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Persona 3: "Are you aware that the moon grows full...?"

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  • Black_HeartBlack_Heart Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Holy shit, Persona fusion gets pretty insane later in the game. I've spent nearly 2 hours just mixing and matching personas to try and get good combinations of abilities and resistances.

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  • KimFidlerKimFidler Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    So I've resorted to listening to music on my laptop while grinding in Tartarus. Why couldn't this be FES where you can choose different songs to listen to while in there?

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Blackjack wrote: »
    Also, Mage's Mark is the best accessory ever. Regens SP every turn, bought it from the home shopping network.
    Sorcerer's Mark is better. :D

    And Wizard's Mark better still, especially when stacked with Invigoration 2 from a Persona...
    Semi-spoilers for 9/21
    Alice - Level 56 - Death - Lilim + Pixie + Nata Taishi + Narcissus

    Learns the 35 SP spell Die For Me!, which is like a suped up mamudon (listed as "very high" chance of death instead of just "high") and Mudo Boost which boosts the chance for Dark Spells to hit. Die For Me! is hitting about 85-90 percent of the time. It's beautiful.
    I've gotten a ton of use out of Daisoujou myself...
    I think he parallels Alice in just about every way. Fused him out of Mithra + Ara Mitama + Kusi Mitama + Saki Mitama + Nigi Matama to complete Elizabeth's request #43. (The next fusion request actually is to create an Alice with Megido... extremely time consuming to do, actually)

    His only weakness is darkness attacks, but he learns Null Dark. He also comes with Growth 3. At L59 he'll have learned Samsara (which is equivalent to Die For Me, except light instead of dark) and Hama Boost. He even has Diarahan! One of my favorite Persona.

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  • BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    The next fusion request actually is to create an Alice with Megido... extremely time consuming to do, actually
    It's really easy, actually. Just fuse a Decarabia with a Principality to get a Nata Taishi with Megido, and fuse an Alice with it. :D

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Blackjack wrote: »
    The next fusion request actually is to create an Alice with Megido... extremely time consuming to do, actually
    It's really easy, actually. Just fuse a Decarabia with a Principality to get a Nata Taishi with Megido, and fuse an Alice with it. :D
    Ah, neat... the method suggested in the DoubleJump guide is way more roundabout than that. They suggest transferring Megido from Nebiros to Titania, then deleveling Titania by fusing it to other Lovers until you get a Pixie with Megido.

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  • Radikal_DreamerRadikal_Dreamer Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I just hit 7/1 now, and I'm 4/4/4, and for S. Links I have a 6, a 5, and 3 4's, and then some random ones. Am I about on track?

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Oh god. Me and my girlfriend go hunting for this game tomorrow. Wish me luck.

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  • Prot3usProt3us Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Ok Satan and Lucifer are different entities in the SMT games. But who is Messiah?

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  • KimFidlerKimFidler Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I just hit 7/1 now, and I'm 4/4/4, and for S. Links I have a 6, a 5, and 3 4's, and then some random ones. Am I about on track?

    You're doing pretty good.

    In terms of stats
    You'll have finals in about 2 weeks from where you are. To ace finals you need to have 5 in Academics. There are some other things coming up where you might want to buff up charisma, but I don't want to give anything away.

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  • Black_HeartBlack_Heart Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Whew, 8/15 and I finally maxed all my stats. Pretty funny too, because my Academics maxed on the last day of Summer School, heh.

    No more studying, singing karaoke, or staying up at night drinking coffee for me :p

    Just macking on chicks and hanging out with my bros.

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  • StriferStrifer Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I skipped A LOT of pages of P3 spoilers just to say that you guys made me go out and buy DDS2. I'm a happy puppy now.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Well, I do hope you played DDS1 first, but beyond that, :^:.

    Also, charm is finally maxed. Moment of truth, Yukari or Yuko...

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  • KimFidlerKimFidler Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Well, I do hope you played DDS1 first, but beyond that, :^:.

    Also, charm is finally maxed. Moment of truth, Yukari or Yuko...

    BOTH

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    KimFidler wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Well, I do hope you played DDS1 first, but beyond that, :^:.

    Also, charm is finally maxed. Moment of truth, Yukari or Yuko...

    BOTH

    Tempting, but no. :P Minato's a loyalist.

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  • KimFidlerKimFidler Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    KimFidler wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Well, I do hope you played DDS1 first, but beyond that, :^:.

    Also, charm is finally maxed. Moment of truth, Yukari or Yuko...

    BOTH

    Tempting, but no. :P Minato's a loyalist.

