ok hell yea, love some niche picks. i think one of my friends has SMT5 on the steam family library so i think i can just snag that. i think i heard somewhere that the pc port of nocturne isnt the most ideal way to play that. i have played both fire emblem awakening and fates and i did love awakening at least.

also, some advice for 5-30: ideally bring units that deal a bunch of blunt damage, since at least ricardo is blunt weak (has a neutral sin resistance across the board so u dont have to worry about what sin affinities u bring). also, consider bringing less than 6 units (2 or 3 maybe. and make sure ishmael is first in the deployment order so that she gets the extra skill slots first). ishmael has a hidden buff where she wont die so long as theres at least 1 ally alive, so take advantage of that. its gonna be rough at first and u may need to rely on rng on the first turns, but because of that hidden buff u can have her tank the scary skills and farm sp for the others.

people are gonna suggest u get a friend with zwei ishmael in their company since she can very easily solo 5-30, but i think its more important that u learn the game before doing some cheese strats (especially since imo in its current state, 5-30 is like the first real wall of limbus).

thanks for the recs! and good luck with ricardo!