Armored Core 6 difficulty settings

Can you change the Armored Core 6 difficulty settings? FromSoftware games are hard. The creators of Dark Souls appear to take pleasure in just how difficult their games can get, giving players full autonomy over whether to take on a fight or come back when they're much stronger. Will Armored Core 6 be the same, or can you turn it way down to easy from the beginning?
Now that the Armored Core 6 release date is here, some of the more timid ones (us) are wondering whether we'll be able to get out of the starting area. There's no shame in being a little afraid of the Armored Core 6 bosses we'll face on the way - we're just hoping that every other game like Dark Souls prepped us for what we're going to come up against.
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