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Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#60126: Sep 22nd 2020 at 2:35:57 PM

The cat ninja's Morgana, the mascot of the game. The ice skating I think is just a cool visual, like most of the opening imagery.

The legend has returned.
Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Face me now, bitch!
#60127: Sep 22nd 2020 at 2:39:52 PM

Sayo Yamamoto directed the original OP, and she was Directing Yuri!!! on Ice at around the same time.

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TropayXion The i. one. from HEART Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
The i. one.
#60128: Sep 23rd 2020 at 7:20:20 AM

Managed to finally finish Royal last night. Exactly 137 hours apparently. Honestly, could've done without all the Valentine stuff after the final boss, it just unnecessarily stretched the ending out even more, and it was already feeling like a slog by the time I started that Semester. At least the final boss was pretty great, loved that boss theme, and now I finally know where that credits song is from, some videos I watched awhile ago used it as an outro song and never mentioned where it came from.

Now I can speed through the next playthrough and get all the Confidants.

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#60129: Sep 24th 2020 at 6:18:26 AM

I know there are some - not many - who really like the AI party members in P3. I am not one of them but I still think AI party members is a vital part of the P3 experience. That's not praise nor is it condemnation, it's just a fact. So I wanna try to beat it with just AI controls once again.

But a big reason why AI party members can't actually be all that good is because they don't even listen to the commands you set them. I'm at the table boss in Tartarus 25F, the ones weak to ice and use fire, and I set Junpei to Heal/Support because he has Rakukaja. He proceeds to not use any healing or support but instead casts Agi.

I'm playing P 3 P like I noted earlier and I am so tempted to just switch over to Direct Command because P 3 P removed all the extensive AI options and left just the original Full Assault/Act Freely/etc. and that plainly doesn't work as it is supposed to.

So you can say you like AI party members for narrative reasons and I can kinda get behind that. But the fact the mechanic in battle doesn't actually function properly is probably why most people hate it.

Edited by Nikkolas on Sep 24th 2020 at 6:21:47 AM

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#60130: Sep 26th 2020 at 9:52:19 AM

Man, either I completely forgot about all this (which is possible) or I totally missed out on so much. I played P 3 P up till Fuuka but in this current run I remembered nothing about Maiko or "Striped Shirt" or Tanaka selling stuff. I feel like I must have completely missed all of it which is pretty impressive in how stupid it is. Tanaka sells some great stuff and for dirt cheap.

And nothing else is dirt cheap in this game. Personas cost an arm and a leg to re-summon and I mainly want a lot of Personas to help with S Link progression. I'm not sure but do S Links take longer to progress in this game? They have this whole "give them an item" mechanic to help them along so I'm just wondering if the items giving you free S Link points means it takes more points to advance them to balance things out

I just got Fuuka.

S Links: Maiko 6, Junpei 4, Yukari 3, Rio 4, Saori 3, Student Council 2. Doesn't seem like much.... I got Courage and Charm up to 3 and working on Academics to 3 as well. I think then I can start talking to "Striped Shirt" and start his S Link. Also Akihiko's S Link "technically" became available fairly early on but given I need to be "Queen Bee" before I can actually start it, I don't see me starting that S Link for a long time.

Also I'm keeping all my party on AI controls because that's part of the P3 experience. Besides, I'm just curious if I can beat the whole game like this. An added little challenge/makes the gameplay more novel. The game isn't nearly as hard as I remembered, at least right now. Maybe I just felt like FES was the hardest because it was my first.

Although, remember me talking about making sure I got Null Dark on a Persona? Maybe I was thinking of this game because random enemies here can use Mudo and hit you with like 99% accuracy. Seriously, they killed my party about 7/8 times. They missed Mudo exactly one time on my party and that was without a Dark weakness. Meanwhile, even with them weak to Light, my Hama almost always missed.

Overall things are going much more smoothly than last time. I'm enjoying myself. I really like Maiko and Saori. I also ahve a new found interest in Yukari. When the game isn't pushing her on you as your LI, it helps a lot.

Yumil Mad Archivist Since: Mar, 2016
Mad Archivist
#60131: Sep 26th 2020 at 9:56:16 AM

Yeah persona 3 strikes me as the game where mudo and hama are at their most useful - there is such a thing at enemies you look at and just go "fuck it I don't want to have to deal with their weaknesses, too bothersome to hit" and just go mamudo goes brrrrr on them. I've never encountered this situation again.

"when you stare too long into the abyss, Xehanort takes advantage of the distraction to break into your house and steal all your shit."
darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#60132: Sep 26th 2020 at 10:00:50 AM

IMO once I got an Angel in Golden, it made dungeon crawling drastically easier. Heck even in 4 the success rate seems a lot higher than some SMT mainlines.

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#60133: Sep 26th 2020 at 4:09:38 PM

Yeah, Hama had a much higher success rate in P 4 G than here in P 3 P. It misses all the time for me while enemy Mudo hits all the time.

