Does my run is ruined ?

[Lornerin]

I used three days to finish the first dungeon. Seems like everyone else used only two days. Do i have to restart a new game ?

[Bake]

No clue if you should restart, I just want to say I did it in one day.

[zero]

it's not gonna ruin your game, the dungeons are ultimately planned to be done in segements.

but if you truly want to like, "tryhard", you can do them all in 1 day and spend the rest of your time building social links/personality traits.

[Brian9824]

I mean I always do the dungeons in one day, if you take advantage of some of the effects like Mage restoring MP when you kill on overworld its not hard.

I mean even if you can't do everything in one playthru the 2nd playthru will be easy with Virtues leveled.

[Lornerin]

Originally posted by Brian9824:

I mean I always do the dungeons in one day, if you take advantage of some of the effects like Mage restoring MP when you kill on overworld its not hard.

I mean even if you can't do everything in one playthru the 2nd playthru will be easy with Virtues leveled.

I never like the calendar system in atlus games, it gives me stress. (i finished persona 5 royal but with a guide to optimize all my links and dungeons).

I messed up with the archetypes , their lvl are too low (people said that for the first boss, i need knight, healer and the one who fight with his fists).
I think i will wiat for complete guide and just follow them (i can't make 2nd playthrough , don't have time for it).

[Brian9824]

I've never even used the brawler yet so you definitely don't need it. So far I just got my 4th party member and i've had no issue with doing everything with days left over. You don't NEED any AT, and you have quite a few ways to do things

[Niras]

Originally posted by Lornerin:

I used three days to finish the first dungeon. Seems like everyone else used only two days. Do i have to restart a new game ?

If you're playing on normal then very much no. You might end up with less time for developing virtues and supporter levels in mid to end game but by the end you'll have few (at leat 4) days of additional time.
Dungeons are designed with multiple trips in mind, so you don't doing anything wrong.


As long as you have days remaining till deadline and you don't end up with <10 mp while not reaching dungeon;s final boss it's douable.

[Niras]

Originally posted by Lornerin:

I never like the calendar system in atlus games, it gives me stress. (i finished persona 5 royal but with a guide to optimize all my links and dungeons).

I messed up with the archetypes , their lvl are too low (people said that for the first boss, i need knight, healer and the one who fight with his fists).
I think i will wiat for complete guide and just follow them (i can't make 2nd playthrough , don't have time for it).

You don't rly need any archetypes. In the trailers they rly emphesized and encouraged varied compositions. You can check the network and you'll see team comps used to finish the dungeon and you'll see different comps than needed "knight, healer and the one who fight with his fists".

If you're struggling with leveling just try killing everything at least once. IIrc I finished the dungeon being 3-4 lvls below dungeon's final boss.

Ofc having dedicated healer one will make keeping hp easier and mage could help with weakness but physical archetypes have crazy synthesis skills and syngergies.

e.g 2 brawlers can clear groups very fast
pro tip: Lineage skills work with current archetype and can be inherited
meaning that you can take Warrior's buff skill and apply it to brawles which will work

[Klinestife]

no, you have a bunch of free time at the end. don't overstress about it. you might not experience everything in a single playthrough, but you definitely can in ng+

as for needing certain archetypes, they only matter if you're trying to speed clear in one day because some archetypes are just way more MP efficient than others. otherwise, it's really hard to actually fail off of deadline.

[marietegp]

Man just play like you want or you feel it's the best and enjoy the game. Atlus is not braindead, you won't have time to do all in one run but you will have more than enought to complete the game enjoying it. There is not optimal build or path, or at least, it is not neccesary.

[Takichi]

Originally posted by Lornerin:

I messed up with the archetypes , their lvl are too low (people said that for the first boss, i need knight, healer and the one who fight with his fists).
I think i will wiat for complete guide and just follow them (i can't make 2nd playthrough , don't have time for it).

TBH the Archetyp Level arnt a Problem. Sure it makes some things easier, but overall, the "Right" Archetyp even at level 1, in the Early Game, will got more Impact, as its Level. Because of the Resistance/Weakpoint/Crystal Mechanic.
Most Important Stuff is either, having enought MP for the Boss fights or enought Items to substitude. If you dont wanna Cheese that is. But espacialy for the First Bosses, Stuff Like Elemental Weaknesses, Heal and Status/Stat Alligmeants/Heals, can be easylie substituded by Items. And for the Weapon Stuff, Auto Attacks are on par for quiete some Time, thanks to the Weapons you can Buy.
Ofc in this case you need to invest some Money and such, but thats Fine.


If you wanna Cheese there are always the 2 Options of: Mage on Main Char, which restores MP for every Killed Enemy via Action Combat. And Simply buy the cheapest Healing Item(the 50hp one) on Sale Day, up to 99 Times. Which should be around 1000 Rhiev(or 2k not quiet sure something relativly low at least), which simply allows you to do a lot of Fights, without using MP by simply Healing up your Party after every Fight.
Makes the Dungeons Grindy sure, but once you do that to 1-2 Dungeons/Missions you are Set Up and right back on Track.
The Game seems Hard and Harsh at the Begining, and it for sure has some spikes. But once you Notice how the Mechanics Work, and that Enemys for example keep on the Same Level indefinetly for its area, it becomes relativly easy for most parts.
What can get quiete Hard are Optional Bosses or Boss Fights which you arnt supposed to be doing at the Moment. But in most Cases the IG Charakters or Informant Guy, kind of Warns you if thats the Case.(For these, the Game wants you to do the Right Set Up... The Minotaur for Example, no Mage Classes, correct use of Defense and so on if you wanna beat him Early, since he is lvl 22....)

[RandoFingerBANG]

Originally posted by Lornerin:

Originally posted by Brian9824:

I mean I always do the dungeons in one day, if you take advantage of some of the effects like Mage restoring MP when you kill on overworld its not hard.

I mean even if you can't do everything in one playthru the 2nd playthru will be easy with Virtues leveled.

I never like the calendar system in atlus games, it gives me stress. (i finished persona 5 royal but with a guide to optimize all my links and dungeons).

I messed up with the archetypes , their lvl are too low (people said that for the first boss, i need knight, healer and the one who fight with his fists).
I think i will wiat for complete guide and just follow them (i can't make 2nd playthrough , don't have time for it).

https://www.powerpyx.com/metaphor-refantazio-100-walkthrough/

If you want a complete guide then this should be good. Keep in mind this will guide you for all trophies too. Haven't verified myself as I'm playing with no guide but Powerpyx is typically reliable.

[Dust]

I only used one day.
Therefore, all of you casuals will start a new game.

(No but really though, missing a day here or there doesn't matter all that much, go out and have fun. You'll always have NG+ if you really ♥♥♥♥ up in any way.)

[Raythered]

Originally posted by Lornerin:

I never like the calendar system in atlus games, it gives me stress. (i finished persona 5 royal but with a guide to optimize all my links and dungeons).

I messed up with the archetypes , their lvl are too low (people said that for the first boss, i need knight, healer and the one who fight with his fists).
I think i will wiat for complete guide and just follow them (i can't make 2nd playthrough , don't have time for it).

From what others have said you don't need to be 100% efficient in you use of the time, it is not a limited as Persona was.
You do not need a specific party to defeat the first boss, some party combinations will make it easier, and if you do things, like have all one archetype, you will have a very difficult time but you should be able to defeat the first boss with any balanced party of 3.

If you are just going to get a guide to tell you excatly what to do, when to do it and remove all thought from your playthrough, then just drop the difficulty down a notch or two, and increase it later when you have a better handle on the game

[Lornerin]

Originally posted by Raythered:

Originally posted by Lornerin:

I never like the calendar system in atlus games, it gives me stress. (i finished persona 5 royal but with a guide to optimize all my links and dungeons).

I messed up with the archetypes , their lvl are too low (people said that for the first boss, i need knight, healer and the one who fight with his fists).
I think i will wiat for complete guide and just follow them (i can't make 2nd playthrough , don't have time for it).

From what others have said you don't need to be 100% efficient in you use of the time, it is not a limited as Persona was.
You do not need a specific party to defeat the first boss, some party combinations will make it easier, and if you do things, like have all one archetype, you will have a very difficult time but you should be able to defeat the first boss with any balanced party of 3.

If you are just going to get a guide to tell you excatly what to do, when to do it and remove all thought from your playthrough, then just drop the difficulty down a notch or two, and increase it later when you have a better handle on the game

Yeah, following a guide for the first playthrougt is not fun.

I successed to kill the 1st boss on the 3rd day, so i skip the optional dungeon and just focused on the social link with my followers.

[Takichi]

Originally posted by Lornerin:

Originally posted by Raythered:

From what others have said you don't need to be 100% efficient in you use of the time, it is not a limited as Persona was.
You do not need a specific party to defeat the first boss, some party combinations will make it easier, and if you do things, like have all one archetype, you will have a very difficult time but you should be able to defeat the first boss with any balanced party of 3.

If you are just going to get a guide to tell you excatly what to do, when to do it and remove all thought from your playthrough, then just drop the difficulty down a notch or two, and increase it later when you have a better handle on the game

Yeah, following a guide for the first playthrougt is not fun.

I successed to kill the 1st boss on the 3rd day, so i skip the optional dungeon and just focused on the social link with my followers.

Its Fine to Skip the Optional Dungeon, you can come Back later anyway ^^