Chihiro

[Cercamon]

I just want to max the link. Am I forced to go out with her? I got the achievement but wasn't asked.

[Drago_28]

sadly in p3 if you wanna max out links with ladies you need to be cheating scumbag.Thank god it was fixed in p4 and 5.

[Cercamon]

Originally posted by Drago_28:

sadly in p3 if you wanna max out links with ladies you need to be cheating scumbag.Thank god it was fixed in p4 and 5.

What happens if I cheat?

[Drago_28]

If i remember in p3 fes girl gets mad at you and can reverse social link.In Portable you can cheat without any problems.

[Blair Fujin]

Originally posted by Cercamon:

Originally posted by Drago_28:

sadly in p3 if you wanna max out links with ladies you need to be cheating scumbag.Thank god it was fixed in p4 and 5.

What happens if I cheat?

If you're in the relationship phase with a girl and you haven't maxed her social link and you meet another girl, you're reducing the time you have to meet her again before she gets mad at you at reverses her social link (and then you'll have to spend time apologizing to her before you'll be able to progress the social link again)

EDIT Nevermind, the jealousy mechanic got removed in p3p but, again they half-assed the p4-fying of it and left the "girl may get jealous" message :P
So no consequences for cheating but you have to cheat if you want to max all social links in single playthrough

[Icedfate]

i'm playing the old ps2 version "FES" and i'm following a guide on gamefaqs for max social links.

in that guide, it says that as soon as you start dating a girl, you must see her again within 60 days. each time you see a different girl, it reduces that by 15, so you can "safely" cheat 3 times, as long as you see the original girl within the next 15 days.

but then, if you are following that guide, i'm assuming that the author already took this into account when he set the schedule of who you should see each day.

but then again, this is a different version, so everything i just said might be irrelevant.

in any event, the guide also says that once you max out the link with a girl,mshe will never reverse on you and it frees you up to max the link with someone else.
the guide has me maxing chihiro first

[1337Walrus]

The jealousy mechanic was removed for P3P but yes, as the male protagonist, you do have to date every single female social link to max them. They left the "may get jealous" text in and Kenji tells you about it still even though it no longer happens.

The female protagonist can choose not to date male social links on her route, though.

Fun fact, the main reason for this is because the Persona 3 writer genuinely believed that men and women are incapable of having platonic relationships.

[Synavix]

Originally posted by 1337Walrus:

Fun fact, the main reason for this is because the Persona 3 writer genuinely believed that men and women are incapable of having platonic relationships.

The persona games are a lot of fun, and I think they explore some great themes and generally have good writing direction, but wow they really have some "interesting" views on relationships and certain social links. Some are MEANT to be problematic, of course, but others feel like they're meant to be normal but just feel super creepy unintentionally. And I always thought it was weird that a lot of the correct choices in dialogue are enabling poor behavior.

[Icedfate]

i was about to make a discussion, because as i'm learning the story, i'm only halfway through, but there's at least 2 instances of teachers dating students. hermit and magician

i personally don't have a problem with this. I think love (between consenting adults) should be able between any two people regardless of who they are. but i thought this behavior was generally a big no no and pretty much every school in the world has rules against it.
there are the ethical issues and also just general issues regarding impropriety and abusing the power of their positions and their reputations and it's pretty much just not wise to do this anyway.


i mean, maybe it's different in japan. i heard that the age of consent is lower, which is why they have so many romance stories set in high schools.

or maybe the writers thought it's okay because it's male students dating female teachers. .

i'm reminded of that south park episode.

Kyle : "my little brother is dating a teacher!"
cop : "so?
Kyle : "sooo?! he's 5 and she's 23!"
cop : "is she hot?"
kyle : "what? i dunno, i guess,but what does that have to do with . . "
cop : "nice. ."
cop 2 : "nice. ."

[Blair Fujin]

Originally posted by Icedfate:

i was about to make a discussion, because as i'm learning the story, i'm only halfway through, but there's at least 2 instances of teachers dating students. hermit and magician

i personally don't have a problem with this. I think love (between consenting adults) should be able between any two people regardless of who they are. but i thought this behavior was generally a big no no and pretty much every school in the world has rules against it.
there are the ethical issues and also just general issues regarding impropriety and abusing the power of their positions and their reputations and it's pretty much just not wise to do this anyway.


i mean, maybe it's different in japan. i heard that the age of consent is lower, which is why they have so many romance stories set in high schools.

or maybe the writers thought it's okay because it's male students dating female teachers. .

i'm reminded of that south park episode.

Kyle : "my little brother is dating a teacher!"
cop : "so?
Kyle : "sooo?! he's 5 and she's 23!"
cop : "is she hot?"
kyle : "what? i dunno, i guess,but what does that have to do with . . "
cop : "nice. ."
cop 2 : "nice. ."

It's been a while since I played fes and with p3p I went with femc, so both of these social links are replaced in my current playthrough but was there really any dating in those social links?

in hermit you're just chatting in a mmo and while you do find out that you've been talking to your teacher, she has no idea that her online friend is her student until the post final battle goodbyes
and in magician I remember that he had a crush on a teacher and that was it, no relationship, just a one-sided crush

I'd say it's P5 that's creepy about this subject nagging you about blackmailing you're teacher doing borderline sex work, no, morgana, I don't want to call her, I want to forget this ever happened

[Synavix]

Originally posted by Animefanka:

in hermit you're just chatting in a mmo and while you do find out that you've been talking to your teacher, she has no idea that her online friend is her student until the post final battle goodbyes

She talks about having a hot student (you) that she watches during class and wants to basically seduce them, not realizing that it's you she's talking to online.

[Icedfate]

also junpei's behavior during the beach getaway makes me like him even less. . .his wind weakness and lack of healing skills notwithstanding

[vkobe]

Originally posted by Icedfate:

also junpei's behavior during the beach getaway makes me like him even less. . .his wind weakness and lack of healing skills notwithstanding

but he is strong against fire enemies and you dont really need everyone to have heal skill and he has best hp pool until we get akihiko, defense buff and be useful if we are knocked

[Icedfate]

well. . i guess the reason i didn't like junpei in combat is because early game they kinda force you to use him and then many enemies and a couple of bosses use wind and you have to use him during those fights and he's kinda useless. one boss i just didn't even bother using revival on him.
also, with his 89 accuracy, he hits about as often as an Xcom rookie.

which is ironic since yukari has only 88, but then i kind of don't like using her either, since her physical attack power is crap and she only has one attack spell and unless the enemy is weak against wind, she's kind of useless as well. . but then the game give you some. . .fanservice.. with her, so there's that double standard. with junpei being all creepy towards the girls, but then they make you feel like a creep too for putting certain equipment on them. .

also, i'm playing FES and you can't control the companions in that, and i hate when mitsuri spams her charm spells and they never seem to work.

so, one might ask, is there anyone i like? i like using the boxer guy and obviously the doge. who does't want a doge persona user on their team?

[Icedfate]

also gonna say in regards to the teachers dating students thing, i'll confess i jumped to conclusions before maxing out the social links and seeing the whole story

[vkobe]

several monsters seem to have immunity against magic attack, so in this situation jumpei and akihiko are useful

i think jupei has more physical skill attack than akihiko like slash, percing, strike

so you can be in situation where yukari and mitsuru magic attack dont work and heal monster and they are weaker physically

for example third floor boss has immunity against magic attack and only physically attack work, so only junpei, akihiko and your character can damage the boss

and at early game junpei is the only to able to buff, only our character has better buff than him

so junpei suck to be mage and paladin, but he is a good warrior, in classic rpg he may be the tank