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Persona 5 |OT2| Someone must have been helping you go to bed early. Talk!
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ah thank you. Looks like I can restart playing today!
That sounds like a 2 minute battle lol.
It wasn't superhard but GODDAMN was it cool!
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
You didn't see that coming, huh.
Not sure, I brute forced it with Treasure Traps. If you use one of those head to Floor 13 of Sheriruth, you can find a gem, fight it, run away if it's the wrong one then get into another fight to respawn the gem and try again.
It was most certainly not easier than P4's final boss.
That boss was a joke.
that's true. Ultimate personas make MC a God.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
I played on Hard first playthrough and have to say the difficulty balance was pretty damn good.
Palaces 2 and 6 were a little too easy, but the others put up a good fight I felt.
Augemitbutter
Member
final boss on hard was just right. it was a long ass battle so i wasn't allowed to make too many mistakes. the scale kinda reminded me of
agreed. my pt was free of exploits.
DDS2 final boss.
agreed. my pt was free of exploits.
I didn't use any exploits (wasn't even aware there was one), just figured that I might as well use some of the money I had to fuse something powerful for the final boss, and Satan was the most powerful persona I could fuse using what I had at the time. It wasn't even that expensive, only about 160k or something. My character level was 74 IIRC.
I made no such Persona. Yoshitsune was my strongest but I didn't use Charge and Hassou Tobi. I think Debilitate just makes bosses really easy. It was the same way with Izanami. She was really hard for me until I fused Trumpeter. Then it was a breeze.
P4 and P5 really made me miss the final boss of P3. I love the endurance aspect of it and how it throws pretty much EVERYTHING at you, albeit bits at a time. My first time through the game I was maybe level 70 (I think it was more like 67?), and it was intense. First time I got charmed during the last phase and ended up killing myself. Second time went a bit better, but it was easily a 90-minute battle.
EDIT: I do like that the superbosses have become a little more manageable, however. P3's superboss required an absolute insane amount of preparation. P5's was a little too easy though.
EDIT: I do like that the superbosses have become a little more manageable, however. P3's superboss required an absolute insane amount of preparation. P5's was a little too easy though.
chrominance
Member
See, I kind of hate this. Not the marathon aspect, I did like that part of the P3 boss (which felt more like a boss rush in a lot of ways). The part where if you fuck up once, kiss your 90 minutes goodbye. I don't have time for that shit anymore!
I definitely feel like P5's final boss was easier than P4, but it's always hard to say because I might just have been better prepared in P5 than in P4. That's definitely true for P3, where I probably just scraped by because it was my first Persona.
Will try that tonight, I only have one of those though so hopefully that's enough..
True, but the second time I came prepared with a Null Charm accessory. Still totally manageable.
That's what I did. The Treasure Trap will last for as long as you are in Mementos. If you see a gem, attack it. If it's the one you need, then catch it. If not, run away, go kill another enemy, then come back and the gem will have spawned in the same place. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Yeah I agree Persona 3 has the best implementation, but I appreciate that P4 tried to make things a little different so it didn't feel exactly the same.
Unlike P5.
I died to one his mudo attacks the first time I fought him too but I had a bunch of sp recovery items so the next time I just Armageddon'd my way through the last couple phases..
Awesome, I thought it lasted for a set amount of time or something.
Yeah I enjoyed the challenge on Hard immensely so I avoided any sort of exploit and even grinding in general to not ruin it. It was a great experience.
The final boss was relatively easy at level 80, but I knew it would be having a level 92 Vishnu and level 98 Satan lol. It still almost killed me twice so it was pretty decent... Modern Persona bosses have never been hard though. P4's was pretty straightforward and P3's only seems hard because the fight is painfully long and losing means you can lose half an hour of progress.
I thought Palace's 7 bosses were the best all around, especially the last one god damn. Madarame was great too.
P5 feels more restricting because they absolutely have to send you back to your room most nights, even if you can't do anything, because eventually you unlock the ability to get massages from the Temperance social link. Unfortunately this carries over to cutscene heavy moments as well, leading to a lot of "you should go to bed" moments when it seems like there's no reason for that.
This game feels more restrictive out of the gate because they needed to give you a reason to invest into the social link benefits that specifically free up more time and let you get social stats faster. It's the same reason more party social links are locked behind stat gates.
Once you unlock those things, though, it's never a problem again.
