P5 MC starting persona question.
Is there any reason to keep MC's starting persona? It seems not that great and trying to keep it leveled up is a bit of a hassle.
Posted Apr 18, 2017, 4:07 AM UTC
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What the fuck bro why do I have to fuse away the starting persona this game is bullshit.
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all you have to do is negotiate with more enemies and enslave them into your mask to keep the original slave
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You can still buy him from Igor right?
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Yep
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But if you don't know about that before you walk into the Velvet Room you may be left with having to fuse Arsene. And why would some possibly know that the game is going to require you to fuse something before hand.
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Yeah, as in all megami tensei games, you want to constantly be fusing your starting demons/personas when they're past their sell-by date with their skills.
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Not much point on your first playthrough once you have his skills. I'm using a level 30 (strengthened through sacrifices and skill cards) version of Arsene as my current persona on NG+, though. Kicked the crap out of the first big boss with minimal effort.
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I wish skill cards were easier to get. I don't like switching persona's, so I like to just keep my starting one and teach it good moves. That's what I've always done in 3 portable and 4.
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yes its good to keep it because of story reasons if you fuse it at the beginning with pixie i recommend buying it again because of the story
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I think you're misunderstanding "story reasons" for a personal role play mindset.
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what's the difference
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Nothing in the story says nor implies that you should keep Arsene. Only your taste and preferences push you to do so.
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dont you need it for the good ending? how can your persona become the ultimate form if you're not holding onto it
(persona 4 spoilers don't read if not completed yet) i havent gotten the ending yet but i assume there will be an ultimate form like in persona 4. i was holding onto the starter persona in persona 4 and at the end it evolved into an ultimate persona that you use to take down the boss, i believe if you are not holding the persona then then it can not evolve because you don't have it. i didn't see it coming but i'm glad i held onto it just in case
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It doesn't do anything in the story.
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no i mean from a story perspective because its the main characters persona so from a story perspective you should hold onto it on all times
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That's not how Personas work. It's also explicitly not how Wild Card users work.
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what
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If you level him to 99 he digivolves into Dante from the Devil May Cry(TM) Series
Then the game turns in to SMT 3?
Nope, any copies of SMT games you own turn into Persona games.
Strange Journey turns into Persona Q. You've been warned.
That's... a terrible trade :(
Broken copies of Persona 3 FES with only The Answer working.
I really did not see that coming. Too bad it's new Black Hair Dante.
Seriously. White-haired Dante = badass. Black-haired Dante = Bieber wannabe.
At least the game was fun. Except that Virgil fight was kind of bullshit.
It was good for the rock-bottom standards of western beat-em-up games, but it's a million miles away from the original series' tight gameplay where getting SSS style actually meant something.