MegaTen discussion (formerly Persona 4)

Mogsy

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Mogsy 2010-07-08T06:01:39+00:00

Revival of the MegaTen thread due to the N.A. release of Persona 3 Portable.

FeMC actually makes playing through this game again a hell of a lot more worth it. Interesting to see how the game works in this new perspective. It is still P3 with a P4 skin, though, so if you enjoyed how P4 functioned (direct control of party members, protag only being able to equip one weapon type, square-jump, etc.), you'd enjoy how P3P plays.

Remco32

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Remco32 2010-07-08T08:38:16+00:00

Almost done with Persona 3 btw. I'm loving it.

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Ivalset 2010-07-08T15:37:56+00:00

Man, I got like the best skillchange on a Principality.

Does like 2-4 hits of 100-150 slash damage to all foes, pretty high hit rate too. I think it's the Persona 4 version, because I remember the persona 3 version being 1-3 hits or singletarget. Probably just going to use him the entire game and just add skills to him with skillcards.

Maniac is a breeze so far, aside from a few gigas sonic punch ohkos.

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rust45

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rust45 2010-07-08T17:23:30+00:00

I haven't done maniac yet, I'm planning on doing it with the male MC after a do a couple playthroughs with the female. I am enjoying the new stuff for the female MC though. So far I'm close to the first full moon battle.

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Ivalset 2010-07-11T16:34:15+00:00

Oh man, the Vision Quest bosses are pretty awesome. Sure, they're just rehashes of old fights, but they're actually pretty difficult at around level 70. The puzzle rooms are cool too, and give a shitload of items (like 10 of each king card, 10 of each queen card, and several skill cards: arms master, spell master, power charge, mind charge, enduring soul)

Whee, random pics. Shuffle time screenshots always look awesome to me, everyone is just sort of doing their own thing.

Santa and maid outfits.

And the succubus I've been using for the entire game. Skillcards are ridiculous.

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rust45

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rust45 2010-07-12T06:24:23+00:00

Holy crap, max Strength at level 67? How'd you pull that off?

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Ivalset 2010-07-12T14:24:40+00:00

Some Kings of Swords. I had a lot of onyx lying around, so I put them to use. It's now level 85 with 99/99/72/94/99.

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Remco32

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Remco32 2010-07-23T12:08:57+00:00

So I just got to the last part op Persona 3, and I have a question about it.
So for killing the last miniboss in Tartarus the Nix annihilation team social link got maxed. Since Nix is 'unbeatable', am I supposed to fuse Messiah in order to win the battle?
Please don't use spoilers

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GladiOol

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GladiOol 2010-07-23T12:23:35+00:00

Remco32 wrote:
So I just got to the last part op Persona 3, and I have a question about it.
So for killing the last miniboss in Tartarus the Nix annihilation team social link got maxed. Since Nix is 'unbeatable', am I supposed to fuse Messiah in order to win the battle?
Please don't use spoilers

SPOILER IT DO IT

peppy wrote:
i still lack a proper understanding of girls
code makes me happier since i understand it

Ivalset

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Ivalset 2010-07-23T13:45:53+00:00

Remco32 wrote:
So I just got to the last part op Persona 3, and I have a question about it.
So for killing the last miniboss in Tartarus the Nix annihilation team social link got maxed. Since Nix is 'unbeatable', am I supposed to fuse Messiah in order to win the battle?
Please don't use spoilers

No, not at all. The last boss of persona 4 was supposedly unbeatable as well.

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Remco32

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Remco32 2010-07-23T14:13:38+00:00

That saves me some grinding, thanks.

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Remco32

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Remco32 2010-07-25T14:27:37+00:00

I finally finished Persona 3: FES. The final boss took me 100 minutes.
The credits are now rolling and I still have some burning question
Didn't the PC die after fighting Nix?
What happened after the PC closed his eyes on the roof with Aigis?
If you killed Rioyi (or how you're supposed to spell it), life just goes one and the world didn't end. How could that happen?
What happens in The Answer?
What is different in new game +?

Persona 3 is an awesome game. Might be the best JRPG I have ever played. The ingame counter says that I played for 70 hours. I'm not sure how accurate that is, since I was playing on an emulator speeding up thing and quicksaving/loading.

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Bestelle 2010-07-25T16:00:49+00:00

Remco32 wrote:
Didn't the PC die after fighting Nix?
What happened after the PC closed his eyes on the roof with Aigis?
If you killed Rioyi (or how you're supposed to spell it), life just goes one and the world didn't end. How could that happen?

1. Explained in The Answer
2. Explained in the Answer, ask someone else to tell you for I am lazy.
3.Technically, it does. The ending on that is showing they're oblivious about what's going to happen. So they don't know that the world is in fact going to end, hence the whole partying, etc.

Mogsy

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Mogsy 2010-07-26T04:43:39+00:00

So, I actually want thoughts on Nocturne. Since I'm possibly getting it in a few days. So, thoughts.

rust45

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rust45 2010-07-26T04:46:40+00:00

I've played a bit of Nocturne, playing it on hard mode, died in the tutorial fight. When I got to Matador and couldn't beat him after hours of grinding, I went "fuck this" and started a normal playthrough. Haven't gotten to where I am in the hard file though.

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Ivalset 2010-07-26T19:13:26+00:00

Nocturne owns and you will love it.

