Continuing from my last blog post.
18/9
Rescue Operandi.
I was thinking if Fox is mad that day, I would do the Lovers S.Link instead, but today its the complete opposite, so I cleared the entire underground area and also saved Naoto.
BOSS : Shadow Naoto
Persona used : Kinki, Raphael (Both with Mediarama and no particular elemental weakness)
The strategy I used is to keep that shadow's hit rate down while keeping Yukiko's evasion rate up. That way, the abusing brat will have a hard time trying to exploit Yukiko's weakness to Ice. Its rather simple really.
19/9
Temperance points up.
20/9
Sun points up.
21/9
Emperor 8.
22/9
Emperor 9.
23/9
Lovers 6.
24/9
Lovers points up.
25/9
Lovers 7. Hierophant MAX.
About time uncle Dojima showed up! I'm so freaking close to max-out his S.Link!
26/9
Aiya's. Understanding level 5.
Now I can apply for the Tutor, if that is I don't forget on my next progress.
27/9
Emperor MAX.
28/9
Moon 3.
End of my game diary.
Parameters:
Expression 5
Understanding 5
Knowledge 4
Courage 4
Diligence 3
Now I need Knowledge and Courage for my next S.Link in future.
Number of S.Links maxed : 6/17 (New : Hierophant, Emperor)
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Persona 4 - Progress 7 Part 1
This is my rather short progress on this game.
3/9
Emperor 6
4/9
Lovers 5
5/9
Hermit request. Sun points up. Hierophant points up.
6/9
Sun 7. Hierophant 9.
7/9
Emperor points up.
8/9
Tatsumi Port Island trip. Star 5.
Mmmm, Persona 3 nostalgia, anyone? Chihiro, the love hotel, Escapade.... whee!
9/9-10/9
Tatsumi Port Island trip.
11/9
Emperor 7. Hierophant points up.
12/9
Temperance points up.
13/9
Strength 5. Hierophant points up.
14/9
Aiya's parameters. Midnight Channel event.
Everyone thought the case was over!
15/9
Event. Midnight Channel event.
Naoto-kun is on the channel!?
16/9
Clues to open new dungeon. Temperance 3. Devil 2.
17/9
Clues to open new dungeon. Exploration.
EXTRA BOSS 4
Persona used : Dominion (Null Dark), Samael (Mediarama + naturally immune to Dark)
Quite easy, 1st try defeated him, though it gone abit messy when my MC got critical hit, again, by Blade of Fury; and that nearly killed poor Teddie.
Otherwise, pretty easy with a little underlevelled members. (I brought Chie, Kanji and Teddie)
Retired after that.
To be continued~
3/9
Emperor 6
4/9
Lovers 5
5/9
Hermit request. Sun points up. Hierophant points up.
6/9
Sun 7. Hierophant 9.
7/9
Emperor points up.
8/9
Tatsumi Port Island trip. Star 5.
Mmmm, Persona 3 nostalgia, anyone? Chihiro, the love hotel, Escapade.... whee!
9/9-10/9
Tatsumi Port Island trip.
11/9
Emperor 7. Hierophant points up.
12/9
Temperance points up.
13/9
Strength 5. Hierophant points up.
14/9
Aiya's parameters. Midnight Channel event.
Everyone thought the case was over!
15/9
Event. Midnight Channel event.
Naoto-kun is on the channel!?
16/9
Clues to open new dungeon. Temperance 3. Devil 2.
17/9
Clues to open new dungeon. Exploration.
EXTRA BOSS 4
Persona used : Dominion (Null Dark), Samael (Mediarama + naturally immune to Dark)
Quite easy, 1st try defeated him, though it gone abit messy when my MC got critical hit, again, by Blade of Fury; and that nearly killed poor Teddie.
Otherwise, pretty easy with a little underlevelled members. (I brought Chie, Kanji and Teddie)
Retired after that.
To be continued~
Friday, October 29, 2010
Persona 4 - Progress 6
Continuning form last save, and its covering the whole of August.
27/7
Clues to open new dungeon. Justice points up.
28/7
Clues to open new dungeon.
29/7
Clues to open new dungeon. Exploration. Justice 8.
EXTRA BOSS 3
Persona used : Ganga
Although he was pretty easy boss to do, unfortunately I had the 3rd GAME OVER because first Teddie got critical hit from Assault Dive, then Rampage critted me, then the next one killed me. I thought, heck this is not funny at all. 2nd attempt is easy enough.
Also, I cleared the entire new dungeon in just one go before retiring.
30/7
Modus Operandi. Star 4.
BOSS : Mitsue the Hero, Shadow Mitsuo
Persona used : Dis (Mind Charge + Agidyne), Gabriel (Energy Shower), Triglav (Me Patra)
He's pretty easy except for a few minor hiccups. First, his 2nd Evil Smile hit everyone but LUCKILY my MC didn't lose the turn, so I switched to Triglav for Me Patra. Second was when hes close to dying. His normal attack critted Yukiko, followed by Megidola. But hes close to death so I just attacked him. :P
31/7
Lovers 2.
1/8
Priestess 8. Justice points up.
2/8
Chariot 8.
3/8
Moon points up (invitation). Justice points up.
4/8
Magician points up. Devil trigger.
5/8
Lovers 3. Justice 9.
6/8
Hermit 4. Justice points up.
7/8
Hermit request. Magician MAX.
8/8
Chariot points up. Justice points up.
9/8
Priestess points up. Justice MAX.
10/8
Priestess points up. Devil 1. Courage level 4.
11/8
Aiya's parameters. Understanding level 4.
12/8
Aiya's parameters. Midnight Channel event.
13/8
Chariot 9 normal.
14/8
Emperor 5.
15/8-19/8
Work at Junes.
20/8
Summer Festival Event.
21/8
Summer Festival Event. Sun invitation.
22/8
Priestess 9 normal. Hierophant 8.
23/8
Chariot MAX. Help Nanako's homework for the next few nights.
24/8-25/8
Holiday homework.
26/8
Lovers 4.
27/8-29/8
Holiday homework.
30/8
Priestess MAX.
31/8
Watermelon event.
