Mauricio_Magus
Banned
This guy gets it.
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Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth |OT| -- No Dating, Just Dungeons
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This guy gets it.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Advantage: Good stats, useful abilities, has a long-range weapon. Disadvantages: No sub-persona. I've been using him/her and though probably not optimal for the ultimate team, they're certainly not a liability. But yeah, if you want to use Rei, use Rei.
There's a rather important side-quest that requires both MCs to be above a certain LV. So even if you don't use both all the time, you'll want to LV up the other MC at some point.
SoulUnison
Banned
And the way the bottom screen is almost always in play so you never feel like there's any downtime.
"Oh, I got interrupted by a weak enemy, but I'll just let the team handle it on Rush while I'm still mapping on the bottom screen."
"Oh, there's a minor cutscene happening, but it's cool because I can finish filling in these last few notes, anyway."
*Stereotypical Italian finger kissing gesture*
It's beautiful and makes Pokemon feel clunky.
"Oh, I got interrupted by a weak enemy, but I'll just let the team handle it on Rush while I'm still mapping on the bottom screen."
"Oh, there's a minor cutscene happening, but it's cool because I can finish filling in these last few notes, anyway."
*Stereotypical Italian finger kissing gesture*
It's beautiful and makes Pokemon feel clunky.
Oh, I was confused as to why they decided to change it, but didnt actually think it through that much, Makes sense.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
So how long does it take to clear the first dungeon? Just curious cause I'm itching to get the other party members.
But they kept it for P4AU.
Naming was easy for me, I just went with the anime/movie names!
... Well, sort of... Not enough characters to write Narukami...
I chose the P4 protag, because I strongly prefer the P4 cast.
I've never played an Etrian game before, but I'm noticing that there is something weirdly satisfying about drawing in your own map...
Yeah, I can't imagine mapping will ever find itself in Persona, though at least having notes would be nice if they go back to non-randomized dungeons.
Speaking of ideas I want the Persona team to take from PQ, I hope sub Personas are here to stay. I like the idea of the customization that comes with letting everyone change their Persona in the earlier games, but I'm not a fan of how it takes away from the character's identity and they all start to blend together in combat. I'm getting the best of both worlds in this game.
Having interesting dungeons for once is nice too, I really hope the Persona team is looking at what the EO team does with dungeons.
snow in jamaica
Member
How am I supposed to deal with the beetles?
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I knew some people would like the EO mapping, hopefully some of you give EO a chance when you're done with PQ.
I can't wait to get home and continue with PQ, I'm actually enjoying the game a lot more than I thought I would, the subpersona stuff is pretty cool. I'm just conflicted about what team to use atm, but hearing that both MCs are important for a sidequest means I'll be using both for a while.
I can't wait to get home and continue with PQ, I'm actually enjoying the game a lot more than I thought I would, the subpersona stuff is pretty cool. I'm just conflicted about what team to use atm, but hearing that both MCs are important for a sidequest means I'll be using both for a while.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Exploit their weakness and try to keep as many people in Boost mode as possible since it lets you act first and your skills require no resources. You can also use Tarunda and Sukunda to help deal with its offense.
I Spotlighted Naoto and had her use Pulinpa to make it panic. It spent most of its turns hurting itself. When it doesn't, it still hits the party like a truck though. Pure luck.
I still carry around medicine in case I need to do two heals in one turn and don't want to spend MP or if I want to heal in the dungeon.
I have such a hard time with bosses lol. I need to stock up on tons of healing items just so I don't run out of MP.
Quoting myself from Persona community thread:
I had run out of revival beads. If I had been smarter at the start and used Boost state for healing/defense rather than trying to get more damage off, Mitsuru and Akihiko probably would have survived. I was thinking of swapping Zen/Rei out, but now I'm not so sure anymore. Bane Slash was landing a crit. about 70-80% of the time during that battle.
semiconscious
Member
just got my copy. am going with the p3 group. so, what's with auto party select? is everyone just disabling that?...
snow in jamaica
Member
What's their weakness?
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Run.
I'm serious, If the battle is too hard you can always run. It's better than losing labyrinth progress.
Labyrinth progress is the only thing you don't lose, can be overwritten after party wipe out. Its experience and items which get lost.
I meant stuff like shortcuts and chests and items. You only save map data after a defeat, which I rather not since it messes up my perception of where I have been before.
Hate to break it to you but it'll go up per level~
Well I don't see how that can be a problem, if you are putting icons for treasures and shortcuts they should let you know if they have been open or activated, its a lot easier to find them that way.
robotzombie
Member
So how long til you get the other game's characters? And when you do, are they all lvl 1?
Wait, per floor? Or per Minato/Seta's level? I was thinking it was per use which was "holy shit, no."
Not that it's a big deal since I've been selling things and swimming in some money. I guess I should probably buff my equipment before reaching continuing. Finally unlocked Fusions and thankfully, the Compendium is here so I can start to pull some max level Personas back out to fuse again.
robotzombie
Member
Per main character level, it seems to be level x 100
*clears first floor of 1st dungeon* "Heh, imagine if there was a twist where
, that'd be interesting"
*cutscene plays that strongly implies this*
Well damn, surprised I called that. Anyways, I feel like I'm ALMOST getting into the game. I'm thinking it should "click" after another floor or clearing the first dungeon. Least I can use different personas now.
Wait, where's the sub-persona that I downloaded? I don't see it. Do I have to "buy" it or something?
Rei & Zen were actually personas themselves since they can't summon them
*cutscene plays that strongly implies this*
Well damn, surprised I called that. Anyways, I feel like I'm ALMOST getting into the game. I'm thinking it should "click" after another floor or clearing the first dungeon. Least I can use different personas now.
Wait, where's the sub-persona that I downloaded? I don't see it. Do I have to "buy" it or something?
Tyrant Rave
Banned
It's not so bad. You get a decent amount of money from running Power Spots and fighting monsters to deal with it. The sub-persona system and Boost Mode let you go pretty far without wasting your own SP.
Play further. You can't access it until you get access to Persona fusions and the Compendium.
I love this so much, it really allows you to grind without fear of constantly being at risk.
Sakura
Member
At the end of the first dungeon
Fuuka has a different voice. Ken's might be different, but there's no confirmation on that and he sounds similar enough. Everyone else is the same.
Interesting that we all get diff ones. So yeah, spam kill FOEs i guess?
CrimsonFist
Member
They come at level 12, so around what your party should be at that point anyway.
Most of the P3 cast have their original voices, but you interact with everyone regardless of which path you pick, so you'll hear everyone anyway.