Persona 4 - Huge Update

Hehe, sorry for the real hiatus from this blog, but here are the updates:

- I actually sped up for the past week right up to 3/20. I also managed to MAX out all Social Links before I even entered the second last dungeon (namely I finished with Emperor, Lovers, Temperance, Hanged Man, Death, Strength and lastly, Fortune. I finished Naoto's Social Link last at 9/12, 2 days before my intentions to travel.) so really fortunate to finish that.

- I also posed a unique challenge where I must defeat some storyline and extra bosses without using my powerful Personas (strictly speaking, I must use a Persona that I can fuse at my current level.) And it was fun. And together with my alternate party members (Kanji, Naoto and Teddie) to fight against Kunino-sagiri, even moar funz. :P

- I decided that since its quite troublesome to tank huge damage from Margaret, I had to refuse my Norn to inherit Null Physical (I got this from Thor, then fuse it to Atropos and finally, to Norn.) I'll also use some Personas other than Yoshi just to add some fun.

My next plan in fighting Margaret:

1. I already formed my team:

- Chie (with ultimate weapon and Omega Drive to boost her critical chances)

- Kanji (with ultimate weapon, and I equip Barbaric Bracers for the lulz, even though his HP is high)

- Teddie (with ultimate weapon, and Chakra Ring of course)

2. Battle-plan is to switch Personas between Mahakala, Surt (if she uses Hassou Tobi) or Belzeebub (if I can make one) for fire, Shiva (Rainy Death/Ziodyne if I crit) or Trumpeter (if I need to recast Debilitate) for ice, Odin (Panta Rhei) or Kohryu (salvation heal) for electricity, and finally Norn (Garudyne or Debilitate) or Odin (depends) for wind. I'll stay with Yoshi or Norn if I have to recast Debilitate (and don't worry, my new Norn has Null Phyiscal) I may reconsider with other Personas if there are changes.

Some Persona element stats:

- Mahakala (Drains Fire and repels Elec)

- Surt (Drains Fire, weak to Ice but I covered it since it learned Null Ice)

- Beelzebub (Drains Fire, repels Ice and immune to Elec)

- Shiva/Trumpeter (Drains Ice and repels Elec)

- Odin (Weak to Fire, immune to Elec and drains Wind)

- Kohryu (Repels Elec)

- Norn (Strong against Ice, weak to Elec and absorbs Wind. Also inherited Null Phyiscal)

- Yoshitsune (Immune to Phyiscal, strong against Fire and repels Elec)

Oh well, time to grind my Norn until it relearns Debilitate (C'mon, 2 levels?) in the true dungeon.

I'm also looking forward to get my hands on Persona 3 FES!

Maplestory new classes!

Hehe, sorry about the long delay. As for now, I stopped my Persona 4 progress until further notice due to 1 thing: Maplestory new classes test!

There are 3 new classes that was made available back in 2010, Aran, Evan the Dragonmaster, and most recently, Dual Bladers.

I have tested 2 out of 3 characters up to level 40s so far (I haven't train up my Dual Bladers yet.) and have some comments.

Evan the Dragonmaster
Like all Magicians, Evan is a class that commands the dragon bounded by some kind of destiny with various types of magic attacks.

Pros :
- Advancing jobs is not required, the dragon automatically grows as you level. So you don't have to spend on a dark crystal.
- Unlike Fire/Poison Wizards and Ice/Lightning Wizards, Evans utilizes in Fire, Lightning and Ice at the beginning, and later on will specialize more into Fire and Dark magic skills.
- Unlike other mages (clerics/priests/bishops inclusive), Evans can make magic criticals.

Cons :
- Unlike other mages, Evans DO NOT have Improved MP recovery until at later levels where he can learn Recovery Aura, so burning pots wise, its pretty higher than normal especially with MG (Magic Guard) on.
- Most of them are quest-based, so if you are more to hardcore training then this is not the class for you.

Aran the Hero
A long time ago, legend has it that Aran was once the greatest Maple hero during the Black Wizard crisis. Unfortunately, the Black Wizard sealed him up in ice. On the present, he is awokened by Lirin. The Black Wizard may be gone, but new threats to revive him is now present and its up to the awakened Aran to stop the revival.