This game feels more restrictive out of the gate because they needed to give you a reason to invest into the social link benefits that specifically free up more time and let you get social stats faster. It's the same reason more party social links are locked behind stat gates.
Once you unlock those things, though, it's never a problem again.
I particularly love the mini-boss/boss gauntlet in palace 7, culminating with the final boss fight (which had better music and lasted longer than the actual final boss, too). More than made up for all of the rat mazes.
I know, right? There was just so much to love in Palace 7 for someone who enjoys the combat a lot. It's probably my favorite along with 6 (for similar reasons).
Sucks that the actual final boss felt underwhelming in comparison, but oh well.
broz0rs
Member
The worst is during the week where you uncover the target of the next palace. It's essentially waking up, cutscene, go to bed, and repeat for a week straight.
Nah, it is still a problem. The cut-scene issue is really bad. Oh, you're going out tomorrow evening? Better go to bed in case you sleep through the day or something. :|
I was only at like level 70 something. The boss was much much easier than either p3 or p4s final boss. It was a huge disappointment for me.
My god!
Someone call Atlus so we can retcon these as the official art of the game.
She's honestly in contention for most useless character in the Persona series post 3. Her introduction is lame, she makes next to no appearances before her proper introduction (unlike say, Naoto) and she has nothing to add post joining.
I found it particularly funny when they're talking about
their current predicament after palace 5 and she talks using "we" and I'm like girl plz, you can't talk about the group like you've been part of it for more than one week.
Her persona is cool but it also looks quite similar to Ann's. I also have yet to discover any reason to use her in battle over any other character, seems like the worst to me so far.
Her only noteworthy contribution is calling Makoto Mako-chan <3
Kain-Nosgoth
Member
welp, would have been happy if it was the case :
it sure is cool!
it sure is cool!
Yeah, that was a pretty awkward moment which also didn't make a lot of sense. It's like Haru was written to have joined the team earlier than she actually did there.
I agree. Palace 7 was a great experience. I can't get Rivers in the Desert out of my head even now.
The way it starts out with the instrumental I'm just there thinking "this is a little different but it fits the mood." Then phase 2 starts and the vocals kick in.Goddamn sogood.gif.
I kinda liked the super cheesy
"beauty thief"
Totally agree on the second thing though. I was like umm who are you again? Know your place rookie.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Christ, turning down Haru is heartbreaking.
Y'all not wrong, but
I cut her some slack since her dad died lmao, and she surprisingly didn't blame us for it
Trigonometrize.
Member
I kinda liked the super cheesyintroduction."beauty thief"
Totally agree on the second thing though. I was like umm who are you again? Know your place rookie.
I think they're all pretty much rookies in the grand scheme of things. Senior member Ryuji throws a tantrum every other story sequence.
I agree with everything you say, I like her but she's the one character I barely care about and I feel the game would be mostly the same to me without her around.
However she's pretty good in battle. Her gun skills + passives make her pretty strong and she has very useful status healing spells and learns amrita shower later on.
Her persona sucks tho, it looks like a lamer version of Fuuka's (which is ironic because I feel similarly about her in P3 lol).
welp, would have been happy if it was the case :
it sure is cool!
The timing is amazing haha.
And Dorothy <3
I think what kills my interest for Haru the most is her main struggle, I mean (post palace 5 spoilers)
her father died, which is sucks for her and I feel bad for her, but... He was a horrible person no one could feel sympathy for except her, so it's super hard to root for her when she says she wants revenge and stuff lol. Like yeah of course I'm dad your dad anime Donald Trump died, why wouldn't I?
Trigonometrize.
Member
Eh, the Phantom Thieves are pretty clearly all about reforming people, not killing them. They'd never condone straight-up murder as vigilantism, even if he was a shitty person.
You made me think of this P5 style, and now I want to shut my brain off.
Oh I know they weren't happy with it at all, and I'm aware they sympathized with her, but as the player and an outsider I simply couldn't care about her search for revenge.
newdayrocks
Member
Trying to get all these
in Palace
, and this shit is so stupid.
Three of them done so far on the first day the palace was available, so I'm doing OK. Feeling the urge to jump out, sell off my treasure, and upgrade my weapons/protectors, though.
letters of recommendation
7
Three of them done so far on the first day the palace was available, so I'm doing OK. Feeling the urge to jump out, sell off my treasure, and upgrade my weapons/protectors, though.