Yu Narukami
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Please tell me you don't need lockpicks in Mementos.
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In case you mean initiating the SL (not rank 1 -> rank 2), you don't need the correct persona during the very first encounter.
Also, Sojiro's SL is slow as fuck to rank up early on, so here's a paraphrased tip from someone's post way earlier in the thread:
if he's available, check if spending time with him will rank up the SL. If not, make coffee - you get an SP restoring item and a couple of relationship points with Sojiro. So early on only spend time with him if the bond will rank up.
e: maybe save beforehand too,
there were a couple of times I didn't get relationship points from making coffee for some reason
but of course, as any reasonable RPG player knows, you gotta keep saving every 10 minutes and use all the slots
artsi
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Nope, that same thing bugs me in the dub too.
For example the way he says "welcome to the velvet room" the first time feels super synthetic.
Holundrian
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Needing? No they're at most nice to have. But aren't really worth it to spend time on your first playthrough to spend nights on. You can later get opportunities to build them without spending extra time in which case they might be worth building.
Slight dungeon tool spoiler
What is worth it though is the eternal lockpick you can build later.
Does this really matter when you first get the social link?
Admiral Woofington
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what do you mean by this? I likely didn't and have a save back there. I'll see if it does a difference
Yu Narukami
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Sorry I meant in Mementos. Are there locked chests there?
Did you press X and then X again to confirm?
If you're following a max social link guide then it assumes you have a Persona of the corresponding arcana in your stock when you spend time with any given Confidant. You get bonus points towards ranking up the Social Link by doing so.
E.g.: When hanging out with Ryuji you need a Chariot Persona on you. This makes for a very expensive playthrough as you will be summoning from the compendium a LOT.
This is why I don't recommend these for first play throughs.
Maybe you're just so used to both languages that you can't tell them apart any more
eyeball_kid
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Every time I start to think the translation is okay, along comes another google translation line like, "Are you not going to repay the hospitality I showed you?"
While I think the voice totally doesn't match the character, I'd rather have that processed sound than just a skinny old guy with a deep baritone voice. At least this way it sounds kind of otherworldly.
While I think the voice totally doesn't match the character, I'd rather have that processed sound than just a skinny old guy with a deep baritone voice. At least this way it sounds kind of otherworldly.
Shouta
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Load your game, change the audio, save the game again, then reload is what I've been seeing people do to get it to work.
I'll keep this in mind for the future.
It doesn't. I already started it but I haven't touched it outside of the first rank because I'm not a high enough level to recruit the Persona I need.
Tinfoilhatsron
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Fuck Amazon messed up my order. 
Now I can only play it on Thurs. Sigh.
Now I can only play it on Thurs. Sigh.You can get a Hierophant Persona pretty early on through fusion. I think I was under level 10.
Admiral Woofington
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ah. Well I might give it a try tomorrow. If it doesn't make the difference to catch up to the guide, then I'll just keep the save I have right now and just follow the basic activities. I think for now I'm more concerned with getting skills and leveling up to max the relationship I'll eventually go for. Thanks for the advice guys.
I guess I won't stress too much if it doesn't work with the chariot arcana.
It'll be like that for every arcana if you're following the guide, those guides don't leave much room for error and they will become really tough to stick to since they don't allow for much grinding etc either.
I'd either follow it loosely or just ditch it for your first play through and just go blind
LightOfTruth
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I think I have to switch the game to easy. I like a challenge but going a through a whole sequence of fights so many times is tedious. I dont want to keep going to safe rooms either.
Iva Demilcol
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I really don't know why some people are having problems early in the game to be quite honest. Persona 4's first 2 dungeons felt brutal (the bosses actually) the first time I played it, but that wasn't the case in Persona 5.
Instead of trying to buy healing items I'd recommend to have Personae with healing abilities for bosses. Also, Ryuji is a tank with physical attacks. Ryuji can handle the boss for a bit while other characters heal. Why don't you sell the healing items you get for free in the store and use that money to get the items that you feel you need as others have suggested?
I died more in the first palace than I did throughout the whole of P4G (But that was an unbalanced mess so it's not saying much I guess lol).
Swimmer9800
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I pre ordered the ga me on Saturday at gamestop. I walked in today and the woman accidentally handed me a steel book copy of the game. I didn't even notice until I got into my car. It's beautiful.
BRSxIgnition
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What are people's hints for the early game? I'm at 4/21-22 and I feel like I'm a day or two behind and not making enough money to buy the healing items and equipment I need.
