I am aiming for the neutral route in Shin Megami Tensei IV and a general guide says that by picking the first option for every question, it would lead to neutral. What about questions during battles? Would they also affect my aliment path?
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This is the best neutral path guide I've found for SMT IV. It suggests that your choices in battle don't affect your alignment; they only affect the course of the battle/whether the boss gains or loses attack/defense power etc.
The only exception is where you get a moral choice, such as when you have the option to "execute" a boss at his request. This happens a couple of times in the game, and I believe choosing to finish off the boss gets you chaos points, while choosing to spare him gets you law points.