Beat Mind Zero? That must have been a slog to do.

Yes, though the only details I know about it are that it's on PS3. You know my stance on Persona--I don't really engage much in it.

I'm playing Classic, although of course I've restarted a few battles due to stupidity.

My avatar is +Spd/-Luc, which I've found to be a decent combo (although Luc also decreases Str/Mag apparently).

I've found by and large the difficulty is about what I got out of Path of Radiance, but then I haven't started really digging into the random battles and I'm not at the point of class changing yet.

Also, in case you hadn't heard, word's going around that the PS1 version of Eternal Punishment is coming out on PSN. Someone from Atlus commented that the PSP version "couldn't happen" so there must've been some awkward licensing issue or something.

Haha, but there is already a P2EP localization! It's just based somewhat on the P1 Lunarvale canon which makes it quite weird. Despite that flaw, EP PS1 was the first Atlus translation that was really great IMO.

I still need to play through IS and EP. They're a tad on the grindy side for me, but I haven't given either a chance in quite some time.

And yeah, with SMT4 and Soul Hackers on the way, I'm sure my SMT hunger will be satiated one way or another

Hmm, I do love a good character/weapon customization system, but no defense, no blocking, and instant death does sound like a bit of a downer. Sale-awaiting it is!

Haha, let me know what you think of Dead Island when you get a chance to play some of it, Lord Qu. I'm getting a kind of Fallout / Borderlands vibe from it, but at the same time it seems to be getting middling reviews. I'd probably snag it on sale.

They might be more if I had more than 6 letters to work with

I generally do a smattering of random references in any game where I have to create characters. He's my only 3k reference for now, but I'd add a few more if I had to make more heroes (e.g. if one of mine met with true death). Cheng Pu's a staple though, I tend to use him for roles in which he will (hopefully) be reliable.

Thanks! I had no idea I'd been on here that long

It's a blast! But then, I've played Mount & Blade to death since .753 or so...

I've logged about 40 hours into my current campaign and I've hit level 24 or so. Battle Time, the mod I'm playing right now, allows you to do co-op campaign battles, which makes things quite a bit cooler.

I haven't explored much in the way of mods since Warband came out. I used to play The Last Days and The Eagle and the Radiant Cross, but there's nothing that sounds that interesting right now.

Actually, I picked up With Fire and Sword but it was so bad at release I just started a Warband campaign instead ("Troops don't level up" isn't a bug, that's a good 30% of the game's appeal shot). Haven't bothered looking back yet.

Is Moon Diver worth playing? I was thinking about picking it up once the PSN store is back up, but I'm not sure when that'll happen.

Yeah, I heard about it! They're having another countdown to the 15th at midnight Japan time(coinciding with the first day MC [or Yu] watches the midnight channel).

I'd love to see a P4P announcement or something, but I'll live if it's just more teaser stuff for the anime too. Just hope it's better than Trinity Soul... I never gave that much of a chance, though.

I'm curious about the manga. I was thinking of reading the P3 stuff at least to see if it's any good, but it's kind of a pain to order it online. Mostly shipping.