Anyone else finding the game far too difficult and far too tedious?

[Johnathon Fortnite]

On the first dungeons end boss and literally all my desire to play is dead.

If i knew this was more smt than person (could've ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fooled me) I wouldn't have bought it. This wouldn't be an issue if i could level faster. Previously you get special shadows or mitama. What the ♥♥♥♥ do you do to level in this game? I'm ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bored running through the SAME dungeon for more xp. Actually the worlds most tedious game in the franchise. What a shame i bought this on ps5 lmao. No refund for me i guess

[Viper]

Persona games are always based on hitting the enemies weakness.

[Johnathon Fortnite]

Originally posted by Viper:

Persona games are always based on hitting the enemies weakness.

Yeah. I know. I've beaten 3, 4 and 5. I don't know what you mean by this statement. This doesn't change my opinion. Or the fact that it's more smt than persona in terms of difficulty.

[[[qig]]]

idk man sounds like a skill issue

[Loiya]

define "first dungeon" are you talking about the dragon or the necromancer

[Vaigrant]

Just play on easy mode? I mean, its designed for people who don't want to do the tedious stuff or just get stuck on things they think are "too hard".

[Xani]

I find it more difficult than Persona 5. The game basically forces you to learn how formations work, how to combine archetypes and utilize half-turns. Also it is almost required to use offensive items sometimes otherwise you'll waste way more resources to survive.

I think game has good balance so far. Try to learn Knight+Soldier combo.
I'm not sure about the correct translation (non-English UI).
Buff Knight ATK and then use combo for DEF% thred.
It's kinda insane, I'm doing 600+ damage.
Edited: for bosses of course.

[Johnathon Fortnite]

Originally posted by Loiya:

define "first dungeon" are you talking about the dragon or the necromancer

Necromancer. I probably need more levels (14atm) but I'm sick of running through the church and I'm not particularly enjoying boss adds central up top.

[Johnathon Fortnite]

Originally posted by Vaigrant:

Just play on easy mode? I mean, its designed for people who don't want to do the tedious stuff or just get stuck on things they think are "too hard".

If by tedious stuff you mean rerunning a dungeon 20 times sure. I'm gonna try jt on easy later.

[SKINLESSHEAD]

You are just bad at this game. Hope that helps.

[Loiya]

Originally posted by Johnathon Fortnite:

Originally posted by Loiya:

define "first dungeon" are you talking about the dragon or the necromancer

Necromancer. I probably need more levels (14atm) but I'm sick of running through the church and I'm not particularly enjoying boss adds central up top.

nah 14 is about right, what's your job setup? i'm playing on hard and ended up doing it with a monk/priest/knight party. open with the monk/priest synth skill on a zombie, have the monk and knight inherit hama from priest and you can pretty reliably keep the zombies down. NEVER let him get a turn with 2 zombies on the field, he'll generally prioritise summoning over anything and the best way to minimize dmg taken is nuking them as they spawn.

If you're pulling a Persona and trying to do the entire dungeon in 1 day I get the feeling difficulty was increased partially to make that less accessible, going back to town and appraising/cleansing loot CAN and WILL make a difference. Alternatively if you really want to grind ♥♥♥♥ out you can do the side dungeon that the magic shop owner sends you to (provided you have the stats to talk to her), if you're already at the cathedral end boss you can clear it with moderate difficulty.

That's everything I can think of, good luck and stuff

[Dagný]

Welcome to true ATLUS RPGs

[KharnTheKhan]

Originally posted by Johnathon Fortnite:

On the first dungeons end boss and literally all my desire to play is dead.

If i knew this was more smt than person (could've ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fooled me) I wouldn't have bought it. This wouldn't be an issue if i could level faster. Previously you get special shadows or mitama. What the ♥♥♥♥ do you do to level in this game? I'm ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bored running through the SAME dungeon for more xp. Actually the worlds most tedious game in the franchise. What a shame i bought this on ps5 lmao. No refund for me i guess

You have to have synergy between your hero archetypes you cant just use 3 tanks for example like other rpgs, You need a Dps,Tank and Support common sense in the mmo space

[Johnathon Fortnite]

Originally posted by baptizedbybongwater:

You are just bad at this game. Hope that helps.

Shocker. The moron autism is bad at a video game bro. Are you next gonna enlighten me to the fact that the moon isn't cheese?

Originally posted by Loiya:

Originally posted by Johnathon Fortnite:

Necromancer. I probably need more levels (14atm) but I'm sick of running through the church and I'm not particularly enjoying boss adds central up top.

nah 14 is about right, what's your job setup? i'm playing on hard and ended up doing it with a monk/priest/knight party. open with the monk/priest synth skill on a zombie, have the monk and knight inherit hama from priest and you can pretty reliably keep the zombies down. NEVER let him get a turn with 2 zombies on the field, he'll generally prioritise summoning over anything and the best way to minimize dmg taken is nuking them as they spawn.

If you're pulling a Persona and trying to do the entire dungeon in 1 day I get the feeling difficulty was increased partially to make that less accessible, going back to town and appraising/cleansing loot CAN and WILL make a difference. Alternatively if you really want to grind ♥♥♥♥ out you can do the side dungeon that the magic shop owner sends you to (provided you have the stats to talk to her), if you're already at the cathedral end boss you can clear it with moderate difficulty.

That's everything I can think of, good luck and stuff

I'm 14 with warrior, knight and healer. Thanks for the rest of the actual advice instead of being obnoxious and snide. I'll try all this shortly.

[Mermidion]

the only tedious thing i found about this game is that it forces you to change archetypes according to enemies, either cause they are resistenst to all element but weak to somehting special like spear, or the enemy outright went berserk when you have a mage or healer.

and before anyone comes with the argument that it makes the game more tactical...NO no its not. its just more work,more tedious, there is no thinking involved, "uh the enemy is strong against mages, then i make everyone ah warrior" -is not something that requires high IQ or tactical thinking in any way.

[ShockedHearts]

not particularly. if you get destroyed its because of 1 of 3 reasons
all of which are reasonable in my opinion

#1 - you rushed into something unprepared and got punished for it
#2 - you got unlucky and got ambushed/missed an attack etc which screwed you over
#3 - you have a bad strategy for the area you are in and are not adapting.

all of these are things you can fix by taking your time and properly using the tools in front of you.

here is a great example, when entering the grand cathedral you will come across a LOT of undead enemies. thus having atleast 1 person with light magic will make their fights a lot better.

but lets say you want to actually have MORE than just a healer. well inherit hama (light magic spell) onto another archetype so you can cover that advantage move without giving up the benefits of other archetypes like defense or buffs.

as well USE the battle reset function. its there for a reason. got really unlucky? ♥♥♥♥ hit the fan? just reset. try again, re-approach the fight with hindsight that way you can push forward. its not cheating, its accepting a loss and skipping to the retry.

EDIT: also the high XP and reward enemy in this game are called Elmentas. they are floating balls of magla that flee on sight of you. if you can defeat them in a single round you can get large sums of XP all around and decent money.

tip - their weakness is always the element opposite them (like fire is opposite to ice, this fire is strong against ice elmentas and vice-versa)