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Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth |OT| -- No Dating, Just Dungeons
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RPG_Fanatic
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First Dungeon and First Boss complete.
The third floor was ruining me for a while when the RNG hating me. Had one encounter where the enemies had the advantage, immediately dropped my MC's defense and focused fired on him, killing before I had a chance to do anything. This of course happened right after solving the last puzzle and preparing to head to the next floor.
The rose and bunny chase puzzles were fun. I made the last one more difficult by not realizing right any that once there is only one rose bush left, the last FOE will head towards it no matter how far away it was.
The characters interaction is great, and brings back fond memories of playing persona 3/4 for the first time. The 'drink me' bottle scene was great, as was the discussion about cuteness on the third floor.
I managed to beat the boss on my first try. After reading some post in this topic and seeing people beating the boss with double digit levels and hard, I thought my level 9 risky attempt would be a trial run.
The other team's entrance right before the boss fight was nice as well.
The third floor was ruining me for a while when the RNG hating me. Had one encounter where the enemies had the advantage, immediately dropped my MC's defense and focused fired on him, killing before I had a chance to do anything. This of course happened right after solving the last puzzle and preparing to head to the next floor.
The rose and bunny chase puzzles were fun. I made the last one more difficult by not realizing right any that once there is only one rose bush left, the last FOE will head towards it no matter how far away it was.
The characters interaction is great, and brings back fond memories of playing persona 3/4 for the first time. The 'drink me' bottle scene was great, as was the discussion about cuteness on the third floor.
I managed to beat the boss on my first try. After reading some post in this topic and seeing people beating the boss with double digit levels and hard, I thought my level 9 risky attempt would be a trial run.
I had MC, Mitsuru, Akihiko in front and Yukari and Aigis in the back. I had Aigis use the aggro with defense boost skill to the boss attacking the back row, minimizing the damage from Mow Down. I cast Takunda and Sukunda to also help minimize damage. I didn't have rakunda to help with my damage. Kept Fuuka regen skill up the entire time as well.
I had MC, and Akihiko, Aigis and Yukari use physical skills, while Mitsuru used a normal attack.
When I got critical boosts, I would use them to extend the dubuffs, unless the cards were summoned summon, then I got free elemental attacks on them. The MC having Magaru really helped with defeating the cards. Also managed to get a couple All-Out Attacks during the battle.
Everyone's SP, except for Yukari's, was drained by the end of the battle. Mitsuru was probably the dead weight of the party, with physical skills, and buff/debuff abilities.
I had MC, and Akihiko, Aigis and Yukari use physical skills, while Mitsuru used a normal attack.
When I got critical boosts, I would use them to extend the dubuffs, unless the cards were summoned summon, then I got free elemental attacks on them. The MC having Magaru really helped with defeating the cards. Also managed to get a couple All-Out Attacks during the battle.
Everyone's SP, except for Yukari's, was drained by the end of the battle. Mitsuru was probably the dead weight of the party, with physical skills, and buff/debuff abilities.
The other team's entrance right before the boss fight was nice as well.
You're correct, you just have to time it right.
You have to wait until one of the side FOEs is closer to the top bush than the top FOE. Then you can proceed to paint the side bushes (make sure not to box yourself in like I did the first time).
Same thing for me. Maybe another one of those "Euro/Aus-exclusive" bugs ?
CrimsonFist
Member
The fourth dungeon is getting pretty brutal, just done a quest where
. I feel like I'm warping out to heal a lot more often now.
I guess they've forgotten to put it up, that sounds like what happened with my copy when I tried to access it before the official release date. Has anyone with a Euro copy managed to get the DLC?
I had to fight 5 waves of shadows in a row, took me a few attempts due to enemies spamming ailments.
Same thing for me. Maybe another one of those "Euro/Aus-exclusive" bugs ?
I guess they've forgotten to put it up, that sounds like what happened with my copy when I tried to access it before the official release date. Has anyone with a Euro copy managed to get the DLC?
Same thing for me. Maybe another one of those "Euro/Aus-exclusive" bugs ?
PAL exclusive DLC.
The DLC is that there is no DLC.
Nope, Hardin said on twitter NISA would be doing the same as them for DLC but so far I've not been able to access anything. Are there specific times for eShop updates?
rockman zx
Member
20 hours in and I love the game but I have to complain about the battle music, is always the same frikin song over and over again.
Xenoflare
Member
I realize that the first boss would be doable, with multi hit elemental spells, but I cannot find a single damned one, that is not on a level 13+ Persona.
It is severely pissing me off, in a way that EO never has.
I'm level 12 on Hard, and cannot even come close to besting her.
P4 characters Yu, Yosuke, Chie, Naoto, Yukiko.
No EO game made me want to lay it down, and say "Fuck it", and forget it. But I am about to drop this game and not look back.
It is severely pissing me off, in a way that EO never has.
I'm level 12 on Hard, and cannot even come close to besting her.
P4 characters Yu, Yosuke, Chie, Naoto, Yukiko.
No EO game made me want to lay it down, and say "Fuck it", and forget it. But I am about to drop this game and not look back.
Xenoflare
Member
Lower your difficulty?
MetalGearOnlineK
Member
Exactly. I don't mean to come across as rude, but I honeslty don't understand players who complain a game is too hard when they choose to play hard mode. This is my first EO game and Normal has been quite fair / enjoyable.
