Thread 23417811

Starter AC Edition

>New Player Guide
https://pastebin.com/5xEAybEC
>Artbooks, music and emulation resources
https://pastebin.com/jxij0dxe
>The link for the ACV xenia tutorial
https://pastes.io/s7kp1uu925
>ACVD-friendly Xenia link
https://dropmefiles.com/PS3lr
>Pre setup emulator and dlc pack for ACVD rpcs3
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZFV1bGCueYRVPJDaaPE6lzei6RSaqSIg
>also look here
https://desuarchive.org/m/thread/23006355/#23018278

https://sys.4chan.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Ffile%2Fd%2F1yJYBcLu7mp-KCq1Mv5Bpnw0YYzP9KVML%2Fview
>Models for all Gen 1 parts
https://www.mediafire.com/file/9hbws4b1a99n7yk/epic_gen1_models%252Bcowboy_hat.zip/file (keep in mind i didn't double check this one when anon posted it sorry if it's dolphin porn)
>Website
https://www.armoredcore.net/
>Steam Page
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1888160/ARMORED_CORE_VI_FIRES_OF_RUBICON/
>Emblem Editor Decals
https://files.catbox.moe/lwp114.png
>AC6 Part Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YLPD_x-NSLkOPQJUR-WHoHipE4UI01Nz

Other News:
>Latest AC6 Patch (1.09)
https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/armored-core/news/armored-core-vi-fires-of-rubicon-patch-notes-109
https://pastebin.com/QnC90hDz
>Pre-orders are up for the Squenix Structure Arts AC1/2 kits
https://x.com/SQEX_MD_GOODS/status/1924649806980628666
>all generation 1 AC games are getting ported to PS Classics on PS5

●Set matching to global for lobbies and use keyword acg to play with each other!

Previous Thread: >>23351348

>>23417811 (OP)
oh weird i thought i put the previous thread down correctly
here: >>23395048
also additionally if you have new links to put in the OP pasta please reply to >>23417811 (OP) to make it easier to find

I like this one

>remove default shoulder slots
>replace with "backpack" slot
>can get the rear weapon slots back with a backpack
>most big back-only cannons we have now either become two-hand arm weapons (can be put on a backpack), or become their own backpack
>can get swapper slots
>but also can get many other things like more boosters, more energy capacity (especially relevant with early game frames and generators), more ammo and many other things, sometimes combined into one

>>23417872
>backpack
>backpack
>backpack

>>23417811 (OP)
I wish I had more disposable income so I could buy a sunshine model kit

>>23417999
Are they that expensive? I thought they were around 70€?

>>23418129
now thats just cute

>>23418036
higher

>>23417503
Nope. But thanks.

Are the only people in A or S rank japanese?

>>23418308
I would guesstimate that maybe half of ranked ac6 players are japs and that percentage might be bigger in A and S since it's only the nerdiest of nerds that actually bother going over A after every reset and japs are the nerdiest people around. Might also have to do with what time during the day you play that you get matched with more japs.

>>23417872
begone randoseru propagandist

Have you celebrated thermidor, /acg/?

do permaflight builds exist in 6?

>>23418505
Yes.

>>23418505
>>23418514
Un-fuckin-fortunately.
https://youtu.be/DYEIjP-abts?si=UbZPwcMdIhL-crsL

I swear.
Half the parts and weapons in 6 should be banned from ranked.

>>23418036
I have no model kits and wanna make a cool kitbash like the one with forearm mounted gatling guns

I wish 4's missions could be ported to 4A
4A feels so much better to play

woah

>>23419077
Many 4 missions take place in cramped space, it would be terrible to play in 4A.

>>23419162
Not enough for me to care, plenty take place in wide open spaces too

Just finished ng+ with Hal in AC6, used a lightweight build in Ng cycle, now I want to try heavyweight. Do you have any tips on parts and weapon loadout?

>>23419295
Use four gatlings on a quad.

>>23419295
heavies aren't fantastic in PVE because of the gigantic AP buffer that repair kits give you and how useful raw speed is, but if you are going to run heavy you might as well go for the 100k weight/speed breakpoint and the meanest weapons you can get to make use of the capacity
2x LRB + VE20C on a high EN supply core is a solid option as long as you also watch your EN efficiency, or try loading up a heavy quad with stance weapons and 12345 boosters to abuse hover QBs

>>23419300
>>23419304
Wow heavy builds fucking suck, I'm going to do a missile build instead

>>23418393
From the thumbnail I thought you had a very tall head. Was disappointed when I opened the image.

>>23417833
I can see where Dafeng got their inspiration from.

>>23417999
it's a pretty good kit, i found it at a import bookstore a couple of months ago. really my only complaint with it was that attaching the arms and legs to the torso was a pain in the ass

>>23420184
FUCK the nineball saraph kit, shit feels like its gonna fall apart if you nudge the arms.

Fuck bros, the opening cutscene of Nexus is so kino.

