Persona 4 - Final Status

The final status before facing the final boss of Persona 3 FES.

Social Links :

Fool - SEES (Rank MAX) (Reward : Susano-O)

Magician - Classmate A.K.A Kenji Tomochika (Rank MAX) (Reward : Surt)

Priestess - Fuuka Yamagishi (Not started) (Reward : Scathach)

Empress - Mitsuru Kirijo (Rank MAX) (Reward : Alilat)

Emperor - Student Council A.K.A Hidetoshi Odagari (Rank MAX) (Reward : Odin)

Hierophant - Old Couple A.K.A Bunkichi and Mitsuko (Rank MAX) (Reward : Kohryu)

Lovers - Yukari Takeba (Rank MAX) (Reward : Cybele)

Chariot - Swim/Track/Kendo Team A.K.A Kazushi Miyamoto (Rank MAX) (Reward : Thor)

Justice - Treasurer A.K.A Chihiro Fushimi (Not started) (Reward : Melchizedek)

Hermit - Online gamer (Rank 4) (Reward : Arahabaki)

Fortune - Art/Photography/Music Club A.K.A Keisuke Hiraga (Rank 8) (Reward : Norn)

Strength - Team Manager A.K.A Yuko Nishiwaki (Rank MAX) (Reward : Siegfried)

Hanged Man - Girl at the shrine A.K.A Maiko (Rank MAX) (Reward : Attis)

Death - Mysterious Boy (Rank MAX) (Reward : Thanatos)

Temperance - Transfer Student A.K.A Bebe (Not started) (Reward : Yurlungur)

Devil - Businessman A.K.A President Tanaka (Rank MAX) (Reward : Belzeebub)

Tower - Strange Monk A.K.A Mutatsu (Rank MAX) (Reward : Chi You)

Star - Rival Athlete A.K.A Mamoru Hayase (Rank MAX) (Reward : Helel)

Moon - The Gourmet King A.K.A Nozomi Suemitsu (Rank MAX) (Reward : Sandalphon)

Sun - The Dying Young Man A.K.A Akinari Kamiki (Rank 1) (Reward : Asura)

Judgement - The Nyx Annihilation Team (Rank MAX) (Reward : Messiah)

Aeon - Aigis (Rank 7) (Reward : Metatron)

Final Equipment for my go team:

MC Equipment : Deus Xiphos (ultimate weapon fused with Michael), Tome of the Void (Abaddon's heart item)

Akihiko Equipment : Dragon Fangs (Found this on a rare chest), Tome of the Void

Yukari Equipment : Yoichi's Bow, Lightning Gloves (Thor's heart item)

Aigis Equipment : Pandemonium, Omega Drive

Current Persona : Cybele, Kohryu, Daisoujou, Seth. (I may change my mind though, currently I still have not defeated Takaya.)

Persona 4 - Progress 9

My final leg of "The Journey"!

1. World Balance

Persona used : Daisoujou, Seth.

Whooh, not easy even if I have pretty much some Personas that don't give any weakness away. I used Seth all the way for Mind Charge + Ragnarok, and also switch to Daisoujou to heal up for some time.

After it reaches half its health (with just 1 Ragnarok, it dealt 1k damage.), it went using Megidolaon, then Mahamaon a few times consecutively. 1st one killed Yukari, Aigis revived her. 2nd one came, all my members gone dead, I used Balm of Life on Aigis. 3rd Mahamaon missed Aigis, she again revived Yukari, which immediately followed up by her unfortunate demise in the 4th Mahamaon, which Aigis had to revive her (again) before all my members come back by the time it used Megidola instead.

2. Fierce Cyclops x3

Quite easy, though I ignored my member's health abit and Aigis was smacked to death by one of the cyclops' normal charged attack.

3. Jotun of Grief

Easy as always, using Magic Mirror will save your butts cause it will reflect Infuriate spell and just use Megidolaon/Primal Force instead.

Also, I could only finish MAXing out 5 more Social Links before the 31/1 Promised Day deadline. Namely, I MAXed out Hanged Man first, then when winter vacation was over I MAXed out Emperor Social Link. I was thinking that if I can balance between Aigis and Mitsuru for their individual Social Links then I could do it, but then I was wrong. 21/1 was a special event in which I can't do anything about it. Thus, I decided to abandon the Aeon Social Link at rank 7 and MAXed out Empress and Star Social Link instead. Also, it was also a very close call to MAX out Tower Social Link as well in the evenings. (Did it on the evening of 30/1, whew!) Also, I abandoned the Fortune Social Link at rank 8 completely before realizing the fatal mistake. If I had known I would've MAXed that out as well to bring the count to 13.

That will mean my final count of MAX Social Link on my first playthrough is 12 out of 19 Social Links. It was still really good as non of my non-MAX Social Link was on reverse. (And I intended not to let that happen.)

MAX Social Links : Magician, Empress, Emperor, Hierophant, Lovers, Chariot, Strength, Hanged Man, Devil, Tower, Star, Moon. (Exclusive of Fool, Death and Judgement)

Non-MAX Social Links : Hermit (rank 4), Fortune (Rank 8), Sun (Rank 1, yeah I started this very late.), Aeon (Rank 7)

Social Links not initiated : Priestess (Fuuka), Justice (Chihiro), Temperance (Bebe)

Now that I have reached the climax of the story with the encounter of Nyx herself, be prepared!

Persona 3 FES - Progress 8

Sorry for the real long wait, my PS2 spinner stopped working 3 weeks ago and I only sent it to repair after my sis' wedding was over (that was 3rd April), and now awaiting the repairs to be done.

So, I went to my friend's house today and restarted again. Managed to cover some things before retiring cause my friend wanted to go out. XD

1. Reckoning Dice (1st try)

Persona used : Siegfried

Easy peasy.

2. Noble Seekers x3 (1st try)

Persona used : Siegfried

Another easy one, Siegfried's Vorpal Blade with Power Charge really hurts. 1.3k per person anyone? XDDD

3. Carnal Snakes x3 (1st try)

Persona used : Hariti, Daisoujou (Mediarama or Mediarahan for a dangerous situation)

Believe it or not, this was one of the battles that I had quite a struggle with. Not because they are hard, but because of a bad strategy I used for this fight. Firstly, they know Mudoon attacks, so its risky to use Raphael and Siegfried, my key Personas. So pretty much had to melee them one by one while leaving poor Yuka-tan down (she's hit by their Mudoon attacks twice in a row.), then revived her again when 1 of them is defeated. It is a really draggy fight, about 14 minutes or so.

Also, I did this floor on the same day as well, still surprised that none of my choice members are tired yet after reaching that floor AND after the boss fight (then again, I kinda rushed there a little by skipping alternative floors lol.), so I thought might as well.

Social Links

I've also been working with my Social Links more, so here goes. I already maxed out Magician, Hierophant, Lovers and Devil Social Link, and now my Star, Emperor and Hanged Man Social Link is close to MAX out. Once the 3 of them are done, I'll concentrate on Empress and maybe Aeon Social Link if possible. So that increase my MAX Social Link count to 7/18 (Not including Fool, Death and Judgement which can be MAXed based on storyline.) I'm not sure whether I can increase the count to about 14/18 (Fortune is also quite close to MAX, and maybe I can work on Tower Social Link at evenings.), but its worth a try.

So basically the Social Link ranks are:

Magician MAX, Empress 3, Emperor 9, Hierophant MAX, Lovers MAX, Chariot MAX, Hermit 4, Fortune 8, Strength MAX, Hanged Man 8, Devil MAX, Tower 6, Star 9, Moon MAX.

Current key Personas under my belt : Seth, Raphael, Hariti.