LAST GAME YOU PURCHASED?

author=GreatRedSpirit link=topic=2055.msg35518#msg35518 date=1222968405
The AI could get downright stupid. 99% of the time I had everyone was on knockdown so they'd properly exploit weaknesses (Junpei is terrible at this. Cast Agi to knock the enemies down and we'll AllOutAttack them quit using your damn sword oh you missed and fell over instead) and they don't target knocked down enemies. There'd be times when I set them to Support for party buffs buff their AI was terrible when one character lost a buff they'd recast the party buff, eating up their MP and wasting turns since they'd recast it next turn when the rest of the party lost it. Healing was awful as they'd never heal in the most effective way if the party's HP% wasn't below certain thresholds (Yukari quit using Diarahan and use Mediarama so the party doesn't die next turn!). If anyone gets charmed... well there's a chance your allies will do the right thing and decharm them before the charmed ally does something stupid like Diarahan the last boss, but you might also get the Sword of Kings in 10 minutes of farming.

Its leagues better than the next AI though and Akihiko is good with the debuffs (although there's no debilitate in Persona 3 which would be amazing). Once you start getting the good Personas though, the main character is the guy winning 99% of the fights (Sigfried is amazing) and can do a better job of healing the party (and he doesn't use Mind Charge and follow up with regular attacks. Mitsuru!

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And Shinji is awesome. Go ahead and use him. Characters in Persona 3 get EXP based on their personal level compared to the enemies so leveling them up to speed is never a chore. Just because the main character gets 3 EXP a battle doesn't mean everyone else is.