Pros :
- Less keyboard messes! Unlike other classes, most skills are command-based. For example, double pressing attack button triggers Double Swing.
- Can hit multiple targets, so you can basically do faster training!

Cons :
- Only polearms are equipped by Arans.
- Like other warriors, accuracy is often an issue.

Persona 4 - Progress 3-4

This will be a huge update! So, I'll break it in 2 separate progresses.

17/7
Magician 8. Justice points up.

18/7
Temperance points up. Hierophant points up.

19/7-22/7
Finals exam 1.

23/7
Last day of Finals 1. Lovers 1 (Automatic). Night event.

24/7
Lovers 2. Justice MAX.

25/7
HM 3.

26/7
Sun 8. Midnight Channel Event. Star 3.

27/7
Fool 7. Hermit 8. Devil points up.

28/7
Hermit 9. Tower 5.

29/7
Capture! Star 4.

30/7
Temperance 6. Tower points up.

31/7
Lovers 3.

1/8
Chariot 8.

2/8
Priestess 8. Tower 6.

3/8
Priestess points up. Devil 7.

4/8
Magician 9. Devil points up.

5/8
Hangout with Naoki and Kanji. Devil 8.
This is what happens if you join Drama Club instead of Music Club. Kanji will sub Ayane.

6/8
Fishing Guardian! Tower points up.

7/8
Lovers 4.

8/8
Hangout with Ai and Yosuke.

9/8
Chariot points up. Tower 7.

10/8
Priestess points up. Devil points up.

11/8
Hermit visit. Devil points up.

12/8
Hermit MAX. Midnight Channel event.

13/8
Chariot 9 normal. Dinner event.

14/8
Lovers 5.

15/8-19/8
Work at Junes.

20/8
Cultural FES event.

21/8
Hangout with Ai at Cultura FES.

22/8
Magician MAX. Hierophant 9.

23/8
Priestess 9 normal. Help Nanako's homework.

24/8
Emperor 6.

25/8
Shrine (Eri)

26/8
Chariot MAX.

27/8
Shrine (Yumi)

28/8
Death 2.
Ignored this too much, can't hold that any longer!

29/8
Holiday Homework!!

30/8
Priestess MAX. Tower points up.

31/8
Watermelon event.

1/9
Junes Event. Devil 9.

2/9
Shrine (Ryotaro). Hierophant points up.

3/9
Lovers 6. Tower 8.

4/9
Death 3. Hierophant MAX.

5/9
Hanged Man 4.

6/9
Sun 9. Tower event.

7/9
Emperor 7.

End of my game diary.

Number of S.Links MAXed out : 6/18 (New : Magician, Priestess, Hierophant, Chariot, Justice, Hermit)

Bejeweled 3

Bejeweled 3 came out very recently, and I kinda have some mixed comments about it. Here are some of the pictures and a video of me playing Be3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0af2T-rfcI

Video of me doing Diamond Mine video with 664k.

Frankly, I love some modes (especially Diamond Mine and Lightning), but Butterfly and Ice Storm modes are really a killer for Be3. I give it a 7/10, would've been 9/10 if those 2 are not added. x_xll

Persona 4 - Progress 3-3

21/6
Sun points up. Midnight Channel event.

22/6
Midnight Channel event.

23/6
Stakeout! Midnight Channel event.

24/6
Star 1. H.Man trigger 1. Moon 4. Justice 7.

25/6
Rescue Rise! Double Trouble!! Star 2.

26/6
Emperor 3. Justice points up.

27/6
Priestess 6. Hierophant 7.

28/6
HM Trigger 2 event. Tower 3.

29/6
HM 1.

30/6
Lunch with Kanji. Magician 7. Devil points up.

1/7
Hermit 5. Devil 5.

2/7
Strength 6. Make model for 4 nights. (Hermit quest)

3/7
Emperor 4.

4/7
HM 2.

5/7
Sun 7.

6/7
Moon 5.

7/7
Lunch with Ai. Chariot 7. Tower 4.

8/7
Hermit 6. Justice 8.

9/7
Midnight Channel event.

