P4 Golden: Persona raising questions...

Discussion in 'Persona / Shin Megami Tensei' started by jake27182, Jul 16, 2014.

  1. jake27182

    jake27182 Noob

    Nov 6, 2010
    TX, USA
    Hey everyone.

    So I'm playing P4 Golden, loved it, beat the game with the true ending on my first playthrough and now I've just started NG+.

    My issue is that I don't think I really have a grasp of how I should be handling my personas. First time through I ended up sticking with the same Persona the entire way through, (Eligor) mostly because he had a resistance to physical and his stats seemed to be super charged compared to anything I'd fuse from all the Arcana cards I had gotten from shuffle time. From what I've read, it seems a more balanced approach is best, fusing personas as close to your level as possible as you go. Do the stat boosts from the Arcana cards become fairly irrelevant as you go on? Do you worry about raising a particular persona more so than others, or just stick with freshly fused personas as you go? I have a tendency to play through a game without delving too deeply into deeper strategy/mechanics the first time through, and I definitely did it this time...

    Basically I'm just curious how you handled yours or what you think is best. It's a NG+, so I'll be trying to do more than the first time through, but I'm not a 100% completionist by any means, but I'd like to explore the personas more this time around. Thanks in advance!
  2. Carryduffp

    Carryduffp Almost Not a Noob

    Aug 31, 2011
    (Northern) Ireland
    Persona stats generally don't matter too much. You can get through the game without doing too much to them. Choose the stats cards during shuffle time if there is nothing better. Stats would be important however if you were doing a solo Izanagi run.

    Generally you should be fusing Personas as you advance through the game to get more powerful skills which just really makes the game easier but the way it is intended to be played. I'm actually very impressed you beat the game using a level 12 Persona, I've never attempted runs like that.

    Fusing is even less important in New Game Plus, but I would recommend experimenting with fusing to see the other Personas, whether it is for combat or to see the different Personas if the mythology interests you.