Is there any downside to letting emperor die?

[Isaxus]

To unlock more formations, progress certain quests like my current Amazon one etc

[solthusx]

Technically you'll be forced to the Final Emperor when you run out of potential Emperors (every character can only be emperor once), but that is very unlikely to happen due to the sheer number of candidates.

[Isaxus]

Originally posted by solthusx:

Technically you'll be forced to the Final Emperor when you run out of potential Emperors (every character can only be emperor once), but that is very unlikely to happen due to the sheer number of candidates.

Interesting, not sure why I haven't seen more people exploit this to quickly unlock all formations etc. But maybe there's no need to abuse it if "Warriors of the Jungle" doesn't expire after timeskip after having started it... Good to know regardless

[Chester]

It takes a looooong time to do and isn't the most fun to set up - depending on when you do it, it won't unlock all of the formations (at the point you've recruited all characters and can cycle them all, you're probably close to clearing the game). It's mostly done as a challenge run.

The only real downside is to an Emperor dying is that you won't have access to the skills sparked by that party in that generation unless you spark them again. The next generation will have them - so, for example, if an Emperor sparks Stun Slash and dies, the replacement Emperor will have to spark Stun Slash to use it, but if they don't it'll still be available to all characters after a Time Skip.

(Also, you know, you'll have to setup your team all over again, which can be a drag).

Generally, losing an Emperor can lead to some advantages. More formations is the obvious one, though if you've sparked some good skills in a fight (ESPECIALLY Evasion skills!) that may come in very handy to future generations. I think the first Dantarg fight is setup to teach people the benefits of losing - Dantarg doesn't actually kill the Emperor after their first meeting, so a heady player may notice some powerful skills they sparked against him, or may've managed to spark evasions against his strong attacks and think "Hmm... if I wait to fight him until next generation I'll have some huge advantages compared to what I just did. Maybe I'll do some other stuff and come back with another Emperor."

This might be the only RPG that tangibly rewards you for a party-wipe.

[El Nasr]

Sorry but you didnt bring anything new and most of all....why should I let my emperor die If I can always abdicate at least once per gen ....
It means I can get at least 2 new formation each time while searching for the next class member in the mean time. No need to kill all my party and taste the shame of it....

[Isaxus]

Originally posted by El Nasr:

Sorry but you didnt bring anything new and most of all....why should I let my emperor die If I can always abdicate at least once per gen ....
It means I can get at least 2 new formation each time while searching for the next class member in the mean time. No need to kill all my party and taste the shame of it....

In my case I'm just paranoid about "Warriors of the Jungle" expiring after timeskip, since I already abdicated once this generation.

[Hi.standard]

Originally posted by El Nasr:

Sorry but you didnt bring anything new and most of all....why should I let my emperor die If I can always abdicate at least once per gen ....
It means I can get at least 2 new formation each time while searching for the next class member in the mean time. No need to kill all my party and taste the shame of it....

Should I be abdicating on purpose? For getting formations? I've been rolling with the one emperor per generation so far

[Chester]

You don't have to, but if you're interested in getting formations quicker then that's a pretty good way. Maybe after completing a major quest, abdicate over to someone else.