots of people here gathering. That police who've been watching us since yesterday is still there too. We'd better go to the metaverse right here, pretty sure no one will notice a group of teenagers disappearing into thin air.
Inquisitive_Ghost
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My headcanon is that they walk off somewhere and the game just condenses the event, because their popping into the Metaverse in public all the time is just so dumb.
AgentLampshade
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Why is the game still telling me where to view the story? I'm 50+ hours in. I think I know where the tutorial screen is.
Time management is everything in life and in Persona
I have the luxory of getting payed for my breaks so 8 hours are 8 hours(though it's only 30 minutes long as a result) so my calculation stands true still.
Also you forgot the weekend completely, what are you gonna do then? Something unnecessary or playing the best JRPG of modern time?!
5 hours on a work day is fine, that equals 25 hours within 5 days, then you have the weekend where you can put in the 11 hours you wasted with work and actually getting to work and back:
You have 32 hours to play Persona 5 on Saturday and Sunday, see my calculation is even okay for you, 57 hours a week and easily 100 hours within 2 weeks, you just have to try harder!
10h a day is the average(including the extra time you get on weekends), you have the possibility of playing it 8h a day on average. Being married or even having kids, a dog, a hobby and other stuff surely cuts down that time though. -But honestly that's your problem, you should have thought about getting married before you bought Persona 5!
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32 hours at least, I try to get to get to about 35 hours though! I'll let you in on my secret so you might learn from my time management tricks, a healthy lifestyle is of utmost importance for me:
15 minutes to eat and prepare your 3 meals a day:
I like to prepare a traditional dish called "Brotwasser", the recipe is as follows:
2 slices of dark bread 1 liter of water and a little bit of salt, put it in the blender for a few minutes and you have all the nutrition you need as a gamer, cutting down the time you need to eat(as you don't have to chew it and can chug it down while playing). You can also throw in some vitamin pills into the mix if you are worried about vitamins, or put in some salad or oranges into the blender. I consumed large amounts of this in my prime professional world of warcraft days, it keeps you hydrated and well fed.
AgentLampshade
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9/13:
Okumura Foods? I've heard that name before...
We were talking about them YESTERDAY Ryuji!
We were talking about them YESTERDAY Ryuji!
texhnolyze
Banned
They've been doing that in the second 'hideout' as well before. It's just so dumb and apparent especially after the fact that they're actually smart enough to made that plan for Akechi before the 7th palace. It's just inconsistence.
Chrono Helix
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Not to mention you're taking on someone
riding a lion madeup of PEOPLE.
SuperBanana
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Err, might be a dumb question but why is Morgana suddenly taking the first turn when I ambush? How do I swap it back to the main character?
texhnolyze
Banned
Indeed.
They could've been fleshed out more as certain characters instead of just sub-boss 1 to sub-boss 5. I guess development time did not allowed them to do that.
Turn depends on agility stat (you can see it when you view the persona), the persona with highest agility, between your teammates and the enemies, go first then the 2nd highest and so on.
The exception to this is an ambush where your entire team goes first for one turn then it returns to normal or when you get ambushed in which case all the enemies go first.
Morgana is also probably set to auto command at the start of the game, change him to direct commands under options -> stats -> tactics
I would've agree with you if we didn't have a lot to read but we've so much useless talk that I think these could've skipped so bosses would've been more fleshed out IMO.
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