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Link Posted: 9/11/2023 11:42:21 AM EDT
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First patch is out. They tweaked a few of the bosses; they're easier now and more predictable. Apparently it's not a "nerf", they were technically broken and now fixed.

They also buffed a bunch of the rifles and machine pistols; increased damage, increased ammo, faster bullets.

Plus a bunch of bug fixes. PATCH NOTES
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Interesting. To me, the projectile speed on some of those weapons might be the biggest buff.
Link Posted: 9/14/2023 4:45:52 PM EDT
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Honest Game Trailers | Armored Core 6
Link Posted: 9/17/2023 2:22:58 PM EDT
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First patch is out. They tweaked a few of the bosses; they're easier now and more predictable. Apparently it's not a "nerf", they were technically broken and now fixed.

They also buffed a bunch of the rifles and machine pistols; increased damage, increased ammo, faster bullets.

Plus a bunch of bug fixes. PATCH NOTES
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Damn.

I'm a physical media guy, and unfortunately my first copy arrived cracked (yes, cracked). Sent it back. Replacement delayed due to ups clowns. I was hoping to experience the difficulty issues everyone was talking about.
Link Posted: 9/17/2023 4:44:52 PM EDT
[#4]
AC6 - How big is the Ice Worm?
Link Posted: 9/18/2023 2:37:05 PM EDT
[#5]
Damn, that PAC heavy combat helo boss was no joke. After 3+ deaths I went balls out with combat boost melee attacks.

Loving the simple responsiveness and fluidity of the controls (XSX). Anyone have any early builds? Running the stock rifle, melee energy sword, missile pack, and just added the L-shield.
Link Posted: 9/18/2023 2:57:42 PM EDT
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Damn, that PAC heavy combat helo boss was no joke. After 3+ deaths I went balls out with combat boost melee attacks.

Loving the simple responsiveness and fluidity of the controls (XSX). Anyone have any early builds? Running the stock rifle, melee energy sword, missile pack, and just added the L-shield.
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Depends on how early...

Heavy tank base with dual gatling guns and Songbirds on the shoulders makes most boss fights easy.

For general missions it depends on how you like to play: I went through most of the game with a medium biped AC, dual laser rifles, 1 Songbird (dual grenade launcher), 1 plasma missile launcher.
If you want to go lighter, swap the laser rifles for laser pistols, keeping the shoulders the same.

Shotguns are also really good.

I mostly ignored the swords/melee weapons early. There are a couple that are really good, but they don't come until much later.

I don't care for shields, either. Just dodge better.


ETA: since the patch, early kinetic weapons should be better than they were, but I haven't tested any of them yet to see if they're viable.
I would look how they buffed LR-036 Curtis first, since I know the LR-037 Harris is pretty solid, but I don't remember when that unlocks.

There is also a 3-round burst assault rifle that was buffed: that might be pretty good, since it wasn't terrible before the patch. I don't recall the name, though.
ETA2: MA-J-201 RANSETSU-AR
Link Posted: 9/18/2023 9:12:44 PM EDT
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Depends on how early...

Heavy tank base with dual gatling guns and Songbirds on the shoulders makes most boss fights easy.

For general missions it depends on how you like to play: I went through most of the game with a medium biped AC, dual laser rifles, 1 Songbird (dual grenade launcher), 1 plasma missile launcher.
If you want to go lighter, swap the laser rifles for laser pistols, keeping the shoulders the same.

Shotguns are also really good.

I mostly ignored the swords/melee weapons early. There are a couple that are really good, but they don't come until much later.

I don't care for shields, either. Just dodge better.


ETA: since the patch, early kinetic weapons should be better than they were, but I haven't tested any of them yet to see if they're viable.
I would look how they buffed LR-036 Curtis first, since I know the LR-037 Harris is pretty solid, but I don't remember when that unlocks.

There is also a 3-round burst assault rifle that was buffed: that might be pretty good, since it wasn't terrible before the patch. I don't recall the name, though.
ETA2: MA-J-201 RANSETSU-AR
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Excellent. That burst rifle was just made available to me in the parts store.
Link Posted: 9/22/2023 1:51:50 PM EDT
[#8]
Update 1.03 today