Summer vacation is over....
1/9
Event. Start of second term.
2/9
Hermit 5.
End of my game diary.
Parameters as of current progress :
Expression 5
Understanding 4
Knowledge 4
Courage 4
Diligence 3
In addition, I'll add on how many S.Links that I have maxed out on my first playthrough.
Number of S.Links maxed : 4/17 (New : Magician, Justice, Chariot, Priestess)
Note : I didn't include the 3 S. Links : Fool, Judgement and Star, cause 3 of them are automatic.
27/7
Clues to open new dungeon. Justice points up.
28/7
Clues to open new dungeon.
29/7
Clues to open new dungeon. Exploration. Justice 8.
EXTRA BOSS 3
Persona used : Ganga
Although he was pretty easy boss to do, unfortunately I had the 3rd GAME OVER because first Teddie got critical hit from Assault Dive, then Rampage critted me, then the next one killed me. I thought, heck this is not funny at all. 2nd attempt is easy enough.
Also, I cleared the entire new dungeon in just one go before retiring.
30/7
Modus Operandi. Star 4.
BOSS : Mitsue the Hero, Shadow Mitsuo
Persona used : Dis (Mind Charge + Agidyne), Gabriel (Energy Shower), Triglav (Me Patra)
He's pretty easy except for a few minor hiccups. First, his 2nd Evil Smile hit everyone but LUCKILY my MC didn't lose the turn, so I switched to Triglav for Me Patra. Second was when hes close to dying. His normal attack critted Yukiko, followed by Megidola. But hes close to death so I just attacked him. :P
31/7
Lovers 2.
1/8
Priestess 8. Justice points up.
2/8
Chariot 8.
3/8
Moon points up (invitation). Justice points up.
4/8
Magician points up. Devil trigger.
5/8
Lovers 3. Justice 9.
6/8
Hermit 4. Justice points up.
7/8
Hermit request. Magician MAX.
8/8
Chariot points up. Justice points up.
9/8
Priestess points up. Justice MAX.
10/8
Priestess points up. Devil 1. Courage level 4.
11/8
Aiya's parameters. Understanding level 4.
12/8
Aiya's parameters. Midnight Channel event.
13/8
Chariot 9 normal.
14/8
Emperor 5.
15/8-19/8
Work at Junes.
20/8
Summer Festival Event.
21/8
Summer Festival Event. Sun invitation.
22/8
Priestess 9 normal. Hierophant 8.
23/8
Chariot MAX. Help Nanako's homework for the next few nights.
24/8-25/8
Holiday homework.
26/8
Lovers 4.
27/8-29/8
Holiday homework.
30/8
Priestess MAX.
31/8
Watermelon event.
Summer vacation is over....
1/9
Event. Start of second term.
2/9
Hermit 5.
End of my game diary.
Parameters as of current progress :
Expression 5
Understanding 4
Knowledge 4
Courage 4
Diligence 3
In addition, I'll add on how many S.Links that I have maxed out on my first playthrough.
Number of S.Links maxed : 4/17 (New : Magician, Justice, Chariot, Priestess)
Note : I didn't include the 3 S. Links : Fool, Judgement and Star, cause 3 of them are automatic.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Persona 4 - Progress 5
Continuing from my last save.
26/6
Rescue Operandi. Star 2.
I managed to clear Rise's dungeon. I was about to use a Soma to move on to confront her when I had an idea. On previous experience, after her shadow boss, the entire party is restored so I wonder whether I can do that with the "almost-ran-out-of-SP" party. And it worked! Money saved!
BOSS : Rise's Shadow
She's pretty easy, meh. Followed by.....
BOSS : Teddie's Shadow
Compared to my previous experience, this is quite tough because I forgot to stock myself with Mouthwashes. Fortunately the MC is equipped with an accessory that causes ailment to last half that long. So instead of 4 wasted turns, its down to just 2 turns before hes recovered from Silence status. (That shadow sometimes uses Foolish Whisper.)
The worst case scenario occurs when I'm close to defeating the shadow. Foolish Whisper this time hit Yukiko, which made it harder so I did my very best to bring him down as soon as I can.
Rise has been saved!
27/6
Magician 7
28/6
Chariot points up
29/6
Emperor 4
30/6
Chariot 6.
1/7
Aiya's
2/7
Magician points up.
3/7
Magician 8.
4/7
Priestess points up.
5/7
Priestess points up. Expression maxed out!
Yay, now I can resume the Justice S.L.
6/7
Priestess 6. Hierophant 7.
7/7
Chariot 7
8/7
Aiya's, Justice 6. Diligence levelled to 3.
9/7
Aiya's. Hospital job taken. Midnighe Channel event.
10/7
Event. Fool 5 + 6.
EEEKS! Theres another victim to the murder! What is going on....?
Teddie and Rise joined the group!
11/7
Event. Justice points up.
12/7
Aiya's
13/7
Priestess points up.
14/7
Magician points up.
15/7
Chariot points up.
16/7
Aiya's. Justice points up.
17/7
Priestess 7. Justice 7.
18/7
Chariot points up. Hierophant points up.
19/7-22/7
Final exams for first semester.
23/7
Final day of exams. Lovers 1. Event.
Rise's is one dangerous girl~
24/7
Magician points.
25/7
Magician 9. Justice points up.
26/7
Sun 6. Last day of the first term of school.
Star 3. Midnight Channel event.
27/7
Fool 7. Begin to search for clues. Start of summer vacation.
And so it begins a turbulence....
End of my game diary.
Parameters:
Expression 5
Knowledge 4
Diligence 3
Courage 3
Understanding 3
Now trying to level my Understanding as soon as possible.
26/6
Rescue Operandi. Star 2.
I managed to clear Rise's dungeon. I was about to use a Soma to move on to confront her when I had an idea. On previous experience, after her shadow boss, the entire party is restored so I wonder whether I can do that with the "almost-ran-out-of-SP" party. And it worked! Money saved!
BOSS : Rise's Shadow
She's pretty easy, meh. Followed by.....
