MudoSkills
Volcano High Alumnus (Cum Laude)
Finally finished it
95 hours
All confidants maxed
84% compendium completion
I've seen a few people saying this in the OT as well. Having gone in blind I'm in November/December and there are some pretty big gaps in my links (I've had Sojiro sitting on 2 since the start of the game). Did you follow a guide/check what other players were doing each day to max everything on the first run?
Given the number of stat-gates I've run into (still haven't maxed Guts) I just resigned myself to doing it in NG+. If people are doing it first time around I assume it'll be a breeze with maxed stats, especially as you can get going on people like Iwai so much sooner.