When spectating an online match, the "QUIT SPECTATE" option has been added to the menu, allowing spectators to return to the multiplayer room.
Added "Chg. Ammo Consumption" parameter to the "IB-C03W3: NGI 006" coral missile part specs shown via "Toggle Display".
Added "Scan Standby Time" parameter to head part specs shown via "Toggle Display".
Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that caused certain enemies or enemy actions to get stuck on terrain during the mission "Intercept the Redguns".
Fixed a bug that caused enemies to stop appearing when the player stands in a certain spot during the mission "Escort the Weaponized Mining Ship".
Fixed a bug that caused defeated enemies to remain visible on radar during the mission "Breach the Karman Line".
Fixed a bug that caused the second shot of certain burst fire weapons to veer heavily off target when fired while performing a drift turn on Tank legs.
Fixed a bug that caused boost to disable under certain conditions with Tetrapod legs equipped.
Fixed a bug that occurred with the "VP-66LS" laser shotgun equipped to the left hand, which caused a longer delay than intended between firing a charge shot and being able to fire a normal shot again.
Fixed a bug with the "VP-60LT" laser turret, where it would not respond to the sub-generators during the mission "Destroy the Weaponized Mining Ship".
Fixed a bug that occurred while reloading the "Vvc-700LD" laser drone, which caused player AC orientation to lock to a target, even with Target Assist disabled.
Fixed a bug that caused incorrect icons to be displayed for intended damage type or reload type in the part specs for certain weapon parts.
Adjusted the timing window of being able to use repair kits while firing certain weapons.
Fixed a bug with certain melee weapons that caused the "Chg. Attack Power" parameter to display an unintended value in the part specs shown via "Toggle Display".
Fixed a bug that occurred after firing a charge shot during assault boost, which caused a consecutive normal shot to fire unintentionally.
Fixed a bug that prevented damage caused by status effects from being displayed on the HUD.
Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash from the "AC Data" menu in certain situations.
Due to behavioural issues in photo mode, removed the "Motion Blur" option and added the "Camera Blur" option. NB: We plan to restore the Motion Blur option in a future update.
Fixed a bug that prevented Trophies/Achievements from unlocking under certain circumstances if unlock requirements involved acquiring parts. NB: If any of the following Trophies/Achievements fails to unlock, go to the Shop menu and sell any part from the relevant category. Buying the part back again will trigger the unlock. "Weapon Collector" -- "External Parts Collector" -- "Internal Parts Collector"
Changed behavior in online match rooms, so that players are informed when the match is starting even while they have another menu open (e.g. Assembly).
Fixed a bug that caused screen transitions to behave incorrectly when launching the game by accepting an online match invite.
Other performance improvements and minor bug fixes.

Steam

Fixed a bug that occurred when changing screen mode, which caused the HUD to render incorrectly.
Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash when changing graphics settings from the System menu while in a multiplayer room.
Share IDs are now recognized when entered in either upper or lower case.
Other Changes

Updated "Data Usage Agreement" text for the Japanese version.
*NB: After applying the update, the confirmation screen will appear once more for all players.
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https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/armored-core-6-ac6-update-patch-notes/
Link Posted: 9/22/2023 2:21:31 PM EDT
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Ultimately a fantastic game, but after playing through 3 times for all the endings, I'm a little disappointed in how powerful kinetic weapons are relative to other options.

The easy/OP strategy is to stagger enemies with kinetic hand-held weapons (I used rifles, but shotguns and gatling guns are as viable), then unload with powerful shoulder weapons - repeat as necessary. The best version of that is a heavy AC (I preferred a biped, but a tank would be viable) to mount the heaviest/best weapons (Stun Needle Launchers).

I tried so hard to make an agile light AC with a melee weapon work, but the skill level required is exponentially greater than the above heavy AC.

Energy ranged weapons are okay, but to use them successfully, you need use shoulder weapons to stagger instead of damage, so boss fights are more difficult.
Link Posted: 9/22/2023 2:55:00 PM EDT
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Ultimately a fantastic game, but after playing through 3 times for all the endings, I'm a little disappointed in how powerful kinetic weapons are relative to other options.

The easy/OP strategy is to stagger enemies with kinetic hand-held weapons (I used rifles, but shotguns and gatling guns are as viable), then unload with powerful shoulder weapons - repeat as necessary. The best version of that is a heavy AC (I preferred a biped, but a tank would be viable) to mount the heaviest/best weapons (Stun Needle Launchers).

I tried so hard to make an agile light AC with a melee weapon work, but the skill level required is exponentially greater than the above heavy AC.

Energy ranged weapons are okay, but to use them successfully, you need use shoulder weapons to stagger instead of damage, so boss fights are more difficult.
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I'm using dual kinetic weapons right now, but planning to go energy as soon as I find the IA-C01W1 Nebula Plasma Rifle:

Where to find the Nebula Plasma Rifle in Armored Core 6
Link Posted: 9/22/2023 4:56:53 PM EDT
[#11]
How is this compared to Soulsborne and Sekiro?
Link Posted: 9/22/2023 5:07:18 PM EDT
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How is this compared to Soulsborne and Sekiro?
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Quite different.

It is nowhere near as punishingly difficult - especially after the patch to fix the bug that made it harder - but still plenty challenging in its way.

The game revolves around earning money to buy different parts for your AC (AC = mech for all intents and purposes), and then customizing it to complete more missions.