By what day should the average player beat the first dungeon's boss?
By what day should the average player beat the first dungeon's boss?
Yeah Eligor looks to be the first one. He's level 9. I'm 8 so almost there.
Citizen_Insane
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LOOKIN COOL, JOKER
Berith, not Eligor (Eligor's Emperor) but yeah level 9!
Holundrian
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Yep locked randomized chest are in Mementos. And unfortunately for you Mementos are necessary for various things. I will say though it's far better paced out so if you keep up with them as the story progresses it shouldn't really be as awful as tartarus like ever.
TheSporkWithin
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I'm almost scared to ask, but seeing it in romaji has me morbidly curious. How do they pronounce the doctor's name when they introduce her?
SMT games are always the hardest at the start before you get more options and better skills. What I did to beat him was to send Ryuji, use MC for damage, and the two others as healers. If you're having problems doing damage I would recommend fusing Mokoi.
I beat it on 4/23. Which is on the early side.
Yu Narukami
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When is the ideal time to go to the bath house? I forgot which days give a bonus.
BRSxIgnition
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What about money & time? I feel I never have enough of the former, and that I'm already wasting time by not being done yet.
When did you beat the first dungeon?
So I'm even before that? I swore when I saw
"Sent Calling Card"
Shit. I really am rusty.
Just unlocked Mementos yesterday before I had to go to bed, so I gotta ask - is it possible to grind in the Mementos forever (that is, until I run out of SP and die)? I just need a couple of respawning shadows I can interrogate for money or kill over and over again, really. There's so much stuff around the town I want to buy, but I'm running out of money.
OniBarubary
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Wow, I really like Yusuke and his VA. Wasn't expecting that
Admiral Woofington
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It'll be like that for every arcana if you're following the guide, those guides don't leave much room for error and they will become really tough to stick to since they don't allow for much grinding etc either.
I'd either follow it loosely or just ditch it for your first play through and just go blind
going back 2 days ended up working out for now. For now I'll follow it and once I realize I can't make it work then I will just stick with the recommendations to get skill points and arcanas here and there.
Holundrian
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You can grind in them forever. That said you can not move down to additional floors as long as the story doesn't move forward enough. For best results limit your memento visits to 1 per story arc.
Best way to make money is by asking for money during Hold Up from personas you already have. I'm in the second dungeon and I get between 1500-3000 per encounter, and by leveling the Sun arcana you can get even more. That said I've heard money is tight all throughout the game, and you have to prioritize who to buy gear for. So far I've mostly bought armor since deaths are by far the biggest problem.
As for time, I think I spent three days before I left the calling card. The last half is fairly rough on SP. Personally I've made my peace with the fact that I'm probably not going to be able to max out all social links on my first run.
LastMinuteHero
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Maxed
What skill should I forget?
Ryuji's Confidant.
WickedLaharl
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alright narratively​ I've hit i road block in short order. i CANNOT STAND getting treated like shit for doing the right thing? please tell me the teachers and sojiro ease the fuck up soon.
Admiral Woofington
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Yeah now Sojiro's is lacking LMAO. Welp, time to follow this guide loosely, I ain't going back just for that. Going to now have fun but still try and get as far as I can with the relationships I care about.
1500-3000 per fight? Holy shit, now I need the SP regen accessory, I wanna stay in the second dungeon forever
I'd say don't feel pressured and play at your own pace, as long as you finish the dungeon before the deadline you'll be fine
It took me 4 runs to steal the Treasure, did it on 4/25 (playing on Normal). Every time I went back to real world, I stopped by the weapon shop to spend the money I earned on the dungeon the previous day on new weapons/armor, that way you will become more powerful as you advanced through the dungeon, something really useful as it become more difficulty the further you get into
darkwing-buck
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Igor's new voice was jarring at first but I think I'm liking it so far!
ShockingAlberto
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Am I the only one who notices the really inconsistent audio in the english voice track?
Sometimes there's noticeable compression and crackling during voice clips, sometimes I can hear people hiss their S's and pop their P's but that doesn't seem to apply to all the characters. It's like they did it with entirely different sets of equipment.
I kind of want to unhook my soundbar/not play with headphones and just use the TV speakers because it's being that distracting.
Sometimes there's noticeable compression and crackling during voice clips, sometimes I can hear people hiss their S's and pop their P's but that doesn't seem to apply to all the characters. It's like they did it with entirely different sets of equipment.
I kind of want to unhook my soundbar/not play with headphones and just use the TV speakers because it's being that distracting.
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