This is about Palace 5 for context. I thought it was at least twice as long in duration as the others I'd encountered to that point. It was fairly miserable.
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Persona 5 |OT2| Someone must have been helping you go to bed early. Talk!
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Stead Fast
Banned
It was around about that time, Morgana simply states he wants to take the thieves to a location - in fact I think there is a conversation about looking for a target, and then goes onto explain Mementos in the subway before taking you there if I remember correctly. Mementos also plays host to targets on the Phan-site ran Mishima, so perhaps if he hasn't made noises about running that yet then it may be too early. Hope this helps!
Aenima
Member
Yes shes a Navigator only, shes always on your team but not in the battlefield. Her persona skills are activated randomly during battles. So dont bother equipping any good armor or acessories on her cuz she dont needs them.
Grinding?
Just run past everything dude!
I only took it seriously for like the first section, after that I ran past all enemies, lol.
freeofgreed
Member
Asking again because it seems like
I actually won't be able to do stuff after sending the calling card...
Stead Fast
Banned
Except Yusuke, he took his like a champ.
Edit: to be fair though,
his nails scraping blood actually feels even more raw than the mask ripping.
futaba's goddamn map ability hasn't activated for 20 floors
LurkerPrime
Member
P3P has a different format from other Personas because of the female protagonist that was added. Like, you don't walk around like in other Persona games, instead just instantly travelling to locations--it's kind of visual novel-y; this was a compromise to allow unique story elements for both genders (and some exclusive Social Links). Also, you can fully control all party members, which was impossible in regular P3.
My one gameplay tip is to not worry about grinding. Just get to the top of Tartarus. It is big and you'll have plenty of opportunities for levelling, Persona gathering, and loot gathering. Also watch out for charm.
And a good tip that helped me out for the final boss (and saved a lot of fuss) was to get an Abaddon. You'll know what you need from him when you get it.
Good luck. It's a great journey.
It's not a point of no return. If you're referring to (december spoilers)
Shido's Palace
Partymembers confidants are locked until you send the calling card though.
That did happen to me once. It was pretty funny; I forgot that despair inevitably lead to you succumbing to it.
Aenima
Member
TheGamingBox
Banned
i dont think her ability works on floors you havent already explored
There's a chance you don't, but it's small. I got ambushed by a group of 3 Arahabaki that just spammed party wise despair moves over and over again, couldn't get anyone cured and with a turn up for long enough to take them out. So dumb. There's nothing you can do about it.
freeofgreed
Member
What do you mean by locked? I was doing Confidants (included some party memembers) before I sent out the Calling card. But after I send the calling card/Beat Shido will I still be able to level Confidants?
Yep. I had that happen in dungeon 5. I was just about to get the
final ID
It's probably the reason I hate dungeon 5 so much, lol. Doing that
ID
I actually didn't even have that skill. So I had to just run through the map trying to find the exit. Used the Star's ambush escape if I accidentally got hit.
freeofgreed
Member
Ok thanks. Just the way the Cutscene that played out after sending the calling card made it seem like I couldn't. Like Sojiro getting arrested....
I wear a shirt specifically to prevent that from ever happening lmao
EDIT: Did I just get spoiled...
mrmickfran
Member
Sooo, what was wrong with palace 5?
I beat it in one day.
I beat it in one day.
I mean I beat it in one day, it being tough isn't the problem.
It's just boring as hell, since it has a bunch of gimmicks that get reused over and over.
Nemesis_
Member
I would just enter and exit the floor multiple times until it activated. Sometimes I just ran through a floor because I figured it was faster than just entering and exiting.
But yeah, I never found mementos to be a drag.
chrominance
Member
12/24 spoiler question:
I lied, this isn't a question.
HOLY SHIT
HOLY SHIT
THAT'S WHY IGOR'S VOICE IS DIFFERENT
HOLY SHIT
HOLY SHIT
HOLY SHIT
THAT'S WHY IGOR'S VOICE IS DIFFERENT
HOLY SHIT
OmnipotentO
Member
About 10 hours in. Just finished the first dungeon. Loving it so far. I really like how streamlined it is in general with the auto-picking weaknesses mechanic and jumping to various parts of the dungeon using safe rooms. The stealth aspects of it aren't annoying at all which was a worry of mine.
Do not like that calling cards will waste 2 whole days. Seriously WTF!
Do not like that calling cards will waste 2 whole days. Seriously WTF!
Inquisitive_Ghost
Member
The fact that the "fighting back against abuses of power" theme extends to THE FUCKING VELVET ROOM, of all things, is one of my favourite thematic beats of the story.
Tinfoilhatsron
Banned
Fuck hiding side S-Links behind this bullshit. Completely goes against the point of SL. SMH.
On the other hand party SL are pretty great at avoiding that shit.
freeofgreed
Member
Palace 7
OMFG Shadow Shido's costume, that Gundam callback. So good.
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
Free to do whatever till the deadline.
arturo2666
Banned
Free to do what you want.
You can't do any of the your groups SLinks until you beat the boss.
Thank you!
That's why they're not Social Links in Persona 5. Instead of an emphasis on the social aspect, they are clearly designed as Confidants who act as auxiliary support for the player's illicit activities. This is why now every single Confidant has very useful actual gameplay bonuses, and they hammer it over your head with the interrogation stuff each time you gain a new one. Unless Persona 3 and 4 where the majority were just friends you made out of your own initiative, in Persona 5 the theme is about give and take, and you befriend people because you find them useful. So it makes sense that some progression will tie in with actual game progression or other actions. If you want to take, you gotta give.
freeofgreed
Member
Are you sure? I was able to max out both Haru's and Futuba's S.Link in December though, before I even started doing the palace.
Status update:
11/8, just entered Memento to finish 5 requests, still need to max out guts, but shouldn't take much longer.
Still need 23 rank ups at day and 24 at night (this includes 0.5 ranks)
Thanks to fortune all of them are about to get a new level (and almost always will be).
Unless I made a huge mistake, still should be more than enough time.
I already maxed Temps. and Sun, Chariot is at 8 and Moon at 9.
Although, empress is still at 1. Really need to get start working on that one.
My second lowest is Devil, because she is so borng.
11/8, just entered Memento to finish 5 requests, still need to max out guts, but shouldn't take much longer.
Still need 23 rank ups at day and 24 at night (this includes 0.5 ranks)
Thanks to fortune all of them are about to get a new level (and almost always will be).
Unless I made a huge mistake, still should be more than enough time.
I already maxed Temps. and Sun, Chariot is at 8 and Moon at 9.
Although, empress is still at 1. Really need to get start working on that one.
My second lowest is Devil, because she is so borng.
AzureSkies
Member
I think 4 removed those consequences.
Nope.
I belive in P3 the girl got made if their SL wasn't at 10 and you romanced some else at the same time, but once you made it that far you could do whatever you want.
This is only for the inbetween of sending the calling card and fighting the boss. I thought you were referring to that.