BOSS : Teddie's Shadow
Compared to my previous experience, this is quite tough because I forgot to stock myself with Mouthwashes. Fortunately the MC is equipped with an accessory that causes ailment to last half that long. So instead of 4 wasted turns, its down to just 2 turns before hes recovered from Silence status. (That shadow sometimes uses Foolish Whisper.)
The worst case scenario occurs when I'm close to defeating the shadow. Foolish Whisper this time hit Yukiko, which made it harder so I did my very best to bring him down as soon as I can.
Rise has been saved!
27/6
Magician 7
28/6
Chariot points up
29/6
Emperor 4
30/6
Chariot 6.
1/7
Aiya's
2/7
Magician points up.
3/7
Magician 8.
4/7
Priestess points up.
5/7
Priestess points up. Expression maxed out!
Yay, now I can resume the Justice S.L.
6/7
Priestess 6. Hierophant 7.
7/7
Chariot 7
8/7
Aiya's, Justice 6. Diligence levelled to 3.
9/7
Aiya's. Hospital job taken. Midnighe Channel event.
10/7
Event. Fool 5 + 6.
EEEKS! Theres another victim to the murder! What is going on....?
Teddie and Rise joined the group!
11/7
Event. Justice points up.
12/7
Aiya's
13/7
Priestess points up.
14/7
Magician points up.
15/7
Chariot points up.
16/7
Aiya's. Justice points up.
17/7
Priestess 7. Justice 7.
18/7
Chariot points up. Hierophant points up.
19/7-22/7
Final exams for first semester.
23/7
Final day of exams. Lovers 1. Event.
Rise's is one dangerous girl~
24/7
Magician points.
25/7
Magician 9. Justice points up.
26/7
Sun 6. Last day of the first term of school.
Star 3. Midnight Channel event.
27/7
Fool 7. Begin to search for clues. Start of summer vacation.
And so it begins a turbulence....
End of my game diary.
Parameters:
Expression 5
Knowledge 4
Diligence 3
Courage 3
Understanding 3
Now trying to level my Understanding as soon as possible.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Persona 4 - Progress 4
Before that, there is a MAJOR blunder in the dates on my last blog entry. Do check them out.
As today I don't have any lessons and with my dad busy doing non-working chores, I decided to continue a little.
Continuing from my last save.
11/6
Emperor 2
12/6
Priestess 5. Hierophant 5.
Summer clothes!
13/6
Magician 6.
14/6
Moon pre-trigger, Sun 5.
My Courage rank was levelled up to 3 (required to start Moon S.L) last night.
15/6
Moon 1, Emperor 3.
Skipped afternoon classes with Ai by her invitation. I still got time for other people though.
16/6
After School event. Hierophant 6.
If you're wondering why I can't level my Justice S.L any further, its because at this stage I need Expression Rank 5 to do it and I just levelled it to 4.
17/6-18/6
School Camp Event. BLEAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHH!
19/6
-Nothing-
20/6
Chariot 5.
21/6-23/6
Midnight Channel Event.
24/6
Clues to open new dungeon.
Star 1, Moon 2.
This time Rise is kidnapped! Once again the team sets out to town to ask for clues about her.
Note : Star S.L is automatic.
25/6
Clues to open new dungeon. Aiya's parameters.
Found all the clues needed to open a new dungeon, however I decided to come back later and go for Aiya's promotion for parameters.
End of my ingame diary.
Current Parameters:
Expression 4
Knowledge 3
Courage 3
Understanding 3
Diligence 2
Probably I'll still go for Expression to level my Justice S.L (My dear Nanako-chan, hang in there!) and at the same time, Knowledge and Understanding are now my priorities.
As today I don't have any lessons and with my dad busy doing non-working chores, I decided to continue a little.
Continuing from my last save.
11/6
Emperor 2
12/6
Priestess 5. Hierophant 5.
Summer clothes!
13/6
Magician 6.
14/6
Moon pre-trigger, Sun 5.
My Courage rank was levelled up to 3 (required to start Moon S.L) last night.
15/6
Moon 1, Emperor 3.
Skipped afternoon classes with Ai by her invitation. I still got time for other people though.
16/6
After School event. Hierophant 6.
If you're wondering why I can't level my Justice S.L any further, its because at this stage I need Expression Rank 5 to do it and I just levelled it to 4.
17/6-18/6
School Camp Event. BLEAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHH!
19/6
-Nothing-
20/6
Chariot 5.
21/6-23/6
Midnight Channel Event.
24/6
Clues to open new dungeon.
Star 1, Moon 2.
This time Rise is kidnapped! Once again the team sets out to town to ask for clues about her.
Note : Star S.L is automatic.
25/6
Clues to open new dungeon. Aiya's parameters.
Found all the clues needed to open a new dungeon, however I decided to come back later and go for Aiya's promotion for parameters.
End of my ingame diary.
Current Parameters:
Expression 4
Knowledge 3
Courage 3
Understanding 3
Diligence 2
Probably I'll still go for Expression to level my Justice S.L (My dear Nanako-chan, hang in there!) and at the same time, Knowledge and Understanding are now my priorities.
Persona 4 - Progress 3
Before I continue, there are a couple of errors in my previous blog. Do check them out.
Continuing from my last save.
21/5
EXTRA BOSS 1
Persona used : Rakshasha (Tarunda+Media), Ara Mitama (Sukunda). Both with resist physical.
Continuing from where I last stated, I went after the extra boss with ease. There is one instance where he does Rampage and Chie got hit 3 times and fainted, otherwise it went pretty well. (I'm still surprised that even at level 24, without Tarunda his Rampage still can kill with 3 hits.)
Retired after that due to insufficient funds to restore SP.
22/5
Rescue Operandi
BOSS : Shadow Kanji
Persona used : Rakshasha (Media+Tarunda+Phys resist) and High Pixie (Elec immune+Sukunda)
Wow, first time I went after him was no joke. Although his charged Swift Strike missed both Yosuke and me, it nearly killed Yukiko with a critical hit of 112x2, then by the time my turns come, both Yukiko and Chie fainted, so I restarted.
