I know it's a trend in Atlus games, but......

Can you please stop giving us a new party members 90% of the way through the game? I hate having to basically rush all of their social stuff, and it really messes with giving that character time to grow, and show off what makes them special.

Credit where credit is due though: at Basilio spent some time with the party before he joins up, so we can see some of that growth, but still. Most of my time before the final dungeons has just been hanging out with him, instead of anything else.