>>23418444
There will never be AC as stylish as 4th gen

>>23420330
to be fair AC in general is pretty kino
i like AC2's intro, the idea of being dropped from a spaceship onto mars in pods is pretty cool, i'm almost sure this doesn't even happen in the game which is a shame
now that i think of it that and the following attack on a facility look a lot like both intro and trailers combined of AC6

>>23420330
fucking everything about Nexus is kino, it's just that the actual game is kinda mediocre
I'd kill for AC6: Revolution, might even want it more than an actual sequel at this point

>>23420190
yeah that one looks like a hand grenade. i also picked up the sobrero kit and that one was pretty well built. overall i think the ac6 30mm kits are better

How do I pick core / generator / boosters for my builds in AC6?

>>23420609
Boosters are easy, just run Alula unless you've got an extremely compelling reason not to (12345 on quads and Fluegel/Kikaku on melee are obvious exceptions).
Cores and generators are more build specific but tend to pair in obvious ways when you know what to look for. Supply for recharge delay, output for EN efficiency, booster adjust if your energy economy is fine and you just want more QBs.
NGI for skybox humping, San-Tai/Ming-Tang/Hokushi/Yaba for generalist builds depending on how much weight you can spare and which stats you can afford to dump, VP-20C/S are baby NGIs and probably the best pick if you redline a lot. VE-20C for all energy weapon builds or VE-20B if you're running one or two energy weapons on an otherwise EN efficient build and don't give a shit about anything but raw damage.

>>23420640
Man, they really gutted VE-20B with this update. Either that or laser shotguns. The point is my ORT LARPing setup has been hard nerfed because weapon heat is a bigger issue now. I'm still getting by with distance management, though I think it's time to finally leave GILLS behind for Alula.

And that's a shame. Because GILLS was designed to be basically Alula except more QB efficient, more upward thrust efficient and a tiny bit lighter on the AC as a whole in exchange for being worse at everything else. On paper it SHOULD still be better. In practice, I seem to need pure speed and QB thrust more right now.

>>23420440
>AC6: Revolution
>actual sequel
Just give up, dude. There won't be anything.

>>23420669
Just endlessly spiteful weapon rebalancing and matchmaking shuffles that exist purely to enable the most cancerous, ratting behaviour in the game.

>>23420665
Yeah, Alula has been begging for a massive nerf to QB/AB EN costs or ideal weight or something since release to make the other boosters reasonable options.
Gills are a fairly competitive hipster alternative to Alula if and only if you stay grounded and use Ephemera legs or similar for good low jumps, but the better efficiency and vertical performance is offset by the dogshit aerial dodges and the need to stay grounded to the point that you end up better off just running Alula like everyone else.

>>23420687
The sad thing is I was genuinely convinced GILLS was better for my specific build due to the energy efficiency, but now the usual builds are remaining unnerfed and creeping ahead in the competition (I don't ever want to hear a single complaint from shotguniggers ever in my lifetime) I'm forced to accept Alula supremacy.

>>23420609
By looking at the numbers and applying a range of skills, including logical reasoning, analytical thinking, and the ability to evaluate and synthesize information. Just throw parts at your build and see whichever stick, worked for me most of the time.

Weapon purge is picture mode kino

>>23421006
jettison

>>23421054
jett's son? never heard of him

Did this happen to any of you so far? First time I'm playing again in months and it's the first time I see something like this. Wonder if they fucked with the netcode in some way, match didn't even show up in the history as a draw like the usual d/c does.

>>23421131
is this how a true Dominant looks like?

>>23421131
>>23421136

>>23417872
>big backpack unfolds
>it's another AC dangling

>>23421006
Whoever at FromSoft decided you can use your fists and kicks as weapons was a damn genius, and I hope they do more with that in the next game.

Wish my PC could run AC6 better.

Is combat in AC6 too reactive?

>>23422045
That'd be too fun, but AC6 is not about fun. Instead it's oriented on getting in the way of your attention by spamming attack alerts onto you at most useless timing possible (that's not even an uniform signal because different distances and weapons have different timings) when predicting what's incoming makes reacting to alerts and most animations obsolete.

>>23418625
The charged oscillator made me wince. I never made it to S, but I imagine double melee is impossible to promo these days now that the game has solved into heavy kites and rats.

>>23422175
Some dude use an exploit with free aim method using oscillator, making the swing so quick and wider it swatted all the flies and rats.

What are the best energy weapons and should I mount four of them or should I only pick two or three?

>>23422561
the latter.

>>23422561
I like the laser pistol. No idea if it's suffered from nerfs much but it was always an old standby for my builds. l

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHnJRGvOWB4
>OUR WORLD
>HAS DROWNED
>IN SEAS OF RED
>AND YET THE WHEEL
>KEEPS TURNING
>AND I WAS DEAD
>AND YOU WERE DEAD
>AND YET THE WHEEL
>KEEPS TURNING

AC6 should have had at least one more non energy melee weapon

>>23422288
demon blade tech. Fairly unreliable and not really viable in ranked but it sure feels good when you pull it off AND it hits.

