Should I hold off on fighting Zorba or go for him ASAP?

[Zaph]

I just fought and beat Zorba with 8 days left to the Calamity. After seeing what happened, should I have held off until the final day of the Calamity, or does it not matter if I take him out early? Does beating him early screw me outta anything in the town or like the locked doors in the dungeon? Just asking before I get too far ahead and then it's not worth it to reload.

[ShockedHearts]

I went right away personally, did the dungeon in 1 day on hard and then spent the rest of the time doing whatever I wanted.

beating him early does not screw you out of anything just like previous games by atlus its most efficient to do so actually.
hell if anything you actually get more unique dialogue by the party by doing so.

[Zaph]

Originally posted by ShockedHearts:

I went right away personally, did the dungeon in 1 day on hard and then spent the rest of the time doing whatever I wanted.

beating him early does not screw you out of anything just like previous games by atlus its most efficient to do so actually.
hell if anything you actually get more unique dialogue by the party by doing so.

Thanks. I figured that it was best to stop him early, but wasn't 100%. I was mainly making sure that I can still go back to open the 2 locked door at the bottom of the dungeon and that the big egg thing doesn't take out any NPC's.

[REBirthTheEdge]

Originally posted by ShockedHearts:

I went right away personally, did the dungeon in 1 day on hard and then spent the rest of the time doing whatever I wanted.

beating him early does not screw you out of anything just like previous games by atlus its most efficient to do so actually.
hell if anything you actually get more unique dialogue by the party by doing so.

Wow, you did the first dungeon in 1 day?

That's some skills.

[Niras]

Nah, you can go for him whenever as long as you manage to defeate him before deadline.

[Niras]

So far reaching goal before deadline even later in the game doesn't make your unspent days disappear for the sake of progressing the story.

[VIncent]

You can go for him when you are ready but, each time you enter the dungeon you will loose 1 game day or 2 time slots. So it depends if you want to save it for more stats or side activities or not.

[nephalim]

Most important thing for maxing time is to do it in 1 day. Otherwise doesnt matter. It isnt hard to do, you can grind MPs by not destroying the enemy spawning crystals and overworld killing the enemies while a Mage when you are strong enough. Buy the MP restoring items in the Cathedral square.