3 different endings (though largely the same missions throughout) + other unlockables give a good incentive to play multiple times.
Link Posted: 9/22/2023 8:49:27 PM EDT
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Quite different.

It is nowhere near as punishingly difficult - especially after the patch to fix the bug that made it harder - but still plenty challenging in its way.

The game revolves around earning money to buy different parts for your AC (AC = mech for all intents and purposes), and then customizing it to complete more missions.

3 different endings (though largely the same missions throughout) + other unlockables give a good incentive to play multiple times.
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How is this compared to Soulsborne and Sekiro?

Quite different.

It is nowhere near as punishingly difficult - especially after the patch to fix the bug that made it harder - but still plenty challenging in its way.

The game revolves around earning money to buy different parts for your AC (AC = mech for all intents and purposes), and then customizing it to complete more missions.

3 different endings (though largely the same missions throughout) + other unlockables give a good incentive to play multiple times.


Sounds cool and the video I've watched seems interesting.  I like stuff where I can customize my character and build it my way.  I'll have to give it a go after Sekiro.
Link Posted: 9/22/2023 9:42:48 PM EDT
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I almost, almost rage quit the C-weapon Sea Spider mission. The attack satellites in the beginning.. please tell me there's nothing else like that from Chapter 3 onward
Link Posted: 9/22/2023 10:22:43 PM EDT
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I almost, almost rage quit the C-weapon Sea Spider mission. The attack satellites in the beginning.. please tell me there's nothing else like that from Chapter 3 onward
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That's the only one like that, but there's a mission with a pseudo minefield to navigate that I just flew over
Link Posted: 10/1/2023 12:18:05 PM EDT
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That's the only one like that, but there's a mission with a pseudo minefield to navigate that I just flew over
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You did not tell me about Chapter Five's ENFORCER boss. Holy hell.

Complete rebuild with a Kibbles inspired energy brute force build. It's nice to have arena sims to get those OS tuning chips too.
Link Posted: 10/5/2023 6:55:44 AM EDT
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Huge balancing update inbound: Patch Notes

Basically they buffed a ton of weapons and lightweight parts, and nerfed a bunch of the overused weapons (Zimmermans, songbirds, needles, etc) and heavyweight parts.
Link Posted: 10/5/2023 12:01:03 PM EDT
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Huge balancing update inbound: Patch Notes

Basically they buffed a ton of weapons and lightweight parts, and nerfed a bunch of the overused weapons (Zimmermans, songbirds, needles, etc) and heavyweight parts.
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LINEAR RIFLE “LR-037 HARRIS” remains my preferred hand weapons for all but light ACs.
Link Posted: 10/9/2023 10:52:13 AM EDT
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You did not tell me about Chapter Five's ENFORCER boss. Holy hell.

Complete rebuild with a Kibbles inspired energy brute force build. It's nice to have arena sims to get those OS tuning chips too.
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Isn't he fun to fight? I'm on my second playthrough doing missions I haven't done any holy hell that fight against Michigan...not sure how to make it out alive on that one
Link Posted: 10/12/2023 9:19:17 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 10/14/2023 8:23:27 PM EDT
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Isn't he fun to fight? I'm on my second playthrough doing missions I haven't done any holy hell that fight against Michigan...not sure how to make it out alive on that one
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You did not tell me about Chapter Five's ENFORCER boss. Holy hell.

Complete rebuild with a Kibbles inspired energy brute force build. It's nice to have arena sims to get those OS tuning chips too.

Isn't he fun to fight? I'm on my second playthrough doing missions I haven't done any holy hell that fight against Michigan...not sure how to make it out alive on that one

Is that the one where Michigan Click To View Spoiler? I lived with millimeters of life left

My primary doc in 30 years: What did you do to your wrists?
Me:
Link Posted: 10/15/2023 3:20:35 AM EDT
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AC6 is ~55% of all AC sales:

Link Posted: 10/16/2023 5:40:47 PM EDT
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Is that the one where Michigan Click To View Spoiler? I lived with millimeters of life left

My primary doc in 30 years: What did you do to your wrists?
Me: https://media0.giphy.com/media/ChmEWOL7Vaz5u/200w.gif
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Nope that's a different quest branch I haven't done yet. Click To View Spoiler
Link Posted: 11/7/2023 9:42:56 AM EDT
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New balancing patch out today. Just some adjustments to current weapons and armor pieces.
Link Posted: 12/3/2023 8:14:52 AM EDT
[#25]
just started and got smashed by that flying ship. i assume thats the first boss
Link Posted: 12/3/2023 8:26:15 AM EDT
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just started and got smashed by that flying ship. i assume thats the first boss
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Yeah, and the tutorial boss at that lol.