>>23418393
I don't know how to feel about them resetting me back to B all the time.
One the one hand, it makes me have a better win-loss ratio and I actually get to see creative builds again.
On the other hand, it makes it nigh impossible for me to ever S rank PvP, the only S I am missing.

I really don't feel like constantly playing this game especially after reaching A rank where progression gets harder while build variety takes a nosedive.

>>23423282
They should have a cycling ban list that cuts 1/2 - 2/3 of all parts at random each reset. If they wont balance it then choking choice would be a reasonable compromise for different builds

>>23423248
I've practiced the supposed easiest version of it so hard with so many different timings and can't fucking do it to save my life. Following tutorial instructions to a T, relistening to them a thousand times.
Idfk how people get good enough at doing every fucking version, including the one where you have to like manual aim -> soft lock -> manual aim again and time the whole thing frame perfectly, and then they decide to use certain ones in certain situations.
I had a friend I was teaching basic melee tech too a few weeks ago, like melee cancelling, what boosters to use, etc. Now he can consistently demon blade, during hectic 3v3 matches too. It's like my version of the game has it patched out.

Finally got this built

>>23423488
lmao, sounds like a skill issue to me.

>>23423631
>>23423632
>>23423633
Pretty fucking nice.
Terrible fucking pose though. Pose it better.

anyone know how to map the dpad to the stick for ac2 on pcsx2
when I try it gets stuck in one direction and increasing the deadzone does nothing

>>23423207
?

>>23424105
just use the analog patch
https://github.com/VanLaser/analog-controls-for-armored-core-ps2

>>23424137
The pilebunker is sex but I wish we had a physical sword or mace

>>23423631
Very nice. Hand painted ?

>>23424262
Based

>>23423742
Post a vid of you doing it or kys with an aids blood infused shotgun blast to the brain.

Man, this game is fucking amazing

>>23424105
left stick should automatically translate to dpad with no setup, it does so on original hardware

>>23424105
doesnt the left stick work automatically? i think you only need to set up the camera if you want to use twinsticks. or just get the patch and safe yourself the trouble

>>23424789
it does, out of the box and even for ps1 titles, anon probably fucked up something

>>23423207
It was probably a concession due to animation difficulties it's a lot easier to avoid clipping when the longest part of the sword doesn't exist when you're not using it
But I agree I want a heat hawk esque heated blade or something just make it unfold from the arm like the Gundam exias retarded big sword to avoid clipping if the double trouble and the pile can fit a folding sword should be fine

>>23424807
I remember pcsx2 being kind of fuck with 3rd party controllers so anon is probably using that or his stick and or drivers are busted

>>23424816
maybe, i wouldn't know about third party since i use a ds4 for everything, but it's rather straightforward so i don't see why you couldn't bind any input device in settings

>>23423631
>>23423632
>>23423633
here you go niqqa

>>23424137
I know about the pile bunker which is why I said one more

>>23424930
My bad, I was half asleep and kind of glossed over that part.

>>23424400
Raven no!

>replaying last raven
>doing zinaida route
>beat every mission first try
>get to final battle
>get assraped
Yep

>>23425886
just wait until you unlock the cool ranch pulverizer fight

>>23425967
final pulverizer was disappointing after zinaida tbdesu
hell I struggled more with evangel and the double AC fight at the dam than the final guy

>>23423745
>>23424910
He's already following half of those rules, and that fell out of fashion with gunpla modellers years ago because it leaves everything stanced up like an obari mech regardless of how they stand around typically.

God, someone posts something painted and every crab starts churning around in their bucket.

>>23426039
Credits where credit is due. The pose is fucking terrible.
>He's already following half of those rules, and that fell out of fashion with gunpla modellers years ago
Who the fucking cares. Why limit yourself by thinking every pose has to look the same? Create your own. Dynamic or static, the possibilities are endless.
Anyway I’m not going to sugarcoat it, if a pose looks ugly, I’ll say it’s ugly.

Allmind...

>>23426095
where's the problem?

>>23426050
>Why limit yourself by thinking every pose has to look the same?
That's why I'm telling the guy posting a posing guide that tells you to always jut their crotch forward for some reason that it's a stinky guide.

>>23426119
Nta but the thing about guides is you don't *have* to follow them to the exact letter. Either way, it's basic principals are valid. As the other anon said you don't have to be cookie cutter, use your imagination. I looked at the guide, looked at my own kits, and realized that without even following something like that, I ended up applying what it advises because it just "looked right"

>>23426095
Yes

>>23426103
Look at the pic...

Still in chapter 1 of AC6 and it’s a bit hard to get into. The gameplay is good and it’s a smooth ride. I don’t know what I was expecting, I love TPS and it’s definitely one of the best feeling games. The game is too mission based, it’s easier to put down the controller this way. With a boring ass mercenary tale so far it’s not helping. The constant reminder to upgrade your mech is more annoying than it is fun so far. Just met that blue guy who dipped during the shield boss, beat the boss and kind of feeling meh about it all

>>23426798
I did, that's just the pilebunker from AC6.