    Yuko and Yukari are my faves. Gonna max out Yukari first, then hit up the other ladies after that. Mitsuru's gotta get some of this too.

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  • taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    KimFidler wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    KimFidler wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Well, I do hope you played DDS1 first, but beyond that, :^:.

    Also, charm is finally maxed. Moment of truth, Yukari or Yuko...

    BOTH

    Tempting, but no. :P Minato's a loyalist.

    Yuko and Yukari are my faves. Gonna max out Yukari first, then hit up the other ladies after that. Mitsuru's gotta get some of this too.

    my plan was to max out yuko and then move onto yukari but man yuko is such a whiny bitch =p and looking at them i don't see a single strength persona i'd use..but now that i've started her social link i can't just leave it unfinished to wither awayy

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  • KimFidlerKimFidler Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I haven't gotten hot and heavy with any girls, but I just hit summer and I'm loving Yukari quite abit. I think she's going to be the first girl I see it all the way to the end with.

    This game is just way too good. :D

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  • SpaceDrakeSpaceDrake Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Oh god. Me and my girlfriend go hunting for this game tomorrow. Wish me luck.

    The EBStop I got my copy from had a TON of copies when I went there. I bet you won't have much trouble, this seems to have been a pretty large print run, especially for Atlus. Mind you, a few places like Wal-mart won't carry it due to the M rating (and I bet the whole "gun to the head" thing might scare off some more informed-but-conservative managers) so a specialty shop is your best bet.

    Anyway, oh god getting the last part of a Social Link takes so long. Dammit Chihiro, I like you but cut me loose woman, there's another girl over there with a heart choker on who I want to get to know real well, not to mention the short girl with bad cooking but nice manners.

    Also jumping on the "Yuko can dive off a bridge" bandwagon. She's annoyingly shallow and her character honestly, truly annoys me. She's not the kind of person I'd spend time with in real life.
    KimFidler wrote: »
    I haven't gotten hot and heavy with any girls, but I just hit summer and I'm loving Yukari quite abit. I think she's going to be the first girl I see it all the way to the end with.

    This game is just way too good. :D

    Yukari and summer piss me off sooooooooo much. If you max out your Charm beforehand, you can finally speak with her on the day you unlock her, but then summer vacation starts and despite the fact that you two LIVE IN THE SAME GOD DAMNED BUILDING you can't ask her out. And she never called me during the whole of the break, either. :| Summer is basically one gigantic tease and I wish it was implemented better.

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  • KimFidlerKimFidler Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I'm playing through the beach vacation at the moment, and I can honestly say that it is the best thing I've ever encountered in any game to date. I'm not even halfway through the game yet, and Persona 3 is quickly becoming one of, if not, my favorite game of all time.

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  • Black_HeartBlack_Heart Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I'm finding that Summer Vacation gives you time to raise all those Social Links that you just can't get to during the school year. Like the MMORPG, Bookstore Couple, Shrine Girl, and Home Shopping network dude, as well as a few others.

    On that note, the moment I saw Tanaka on TV I knew he was pure evil. Then doing his Social Link line just confirms that assumption.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Yuko's not a whiny bitch.

    Kenji, now there's a bitch.

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  • Black_HeartBlack_Heart Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Yeah, seriously, screw you guys. Yuko rocks.

    Although, I really like Chihiro a lot.

    The person I dislike hanging out with most is Fatty, the Moon S.Link guy.

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  • KimFidlerKimFidler Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Wait a second here... Put it in a spoiler, but where do you start home shopping network guys S.Link?

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Prot3us wrote: »
    Ok Satan and Lucifer are different entities in the SMT games. But who is Messiah?

    Strongest Persona in the game, Judgment Class, (with Lucifer being a close second, IMO) made by mixing Orpheus with Thanatos but he's a level ninety persona so good luck with that.

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  • Black_HeartBlack_Heart Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    KimFidler wrote: »
    Wait a second here... Put it in a spoiler, but where do you start home shopping network guys S.Link?

    Tanaka's S. Link
    Requires you to be at Rank 4 on the Hermit S.Link and then she tells you to go to Port Station in front of the Movie Theatre standing by one of the pillars. Tanaka is there, but you need to have Rank 4 Charm for him to really talk to you. He asks for 20,000yen, then you come back the next day, he asks for 10,000, then you come back another day and he asks for a final 10,000yen and at that point he becomes the Devil S.Link.

    He's not there everyday though, I know he's there on Saturdays and Sundays, but not sure what days during the week since some days I go and he's not there.