Xenoflare
Member
Yep, if you are clearly not enjoying it, why not change it?
It feels bad enough not going Risky. The only reason I did not, is because of the whole Persona mechanic of MC dead = game over, which is basically an extra layer of frustration on top of EO being EO.
I really want play on Hard or Risky, or not at all.
I do not mind hard. Beating the EOs was hard. This is just plain not fun.
Xenoflare
Member
MC death=game over is a harder difficulty exclusive thing.
MetalGearOnlineK
Member
Speaking of the main character dying resulting in game over, thank god that this game doesn't have that. My main character just got killed on the same turn that I finished off
in the 2nd labyrinth by Hamaon, it was probably a 15 minute fight if not a bit more.
Elizabeth
That is what I wrote.
Xenoflare
Member
Nope, this is a thing if you are playing on hard or risky.
Doesn't Yukiko get Maragi pretty early? I already had it when I fought the boss, and I was around 10.
Only Risky. I'm playing on Hard and I'm not dealing with that.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
?
I thought it was only on Risky mode.
Regardless, I just play Normal mode in all SMT/Persona games. It's not worth the suffering.
MetalGearOnlineK
Member
Which is why I'm playing Normal haha.
Yes.
She is the only one.
I do not clear the Card Enemies in one round, with only it and the other guys' attacks, and so The Queen guts my crew with multi-hit spells.
It's entirely possible! The dungeons aren't randomized, and are sprawling and really well designed. Check out one of the EO demos on the e-shop to get a feel for it?
Yes. These dungeons are actually dungeons, not empty corridors. You have moving floors, puzzles to solve involving moving around super powerful enemies, and floors that sap away your SP if you step on them. Clearing one floor can easily take over 2 hours.
Muffin Awesome
Member
Can you save mid floor at all? EO newby.
Xenoflare
Member
I stand corrected
You have a one time only save that gets delete the moment you load it.
Saving isn't that big a deal since items that you let you leave the dungeon are the cheapest items in the game. Also you can reenter a dungeon from latest floor you've been to and there are several shortcuts in the floors.
This game is amazing. Seriously.
Suspend save, but you actually have to leave the dungeon to make a permanent, normal save.
These dungeons are godlike compared to Persona 4's mostly randomized dungeons.
Suspend save, but you actually have to leave the dungeon to make a permanent, normal save.
These dungeons are godlike compared to Persona 4's mostly randomized dungeons.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
At level 8 the boss of the first dungeon kick my ass. I'm playing on hard.
I'm gonna scour the levels, upgrade gear, get some new personas... and try again.
I'm gonna scour the levels, upgrade gear, get some new personas... and try again.
Coffee Dog
Banned
Need dungeon help. Dungeon 2 spoilers.
floor 3, bottom of the map. Room with two FOEs. I can move one of them two spaces downward, but can still not progress through the narrow opening. As far as I can tell, i cannot move the FOE facing right. Any help?
Oh wow
I can't wait to play through this game again
I think I know what you're talking about. Is it this room?
No clue which spot this is (dont have my 3ds open) but a general tip is that going through green passageways doesnt reset FOEs. I'll check in a few though.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Coffee Dog
Banned
It's not that one, it's closer to the bottom. Using the map quadrants, it's 3-F
Edit: NVM, i got it, i didnt realize i could pull one of the FOE's
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Use status ailments. I made it panicked so it didn't do anything but attack itself for most of the fight.
E_Darkness
Member
I'm really liking this game so far. Playing on risky is fun and I haven't died much so far. I'm 12 hours in and only just got to floor 2 of the 2nd labyrinth. I can see this game lasting a while. I'm already planning my 2nd play through team.
Currently I'm using:
Front: P3MC/Akihiko/Shinjiro
Back: Naoto/Yukari
Edit: Fucking hell. I say this and now I've lost like an hour of progress because my MC just got rekt'd. The added rule of game over when your MC dies on risky is 'fun'.
Currently I'm using:
Front: P3MC/Akihiko/Shinjiro
Back: Naoto/Yukari
Shinji is getting the time he deserves ;-;
Edit: Fucking hell. I say this and now I've lost like an hour of progress because my MC just got rekt'd. The added rule of game over when your MC dies on risky is 'fun'.
That's the first thing I tried since it
worked on the other beetles
Also is Luck better than Speed? I guess it depends on my party, but Yosuke is one of the ones I am sticking with, and was wondering if it was worth to use the luck-agi reverse accessory on him.
There are a few. I think I had Magaru and Mazio before level 12.
It's a great skill, but it's costly (4) so it can't really be used from battle to battle. It's a great tider changer against FOEs/bosses though.
For reasons I don't quite grasp, Mitsuru's the only character who experiences that kind of skill transformation. Every other character's skillset follows the standard path.
Hm, the fact that Zen and Rei have their own armour sets makes me think that the game is suggesting I should roll with them because they're special in some way. Don't really want to, though, haha. Hope I'm not missing out on anything.
Oh, it costs SP? How does that work then if she's a support character? Does it automatically activate until she's out of SP?
Oh, it costs SP? How does that work then if she's a support character? Does it automatically activate until she's out of SP?
Xenoflare
Member
It's 4 leader skill points, since the max is 5 so it's really a costly move.