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Honestly I can't think of anything that Guts/Kindness/Charm are used for other than confidant checks, so they'd be pretty meaningless if those weren't there.

@theblue: @efesell: Oh shit lol, didn't know you could just hold it down. Does that work for the video games in your room also?

I haven't spent money on any guns and I still start those ambush battles at half health; I think it mostly just depends on how fast you mash X

@vasta_narada: Thanks for the insight!

I'm near the end of the game now, and the social uniformity is actually the thing that has stood out to me the most as well.

I know next to nothing about Japanese society, so maybe things are different there.

I'll echo that it's way easier. I have a little over 2 weeks left on the calendar and I only need to do 2 rankups for a day confidant and 3 rankups for night confidants and I will have maxed everybody (I also have maxed social stats), all without a guide. Prioritize getting Fortune to 7 as soon as it's available, and then use Fortune's Rank 7 ability to help you rank up other people without wasting days spending time on non-rank-up hangouts (probably starting with Temperance, as its Rank 10 will also help you not waste time). And, as always, make sure you've got a persona on you that matches the arcana of whoever you're about to hang out with.

EDIT: oops this is basically exactly what @zeik said above me lol. Oh well!

I realize you've already bought it, but:

I would say that it's a game that you're better off watching than playing, because the actual gameplay parts are atrocious

The story/characters/voice acting/etc. are 'so bad it's good,' but the actual gameplay is 'so bad it's bad.'

Cool, thanks a bunch

Shido's dungeon? I've already beaten the boss

To anyone who has finished the game: do they take a bunch of days away from you in December?

I stopped on 12/8 to go into Mementos to grind and finish the compendium (aside from the NG+-only MC ultimate persona), since it was both a flu day and a day in which no unmaxed confidants wanted to hang out. I'm Rank 8 with Empress, Rank 8 with Hanged, Rank 9 with Devil, maxed with all other non-story confidants, and my social stats are all also maxed. I think I should be able to max those remaining three before the final date, which I've read is something like 12/22 or 12/23, assuming I don't end up losing a bunch of days to plot events and given they actually want to hang out enough times.