Persona 4 Golden Catch-All

EverythingsTentative wrote:

This may be a stupid question but here goes. If I watch the Persona 4 anime live-action porn how much of the game is going to be spolied for me?

FTFY.

EverythingsTentative wrote:

This may be a stupid question but here goes. If I watch the Persona 4 anime how much of the game is going to be spolied for me?

A fair amount, I think.

Alright, I'm gonna regret starting this game on Very Hard aren't I? My last game was on Normal and was way too easy.

Switchbreak wrote:

Alright, I'm gonna regret starting this game on Very Hard aren't I? My last game was on Normal and was way too easy.

No, you'll be fine. Just make sure you have every element at your disposal, focus down single targets, and keep yourself topped off on HP. I'm at the end of April now, and I've only lost 2 times (once to a boss, and once because I was dumb and didn't heal before eating a Mabufu). Enemies at your level won't pose too much trouble, things higher than you will be very challenging if not impossible, so just take it slow when progressing.

Tanglebones wrote:
EverythingsTentative wrote:

This may be a stupid question but here goes. If I watch the Persona 4 anime live-action porn how much of the game is going to be spolied for me?

FTFY.

That bad huh?

Or good

3rd boss is giving me some serious trouble. I'm glad I still have a few days until the next fog, because I'm probably going to have to spend multiple days grinding to be able to beat this one.

ahrezmendi wrote:

3rd boss is giving me some serious trouble. I'm glad I still have a few days until the next fog, because I'm probably going to have to spend multiple days grinding to be able to beat this one.

Which do you consider third?

Spoiler:

The one in the steam baths

I keep getting my ass handed to me by the boss of the castle when you run through it as a repeat for grinding.

I was referring to:

Spoiler:

The Avenging Guard on the 5th floor of Yukiko's Castle.

My problem was I was way too low level, I spent an afternoon grinding the earlier floors to hit 8, fused a Forneus with Bufu, Garu, and Zio, and things went well after that. Trouble is now I'm at the next boss on the 8th floor, and I'm completely out of SP and SP items. I have another day before the fog hits, so I could just come back tomorrow to finish it. I was just hoping to not have to spend 2 days fighting a single boss, but I suppose that's on me for playing Very Hard.

ahrezmendi, have you created a social link with

Spoiler:

the fox at the shrine

yet? If you have a fair bit of money (goes down with every level achieved), you can solve your SP problems that way.

Minarchist wrote:

ahrezmendi, have you created a social link with

Spoiler:

the fox at the shrine

yet? If you have a fair bit of money (goes down with every level achieved), you can solve your SP problems that way.

Not yet...

Spoiler:

I have the courage to get into the Shrine at night, but I don't have the next item I need, a Red Goldfish. I don't even know where to get a fishing rod. :(

That said, in P4 Golden the Cup card restores HP and SP, which is partly why I got as far as I did.

A couple of questions as a complete Persona noob.

#1 - I'm in the first dungeon / castle and keep coming upon a locked door and a hallway that I can't get past. I hear the voice of the girl I'm saving and the. It transports me. Any clues?

#2 - I looked at a strat guide and it seemed to indicate that I should complete quests sooner than I have so far. Is this the kind of game where I'll get punished for following a proscribed line and missing stuff? If so I might need to restart or bail. Not sure I want to be in a situation where it's impossible to recover to some degree.

#1 - Try going backwards.

#2 - There's no situation you can't recover from, save failing to rescue someone before the fog comes. There are definitely missable parts of the game, mostly social links, if you haven't done certain actions by certain times. That said, there are also things you cannot do until NG+, so I wouldn't worry too much about missing things.

Look at it this way, if you're going straight home after school not having done a social link/quest, then you're missing something. Every part of every day should be occupied by some activity.

Every day I'm either doing drama or basketball, reading books or wandering the city then studying. I'm 9 hours in an love the game so far. Just got worried when I went looking for why I couldn't open that door and saw an FAQ that said I should have completed 5 side quests by then.

ahrezmendi wrote:

#1 - Try going backwards.

I did. It just gave me more dungeon and some chests for which I don't have keys.

DSGamer wrote:
ahrezmendi wrote:

#1 - Try going backwards.

I did. It just gave me more dungeon and some chests for which I don't have keys.