They made it slightly easier now with some patches, but the first boss is still a ridiculous skill check.
Link Posted: 12/3/2023 8:00:46 PM EDT
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just started and got smashed by that flying ship. i assume thats the first boss
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Jump up and use the melee attack.
Link Posted: 12/3/2023 8:39:37 PM EDT
[#28]
beat up to the new ac test pilot.
im having a huge problem trying to fight and end up hitting after burners and spinning out of control
Link Posted: 12/7/2023 10:14:02 PM EDT
[#29]
Just won best action game of 23

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Link Posted: 12/7/2023 11:04:49 PM EDT
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Nope that's a different quest branch I haven't done yet. Click To View Spoiler
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Ahh. Got it.
Link Posted: 12/8/2023 3:58:56 PM EDT
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are there any good beginning builds after the lasr round of nerfs?
im stuck on the mission the wall in chapter 1
Link Posted: 12/8/2023 4:43:32 PM EDT
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are there any good beginning builds after the lasr round of nerfs?
im stuck on the mission the wall in chapter 1
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Have there been any changes since the beginning of November? I haven't played in a month, but take a bipedal medium or heavy AC equipped with double kinetic rifles - I don't remember what becomes available when, but any burst rifle, burst assault rifle, or linear rifle works very well. Eventually you will unlock the linear rifle, “LR-037 HARRIS,” which is my favorite hand weapon, and I ran through NG+1 and +2 with them.

Some kind of explosive back weapons tend to be best. The SONGBIRDS grenade launchers are solid and will carry you through much of the game. You can't go wrong with the best available missile launcher, either. Eventually you get access to a rail gun ("stun needle launcher") that is probably the best back weapon in the game.

That's about as beginner as it gets. Depending on your playstyle, you could go a hundred different ways and be more successful.
Link Posted: 12/8/2023 5:17:29 PM EDT
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i think the last patch was early october. i saw people saying the song birds were nerfed

Link Posted: 12/8/2023 5:33:16 PM EDT
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i think the last patch was early october. i saw people saying the song birds were nerfed

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Songbirds were far and away the best option; now they're just a good option.
Link Posted: 12/11/2023 3:39:26 PM EDT
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found a video by oroboro called his game breaking builds. it worked on the wallclimber mission.
there are 4 videos for i assume the 4 hardest bosses

im on the mission with the invis mechs now. still working on a build for this one
Link Posted: 12/14/2023 7:20:13 PM EDT
[#36]
running a plasma build right now. just started act 3
hard to believe i beat sea spider first try. barely..
beat first mission of act 3 with 1 whole hp left. terminal armor saved my ass
Link Posted: 12/17/2023 8:03:15 PM EDT
[#37]
holy shit that final boss sucked ass. took over 20 tries
second play through started for second ending
Link Posted: 12/19/2023 12:04:35 PM EDT
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New patch is out with some new parts, weapons and most importantly online ranked battles with leaderboards!
Link Posted: 12/19/2023 3:39:20 PM EDT
[#39]
i dont play online. pvp sucks

i am on chapter 3 NG+so far
Link Posted: 12/20/2023 12:04:34 PM EDT
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MP is what keeps me coming back to a game in the long run. Is the MP team battle any good?
Link Posted: 12/21/2023 5:10:34 AM EDT
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MP is what keeps me coming back to a game in the long run. Is the MP team battle any good?
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i dont know. noone else was playing by the time i started. i have been in offline mode the whole game and a half.
i only play coop so pvp is always out
Link Posted: 12/24/2023 8:32:54 PM EDT
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3rd play through done. only 1 trophy left.

s rank on all 59 missions

this is going to suck hard
a lot of those fights took multiple tries from checkpoints
Link Posted: 12/29/2023 5:37:53 PM EDT
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trying a new method. installed the poriginal unpatched game on my other ps5.
got to act 4 end boss and beat this morning before work. it saved in the first act 1 mission.
had to get to work got home and beat act 5 mission 1 the escape and got reverted back to the act 4 end boss.
grrr. 2 hours on that whore and have to do it again but i did figure out how to easy run phase 1
assault boost to him unload with double gatlings then pop double stun needles.
boost unload boost unload and phase 1 done
Link Posted: 1/1/2024 4:14:29 PM EDT
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trying a new method. installed the poriginal unpatched game on my other ps5.
got to act 4 end boss and beat this morning before work. it saved in the first act 1 mission.
had to get to work got home and beat act 5 mission 1 the escape and got reverted back to the act 4 end boss.
grrr. 2 hours on that whore and have to do it again but i did figure out how to easy run phase 1
assault boost to him unload with double gatlings then pop double stun needles.
boost unload boost unload and phase 1 done
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McGavs here, Lars. Just drink your mountain dew and you'll be fine amigo
Link Posted: 1/2/2024 4:43:15 PM EDT
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ha ha


im down to 50 more s ranks to platinum now.
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