Torillian on 02 January 2009
Your complaints are understandable, you'll get used to no.1 though. And for no. 2 it's a staple of the series that you can't spend an indefinite amount of time in the dungeons in a single outting. In Persona 3 your characters actually got tired after a time and became less useful, in Persona 4 it is mainly done by not giving you any means to recover SP at first.
I really didn't worry about no.2 for a while, and I think it's best to simply use your SP as a gauge for when you are done exploring the TV world for the day. On average it usually took me 3 trips to get through any given dungeon. SP items cost a surprising amount, so it may just be your best bet to not use that tactic.
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