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€?

>>23417833

>>23418129

>>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

>>23423631

>>23423632

>>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

>The Xylem is doomed? Good.

>>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!

>mfw I Can See All

>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.

>>23435552

>"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)

>we never got to fight an arquebus ekdromoi

>>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

>>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

>>23438932

>>23442355
achievable natty?

Whats the point of the Cataphract having legs?