LogFAQs > #880580009

On. We must all suffer the 1%hit/1%crit curse. It is... destiny.

Okay, in all seriousness, it does matter but not how you think. You see, if you play with it on you'll end up caring a LOT about each character and doing your best to make sure that they're alive and everything, only to inevitably lose one to some stupid critical and either end up resetting or moving on with a hole in your team. While the latter is supposed to be what you are 'supposed' to do, the number of people that actually DO it is roughly akin to the number of teens who read the Swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated 'for the articles'.

If you play with it OFF, however, your strategies will drastically change as you will likely throw caution to the wind and haphazardly deploy units in strategies and ways you'd never even consider if perma-death was on. Sure, you won't throw your DS through a window when some lucky SoaB pulls off a seemingly impossible 1% crit for JUST enough to kill your favorite unit but you'll also do stuff like leave mages more exposed and be perfectly willing to lose a few guys to take down a tough foe instead of finding ways to carefully handle/work around them.

Neither is superior or inferior. One is better for tactical experience the other is better if you don't want to end up screaming at your DS because you decided to get just ONE more kill and now your favorite character is pushing up daisies while their loved ones weep over the corpse and curse whatever fool of a tactician decided that 'eh. A 1% hit/crit chance would NEVER happen!'
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage