Destruction
Overview
Destruction is where players can engage in battles against the Deimos. The player can choose between three difficulties, and the difficulty can be changed at any time.
- Casual: easy battles for those who want to enjoy the story.
- Normal: an even balance between battles and story.
- Intense: tough battles for those who want a serious fight.
As the player defeats Deimos, they will earn Meta Chips. These can be used to upgrade the Sentinels.
Team Organization
In battle, the strike team (whom the player will actively control) fights on the front lines, while the defense squad intercepts enemies. Pilots on the defense squad are positioned directly around the terminal, and automatically fight with their defensive armaments.
If pilots are continually deployed, they will eventually incur Overload from overtaxing themselves. They will be unable to fight for one battle before this status resets. As a result, it is wise to stagger which pilots are deployed.
Areas
There are 6 areas in Destruction:
- Tutorial: Beginning of the End
- Area 01: 1st Area Ashitaba City, (Unlock Condition: Beat the Tutorial)
- Area 02: 2nd Area Shibugaki City (Unlock Condition: Overall story progress 30%)
- Area 03: 3rd Area Himawari Ward (Unlock Condition: Complete Juro Kurabe's Juro Kurabe event)
- Final Area: Final Area Sakura Ward (Unlock Condition: Overall story progress 100%)
- Area 04: 4th Area Sumire Ward (Unlock Conditon: Beat the game)
Areas 01, 02, and 03 come with bonus objectives that can unlock Mystery Files. You can also gain these files by getting an S Rank, which can done by taking minimal damage to the city, terminal, and Sentinel.
Deimos
Deimos are the enemies encountered in Destruction. There are 11 types of Deimos in total, most of which have multiple generations.
For a list of all Deimos, see: List of Deimos.