>>23426969
The pic to the right...

>>23426917
if the game aint for you then its not for you dont force yourself to play something you dont enjoy anon,
if you dont have the mecha building customization autism you wont get a whole lot out of the game

>>23426917
then don't play fagit no one wants to read your blog posting

>>23426917
>playing game to attention whore
what a sad excuse of a life.

>>23426917
Wrong place to complain about the game anon. Just go to /v/ you'll get more out of it.

>>23426917
agreed six cucks seething hard they will die mad

>>23428618
Horrible pose! Plese refer to >>23424910 lest I'll screech.

>>23429391
Construction paint jobs on ACs are some of my favorite things to look at.

>>23430307
I had to do it, it's obvious it's designed to look like a walking hydraulic shovel.
Also, it's an overall improvement over the starter frame if you don't want to spend money

>ludlow redshift pilot on youtube shows his first ever S-rank promotion
>not a single lamm, heavy zimms, tokurobo show up in his promos
Ah, so that's what it takes to be S

This thing at the beginning of ergo proxy reminds me of someone...
Weird black figure with metalic holes and needles poking out

>>23430116
Your ass, that look actually good.
There's the standard, docked hangar pose, and a dynamic battle stance.
Now compared to these
>>23423631
>>23423632
>>23423633
What pose is that? it doesn't looked like on standby mode, or docked. And what the fuck with the zims hanging outside like that? looks so stupid.

Are you really so stupid who got mad when people said to pose better and think that was a strawman? You fucking retard.

AC not amused

>>23432148
breddy cool

>>23431096
BDSM?

>>23432148
>mfw it's another kite player

>>23423207
Well you get fists, and legs or your AC's very core if you're without the kick update. 3 melee weapon types!
I completely agree though. AC warfare started with melee oriented core theory, BASHO looks like construction equipment clunk, but practically all weapons are fancy energy weapons with nothing looking too crude, except for the chainsaw which appeared way after some Institute researcher made a junkie junker faction?

>>23430116
retard

>>23432148
Cute.

>>23432354
>or your AC's very core if you're without the kick update
?

>>23432640
Cool.

>>23432347
I was thinking about 621/621's cocoon but yeah that was probably the inspiration lol

Fresh 'pura
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf1lt--pUk0

The FACT: V is underrated.

>>23432640
>>23432148
Cool stuff.
Makes me hate From for not making the textures load max resolution in photo mode. I wish I knew more than nothing about modding.

>>23434502
>the textures load max resolution in photo mode
How good the custom decals look depends a lot on how much you stretch them in the first place, which is already clear on your screenshot. And you messed up the rotation on one of the STABILISED MECHANICAL WHATEVERTHELASTWORDIS decals, since they both face the same way.

>>23434502
There should've been a graphic setting for that. I honestly doubt high res decals would slow down the game that much if at all

>>23432640
I like the ZoE logo

>>23434502
thanks dude, your AC looks sick, straight Metal gear color scheme

>>23433230
The one where he played as the horrible wheels actually made me laugh quite a bit.

>>23434805
Those are all pretty solid.
>Coca Coral
How does it stack against Pepsi Kojima?

What's better
Killing Rusty
Fighting alongside Rusty

>>23435552
Fighting alongside Rummy

>>23435553
>dosers turning the vascular plant into a gigantic bong to smoke the coral
I can dig it.

>"we need a new boss to convey how destructive Coral tech is"
>"I know, here's the AE-Rial/BU/TT-Plug"

>>23435519
As usual, it's a matter of personal taste

>>23436936
Angry Pinecone is ANGRY

I just noticed that from the starter area, Grid 135 you can see not only the Contaminated City, but also the Wall

>>23437074 (samefag)
Also, from Grid 86 you can see the remains of the Strider (or another mining ship)

>>23437218
>"Herp derp we're the greatest PCA pilots"
>it's one of the easiest bosses, even though it's a 2v1
Even the big roomba managed to kill me once, unlike these fags

>>23437218
i absolutely love how this ekdromoi looks,

>>23435519
>>Coca Coral
>How does it stack against Pepsi Kojima?
Not aggressively cancerogenic but gives bloody diarrhea and migraines.

But there's nothing like 9-Up. Just straight up heavy metal poisoning

>>23435558
Was it even established if using Coral for a high is bad for the Coral as a biosystem?

share emblems

>>23437533
Depends on what you mean. The only way to huff coral is to light it up so you’re killing it, and whatever wave forms might be within. How that affects the larger coral ecosystem, dunno. Depends on how much spare there is I guess.

>>23437860
After nearly 2 years of mega procrastination, I'm slowly doing my emblems and details. Hard work when you get easily frustrated.

did you guys knew the XYLEM was a part of the VASCULAR system of some PLANTS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylem

>>23437259
PCA suffer from 'looking cool while being total jobbers' syndrome.

