Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-24.12.208.46-20180824172124

Assuming that I don't need the "Assault mage tower" option during the BoY in order to get the best results, what do I sacrifice by choosing orc research over essence shielding for the reunion research?

As far as I can tell you get -10 Dari RP (since you can't get investigate the one dude without essence shielding) but not Vhala RP since you only need 5 leads. It's also easy to fit in the research before visiting Zirantia. As far as I can tell even without this Dari RP it's still possible to get her to join the harem before the Erosian War, which I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) is the first time that that comes into play.

Is the only other downside Simon not being able to participate in the optional boss battle in the Unforge? Does this have any real repurcussions (besides making the fight harder), i.e. does everybody get EXP for that fight, or only those who participated? 