Quote Originally Posted by Mirage
I dont think heart items were part of the original game. Also, Please don't assume that I don't do my best to equip the most beneficial personas. YOu can't *always* exploit the enemy's weakness and finish the battle with an all out attack. Sometimes your magic misses, sometimes the all out attack doesn't even finish them all off. Sometimes you simply don't have an attack of the right property. And with several different enemies in one battle, it is sometimes hard to find a persona that is strong against every attack the enemies can throw at you.
They are very much in both versions of the game.

Of course there are a handful of bosses that have no weaknesses to exploit (the dice and table bosses come to mind), but for the majority of them, you can easily cripple them with either an elemental weakness or a status ailment. If none of these apply usually you can still Critical them with Rebellion/Revolution and later on Thunder Reign. If your attacks miss alot, use the right buff/debuff spell (they're insanely helpful).

But yeah, my point was that there is strategy in this game, it's not like the whole game is based on luck. I wasn't trying to assume anything about your play style.