2nd try, not that easy also. Damage output was pretty sluggish due to me spamming Media. When he does the second Forbidden Murmur, I decided," Oh screw this, I'll go out on him and forget using items to remove Poison." (It causes Poison on boys only, including the MC) Funny thing that Chie just kicks him and hes down. :S
Kanji has been saved!
23/5
Magician 4. Request taken from Fox.
Hierophant 2.
24/5
Magician 5.
25/5
Priestess 2.
26/5
Priestess 3.
27/5
Request completed. Hermit 3.
28/5
Priestess 4. Hierophant 3.
29/5
Strength 4. Moon preview.
My Courage is still not enough to ask her out yet.
Note : I shouldn't call that "pre-trigger" cause its just a preview of her.
30/5
Chariot 4. Justice 4.
31/5
Request taken. Temperance 2.
1/6
Sun 3.
2/6
Sun 4.
3/6
Aiya's Parameters.
4/6
Aiya's Parameters.
Note : LAST DAY to save Kanji or its GAME OVER.
5/6
Justice 5.
6/6
Event. Fool 4.
7/6
Aiya's Parameters, Hierophant 4.
8/6
Event. Hanged Man perview.
I have enough Understanding to start the S.L. later on.
9/6
Emperor 1.
10/6
Exploration.
EXTRA BOSS 2
Personas used : Titania (Diarama + Sukunda), King Frost (Tarunda + Ice Abs).
What I did is to create 2 key Personas. Once in a while I let Kanji guard if I need to reduce its ATK power. One time it did a crit Single Shot on me, followed by Bufula which ACTUALLY healed me lol. In the end it got abit messy with Kanji getting hit as usual, but with Tarunda effect gone his HP gone down from 407 to 94 HP. But I'm really close to defeating it so I switched to King Frost and Bufula to do the final bid on him.
End of my game diary. I think I should keep a note of events so that I don't get confuded next time.
Parameters :
Knowledge 3
Understanding 3
Expression 3
Dilligence 2
Courage 2
Note : Currently focusing on Understanding and Courage to start some S. Links.
MAJOR EDIT : I have put the wrong dates starting from 4/6 as I was tracking the dates down. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Continuing from my last save.
21/5
EXTRA BOSS 1
Persona used : Rakshasha (Tarunda+Media), Ara Mitama (Sukunda). Both with resist physical.
Continuing from where I last stated, I went after the extra boss with ease. There is one instance where he does Rampage and Chie got hit 3 times and fainted, otherwise it went pretty well. (I'm still surprised that even at level 24, without Tarunda his Rampage still can kill with 3 hits.)
Retired after that due to insufficient funds to restore SP.
22/5
Rescue Operandi
BOSS : Shadow Kanji
Persona used : Rakshasha (Media+Tarunda+Phys resist) and High Pixie (Elec immune+Sukunda)
Wow, first time I went after him was no joke. Although his charged Swift Strike missed both Yosuke and me, it nearly killed Yukiko with a critical hit of 112x2, then by the time my turns come, both Yukiko and Chie fainted, so I restarted.
2nd try, not that easy also. Damage output was pretty sluggish due to me spamming Media. When he does the second Forbidden Murmur, I decided," Oh screw this, I'll go out on him and forget using items to remove Poison." (It causes Poison on boys only, including the MC) Funny thing that Chie just kicks him and hes down. :S
Kanji has been saved!
23/5
Magician 4. Request taken from Fox.
Hierophant 2.
24/5
Magician 5.
25/5
Priestess 2.
26/5
Priestess 3.
27/5
Request completed. Hermit 3.
28/5
Priestess 4. Hierophant 3.
29/5
Strength 4. Moon preview.
My Courage is still not enough to ask her out yet.
Note : I shouldn't call that "pre-trigger" cause its just a preview of her.
30/5
Chariot 4. Justice 4.
31/5
Request taken. Temperance 2.
1/6
Sun 3.
2/6
Sun 4.
3/6
Aiya's Parameters.
4/6
Aiya's Parameters.
Note : LAST DAY to save Kanji or its GAME OVER.
5/6
Justice 5.
6/6
Event. Fool 4.
7/6
Aiya's Parameters, Hierophant 4.
8/6
Event. Hanged Man perview.
I have enough Understanding to start the S.L. later on.
9/6
Emperor 1.
10/6
Exploration.
EXTRA BOSS 2
Personas used : Titania (Diarama + Sukunda), King Frost (Tarunda + Ice Abs).
What I did is to create 2 key Personas. Once in a while I let Kanji guard if I need to reduce its ATK power. One time it did a crit Single Shot on me, followed by Bufula which ACTUALLY healed me lol. In the end it got abit messy with Kanji getting hit as usual, but with Tarunda effect gone his HP gone down from 407 to 94 HP. But I'm really close to defeating it so I switched to King Frost and Bufula to do the final bid on him.
End of my game diary. I think I should keep a note of events so that I don't get confuded next time.
Parameters :
Knowledge 3
Understanding 3
Expression 3
Dilligence 2
Courage 2
Note : Currently focusing on Understanding and Courage to start some S. Links.
MAJOR EDIT : I have put the wrong dates starting from 4/6 as I was tracking the dates down. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Persona 4 - Progress 2
Continuing from my last save.
2/5
Aiya's Parameters
Taking up requests by various people that will be found in Yukiko's Castle.
3/5
Justice 1
Nanako joins the gang to Ju-nes! Kawaii!
4/5
Hanging out with Yosuke, Kou, Daisuke and Nanako.
5/5
Hermit 1
Going inside the abandoned shrine, with a fox inhabitating this area.
6/5
Magician 3
7/5
Aiya's Parameter
8/5
Chariot 3
9/5-11/5
Exam period. I managed to get my Knowledge rank to 3.
12/5
Last exam day. Request from Fox taken.
Temperance 1
Hierophant 1
Decided to work there again to start that Social Link.
After that, uncle Dojima is available for another Social Link. :P
13/5
Justice 2
The Sun 3 event didn't occur.
14/5
Event.
15/5
Event. Courage up for eating grass in the fridge. :P
The Midnight Channel showed up! But who is that guy....
16/5
Event. Midnight Channel.
