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Competent Negotiator trophy in Persona 5

Competent Negotiator

Successfully rescue a hostage from an enemy's threat.

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How to unlock the Competent Negotiator trophy

  • KTKaronaKTKarona
    05 Apr 2017 11 Apr 2017
    In fighting the Shadows, sometimes your party members will be struck down with critical or weakness strikes, putting them in a Downed status much like your enemies can be thrown into. If this happens, there is a chance the Shadow will take your party member hostage and try to negotiate with you some terms of release.

    If you are playing online with the Thieves Guild network active, you can ask for aid from them to recover the hostage without losing an item. Otherwise, if you agree to the terms, you will be able to get your party member back. Failure to meet demands will cost the party member their life and they will faint.
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    Valis200XIs this a difficulty-based trophy? I'm hearing mixed debates on how this trophy unlocks. I've been playing on Hard the whole time and have never even once been taken hostage. The enemies either try to kill Protag or they try to inflict status ailments on my party members but never outright hit weakness then take them hostage. So do I need to play on Normal or kiddie mode specifically for this one trophy? If so then this will be even stupider than 'Hardcore Risette Fan' in P4G or 'Passionate Listener' on the same Persona 5 list. Is this considered a missable category trophy based on difficulty?
    Posted by Valis200X on 19 May 17 at 15:24
    KTKarona@Valis200X: It's not difficulty based. It is just a very rare occurrence because of the fact that, even when normal Shadows down a party member into a dazed state, the likelihood of them capturing said party member is still rather low. I only had it happen to me twice (once while I was playing in Hard mode in Kaneshiro, and once way later in the Pyramid on Normal) and sadly it is challenging to replicate.
    Posted by KTKarona on 19 May 17 at 18:22
    Valis200XThanks for the prompt response. So an RNJesus version of 'Hardcore Risette Fan'. Wow. Yet it's common, which makes no sense unless you're actually terrible at stealth. So basically I have to make multiple playthroughs and hope I get lucky enough early in the game to get ambushed then shadows follow through with hostage and resolve through Thieves' Guild for a trophy. I'm convinced it won't happen on my initial playthrough. GJ Atlus.
    Posted by Valis200X on 20 May 17 at 03:53
    KTKarona@Valis200X: The only issue with it being randomly done is that you still have to have it done during a regular Shadow fight, and one of your teammates have to be taken down by a spell they're weak to. The Passionate Listener trophy this time around seems more capable without having to rush through compared to Golden.
    Posted by KTKarona on 20 May 17 at 03:58
    Valis200XFinally got the trophy, got ambushed by an encounter in the 6th Palace. Rescue was successful, thank for the help. Still, so random, especially for a supposedly common trophy lol.
    Posted by Valis200X on 27 May 17 at 22:34
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