Persona 3 Portable discussions

Well, I've finally gotten through most of the game. I'm about to fight the reaper, along with the final boss, and I can definitely say this was one of my favorite games. I actually can't wait to go back and find all the things I missed because I didn't know what to think when I first started playing. Although, I can say I really hate the UMD format now, I can't say how many times I've had to take out the UMD and place it back in to register.

Yeah, I understand your pain, haha. I hate it when the disc loads and you hear that spinning or scratching noise too, it's even more common when you enter Tartarus and navigate dungeons.

First playthrough is probably the easiest, only because you're not really aware of what you're doing, and there's no goal besides getting to the final boss. Playthroughs after that should be hard, especially because you're trying to finish your Persona Compendium or trying to get the right skills set for your Personas. I'm having trouble, honestly. A lot of the combinations I want for skills requires me to de-fuse or purposely weaken my own Personas, etc etc etc.

Basically, imagine having a high level Persona and then having to fuse it with something completely sh`it, and then the combined result being something that's nearly mediocre in terms of stats. Yeah, I gotta do that a sh`itton if I want a Messiah with all 4 elemental attacks. Lemme see if I can find the guide on my desktop:

can't give you specific recipes, but I can help you somewhat, I hope. This is going to be a very tedious and difficult process to get Ragnarok, Thunder Reign, Niflheim, and Morning Star onto Messiah.

1. Have Surt learn Ragnarok.
2. Check the fusion chart from the Fes section and figure out a way to pass it down to either Slime or Legion.
3. Have Helel learn Morning Star.
4. Use the fusion chart again in order to pass it down to either Slime or Legion. (Requires Traingle Fusion)
5. Fuse Slime x Legion = Orpheus with Ragnarok and Morning Star.

To reduce the noise so Orpheus will inherit both, you might want to use skill cards on Slime and Legion. Orpheus cannot inherit Ice, Electric, and Wind spells, so use skill cards of the sort on Slime and Legion. Get rid of any fire spell except for Ragnarok.

Now for Thanatos. I believe you need many of the Death arcana personae.

1. Have Odin learn Thunder Reign.
2. Fuse it down to one of the Death personae needed.
3. Have Skadi learn Niflheim.
4. Fuse it down to one of the Death personae.
5. Reduce the noise on all of Death personae needed. Use skills cards again to replace skills with Light, Recovery, or Buff skills. Pay special attention to Dark spells, and replace those.
6. Fuse Thanatos with Thunder Reign and Niflheim.

Now to fuse Messiah.

1. Reduce the noise on your Orpheus and Thanatos using skills cards again.
2. Give them Slash, Strike, and Pierce moves to reduce the noise. Light and Dark moves should definitely be removed.
3. Fuse Orpheus and Thanatos together.

Notes: It's very important to reduce noise by using skill cards to erase uneeded skills if you don't want to reshuffle for hours. Spell Master, Mind Charge can be obtained as Skill Cards. I am unsure about Victory Cry.

This. OHHHH THEEEEE PAAAAAAAIIIIIIN.