17/5
Event. Midnight Channel
Priestess 1
While on the mission, Yukiko starts to open up.
At night, Kanji is on the midnight channel! (Be warned, its a mature material though not really THAT serious.)
18/5
-Edited-
Clues to open new dungeon. Strength 3. Fool 3.
After doing 1 part of the clue, I went on ahead with the sports club, even though its on Wednesday. (They sometimes do invite you instead of the regular even school days.)
EDIT : I forgot about Fool 3, whoops.
19/5
-Edited-
Clues to open new dungeon. Exploration.
Justice 3
Exploring the new dungeon unlocked through a series of people. I cleared the remaining floors of Yukiko's Castle before heading on to Kanji's. I managed to clear about 7 floors (including the midboss) before retiring due to lack of money.
EDIT : It looks like my Justice S.L is at 3 instead of 2 when I resumed it.
20/5
Hermit 2
I was thinking of going in today but the Fox is quite mad, so I know that the healing SP cost would be extremely expensive.
21/5
Exploration.
Cleared the rest of the floors in Kanji's bathhouse dungeon. Speaking of that, thats where I got GAME OVER twice ingame. Once wasn't really a GAME OVER, but the MC is almost down and the rest of the crew was dead. (It happened on 19/5 on 6th floor) The second time was on the very last floor, with the stupid beetle using Mamudo and killed the MC instantly. =.=ll
I decided later when I come on again its the time to do Yukiko's extra boss (cause from my previous experience hes very hard even in Normal mode.) before going ahead to save Kanji unless I have insufficient yen to restore. (I only had 9k left lol.)
That's it!
Parameters:
Knowledge 3
Understanding 2
Courage 2
Diligence 2 -edited-
Expression 1
2/5
Aiya's Parameters
Taking up requests by various people that will be found in Yukiko's Castle.
3/5
Justice 1
Nanako joins the gang to Ju-nes! Kawaii!
4/5
Hanging out with Yosuke, Kou, Daisuke and Nanako.
5/5
Hermit 1
Going inside the abandoned shrine, with a fox inhabitating this area.
6/5
Magician 3
7/5
Aiya's Parameter
8/5
Chariot 3
9/5-11/5
Exam period. I managed to get my Knowledge rank to 3.
12/5
Last exam day. Request from Fox taken.
Temperance 1
Hierophant 1
Decided to work there again to start that Social Link.
After that, uncle Dojima is available for another Social Link. :P
13/5
Justice 2
The Sun 3 event didn't occur.
14/5
Event.
15/5
Event. Courage up for eating grass in the fridge. :P
The Midnight Channel showed up! But who is that guy....
16/5
Event. Midnight Channel.
17/5
Event. Midnight Channel
Priestess 1
While on the mission, Yukiko starts to open up.
At night, Kanji is on the midnight channel! (Be warned, its a mature material though not really THAT serious.)
18/5
-Edited-
Clues to open new dungeon. Strength 3. Fool 3.
After doing 1 part of the clue, I went on ahead with the sports club, even though its on Wednesday. (They sometimes do invite you instead of the regular even school days.)
EDIT : I forgot about Fool 3, whoops.
19/5
-Edited-
Clues to open new dungeon. Exploration.
Justice 3
Exploring the new dungeon unlocked through a series of people. I cleared the remaining floors of Yukiko's Castle before heading on to Kanji's. I managed to clear about 7 floors (including the midboss) before retiring due to lack of money.
EDIT : It looks like my Justice S.L is at 3 instead of 2 when I resumed it.
20/5
Hermit 2
I was thinking of going in today but the Fox is quite mad, so I know that the healing SP cost would be extremely expensive.
21/5
Exploration.
Cleared the rest of the floors in Kanji's bathhouse dungeon. Speaking of that, thats where I got GAME OVER twice ingame. Once wasn't really a GAME OVER, but the MC is almost down and the rest of the crew was dead. (It happened on 19/5 on 6th floor) The second time was on the very last floor, with the stupid beetle using Mamudo and killed the MC instantly. =.=ll
I decided later when I come on again its the time to do Yukiko's extra boss (cause from my previous experience hes very hard even in Normal mode.) before going ahead to save Kanji unless I have insufficient yen to restore. (I only had 9k left lol.)
That's it!
Parameters:
Knowledge 3
Understanding 2
Courage 2
Diligence 2 -edited-
Expression 1
Persona 4 - New Beginning
I decided to start a new beginning to my Persona 4, taking with it the knowledge I need to get through the game. The gameplay will be on Normal mode.
11/4 - 14/4
No actionplay, other than "... You call me a loser?" to raise Courage and "Are you okay?" for Understanding
15/4
This is where the first feel of battle can really take into shape. Yosuke and MC faced their true selves.
16/4
Magician 1
Could it be possible that Yukiko has gone missing...?
17/4
Fool 1
Yukiko is missing! Also Chie had to face her true self.
18/4
Chariot 1
From there on, I can freely do whatever I want. Of course I went on to the rescue and cleared first 5 floors before retiring for the day.
19/4
Strength 1
The MC joins the basketball club! He befriended with Kou and Daisuke.
20/4
Day 2 of the rescue. Managed to clear the remaining 3 floors up to the 8th floor where Yukiko is trapped.
21/4
I could go for practise, but I decided that this day be the D-day.
BOSS : Shadow Yukiko
Persona used : Archangel, Eligor, Slyph
I know that I could've fused Senri since it blocks Fire attacks and learns Media. Even that requires 3 grinding levels and I don't want that. So I created Archangel and Slyph for Media, and Eligor for debuff.
I was surprised on how easily I can defeat her though, compared with first few tries on my very first gameplay.
Yukiko has been saved and has faced her true self.
22/4
This is the day where some jobs are posted. Already triggered the first event before Temperance Social Link can be formed.
23/4
Hang out with Kou and Daisuke.
24/4
Sun 1
Signed up for the Music Club and established that social link with Ayane.
25/4
Magician 2
26/4
Chariot 2
27/4
Went to Aiya's to increase parameters.
28/4
Sun 2
Note : Although it rains on that day, Ayane will still be available, as well as Fox and Margaret.