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The only thing that matters is whether I win or lose in this game called life.

Bestelle

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Bestelle 2010-07-26T20:06:49+00:00

Ivalset wrote:
Nocturne owns and you will love it.

Pretty much this.

Prepare to grind.

Remco32

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Remco32 2010-07-28T13:27:58+00:00

Ordered a free Jack Frost mousepad.

I already love it!

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Remco32

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Remco32 2010-08-21T13:14:58+00:00

Could someone explain to me how the stats (like Strength, Magic, Endurance, etc) work?

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Ivalset

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Ivalset 2010-08-21T14:23:50+00:00

Strength increases damage dealt with normal attacks and physical skills. It works against the opponent's endurance.
Magic increases damage dealt with magical skills. Also works against the opponent's endurance.
Endurance reduces all damage taken.
Agility determines evasion, accuracy, and turn order (aside from boss fights, in which turn order is fixed).
Luck affects critical hit chance, evasion, status ailment resistance and instant death resistance.

For an example of how strength and endurance work, we can look at the damage formula for Persona 4 (obtained here)

Damage = 5 x sqrt(ST/EN x ATK) x MOD x HITS X RND

DMG = Damage
ST = Character's Strength stat
EN = Enemy's Endurance stat
ATK = Atk value of equipped weapon OR Pwr value of used skill
MOD = Modifier based on the difference between character level and enemy level
HITS= Number of hits (for physical skills)
RND = Randomness factor

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DawnII 2010-08-21T22:49:32+00:00

This trailer fucking rocks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZfTlqB-xyc

Ranked
Asian Kung-Fu Generation - World World World
Utada Hikaru - Prisoner of Love
Ne-Yo - Stay (Feat. Peedi Peedi)
Xiang Xiang - Lao Shu Ai Da Mi
Ayaka - Why
Shoji Meguro - Glimpse of a Memory
YUI X GUM - CHE.R.RY
Angela Aki - Black Glasses

Working On...
Journey - Don't Stop Believin' *Uploaded in WIP*

Persona 4 v0.5

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Mogsy 2010-08-21T23:02:54+00:00

Catherine is a game I am getting day one if/when it gets released over here. It looks interesting, and is quite the step for Atlus.

lol@Vincent's P3P cameo, though

Bestelle

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Bestelle 2010-08-21T23:57:34+00:00

What Mogsworth said. Day 1 for me.

Remco32

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Remco32 2010-09-10T12:31:32+00:00

My first ever 5-way fuse.
Also bumping this thread.

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Bestelle

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Bestelle 2010-09-10T16:51:25+00:00

Hee ho!
Haven't played any SMT in so long since I'm not really in the mood for turn based RPGs.

Remco32

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Remco32 2010-09-12T10:36:09+00:00

SPOILER

Greatest bossbattle thusfar.

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Remco32

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Remco32 2010-09-17T15:10:14+00:00

Where's Teddie to be found in the game during the day? I want to get his social link higher, but I can't seem to find him anywhere. I just finished the videogame dungeon.

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Mogsy

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Mogsy 2010-09-17T16:35:53+00:00

His social link is automatic, like Death in P3.

Remco32

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Remco32 2010-12-04T19:05:16+00:00

I'm at what I think that is the final boss. I have one major issue with the fight: I run out of SP, and I don't have any effective SP restore items. Any tips?

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rust45

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rust45 2010-12-05T04:47:46+00:00

You mean, you don't even have any somas? I can't really think of anything to do, just what is the boss and what's your team?

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Bestelle 2010-12-05T06:29:27+00:00

How does one run out of somas? Well, then again, I never use mine.

rust45

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rust45 2010-12-05T06:55:25+00:00

I always save full restoration items for the final battle(s) Unless I get plenty (Like SJ when it came to beads), but still only for bosses. And then I try to keep some if the New Game+ carries on items.

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Remco32

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Remco32 2010-12-05T15:46:12+00:00

rust45 wrote:
I always save full restoration items for the final battle(s) Unless I get plenty (Like SJ when it came to beads), but still only for bosses. And then I try to keep some if the New Game+ carries on items.

Yeah, me too. I only used a full HP/SP once IIRC. These are all the SP healing items I have:

How do I obtain somas?

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rust45

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rust45 2010-12-05T21:44:55+00:00

IIRC the Soma's in P4 are not random, they are all limited. And I can't remember where you get them. If you're pretty close to beating the boss, a chewing soul on your healer may keep you alive long enough.

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WhoAteFred

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WhoAteFred 2010-12-05T22:58:38+00:00

I think I found a soma or two in a locked chest. (or were those the ones after sub-bosses?)
Anyways, you can always just go dungeon-crawl for more snuff souls.

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Ivalset

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Ivalset 2010-12-06T00:46:24+00:00

Just buy like 99 macca leaves, those things own way too hard.

You have the chakra ring or whatever, right?

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Shiftyness13

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Shiftyness13 2010-12-07T05:03:29+00:00

Remco32 wrote:
I'm at what I think that is the final boss. I have one major issue with the fight: I run out of SP, and I don't have any effective SP restore items. Any tips?

If you're running out of SP, you could be under-leveled. Try just grinding for a while, maybe make some better persona O:

Remco32

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Remco32 2010-12-21T02:50:45+00:00

Yay

SPOILER

I finally finished the game..