Need Advice On How To Proceed From Here

[swagen2167]

Okay, I've completed what I think is the beginning of the game. I had my first big battle in the Tartarus and went to the police station to equip my team. I am now free to do whatever I like and can go to the Tartarus when I want.

How should I proceed? I don't have a lot of Yen left after equipping my team. Should I go get a job? If so, where? Or should I just go back to the Tartarus and start battling it out? After such a structured beginning (mostly cut scenes) I'm just slightly overwhelmed by all the choices now. Yes, I am new to this game and so far I can honestly say it is one of my favorite games of all time. And I've been playing video games since the early days of the Atari 2600.

So any advice will be greatly appreciated.

[XenoEvil]

It is kinda of a bad choice to spend all your money buying gear since the gear found in tartarus are usually better. But your first priority should be raising your social stats and ranking up social links.

[Moridin]

Personally I use a spoiler-free guide due to not wanting to miss anything but also to work out how to beat things and see the story myself.
But I know not everyone wants to do that.

It is a good idea to try and only go to Tartarus once a month and get as much done in it as possible, till it wont let you go any higher. Get and fuse persona's farm money you think you might need etc. There's a optional quest that unlocks about 2 or 3 months in that is best to wait to near the full moon before going into Tartarus in order to complete it as efficiently as possible.
The rest of the month on increasing your Social stats and social links and exploring the town. Elizabeth will give you special items, you can use to open certain fixed chests, for each social link rank you gain. The Intelligence (iirc) Social stat is the hardest to increase but if you get it to certain ranks before each end of term exams and answer them perfectly you get nice rewards for doing so.

Good news is the game has a NG+ option that brings back your Persona Compendium, Social stats and key-items from getting social links to rank 10 (i think, i know it did on original).

[Fahrenheit]

Originally posted by swagen2167:

Okay, I've completed what I think is the beginning of the game. I had my first big battle in the Tartarus and went to the police station to equip my team. I am now free to do whatever I like and can go to the Tartarus when I want.

How should I proceed? I don't have a lot of Yen left after equipping my team. Should I go get a job? If so, where? Or should I just go back to the Tartarus and start battling it out? After such a structured beginning (mostly cut scenes) I'm just slightly overwhelmed by all the choices now. Yes, I am new to this game and so far I can honestly say it is one of my favorite games of all time. And I've been playing video games since the early days of the Atari 2600.

So any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Aftenoons are reserved for Social Links.

Go to part-time job and Tartarus at night as much as possible. You will rack up money in no time.

Never buy gears from the police station because there are other ways to earn new ones without spending a single dime. The place is only for selling items found in Tartarus.

[Mistie]

Better explore Tartarus you can get money from shuffle time and sell items you get from shadows to Officer Kurosawa.