29/4
Aiya's parameters
Note : LAST DAY to save Yukiko or its Game Over.
30/4
Fool 2
Yukiko joins the group.
1/5
Decided to explore the dungeon abit before going back.
End of my game diary.
Parameters:
Understanding 2
Knowledge 2
Courage 1
Diligence 1
Expression 1
11/4 - 14/4
No actionplay, other than "... You call me a loser?" to raise Courage and "Are you okay?" for Understanding
15/4
This is where the first feel of battle can really take into shape. Yosuke and MC faced their true selves.
16/4
Magician 1
Could it be possible that Yukiko has gone missing...?
17/4
Fool 1
Yukiko is missing! Also Chie had to face her true self.
18/4
Chariot 1
From there on, I can freely do whatever I want. Of course I went on to the rescue and cleared first 5 floors before retiring for the day.
19/4
Strength 1
The MC joins the basketball club! He befriended with Kou and Daisuke.
20/4
Day 2 of the rescue. Managed to clear the remaining 3 floors up to the 8th floor where Yukiko is trapped.
21/4
I could go for practise, but I decided that this day be the D-day.
BOSS : Shadow Yukiko
Persona used : Archangel, Eligor, Slyph
I know that I could've fused Senri since it blocks Fire attacks and learns Media. Even that requires 3 grinding levels and I don't want that. So I created Archangel and Slyph for Media, and Eligor for debuff.
I was surprised on how easily I can defeat her though, compared with first few tries on my very first gameplay.
Yukiko has been saved and has faced her true self.
22/4
This is the day where some jobs are posted. Already triggered the first event before Temperance Social Link can be formed.
23/4
Hang out with Kou and Daisuke.
24/4
Sun 1
Signed up for the Music Club and established that social link with Ayane.
25/4
Magician 2
26/4
Chariot 2
27/4
Went to Aiya's to increase parameters.
28/4
Sun 2
Note : Although it rains on that day, Ayane will still be available, as well as Fox and Margaret.
29/4
Aiya's parameters
Note : LAST DAY to save Yukiko or its Game Over.
30/4
Fool 2
Yukiko joins the group.
1/5
Decided to explore the dungeon abit before going back.
End of my game diary.
Parameters:
Understanding 2
Knowledge 2
Courage 1
Diligence 1
Expression 1
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Persona 4 - Margeret : Original attempt team revisited
Now to reanalyze my first team to ever down Margeret (Chie + Kanji + Teddie).
This time slightly easier now with a calculating move of when to use Debilitate and Maraku effectively.
Once again, the tactics. I keep Debil Margeret until the last stage, then use it only after she uses Narukami. Depending on situation, most of the time I'll use a charged Hassou Tobi, or a charged Ziodyne by Kohryu, or Salvation by either the same persona or Sandalphon (both with SM). As always Chie is assigned to do charged God's Hand all-round. Kanji's assignment is the same, Matarukaja, Super Sonic item and Ziodyne/Primal Force. I use Teddie's Marakukaja and Mediarahan, Bufudyne only when its safe.
Tactics aside. Compared to my 1st try, the 2nd try on the first team was definitely better than the last, other than Teddie having to whitstand the fatal blow of the 1st Hassou Tobi. Speaking of Hassou Tobi, that skill was missed TWICE during the fight! Fortunately, the same skill that made a fatal blow to Margeret managed to get a CRITICAL hit, so I was more than happy for compensation from my last miss.
All in all, I feel that the first team that downed Margeret is definitely the best party set up to face her cause in damage PoV, its the fastest. Plus with 11 Super Sonics I'll be able to keep the party fully buffed. As long as I'm not making any careless mistakes, I'll be fine in beating Margaret. :P
Yet I'm extremely impressed with one of the player who beats her down in just 10 turns, even before she uses Morning Star + Diarahan combo. Here's the vid, there's also the English version of it so do check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAcTFMKmYLc
This time slightly easier now with a calculating move of when to use Debilitate and Maraku effectively.
Once again, the tactics. I keep Debil Margeret until the last stage, then use it only after she uses Narukami. Depending on situation, most of the time I'll use a charged Hassou Tobi, or a charged Ziodyne by Kohryu, or Salvation by either the same persona or Sandalphon (both with SM). As always Chie is assigned to do charged God's Hand all-round. Kanji's assignment is the same, Matarukaja, Super Sonic item and Ziodyne/Primal Force. I use Teddie's Marakukaja and Mediarahan, Bufudyne only when its safe.
Tactics aside. Compared to my 1st try, the 2nd try on the first team was definitely better than the last, other than Teddie having to whitstand the fatal blow of the 1st Hassou Tobi. Speaking of Hassou Tobi, that skill was missed TWICE during the fight! Fortunately, the same skill that made a fatal blow to Margeret managed to get a CRITICAL hit, so I was more than happy for compensation from my last miss.
All in all, I feel that the first team that downed Margeret is definitely the best party set up to face her cause in damage PoV, its the fastest. Plus with 11 Super Sonics I'll be able to keep the party fully buffed. As long as I'm not making any careless mistakes, I'll be fine in beating Margaret. :P
Yet I'm extremely impressed with one of the player who beats her down in just 10 turns, even before she uses Morning Star + Diarahan combo. Here's the vid, there's also the English version of it so do check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAcTFMKmYLc
Monday, October 18, 2010
Persona 4 - Margeret : 2 new combination wins
Okay, here's an update regarding about defeating Margaret with 2 different combinations.
Before that, some changes. I cleared the true final dungeon and found 2 key items, a shirt that grants 100SP and another that gives +100HP, with both of them having good avoidance. I equip the MC with 100SP shirt and Yukiko with 100HP shirt, and not intending to replace them with the ultimate armour. (Great armour but avoidance rate is quite low.)
I did make 3 stops onto Death and collected 3 ultimate armours. It goes to Yosuke, Kanji and Chie.