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#60134: Sep 27th 2020 at 10:40:01 AM

I honestly can't remember because it's been too long but I wonder if I failed to notice how, even if a character says they're getting tired, it has no effect on their present Condition. Mitsuru can say she's fatigued and Fuuka can tell me to stop but everyone's Condition still says Good and Mitsuru's is Great.

So the optimum strategy is to take that first day auto Great you get with Junpei, Akihiko or Mitsuru to finish the currently available section of Tartarus up to the next barrier. Let them be Tired or even Sick afterward, what does it matter. You won't be going back to Tartarus for weeks, maybe a month. I maybe try to go back a second time for extra money or items but other than that? Pointless.

It's just like P4, best to finish off the dungeon in one day. I don't think I ever did this in my first P3 run.

Yumil Mad Archivist Since: Mar, 2016
Mad Archivist
#60135: Sep 27th 2020 at 10:42:39 AM

the tiredness mechanic no changing the actual status is a thing P 3 P brought forth. The original had the condition change mid dungeon, which made it a lot more punishing than it is.

"when you stare too long into the abyss, Xehanort takes advantage of the distraction to break into your house and steal all your shit."
Risdio51 The Unknown Pleasure they were talking about from that exit they call Paradise Since: Jun, 2019 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
The Unknown Pleasure they were talking about
#60136: Sep 27th 2020 at 11:54:21 AM

I've started Persona 3 Portable. It's good.

Edited by Risdio51 on Sep 27th 2020 at 2:54:28 PM

I can't say goodbye to yesterday…
Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#60137: Sep 28th 2020 at 10:49:35 AM

First, this is unbelievably adorable: https://twitter.com/jojimuto/status/1309569220745846790?s=20

But it also just makes ya think....

Risdio51 The Unknown Pleasure they were talking about from that exit they call Paradise Since: Jun, 2019 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
The Unknown Pleasure they were talking about
#60138: Sep 28th 2020 at 1:45:28 PM

Oh Dear Jesus what is that fucking boss

I can't say goodbye to yesterday…
Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Face me now, bitch!
#60139: Sep 28th 2020 at 1:52:40 PM

Shadow Rise.

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Risdio51 The Unknown Pleasure they were talking about from that exit they call Paradise Since: Jun, 2019 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
The Unknown Pleasure they were talking about
#60140: Sep 28th 2020 at 2:02:38 PM

Good god...

Anyway, here's a mood lightinger

I can't say goodbye to yesterday…
BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#60141: Sep 28th 2020 at 8:09:02 PM

Ok, I'm six months late, but I finally started Royal.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
deludedmusings Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#60142: Sep 28th 2020 at 10:18:39 PM

Welcome to the late club. I've started it, but I've only just finished the 5th Palace.

Risdio51 The Unknown Pleasure they were talking about from that exit they call Paradise Since: Jun, 2019 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
The Unknown Pleasure they were talking about
#60143: Sep 29th 2020 at 5:03:17 AM

I started about 4 months late.

I can't say goodbye to yesterday…
MisterTambourineMan Unbeugsame Klinge from Under a tree Since: Jun, 2017 Relationship Status: Browsing the selection
Unbeugsame Klinge
#60144: Sep 29th 2020 at 2:54:48 PM

I'm still trying to finish the playthrough I started on the original 5 when it first came out.

Nach jeder Ebbe kommt die Flut.
BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#60145: Sep 29th 2020 at 4:39:10 PM

Should have just quit and started Royal tbh.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
MisterTambourineMan Unbeugsame Klinge from Under a tree Since: Jun, 2017 Relationship Status: Browsing the selection
Unbeugsame Klinge
#60146: Sep 29th 2020 at 6:27:09 PM

[up] I don't have a PS 4.

Nach jeder Ebbe kommt die Flut.
Risdio51 The Unknown Pleasure they were talking about from that exit they call Paradise Since: Jun, 2019 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
The Unknown Pleasure they were talking about
#60147: Oct 1st 2020 at 5:53:18 AM

I am now on the High Limit Floor on Nijima's palace

I can't say goodbye to yesterday…
Smasher from The 1830's, but without the racists (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: The best thing that ever happened to a bum like me
#60148: Oct 1st 2020 at 9:01:18 AM

Couldn't find the Prime Magus in Heaven, then when I tried a new fusion I had an accident.

So I just stopped. NG+, trying to beat all the quests and extra bosses before the fog machine. December 21, every confidant other than Hanged Man, Temperance, Death, and Hunger is maxed.

Risdio51 The Unknown Pleasure they were talking about from that exit they call Paradise Since: Jun, 2019 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
The Unknown Pleasure they were talking about
#60149: Oct 1st 2020 at 5:08:22 PM

I love how Ann's sexy technique works on Valkryies.

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asterism from the place I'm at Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me

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