Persona strength added to mine?

[Oaks]

I've poked around the internet a bit, but I can't quite find the answer to this. My character has a strength stat, and my persona has a strength stat. As I understand it, my equipped persona's stats are my stats, but what about the persona's strength stat? Is it added to mine or what does it do?

Also, persona abilities like bash, are they considered physical attacks or magic attacks, from a stat perspective?

Thankee kindly!

[Black Mage Luis]

Persona strength stats is for physical skills. It doesn't add to your equipped weapon. Bash is a physical skill. You will take damage whenever you use a physical skill. That's what Bash does.

[no1schmo]

Your character does NOT have a strength stat--except for HP and SP, all of YOUR stats are really the stats of the Persona equipped. And then attack and defense values of equipment is added on top, although I don't claim to know the exact formula.

[Kapika96]

Originally posted by Black Mage Luis:

Persona strength stats is for physical skills. It doesn't add to your equipped weapon. Bash is a physical skill. You will take damage whenever you use a physical skill. That's what Bash does.

Nah, Persona stats do apply to regular attacks too.

Try attacking with a weak persona and then a strong persona equipped and you'll see a massive difference.

[Black Mage Luis]

Yeah I tested it. The persona strength effected my normal attack.

[Lar Dass]

Originally posted by Black Mage Luis:

Yeah I tested it. The persona strength effected my normal attack.

obviously your damage of your weapon is ig the only thing which also is an addition to persona ST

[Oaks]

Appreciate the answers, folks.

I'm not surprised there are conflicting responses. I'm surprised the game does not explain this better.

[no1schmo]

Originally posted by Oaks:

Appreciate the answers, folks.

I'm not surprised there are conflicting responses. I'm surprised the game does not explain this better.

I confess I don't follow you. Since only Persona have stats, those are obviously YOUR stats, mechanically. And it seems pretty obvious that physical attack abilities would leverage your strength stat, just like magic abilities leverage your magic stat. I don't think there is anything for the game to explain unless you've never played an RPG and the concept of "stats" isn't clear to you.

[Black Mage Luis]

The game certainly doesn't explain how luck works. Luck is your critical hit rate and the accuracy of Light/Dark skills. I remember in my first playthrough I searched very deep in Google, trying to figure out exactly what luck does.

I kept reading it helps you evade attacks. But what kind of attacks? I found out it's light and dark.

[Oaks]

Originally posted by no1schmo:

Originally posted by Oaks:

Appreciate the answers, folks.

I'm not surprised there are conflicting responses. I'm surprised the game does not explain this better.

I confess I don't follow you. Since only Persona have stats, those are obviously YOUR stats, mechanically. And it seems pretty obvious that physical attack abilities would leverage your strength stat, just like magic abilities leverage your magic stat. I don't think there is anything for the game to explain unless you've never played an RPG and the concept of "stats" isn't clear to you.

I've played plenty of jrpgs, but never one where your stats are not your own, as in persona.

The fact that when I googled this I got conflicting opinions and that I've gotten a few different answers in this thread signals it's not as obvious as is it to you as it is to others.

[Nibbie]

Originally posted by Oaks:

Originally posted by no1schmo:

I confess I don't follow you. Since only Persona have stats, those are obviously YOUR stats, mechanically. And it seems pretty obvious that physical attack abilities would leverage your strength stat, just like magic abilities leverage your magic stat. I don't think there is anything for the game to explain unless you've never played an RPG and the concept of "stats" isn't clear to you.

I've played plenty of jrpgs, but never one where your stats are not your own, as in persona.

The fact that when I googled this I got conflicting opinions and that I've gotten a few different answers in this thread signals it's not as obvious as is it to you as it is to others.

The only "conflicting opinion" in this thread is whether it affected basic attacks. The answers to the questions you asked were unanimous.

[Oaks]

I didn't mean to hit a nerve here, the game is great and I'm having a good time with it, which is why I just trying to understand it more. I think a couple things could be explained better in game, but that's just my opinion; I'm not so familiar with the Persona series.

I appreciate the answers I have received, thanks for the assistance.

[no1schmo]

Originally posted by Black Mage Luis:

The game certainly doesn't explain how luck works. Luck is your critical hit rate and the accuracy of Light/Dark skills. I remember in my first playthrough I searched very deep in Google, trying to figure out exactly what luck does.

I kept reading it helps you evade attacks. But what kind of attacks? I found out it's light and dark.

Fair, although I always just assume luck relates to dodging and critical hits in RPGs. Otherwise, it's just really standard how the stats work. I never owned the game on PS2 so I'm wondering if that kind of basic info was in a manual that came with it. I miss manuals.