1st stop, I bring in Yosuke, Chie and Teddie (Chie is my mandatory character for her awesome attacks.), thus making it the advantage taker team. (All Ma-kaja style)
As hard as it sounds, it took me about 25 minutes to go through this fight, and through the end its even harder than the 1st attempt cause Yosuke kept on dying with Hassou Tobi. :P
Me : The usual Debil on Margeret and Powered Hassou Tobi. I don't need to use my uncle Kohryu for Salvation cause I discovered that the damage to Teddie using Thunder Reign is not that high, given that Margeret is debuffed, then she'll cast Divine Wind, which Teddie can weather that easily. PLUS with Yosuke immune to wind, only me and Chie will take the full force of that attack.
Also, at the last stage, I actually calculated her moves in order to properly cast Debilitate. The most effective would be when she uses Narukami/Divine Wind. In exchange, the party will take some spike damage. (Remember, she deals about 250+ onto members without debuff and with Maraku)
Yosuke : Masukukaja （マハスクカジャ） and Brave Blade （ブレイフザーバー）. Garudyne （ガルダイン） is only used during the last stage when Margeret uses Hassou Tobi. He died twice by that skill though. :P
Chie : The usual charged God's Hand.
Teddie : Because Kanji is not in the team, I had to use both Marakukaja and Matarukaja using Teddie, or sometimes after him, I'll cast Marakukaja.
Next, I formed a team consisting of Chie, Kanji and Yukiko. No special name I can think of though. :P
As hard as it sounds, its actually much tougher than the last 2. It took me a heck load of 30 minutes but still managed to beat Margeret before she did something crazy.
Me : The usual Debilitate and charged Hassou Tobi. Because Teddie is not in the team, there's a need to cast Marakukaja often using either Trumpeter or Mahakala. Also, like the 2nd attempt, during the last stage I casted Debil only when she does Narukami/Divine Wind, while watching for damage spikes.
Chie : You know the stuff, except she does all round unlike the 1st try. Also equipped her with an accessory that increases HP by 30%, making her HP skyrocket to 717HP. But thats for the fun of it. :P
Kanji : Matarukaja and supplying Masukukaja using Super Sonic. I have about 11 of these so I decided to utilize them. Otherwise Primal Force spam.
Yukiko : Salvation and Agidyne when its safe to do so. 1 or 2 times she dishes out Diamond Shield, also if it is safe. Also equipped with Chakra Ring to cut her magic cost by half. Guard after Margeret used Meltdown.
Before that, some changes. I cleared the true final dungeon and found 2 key items, a shirt that grants 100SP and another that gives +100HP, with both of them having good avoidance. I equip the MC with 100SP shirt and Yukiko with 100HP shirt, and not intending to replace them with the ultimate armour. (Great armour but avoidance rate is quite low.)
I did make 3 stops onto Death and collected 3 ultimate armours. It goes to Yosuke, Kanji and Chie.
1st stop, I bring in Yosuke, Chie and Teddie (Chie is my mandatory character for her awesome attacks.), thus making it the advantage taker team. (All Ma-kaja style)
As hard as it sounds, it took me about 25 minutes to go through this fight, and through the end its even harder than the 1st attempt cause Yosuke kept on dying with Hassou Tobi. :P
Me : The usual Debil on Margeret and Powered Hassou Tobi. I don't need to use my uncle Kohryu for Salvation cause I discovered that the damage to Teddie using Thunder Reign is not that high, given that Margeret is debuffed, then she'll cast Divine Wind, which Teddie can weather that easily. PLUS with Yosuke immune to wind, only me and Chie will take the full force of that attack.
Also, at the last stage, I actually calculated her moves in order to properly cast Debilitate. The most effective would be when she uses Narukami/Divine Wind. In exchange, the party will take some spike damage. (Remember, she deals about 250+ onto members without debuff and with Maraku)
Yosuke : Masukukaja （マハスクカジャ） and Brave Blade （ブレイフザーバー）. Garudyne （ガルダイン） is only used during the last stage when Margeret uses Hassou Tobi. He died twice by that skill though. :P
Chie : The usual charged God's Hand.
Teddie : Because Kanji is not in the team, I had to use both Marakukaja and Matarukaja using Teddie, or sometimes after him, I'll cast Marakukaja.
Next, I formed a team consisting of Chie, Kanji and Yukiko. No special name I can think of though. :P
As hard as it sounds, its actually much tougher than the last 2. It took me a heck load of 30 minutes but still managed to beat Margeret before she did something crazy.
Me : The usual Debilitate and charged Hassou Tobi. Because Teddie is not in the team, there's a need to cast Marakukaja often using either Trumpeter or Mahakala. Also, like the 2nd attempt, during the last stage I casted Debil only when she does Narukami/Divine Wind, while watching for damage spikes.
Chie : You know the stuff, except she does all round unlike the 1st try. Also equipped her with an accessory that increases HP by 30%, making her HP skyrocket to 717HP. But thats for the fun of it. :P
Kanji : Matarukaja and supplying Masukukaja using Super Sonic. I have about 11 of these so I decided to utilize them. Otherwise Primal Force spam.
Yukiko : Salvation and Agidyne when its safe to do so. 1 or 2 times she dishes out Diamond Shield, also if it is safe. Also equipped with Chakra Ring to cut her magic cost by half. Guard after Margeret used Meltdown.
Persona 4 - Hidden boss : Margeret
Recently I've done fighting with the secret boss after missing the initial event completely during my 2nd run. I intended to do that on Easy mode, but completely forgot to do the initial event. As the result, I had to go through a 3-week excursion down on my 3rd gamethrough, this time in Normal mode to make things interesting a lil.
And wow, she is quite a nutter even in Normal mode. After discovering that my defense team (Yosuke, Chie and Yukiko) didn't work out quite well, I subbed Kanji for Yosuke, Teddie for Yukiko and keep my Chie. (Thus the heavy-damage artilery party is formed.)
Still, she's pretty hard to get down with 15k HP. The 1st time I tried was before I cleared the true final dungeon and all characters have their ultimate weapon (but not ultimate armor). The entire fight took about 20 minutes. :P
First 5 minutes was easy, took her 2 turns before she starts a cycle of Personas. The 1st cycle looks roughly like this:
Fire (Meltdown) > Ice (Coctyus Pain, watch it if you use Yukiko) > Elec (Narukami, Teddie users, beware.) > Wind (Divine Wind) > Mind Charge (all-immune) > Megidolaon > repeat.
