Max S links on NG+ without guide

[Cress]

How easily it is to screw this up? I didn't want tto use guides, but at the same time I'm afraid to reach the end of the game with a couple S Links left to max.
Tower really f*** me up on first playthrough because I've managed to max my Understanding only by December.
I also didn't use the shrine how it should be used and wasted rainy days eating at Aiya to raise stats.

[kirbo]

shrine is closed on rainy days so nothing to do about that. the shrine can give small, mild or great blessings, usually mild is an average rate but great is really low, i kept resetting for it on some occasions and it took a while.
honestly if you've already beat the game i'd say follow a guide for it to be safe, i'm probably gonna do the same (still need to finish the february stuff)

[Tiasmoon]

Understanding is the hardest stats to max for NG, since there isnt much benefit to leveling it and you need quite a lot.

On NG+ you dont have to spend days raising stats as you keep your previous stats. So it should be very easy to max them all, providing you already know when they are available.

[Saber]

Originally posted by Cress:

How easily it is to screw this up? I didn't want tto use guides, but at the same time I'm afraid to reach the end of the game with a couple S Links left to max.
Tower really f*** me up on first playthrough because I've managed to max my Understanding only by December.
I also didn't use the shrine how it should be used and wasted rainy days eating at Aiya to raise stats.

It's not hard at all.

Just make sure to get all the good jingle sounds and have the personas of the matching arcana while doing the S.Link

[Terra]

Honestly it isn't super difficult to do it on base NG.

I was done on 1/21, and the last day is 2/05, so there's bare minimum 2 weeks of wiggle room.

Throwing NG+ where you have a full 5x5 on top of that would probably knock it down by... honestly around the same, since it's mostly the night S Links that are limited by social stats. But it'd feel way easier, that's for sure.

[1337Walrus]

You have more than enough time even on a NG. NG+ just makes it much much simpler since you don't have to waste time studying or doing work in your room apart from the one model connected to Hermit.

[Vaker]

The only links I couldn't complete were Dojima (9), Nanako (8) and Fox (8) because I tried to complete them after december events... Don't try that, you can't see Dojima and Nanako enough or when you see them they aren't always ready to upgrade S. links
Upgrade them early if possible

[1337Walrus]

The only links you need to rush, really, are Naoto's (there is very little free time between her joining before Heaven, and after Heaven she's locked up for the rest of December), Nanako and Dojima's (even earlier deadlines, they can't be boosted when Heaven starts) and Marie's (less worrisome because she's open every day in December but still is very good to have her significantly done before then)

[ex_beat]

Originally posted by 1337Walrus:

The only links you need to rush, really, are Naoto's (there is very little free time between her joining before Heaven, and after Heaven she's locked up for the rest of December)

Party memebers links are perfectly doable in December, Naoto included

[1337Walrus]

Originally posted by ex_beat:

Originally posted by 1337Walrus:

The only links you need to rush, really, are Naoto's (there is very little free time between her joining before Heaven, and after Heaven she's locked up for the rest of December)

Party memebers links are perfectly doable in December, Naoto included

Really? When I played on the Vita I couldn't do Kanji at all during December. I had to wrap his up in January.

[Vaker]

Originally posted by 1337Walrus:

Originally posted by ex_beat:

Party memebers links are perfectly doable in December, Naoto included

Really? When I played on the Vita I couldn't do Kanji at all during December. I had to wrap his up in January.

Yep you can (at least on PC, idk about Vita)

[ex_beat]

Originally posted by 1337Walrus:

Originally posted by ex_beat:

Party memebers links are perfectly doable in December, Naoto included

Really? When I played on the Vita I couldn't do Kanji at all during December. I had to wrap his up in January.

Yes, I maxed out Naoto and Rise in December. You just need to go to Magatsu once to unlock party memebers links (just like with other dungeons for that matter). It worked in original too, and I can't imagine that it didn't on Vita

[1337Walrus]

Originally posted by ex_beat:

Originally posted by 1337Walrus:

Really? When I played on the Vita I couldn't do Kanji at all during December. I had to wrap his up in January.

Yes, I maxed out Naoto and Rise in December. You just need to go to Magatsu once to unlock party memebers links (just like with other dungeons for that matter). It worked in original too, and I can't imagine that it didn't on Vita

Oh, if you have to visit Magatsu-Mandala once that'd explain it, I didn't visit it at all until 12/22.

[Terra]

Originally posted by 1337Walrus:

Originally posted by ex_beat:

Yes, I maxed out Naoto and Rise in December. You just need to go to Magatsu once to unlock party memebers links (just like with other dungeons for that matter). It worked in original too, and I can't imagine that it didn't on Vita

Oh, if you have to visit Magatsu-Mandala once that'd explain it, I didn't visit it at all until 12/22.

You definitely do not. There are a few days where Naoto and Kanji aren't available, but I maxed Naoto in December and did most of Kanji's link as well without setting foot in there until 12/22.

[Vaker]

Originally posted by Terra:

Originally posted by 1337Walrus:

Oh, if you have to visit Magatsu-Mandala once that'd explain it, I didn't visit it at all until 12/22.

You definitely do not. There are a few days where Naoto and Kanji aren't available, but I maxed Naoto in December and did most of Kanji's link as well without setting foot in there until 12/22.

+1

[Cress]

So 12/22 is the time limite to do it and see the christmas event?