Advice regarding Nanako and Dojima

[FreddyTheMonkey]

Hello everyone, I need some advice about Nanako's social link. I'm in September in game, and have to do the fifth main dungeon. I'm in the TV World and was about to do the dungeon this day as usual, but then I remembered that a cleared dungeon means lots of days when Dojima's home. I have Dojima at Rank 8, so I won't need that many days to max out his S-Link. The problem is Nanako. She's Rank 6 and I know I have to max her link before the end of October, so I need as many days with her as possible.

- Can I finish the dungeon as soon as it's available to complete Naoko's link? Or should I wait until the last days?
- What's Dojima's final deadline? Can I wait to max his link?

[plutone00]

If you are going for the good ending, you'll still be able to finish their social links in January\February. Otherwise you have until October 31.

[GeassV]

1. better complete dungeon as early possible so you can focus slink ( unless december )
2. last day 3rd november, but you can still finish dojima slink around january ( you only have 1 week here )

[FreddyTheMonkey]

I've delayed the dungeon for some days to bring Nanako to level 9, now I'm finishing the dungeon and then mastering those two links. Thanks for the input.

[Fryman]

Finishing dungeons ASAP should be something you do regardless, since party members' S Links are blocked off for the duration. Nanako's S Link is kind of annoying for how much time it takes to rank up compared to others, so I always try and get hers and Dojima's done pretty early. Particularly Dojima's, since Kohryu is one of the best endgame personas.

[Purpleswans]

So long as you finished Marie's social link you'll get another 2-ish months to finish them after December.

That said, I'd suggest you still finish the dungeon ASAP. Doujima does become available, but he will still be gone on occasion so you can spend that with Nanako.

To help with points, make sure you have a Justice and a Hierophant persona equipped at all times, and when you won't level up Doujima maintain the garden instead. It will give you point for both of them, or if Doujima is gone, only Nanako.

(Of course, this is coming from someone who didn't max either of them out in her first playthrough, so don't take my word for it)

[FreddyTheMonkey]

I did them and I'm in the February dungeon now! I'm a little p1ssed off because this is my first playthrough and with juuuuust some extra days I would've maxed out every social link. I finished the available time with Sun and Moon at 9 and 8 respectively, that was infuriating lol

[Fryman]

You're not really expected to max every S Link on your first playthrough of any Persona game. What's more important is that you max all of your social stats so you don't need to spend time on future playthroughs leveling them up.

[FreddyTheMonkey]

I don't have time to replay behemoth-sized JRPGs with so many interesting games to play (and I'd probably have way less time to play them in the future, as I'm almost done with university), that's why I always try to experience as much of the content as possible on my first go. Didn't even buy P5 Royal because I'm just not able to put another 100 hours into a monster game I've already played (yes I know that Royal adds tons of stuff, but it's still largely the same game), so I don't think I'll ever be able to replay P4G to witness the end of those two S link I missed.