A Mind Charged Megidolaon from her is bearable since it does about 350+ damage unbuffed.
Also I can tell the personas shes using. Siegfried (I thought it would be Surt but Siegfried? *bangs head*), Loki, Oukininushi (Unlikely but plausible candidate as well, I'm thinking of Thor.), Cu Chulain, Oberon (o.oll), Ardha. Each time she uses one magic skill, she'll be immune to that particular magic.
Me : Debil （ランダマイザー）Margeret at all times, Yoshi's charged Hassou Tobi （八艘跳び） (it does 200 damage per hit, ouch!), Kohryu's half-cost Salvation （メシアライザー） if Teddie needs to guard.
Kanji : Mataru （マハタルカジャ） buff, Primal Force （イノセントタック） spam.
Chie : All-round charged God's Hand. (ゴッドハンド）
Teddie : Healer and Maraku （マラクカジャ）, Bufudyne when its safe to strike.（ブフダイン）
Once I brought down her HP considerably, she used Morning Star （明けの明星）using Helel, then Diarahan using Ardha, so its back to square one, except that she takes half damage to all elements. :/
After about 5% HP loss, she does the cycle again, and this time she struck Teddie with the weakness using Thunder Reign (poor him) followed by Divine Wind, cause she'll start the cycle from the last time she stopped before using Morning Star.
Then comes 50%. She still does the same cycle EXCEPT instead of Mind Charge + Megidolaon, she'll start to use Power Charge + Hassou Tobi! At that moment I ACCIDENTALLY switched the wrong Persona to Trumpeter instead of Yoshi (Yoshi's immune to Physical), but SOMEHOW I managed to survive the collosal damage with 38 HP left. Also thats the time where its really hard to bring her down, but eventually my uncharged Hassou Tobi does the final strike against her.
All in all, Margeret hits hard if shes not debuffed. (She hits 300+ damage per strike using any 4 magic all-hit skills, without buff/debuff), and towards the end thats when the real fun of survival begins. But all in all, even when the team was abit underlevelled (I was level 82, Kanji and Teddie 77 each, Chie 78) and without the ultimate armours, I still managed to beat Margeret with roughly less than 20 turns to go before she does the 9999 Megidolaon. (I lost count, ok?)
Probably I'll try Margeret again with different team combinations once I've got them to at least level 80 or more. (I should clear the true end dungeon, got about 3 floors to go.) If I manage to beat one using another combo, I'll definitely post here and compare it with this try.
And wow, she is quite a nutter even in Normal mode. After discovering that my defense team (Yosuke, Chie and Yukiko) didn't work out quite well, I subbed Kanji for Yosuke, Teddie for Yukiko and keep my Chie. (Thus the heavy-damage artilery party is formed.)
Still, she's pretty hard to get down with 15k HP. The 1st time I tried was before I cleared the true final dungeon and all characters have their ultimate weapon (but not ultimate armor). The entire fight took about 20 minutes. :P
First 5 minutes was easy, took her 2 turns before she starts a cycle of Personas. The 1st cycle looks roughly like this:
Fire (Meltdown) > Ice (Coctyus Pain, watch it if you use Yukiko) > Elec (Narukami, Teddie users, beware.) > Wind (Divine Wind) > Mind Charge (all-immune) > Megidolaon > repeat.
A Mind Charged Megidolaon from her is bearable since it does about 350+ damage unbuffed.
Also I can tell the personas shes using. Siegfried (I thought it would be Surt but Siegfried? *bangs head*), Loki, Oukininushi (Unlikely but plausible candidate as well, I'm thinking of Thor.), Cu Chulain, Oberon (o.oll), Ardha. Each time she uses one magic skill, she'll be immune to that particular magic.
Me : Debil （ランダマイザー）Margeret at all times, Yoshi's charged Hassou Tobi （八艘跳び） (it does 200 damage per hit, ouch!), Kohryu's half-cost Salvation （メシアライザー） if Teddie needs to guard.
Kanji : Mataru （マハタルカジャ） buff, Primal Force （イノセントタック） spam.
Chie : All-round charged God's Hand. (ゴッドハンド）
Teddie : Healer and Maraku （マラクカジャ）, Bufudyne when its safe to strike.（ブフダイン）
Once I brought down her HP considerably, she used Morning Star （明けの明星）using Helel, then Diarahan using Ardha, so its back to square one, except that she takes half damage to all elements. :/
After about 5% HP loss, she does the cycle again, and this time she struck Teddie with the weakness using Thunder Reign (poor him) followed by Divine Wind, cause she'll start the cycle from the last time she stopped before using Morning Star.
Then comes 50%. She still does the same cycle EXCEPT instead of Mind Charge + Megidolaon, she'll start to use Power Charge + Hassou Tobi! At that moment I ACCIDENTALLY switched the wrong Persona to Trumpeter instead of Yoshi (Yoshi's immune to Physical), but SOMEHOW I managed to survive the collosal damage with 38 HP left. Also thats the time where its really hard to bring her down, but eventually my uncharged Hassou Tobi does the final strike against her.
All in all, Margeret hits hard if shes not debuffed. (She hits 300+ damage per strike using any 4 magic all-hit skills, without buff/debuff), and towards the end thats when the real fun of survival begins. But all in all, even when the team was abit underlevelled (I was level 82, Kanji and Teddie 77 each, Chie 78) and without the ultimate armours, I still managed to beat Margeret with roughly less than 20 turns to go before she does the 9999 Megidolaon. (I lost count, ok?)
Probably I'll try Margeret again with different team combinations once I've got them to at least level 80 or more. (I should clear the true end dungeon, got about 3 floors to go.) If I manage to beat one using another combo, I'll definitely post here and compare it with this try.
Back to business.
After a year-long freeze on this blog, its high time I should revive it.
From there on, it will focus on church sermons, game theories, schools and other interesting stuffs that has happened into this blog. :P
From there on, it will focus on church sermons, game theories, schools and other interesting stuffs that has happened into this blog. :P
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