>>23438429
did YOU know that the romans referenced Armored Core 6 by naming a river "Rubicon" in honor of the brave coral warriors of the RLF???

>>23421401
how is that not the fucking standard in mecha media? Did mechwarrior brainwash everyone into thinking mechs are just weapon platforms and cant use their *humanoid limbs* to fight like humanoids??

>>23438567
Which is funny because in the tabletop the Mechs can throw down like robot WWE.

uh star wars sisters?, why cant any of our vehicles compete with ACs?

>>23438587
maybe because one is mostly a movie series intended for casual watching (so the action needs to be easy to follow and reminiscing of medieval style duels) while the other is a fast paced action videogame

>>23438621
ChatGPT said a mid game AC could solo most star wars battles

I just asked it cus I'm bored

>>23438637
>I asked chat GPT-
pilebunker yourself.

>>23424262
>>23424360

>>23438637
>I asked chat GPT-
OS tune yourself.

>>23438637
allmind a shit

>guy posts clip of his lethaldose emoting and teabagging people in the AC discord
>"why are people quitting because I'm a boat? it couldn't be anything else? why don't they give me a free win when they see me as an undeserving asshole?"
>look up search history
>multiple results with him saying I love being toxic

What if there was a SD Armored Core like the SD Gundam shows?

am i coping thinking something big will be announced aug 24?.

>>23439201
not impossible but wouldn't expect it
there's also tokyo game show and game awards till the end of the year

>>23438567
It's sometimes in the games, sometimes not. There was a bit of outcry when they finally re-added punching to MW5 because a bunch of grogs feel like it spoils their realistic gritty hardcore military experience. If you dial up the damage in YAML it's actually pretty good.

>>23439251
mechwarrior nerds fucking ruined mecha in the west forever. Now everyone in the west is like "bro mechs are so stupid why would you pilot a shitty chicken walker that goes at like 20mph and gets shot at by everything" and the worst part is that they're RIGHT

>>23439201
I don't get it, why add soft parts to a robot when drawn like this. Just put a hatch down there in the chassis and done, nothing more needs to be added.

>>23439626
Ningen rike tiddy though.

>>23439749
*robot tiddy

>>23440023
>>23439749
i think it already has all it needs, to add curves is to disrupt that what makes it great, its beautiful design

>>23440042
Not round and ample enough for s*li-cons.

Has anyone attempted a mission by using free aim? I'm getting some edibles and I want to ruin my night.

>>23441182
I beat the game using mouse freelook my first run through. It's not that hard. Difficult to kick things though, and charge weapons feel weird on the keyboard.

>>23441182
>>23441463
When you say freelook you mean without having softlock right?

>>23441182
>>23441518
Yeah, that one where you need to hold lock button to enter free aim mode.
Not a soft lock.

>>23441737
Ah I never did try that since I played it on PS4.

just gave the nolock thing a try for a few missions using an "oops all grenade launchers" setup and it wasn't that bad, a full run might even be fairly easy with M+KB and a more optimized build (you can also completely trivialize it with missiles because they'll still lock, but that felt against the basic premise of the challenge)
flying enemies are a pain, especially tetra ACs, but most of the nastier enemies I fought were aggressive enough that just aiming straight down and catching them in the AOE was a pretty reliable tactic

>>23442355
achievable natty?

Whats the point of the Cataphract having legs?

>>23442528
So it can do a Fred Flintstone.

>>23438567
The only mecha games to really go all out in acrobatics way were... freaking Baldr series, a cyberspace combat setting
Hopefully I'm just wrong and there are more I don't know of. I guess some ace pilot movesets from Gundam Musou games do count

>>23437877
I'm not even sure what I mean because Ayre can host herself in 621's head well enough even when 621 is cutoff from his augmentation Coral supply for long (captured by Snail)

>>23442706
yeah its kind of so fucking cringe that so few mecha games actually consider the benefits of a humanoid body and how that lends into really cool fight coreography. Why would you make a work about humanoid robots and *IGNORE THE REASON WHY THE ROBOTS BEING HUMANOID COULD BE INTERESTING*

I wonder why people think Eva units are some of the coolest mechs ever made it might just because of depressed teenagers I dunno man it totally doesn't have to do how they basically move like tactical ultraman

>>23442721
they just like ultraman but are too embarrassed to engage with tokusatsu

The next time someone asks me about my politics, I'm going to tell them "I would have joined Line Ark"

>>23442838
that just means you're a dumb liberal anon

Do I buy the Nineball model kit?

>>23442897
it's hard to fuck up, even the emblem is already on the runner for the shoulder

>>23442910
Is it as fragile as the seraph one? I snapped like 3 of the detail parts because they were poorly attached to the grid.

>>23442926
it is closer to an HG gunpla

that one stoner Raven from AC2 that went "alright let's rock" lives rent-free in my mind

>>23443231
doesn't he die right after?

