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However, you do very badly in the other three battles in the sequence, which
contain enemies you have encountered before. You get a "Close Call" grade for
the whole sequence. This means that your "Data on Defeated Enemies" will record
a Close Call grade for the two new enemies, even though you did very well in
that individual battle.
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STARTING ZONE AND STARTING GAUGES
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In a normal, random battle, the "zone" you start in - left, right, front or
back - is apparently chosen on a random basis. While this would rarely make a
battle much harder, for some reason when you start in front of an enemy, you
have no gauges filled, whereas when you start in any of the other zones you
start with one full gauge. Starting with no gauges can make it considerably
harder to get Excellent grades in certain battles, as it simply increases the
amount of time it takes for you to win. Also, when you start in front of an
enemy, with no gauges filled, the enemy apparently has one of their own
invisible gauges filled, making the battle that little bit trickier.
This makes it genuinely hard to get an Excellent against certain enemies, such
as the Pattergo/Pattergen groups at Excavation Site #4, but the only thing you
can do is keep getting ambushed and hope that you won't "start in front" next
time. Note that for bosses and non-random battles, the starting positions
appear to be fixed.
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STATUS CLEAR
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This (fairly uncommon) enemy attack does not actually damage you, but it
removes any helpful effects from the following sources:
> Shield Chip item / Shield berserk technique
> Power Chip item / Assault Wing berserk technique
> Armor Chip item / Protection Wing berserk technique
> Speed Chip item / Swift Wing berserk technique
> Vengeance Orbs berserk technique
> Astral Phantoms berserk technique
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ADVICE FOR GETTING THE "EXCELLENT" GRADE
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An Excellent grade is given out when you defeat a given enemy (or group of
enemies) extremely quickly and with minimal damage received. Thus, the key to
getting these grades is learning the quickest way to defeat an enemy, and
learning the enemy's attack pattern so as to not get hit by it.
As the attack patterns of all the enemies in the game are well documented in
the walkthrough, the biggest hurdle is knowing how to conserve time while
fighting. Tips on doing this follow.
KEEP MOVEMENT TO A MINIMUM
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The most obvious piece of advice is to keep movement to a minimum, as while
moving your gauges will not charge. As movement increases the amount of time it
will take for your gauges to charge, so it increases the amount of time it will
take for you to defeat an enemy with them. Of course, a balance must be struck
between staying still to charge gauges, and staying out of danger. The rule is
almost certainly "move only when necessary" (e.g. because the zone you are in
has become dangerous).
"PREPARE" FOR BATTLES
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Another method of "saving time" is to not waste gauges on unnecessary actions.
This is best achieved by limiting the amount of things you need to do in a
battle. You can actually do many of the things you may find yourself wanting to
do in a battle before you even start it. For example, you can use a HP
replenishment item from the normal pause menu, rather than wasting gauges and
time doing it during a fight. The pre-battle possibilities, which can all be
sorted out from the pause menu, are as follows:
> Using HP/BP replenishment items
> Using HP replenishment berserk techniques
> Changing your gun part
> Changing your dragon's Class
YOU CAN JUST ANNIHILATE WEAK ENEMIES WITH BERSERK TECHNIQUES
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If you're having trouble getting an Excellent against some normal, easy
enemies, remember that you can resort to extreme measures just to secure the
grade. Though you can achieve an Excellent against almost all of the enemies in
the game with just the gun, homing lasers, a decent Level and some practice,
decimating a group of small enemies with an Armageddon or Dragon Phoenix can
save a lot of time and effort.