I know. I've also decided that if I really can't get all the demons in the final dungeon, I'm not gonna bother with Vishnu. I don't care about the game enough to max everything and beat all the optional dungeon has to offer just to get a Persona that's basically bragging rights (same with Lucifer, who seems to be really interesting in this game). I'd rather just start the Snow Queen Quest after finishing this route, tbh.
Definitely take advantage of it, it's a pain leveling in the final dungeon, especially with the Ultimate Personas cause a few of them are surprisingly crummy.
According to my googling (which turned up surprisingly vague), it looks like they might actually rejoin at the MC's level. We'll see. I'll try to get him up to 65 anyway, since grinding is a breeze here.
I can't remember sadly, I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't work though. Persona 1 has a delightful way of being very archaic.
Btw, do you recall if the party split in the Alaya Cavern works like the previous ones? I.e. the other party members will rejoin me at the same level as my protagonist? Because this place is very easy to grind in and it'd be swell if I could just grind until I'm ultimate persona-level and be able to just fuse them away after coming out.
Yeah, the boss battles are not really that challenging. Hell, even in P2, I only remember a few battles being really tricky and those were usually with bosses that either restricted Persona summoning or the Joker Curse spell in EP.
Btw, is it just me or are the boss battles in P1 not challenging at all? Random encounters can be very risky, but I don't think I've ever felt like I was in danger during a boss battle, and I'm near the end of the game. Also: (SPOILER)
Oh yeah, I know there's one more dungeon after that. I read I'll be getting the ultimate Persona items after this one, though, so that's something to look forward to! I expect I'll need to grind a fair bit to even summon them, but that's what Mikage Castle is for, isn't it!
Yeah, the timer has some weirdness to it. I don't think the PSP suspended mode works with the game clock for some reason. My first file has a maxed out timer and I know I didn't play for that long. Well second to last dungeon, and I do like the MC/Maki only dungeon, it has a trippy sequence at the end.
So I beat Deva Yuga and am about to go into the thing to get the third compact. The MC/Maki-only dungeon that's coming up is where I quit playing last time, but I'm pretty sure I'm way better prepared right now. Feels good to be on the last stretch of this game. It's really short. I'm not really sure how long I've been playing because the timer is broken and says I've been playing for 130 hours for some reason.