Spoiler:

Not every door is locked. Keep going backwards in each new section, trying all doors. The key won't be yours until after you find that door. You may need to switch directions a couple times, but knowing when to do that is part of the puzzle. Use your map to help learn when.

ahrezmendi wrote:

That said, in P4 Golden the Cup card restores HP and SP, which is partly why I got as far as I did.

Have you turned the WiFi / S.O.S. features on? Those little pings of help slowly but absolutely add up. I also get a kick out of helping strangers.

You might also be close something I stumbled onto. This is more of a "help guide" spoiler and not a plot spoiler, but I'm going to hide it anyway.

Spoiler:

You can gain Sarasvati at level 17. Sarasvati will learn "Invigorate 2" at level 19. This auto skill gives your character 5 SP every turn.

Is there a good reason not to spam the SOS?

MrAndrewJ wrote:
ahrezmendi wrote:

That said, in P4 Golden the Cup card restores HP and SP, which is partly why I got as far as I did.

Have you turned the WiFi / S.O.S. features on? Those little pings of help slowly but absolutely add up. I also get a kick out of helping strangers.

You might also be close something I stumbled onto. This is more of a "help guide" spoiler and not a plot spoiler, but I'm going to hide it anyway.

Spoiler:

You can gain Sarasvati at level 17. Sarasvati will learn "Invigorate 2" at level 19. This auto skill gives your character 5 SP every turn.

I'm not 17 yet, I'm only 9. I haven't tried the SOS yet, not really sure why. I ought to be spamming the hell out of it, since I'm playing on the hardest difficulty.

Give it a go, it doesn't do as much as you might think and I believe you have to activate it in order to help other people. I think.

Yes. You have to activate it to help other people.

I spam it just to help others, even if I'm at mostly full health/SP. Those other people plainly have refined and superior taste in gaming. It's my way of saying, "Yes. You chose well. Please enjoy the reward."

Does anyone know the name of the song that plays when you are at the exit the dungeon televisions? I want that as my ring tone.

I can't seem to find a store where I can by consumables like HP/SP restore potions, etc. Am I missing something obvious? I'm still pretty early in the game, around level 7.

Yeah, on both ends of the Southern Shopping District. One sells food, the either sells potions.

I got my shipment Saturday and got past the intro bits recently. I like a good challenge, and some here stated that Very Hard was tough, but the lower difficulties maybe too lenient. Into the first dungeon I was cutting it close with mobs, even dying a few times. Once I learned to be conservative, it was still hard, but not bad. Cue two boss defeats and I gave up. I've now fast-forwarded past the intro parts again, now on Hard. I figured unless I played that boss perfectly, I wasn't going to beat it. My time isn't worth a slim maybe. Its power attack it spams when it's low on life was too much cheese for me to realistically deal with given my resources. Those who fought through, bravo you masochists.

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Sweet! Yeah, I'm still liking hard difficulty. It's just barely forgiving enough to allow you to figure out a winning strategy without dying and restarting from a previous save.

Do you not have the ability to leave the dungeon, purchase HP/SP then go back into the dungeon, like in P3P?

EverythingsTentative wrote:

Do you not have the ability to leave the dungeon, purchase HP/SP then go back into the dungeon, like in P3P?

Not that I can see. You have to head home it seems.

tuffalobuffalo wrote:
EverythingsTentative wrote:

Do you not have the ability to leave the dungeon, purchase HP/SP then go back into the dungeon, like in P3P?

Not that I can see. You have to head home it seems.

Yeah. I'm going back to an earlier save because of this. Because of spending hours in the first dungeon and failing. I feel like this has the min/maxing of an SRP, except that you're managing your day and maximizing that. Am I wrong?

cyrax wrote:

Yeah, on both ends of the Southern Shopping District. One sells food, the either sells potions.

Awesome thanks! Your pics are making me regret not going the CE route.

doogiemac wrote:
cyrax wrote:

Yeah, on both ends of the Southern Shopping District. One sells food, the either sells potions.

Awesome thanks! Your pics are making me regret not going the CE route.

How much are you willing to pay for an unopened one?

tuffalobuffalo wrote:
EverythingsTentative wrote:

Do you not have the ability to leave the dungeon, purchase HP/SP then go back into the dungeon, like in P3P?

Not that I can see. You have to head home it seems.

Bummer, I'm having trouble on normal. Haven't died but once but I don't like getting to the boss with 1/4 HP/SP with all party members.

I failed out on normal as well. I hope I hit a rhythm with this game, but I fear I'll tire of micromanaging every decision of every day when it's not as clear what those decisions mean.