>>23443255
yes
truly a death scene that blows Joshua's and Rusty's out of the water

>>23443289
>truly a death scene that blows Joshua's and Rusty's out of the water
unironically
joshua, ac4 dude and rusty are hero dudes in hero narratives, pure hype moments and aura
brazen is some fuckhead doing his job

>>23442721
It's also weird because a lot of muh realism slowmech guys want to run their opinions as "it makes you FEEEEL like you're controlling a big mech". Physically attacking with your mech is one of the few things that actually immerses me in mecha combat, because it's one of the rare things that reminds you that you're not driving a fucking gun turret around. Kicking someone makes me think "oh right, I have limbs, my mech can interact with this world".

Punching in MW5 is clunky, but it's way better than just grinding up against each other like you can't move and trading laser fire from your tits at point blank. Give him a shove or something.

>>23443488
mecha fans gaslit themselves into thinking bad controls = weight when in fact that's just a byproduct of the vast majority of mecha games being dogshit or mechwarrior.

>>23442528
It's cute fuck you

>>23442706
DxM2 also did it too

>>23442528
The Cataphract, much like the Balteus is a glorified backpack with high-mobility and high-offence capabilities, the "legs" is a MT with the pilot controlling it

>>23442528
It's an MT. It's still piloted by a human with a brain and an Muscle Tracer jack.
And MTs are almost all human-shaped because your brain is designed to pilot a human-shaped body.

Booting up verdict day and listening to the dlc menu music and hum of the ps3 whilst taking a nap. Zzzzzz

This is the first time I ENJOY an escort mission. Good work, From

Does Square Enix Europe "restock" pre-orders? They had the structure arts armored core models for 95€, it's out of stock and the other european shops I can find have it on preorder for 150€.

>>23444726
That's a defend mission

>>23444943
Fair enought. Still, protecting something in vidya is usually a bad experence

Weeeeeeeee

>>23446181
Push me in the swing, daddy!
(I'm having too much fun with this game)

>new patch comes out
>adjusted final boss ai
>walter now knows how to demon blade
post yfw

>>23446212
It's a gimmick move, I'd still kick his ass easily.

>>23442528
Basically visual storytelling. The PCA probably had the original MT in the center designed first and then kept adding to it until it reached it's current state. The way a lot of the parts are connected via joints kinda suggests a modular setup similar to ACs.
I think it's a way of showing an ongoing evolution and need for adaptation. Which is a huge part of the series' theme. Ayre mentions this when you beat her in the EX arena for the first time.
From put a lot of emphasis on MTs being originally designed for labor; military use was applied later when thrusters got better, making closing in on an enemy easier, creating a viable counter to the current long distance ballistics based warfare we have in the real world.

I wish there was an AC aimated movie.

>>23446212
hasn't he known how to do that for a while now

>>23446292
There's always After War Gundam X, the Gundam Build series and if you're feeling particularly frisky, Initial D.

What foods do you think an AC would eat?

>>23446748
Energy drinks

last raven portable convinced me two analog sticks are superfluous

>>23446806
you've just been mindbroken

>>23446244
I think that was just your headcanon, but I like it.

>>23444847
Wanted to pick these up but they never listed the paints used for them and I dont want a fucked up looking Nine-Ball

>>23447025
I remember this thing about thrusters making ACs viable being in one of the early games' manual or some magazine.

Any gamescon news on anything fromsoft related?
I'm out of the loop

Man, I love the flamethrower in AC6.

VE-40 on display

>>23449364
dam , didnt occur to me just how big the boat is

>>23449364
snail is such a fatass holy shit

>>23449364
>>23449371
Now I want a boat AC that fits another AC as if the boat AC is one of those Thunderbolt Zock legs

>>23449364
ugh, i would much rather have the small tank treads than that ugly ass boat

>>23417811 (OP)
N? What Armored Core is that?

I just beat Enforcer. Man, now I want a AC game with transformable mechas.

>>23449636
Nexus (and Ninebreaker)

>>23449642
How would it work? Ditch hard lock and now R3 is the transformation button

>>23449658
I am more concerned about the controls more than how to switch from robot to vehicles. For example, what kind of weapons will it have? What kind of vehicle modes it will support? How do you intergrate it into A.C's customisation system?

>>23449661
ac's now have inbuilt weapons with limited ammo for balance

>>23449661
>For example, what kind of weapons will it have? What kind of vehicle modes it will support? How do you intergrate it into A.C's customisation system?
I had thought about that a lot.
Just make it so that all transformation parts are at least of one of transformation type groups that handle transformation type and mechanics (e.g. Jet 1, Jet 2, Jet 3, Tank 1, Tank 2, Tank 3, Monster 1, Monster 2, Monster 3, Gunboat, Wolf, Cannon, etc). Some parts would be modeled to support multiple transformation types, so one AC having multiple modes is possible as long as all the parts have shared groups overlaps, even if the parts are from different sets and manufacturers. Naturally this will mean there'll be next to none unique transformations, although we did have rare precedent oddities like WG core, Raven head, ultranimble AC6 quad legs, some gen V heads transforming.

>>23446748
Probably stuff like those conceptual cybertronian foods, except with the energon replaced with nanomachines or something.

>>23446748
Lead

>>23430116
>chin down
>shoulders even
>arms bent
>body s-shaped (kinda by default)
>toes apart
literally perfect pose

AC6 and G Witch share quite a few similarities.

The Space Assembly League of G Witch and PCA of AC6 are very similar.

>>23449958
G Witch was Gundam's take on Armored Core and Front Mission's multiple manufacturer approach.

>>23426917
>The game is too mission based
What is wrong with that?

>>23449364
Is 30mm AC line so lucrative that Bandai keeps releasing more kits? Or is this like AMAIM sunk cost fallacy situation?

>>23450015
What a stupid question

>>23450015
I don't know but I cannot find shit since everywhere they're sold the fuck out. I don't want to go to japan just for it because I'm a pisspoorfag

>>23450802
This. There's STILL amiam kits on sale up on websites. AC kits were gone the second they go up. It's night and day.

>>23430116
read gesture theory, spamming newfag

>>23449699
As for the transformation, I sink they should do something like a super fast land vehicles, a slow but sturdy crawler that can jump and climb walls and a VTOL aircraft.

About AC6, did Arquebus and Balam have more AC combat squads aside from the Vespers and Redguns?

>>23451062
Don't think so. Just some random MT mook.

>>23451062
>>23451063
Unless you're talking about their main on earth. The rubicon one were only a branch after all.

>>23451066
So they only had a handful of ACs at Rubicon?

I understand that an AC is like a One-Man army against MTs.

The PCA's Heavy Cavalry are more advanced than ACs.

>>23450015
They've slowed down to quarterly releases.

>>23446424
>initial D
good kek, great show though

>>23442528
The PCA already had the tank assembly line in the Old Spaceport, makes sense to try to upgrade one, bolting a MT on it's front

>>23451635
I didn't know about this. This seems to proof what I assumed >>23446244 Just that they might have designed a modular tank first and THEN designed the MT.

>>23449357
same. i love fire and the flamethrowers in all the older games were dogshit. cool to see how good it is in ac6

>>23437406
it's not far that you can't make your ac look like this. looks almost kow yokoyama-inspired

>>23451820
Yup, you can see 10~12 of those tanks being readied

>>23451635
>>23453613
Shame those things are nothing but background props

Design a hard mode for every mission
>illegal entry
>all the wrecked acs are alive but with limited weapons

Would you?

>>23454115
maybe if they had basho...

>>23454115
If I can mix and match parts I'm down for it.

>>23454115
If a spin is cheaper than gachaslop JPEGs then fuck yeah
I don't wanna end up like a scratcher blowing all his money on lottery tickets, except I'm trying to make a clone correct headbringer

>>23454115
where can I get those?

What would you pair with the redshift for PvP? I like being an anime edgelord

I feel like outside of a few cases, the old lockbox control scheme's difficulty is exaggerated, you never really have to move the box that often and you can always slap the extension onto it that makes the box bigger

>>23455796
Oh absolutely, but I just like how it feels.

>>23455821
Yeah it conveys the idea of locking onto things with a mech well for a ps1/2 game
It's just that people tend to overstate the complexity of these older games

>>23454126
>mix and match parts
>just FIRMEZA but with KASUAR head
so called mix and matchers when called upon to build an AC

>>23454758
US? If you live next to a Mitsuwa you could pray they have it, otherwise the rare independent anime store with gachas could have it
Or just go to Akibahara bro

>no armored core announcement.
This is it folks. There's no hope left.

>>23456555
surely we will get a announcement in a few days

>>23456559
lmao no, if anything that was the last chance for any fromsoft announcement.
They've abandoned AC franchise.

>>23456555
ITS OVERED

>>23456575
its overed boost

What about the fmc code name thingy?
Its probably going to be souls again...

>>23453904
Still coll they thought of this. These kinds of details give the games huge longevity and are part of the difference between a game people hype and play once and one that manages to cultivate long-term niche interest.
I was really anxious when AC6 was announced, and am relieved they managed to make it an actually great game. (I still wish there were more parts, and general strategy.)

I just realized, even starfield had an expansion released.
What is fromsoft doing?

>>23457021
removing stagger and replacing it with HEAT

TGA for sure.

>>23456559
tokyo game show is a month away, just be patient

When I think back to everything I liked about 6, Snail tops the list

>>23457840
YOU ARE VERMIN

>>23455635
Coral blade.

>>23455635
Charged Laser Lance -> charged Redshift Rifle was an old combo

>sekiro game to anime adaptation was announced yesterday
>elden ring is getting a live action movie
>over half the armored core secret level episode was closeups of keanu

I still have hope that one day we'll get a proper Armored Core anime or at least more of those CG cinematics

>>23458092

Sekiro looks like vomit and I refuse to believe anyone that likes it is human. I'd rather we get nothing than let literal who jeet studios stain the AC name with AI generated diarrhea, say what you will about the Normied Core episode but at least it looked nice, that was a direction issue and had nothing to do with the production value at least. TBD for Elden Ring, keeping expectations in check.

