Mega Man Zero 2/Mission Criteria

Mission Report
After Mega Scorpia is wasted, you'll receive a Mission Report. Like the previous game, this happens any time you successfully accomplish a mission. There is no Cyber-Elf reward for beating a boss now, so the Mission Report appears immediately. You'll be graded on how complete your objective was, how fast you were, how many enemies you wiped out, the damage you took in battle, if you died and had to retry part of the mission, and for the use of Cyber-Elves. Since this is the first mission, you don't have to worry about an objective or Cyber-Elf penalties, unless you played the game before. How well your final total is affects your ranking. The ranks are S, A, B, C, D, E, and F, the worst being F, and the best being S, or Hero rank. Here is the list of where rankings fall for future reference:


 * S - 96 to 100
 * A - 86 to 95
 * B - 76 to 85
 * C - 66 to 75
 * D - 56 to 65
 * E - 46 to 55
 * F - 45 and under

There are repercussions to having ranks below A, as you'll find out later that bosses will see you as less of a threat, and restrain themselves from fighting at their full potential.

Your average score must total at least 86 points to achieve a solid A-Rank, and at least 96 for a solid S-Rank. Your final scores will be averaged and determine if your rank goes up or down in future missions. If you do well enough, you'll be rewarded later. Try to shoot for A-Rank or higher on this first mission. The sooner you have a high score cemented, the better.

Finally, you'll be given a code name depending on how you got through a mission, and the skills you used to accomplish it, such as "Lightning" for speed, or "Edge" for using the Z-Saber as your go-to weapon, whereas a nickname like "Wounded" means you got butchered by the enemies a few times too many. S-Rank code names are much more noble and worthwhile, as you'll start off with "Hero" and work your way up to "Redeemer" if you stay at S-Rank for a long time.

Along with this, you may unlock Forms if you accomplished a secret objective during a mission. See the list for more details.

As you'll see, keeping at least an A-Rank throughout the game long enough will allow you to accumulate all the powerful EX Skills. If you ever drop to B-Rank, you can make use of Hacker Cyber-Elves to bump your rank back up for a mission, but the penalties may start a downward spiral into lower ranks.