10/7
Event. Fool 5 + 6.

11/7
Meeting event. Justice points up.

12/7
Study with Yukiko.

13/7
Lunch with Chie. Priestess 7. Devil 6.

14/7
Emperor 5.

15/7
Lunch with Kanji. Temperance 5. Hierophant points up.

16/7
Hermit 7.

That's all for this progress!

Persona 4 - Progress 3-2

Hehe, sorry about the long delay. I've been playing Pangya like mad to collect as many tickets as possible for the new character rares that are going to come out on 21st this month. (Can't wait!)

Now onto business. Before that though, it seems that I got almost everything on my 1st blog correctly. (Apart from Hiero 2 and Justice 2 switch)

19/5
Rescue Kanji!

20/5
Temperance 2. Empress 1. Justice points up.

21/5
Strength 4. Moon preview. Hierophant 3.

22/5
Priestess 2.

23/5
Sun 3. Justice 4.

24/5
Moon ask-out. Priestess 3.

25/5
Lunch with Yumi. Moon 1. Hermit 2. Devil preview.

26/5
Priestess 4. Devil 1.

27/5
Moon 2. Justice 5.

28/5
Chariot 5. Tower 1.

29/5
Magician 5. Hierophant 4.

30/5
Temperance 3. Justice points up.

31/5
Priestess 5.

1/6
Lunch with Daisuke. Moon 3. Devil 2.

2/6
Sun 4. Tower 2.

3/6
Hermit 3. Devil 3. Death preview 1.

4/6
Fishing. Midnight Channel Event.

5/6
Magician 6.

6/6
Justice points up.

7/6
Event. Fool 4. Hierophant 5.

8/6
H.Man preview.

9/6
Lunch with Ai. Emperor 1. Devil 4. Death preview 2.

10/6
Explore. Justice points up.

11/6
Temperance points up. Tower points up.

12/6
Death 1.

13/6
Lunch with Chie. Temperance 4. Hierophant points up.

14/6
Sun 6. Night event.

15/6
Emperor 2. Justice points up.

16/6
Shopping event. Hierophant 6.

17/6-18/6
School campout!

19/6
Hermit 4. Night event.

20/6
Chariot 6. Hierophant points up.

End of my game diary. If I go on this will be too long!

Persona 4 - Progress 3-1

This is my brand new progress after an apparant failed mission as stated on my last blogpost...

Note : I don't have my paperguide so I try my best based on my memory. If theres anything wrong when I later double check it'll be updated immediately.

16/4
Magician 1 (Automatic)

17/4
Fool 1 (Automatic)

18/4
Chariot 1 (Automatic) Rescue Yukiko!

19/4
Strength 1 (Soccer)
Yep, once again I joined the Soccer team.

20/4
Magician 2.

21/4
Strength 2.

22/4
Magician 3.

23/4
Temperance trigger.

24/4
Magician points up.

25/4
Lunch with Daisuke. Sun 1. (Drama)
This time it is Yumi Ozawa that the MC meets in the Drama Club.

26/4
Chariot 2.

28/4
Sun 2.

29/4
Midnight Channel event.

30/4
Yukiko joins the group! Fool 2. (Automatic)

1/5
Fishing.

2/5
Study with Chie.

3/5
Junes event. Justice 1. (Automatic)

4/5
Hangout with Yosuke, Daisuke and Nanako.

5/5
Hermit 1. (Automatic)

6/5
Chariot 3. Hierophant 1.

7/5
Study with Chie. Hierophant 2.

8/5
Chariot 4. (Phone invite) Justice 2.

9/5-11/5
Midterms 1.

12/5
Last day of Midterms 1. Magician 4.

13/5
Lunch with Yosuke. Temperance 1. Justice 3.

14/5-15/5
Midnight Channel event.

16/5
Visit Tatsumi Textile Shop event.

17/5
Stakeout event. Midnight Channel Event. Priestess 1. (Automatic)

18/5
Strength 3. (Special)
Special day to do this cause normally you can do this on even schooldays. However, sometimes either one of them (whichever sports club you join) is also available on Wednesdays, but that is situational.

19/5
Rescue Kanji!

End of my game diary.