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  • SonelanSonelan Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    So who are all the S.links? I know i'm missing fatty since I can't seem to find him and I'm curious who else I am missing.

    Second question: What are these peacock tiles Elizabeth wants? I've never even seen a place ingame where they might be :x She is really starting to annoy me with these fetch quests.

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  • Salah al-DinSalah al-Din Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Peacock Tiles that Elizabeth Wants
    She wants a Mahjong Tile. You can find a gambling hall at Port Island Station's back alley. Honestly I think that's the hardest clue in the game, all things considered.

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  • SonelanSonelan Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Peacock Tiles that Elizabeth Wants
    She wants a Mahjong Tile. You can find a gambling hall at Port Island Station's back alley. Honestly I think that's the hardest clue in the game, all things considered.
    Man I didn't even know there was a gambling hall. I really suck at these quests

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  • BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Man, floor 236 can fuck right off.

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I stayed up all night and finished the game. :)
    The ending is fantastic. The game really doesn't ever ease up on the quality of the experience.

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  • Prot3usProt3us Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    This game cracks me up sometimes. "Sine, Cosine, Tangent" other student:"Megido, Megidola, Megidolaon"

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  • BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I officially hate the last Tartarus boss.
    Who the hell decided making it absorb everything but piercing attacks was a good idea?

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  • KuratosuKuratosu Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Yuko's not a whiny bitch.

    Kenji, now there's a bitch.
    I agree. Sometimes I just respond to him is exactly how I would respond to someone like that in real life regardless of whether or not it would affect my S.link.

    "> Your friendship with Kenji seems to be in a rut."

    Yeah, well good. But oddly enough, he's still one of my highest S.links. My Jack brothers are definitely reaping the benefits from it so I can't complain.

    7/20:
    So I maxed out my charm just before the Yakushima trip and started laying it on Yukari. The whole sequence where she runs off on her own and you go after her is just a part of the game and I assume had nothing to do with my Charm stats, correct? I figure it's the way that you answer and how she responds that is determined by your S. Link.

    I'm starting to regret going so far with Yuko (6) because I'm making more use of the Justice Arcana which I get from Chihiro (2).

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  • SpaceDrakeSpaceDrake Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Yukari S-link:
    Yes, the actual S-link unlocks on the 24th of June. Speak to her after school; your choices during the beach scenes don't affect much, I don't think.

    And yeah, that's another complaint I have with Yuko: those Strength Personae are useless. If I need a physical attacker I can use Chariot, and the Angels you get from Justice (not Judgement, Judgement comes later) get really crazy powerful once you get a ton of link levels on Chihiro.

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  • GorelabGorelab Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    Gorelab wrote: »
    Speaking of fusions anyone know a good way to get an Orthus with dodge slash? I can't seem to figure out a good combonation for that.
    Triangle spread of Oberon, Zouchouten, and Naga. Then fuse that result with Titan.

    That didn't really work at all. It ended up making a Lamia with dodge strike instead of dodge slash.

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  • KuratosuKuratosu Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    SpaceDrake wrote: »
    Yukari S-link:
    Yes, the actual S-link unlocks on the 24th of June. Speak to her after school; your choices during the beach scenes don't affect much, I don't think.

    And yeah, that's another complaint I have with Yuko: those Strength Personae are useless. If I need a physical attacker I can use Chariot, and the Angels you get from Justice (not Judgement, Judgement comes later) get really crazy powerful once you get a ton of link levels on Chihiro.
    Yeah, meant Justice, my mistake.

    Also, I don't know if anyone can answer this, a simple yes or no will suffice so as to avoid spoilers. But I find it interesting that when you boil it down, the protagonist is simply using these people for his own means to gain power. Does the game later acknowledge that fact in the plot or does it just gloss over it?

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  • BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Gorelab wrote: »
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    Gorelab wrote: »
    Speaking of fusions anyone know a good way to get an Orthus with dodge slash? I can't seem to figure out a good combonation for that.
    Triangle spread of Oberon, Zouchouten, and Naga. Then fuse that result with Titan.

    That didn't really work at all. It ended up making a Lamia with dodge strike instead of dodge slash.
    Valkyrie + King Frost

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  • loverockchildloverockchild Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    when it says "your -attribute- increased by 1 or 2 after a persona levels up, is that the character's stat, or the persona's?

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  • BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    It's the persona's. The only stats the character has is Charm, Courage, and Academics.

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  • loverockchildloverockchild Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    fuck these stupid bible octopusses

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