>>23458092
>anime adaptation
The PV looks like shit, literally worse than the AC Secret level.

An attempt was made

armored snore

>>23418625
How do you seek-attack cancel on melee? Just OB right at the windup frame?

>>23458681
till 5 o clock to find out what's the verdict, today?

>>23458681
*boar

>>23451635
Given the Cataphract's only vulnerability is it's MT, wouldn't these tanks be invincible?

>>23458092
I hold my stance.

>>23459253

I'd love an adaptation with a proper budget made by a proper studio but Sekiro is as far away from that as you can get, it only looks good in some still shots and only marginally. The one thing that puts me at rest is knowing you can't AI generate mecha for shit at the moment and this includes all sorts of vehicles or aircraft in general.

Reminds me of an anon's post from a few months back, saying that Bandai is probably in a major financial hole and has to get out of by any means necessary, would explain a bunch of stuff that happened so far including Nightrein.

Also AC animu would look best if done in old-style cel like 08 MS Team or 0083 and we're never ever getting that again, imo w/e they did with Secret Level was fine but focused on the mechs and less (close to none) of that in-cockpit garbage that serves only to make normies clap.

>>23458716
You have to be locked on.
Then you just attack with a melee weapon that makes you melee thrust, and you cancel it with a QB before the attack follows through and weapon goes on cooldown. Rinse and repeat until you reach the target.
Boosters with better melee attack thrust make you go farther. Cores with better QB efficiency make your QBs cost less so you can cancel more melee thrusts before redlining. Generators with bigger capacity let you melee thrust more often and cancel them with QBs even more often before redlining.

>>23459388
Huh, fuckin' cool. Never realized you could animation cancel but still benefit from the boost forward and auto homing from seek attacks. I'll test that later, thanks.

>>23459241
Cataphract is the size of a whole city block with armor as thick as those tanks' chassis are tall. So no.

Is dagger dash cancel an exploit and should I feel bad for using it?

>>23458681
More like Snore Ragnarok.

>>23458681
Armored Whore

>>23460167
It’s in the official guidebook. Not to mention that Dolmayan uses it too.

>>23460167
read the description on the kikaku thrusters. theyre the ones tuned for this and have the best dash cancel.
I haven't played in a while but I remember fluegel being the one with the second best dash cancel, with every other stat being generally better than kikaku.
kikaku is really fun with tank treads though.

>>23460167
Did you know you can cancel ab by charging a melee attack after an ab dash to drift?

Could G1 Michigan kill a kaiju?

>>23461289
He would just get G13 to do it.

>>23449364
In the top left, why is a Balam pilot using Arqubes weapons?

FUCK AYRE

>>23461922
Free market.

>>23461938
You wish.

>>23461922
Frued uses a bunch of Balam parts

>>23449364
The hover tank is the biggest piece of dogshit in the game
They have no right to exist and the VE-40 legs should have been classified as tanks so I can larp as rick dom

>>23462488
Freud is special.
>Unlike RD

>>23462488
>head
MELANDER
>core
ALBA
>arms
ALBA
>legs
VE42A

>>23462488
>the VE-40 legs should have been classified as tanks so I can larp as rick dom
Surely someone could mod that, I'd pay someone to do it.

>>23462488
>so I can larp as rick dom
The fact that they just walk/boost like normal legs is a travesty

>>23461289
he would die from a bad autumn

>>23454126
>literally my core but white

Playing AC Nexus for the first time and my God, Capture Filtration Plant is kicking my ass. I'm trying to B-hop but I just catch missiles, instantly overheat, and lose all of my AP in seconds. Do I really *have* to bring the two miniguns for this or would a lighter medium with linear rifle and one minigun do it? I.e., is this a skill issue or a build issue.

>>23463819
Look for "calorific value" in generators.
Yes, dont just buy the highest output gen with the highest power booster, doesn't work like that in 3.5 generation.
Invest heavily in internals

>>23463842
Also tune your parts.

>>23463842
Yeah I was running the big fat Kisaragi gen before I went with the G91 a few missions ago. I also realized forced cooling is more important than passive cooling.

What's a decent booster pick early game? Currently I have the vulture but was running the birdie earlier. Since the vulture was giving me much better maneuverability (not that it matters when it overheats after 3 seconds)

>>23463819
Run ciws or learn the misslie dodges.

>>23463897
I actually beat that mission like 5 minutes after posting. They fell into a pit and I just started shooting them from above with EO.

Genobee time :)))))))))) There is no cheesing this one, he's the one with unending back GL spam.

>>23463922
God I miss QBs so fucking much. I can't out turn him, I can't hold him in the air, I can only strafe wiggle and try to align hops with his GL spam.

>>23463819
the overheat part is a build issue, the rest is a skill issue
which part filter (heh) you? usually people have trouble at the end

>>23463922
while we're at it, the best booster you can get is one you find in an early mission on second disk