Battle
Strategy
How to Attack
1) Select
"Attack"
Select the unit which you want to
use and choose "Attack".
(You may even move your
unit first before you attack. However, War Ships cannot attack after they have
moved.)
2) Choose your Weapon
Select the weapon you want to use
from your Weapon List.
(Map Weapons cannot be used
after you have moved your unit.)
*If your unit is a "Leader" unit, then a new option
"Assist Attack" will be available at the bottom of the weapon
list. It is always ON by default, and uses up 20 EN from your ship to
perform.
3) Select your
Target
Choose your target
in the specified area. (varies with each weapon)
4) Counter
Screen
Here, the attacker's Hit Rate % is displayed. (The minimum Hit Rate is
10%.)
*The Hit Rate for the ship's
"Assist Attack" is also shown here if your unit is a
"Leader" unit.
The defender can choose to counter in 3
ways:
Counterattack 
-
counter with an attack of his own.
Guard 
- Block
using a Shield; halves the damage received. (only applies to units which have
shields)
Evade 
-Try to
dodge the attack; lowers the attacker's Hit Rate by about 0.7
times.
*Note: The Hit Rate
for Psychomu Weapons (PSYCOM and Q-PSY) weapons are determined by the pilot's
MP. If the pilot's MP get too low, the Hit Rate will also be very
low.
5) Confirmation
Screen
After both players
have determined their actions, the final information screen will come up,
displaying the final Hit Rates.
Here, you can choose to whether or
not to view the Battle Animation by selectiong ON or
OFF.
6) The battle takes
place.
Uses of War Ships
Replenishing HP, EN and
MP for your units
Everytime your unit returns to its ship, a certain amount of HP
and EN are replenished. This is vital when you are fighting a long battle
and your units has taken a lot of damage and run out of
EN.
You may also recharge your
pilot's MP by returning to the War Ship, but your pilot's MP takes much
longer to regenerate than the time taken to replenish your unit's HP and
EN.
What is the "Active
Area"?
Each War Ship has an
Active Area, which is represented by a colored area around it. The size of
the Active Area varies with each War Ship, and affects the units for that
ship in several ways.
Make Good Use of the
Active Area
When you send out your units from your ship, try to make them
stay within the Active Area of your ship. This is because in doing so, your
hit rate, evasion rate, and attack will be increased a
little.
If you wonder out of your
ship's Active Area, a Warning sign will be given, and in doing so, you will
notice a significant drop in your unit's overall performance during
battles!
*Note that if your Ship and
units are on different map layers, the Active Area still applies, but it is
weakened, and therefore smaller than it is when both units and ships are on
the same map.
Capturing
Units
In this game,
each Group consist of one War Ship and a number of Units. However if the War
Ship for a group gets destroyed, then all the surviving Units for that Group
will "surrender".
This is shown by a White Flag
icon on each surrendered unit. These units will remain on the
Map, but they can't move or perform any actions at all.
Eventually, they will either
get killed by other units or end up being captured.
In order to capture a unit, you will have to move your War Ship
such that the Surrendered Unit is within the Active Area of your ship. Now,
choose the command "Collect", and select all the Surrendered Units
that you want to capture.
(*Note: You must have
vacancies on your War Ship to be able to capture a
Unit!)
Besides capturing your enemy's Surrendered Units, you can also
use this command to save your own units whose War Ship has been
destroyed.
Captured Units will come in handy, (especially later when you
enter the Meeting Room later to develope new MS/MA) so try to
capture any new MS/MA that you come across on any stage!
(*Note: Not all MS/MA can be captured!
Some Bosses do not have War Ships and they travel on their own. The special
thing about them is that they can't use up all their EN and MP. However,
don't worry; since they do not have a War Ship to go back to, there is no
way they can replenish their HPs! ^_^ )
