Pyrrhic victory edition.>New Player Guidehttps://pastebin.com/5xEAybEC>Artbooks, music and emulation resourceshttps://pastebin.com/jxij0dxe>Websitehttps://www.armoredcore.net/>Teaser Trailer :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRyRv0bwH2o>Steam Page:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1888160/ARMORED_CORE_VI_FIRES_OF_RUBICON/Other News:>HLJ has stopped taking pre-orders for Kotobukya's 'DECOCTION MODELS Rayleonard 03-AALIYAH Supplice'—get in elsewhere while you still can!https://www.hlj.com/decoction-models-rayleonard-03-aaliyah-supplice-kbygg-001>Miyazaki confirms in exclusive IGN interview that AC6: FoR has nothing in common with any Souls titles and is faithful to the originals.https://www.ign.com/articles/armored-core-6-interview>AC6 is getting an hour long spotlight on a Taiwanese game show on the 3rd of February. Don't miss it. Producer Yasunori Ogura's presence is confirmed and we might get new footage.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0pBACVH0L4Previous: >>21447256
>>21454449Fuck off back to /v/
Holy shit, the energy economy is so much better in VD it's unreal. The game itself seems to run a lot better too, must be due to the more open spaces. Also, your operator is LITERALLY Serene Haze 2,. Same backstory, same attitude, pretty sure even the VA is the same
>>21454454?
>>21454462>armored car door strapped to a body as a piece of armor
>>21454454seething faggot
>>21454472to be fair, the game specifically says it's a HEAT countermeasure, and it does raise your CE defense stat.
>>21454482>scrap some garbage lying around>call it a countermeasureI fucking love utilitarian things like that
>>21454488I wouldn't call it "some garbage", it's got windows specifically placed for the cameras to see through, It was clearly purposefully designed that way
>>21454490Anon.It's a fucking APC door.Probably found around after one of them blew up.Bolted to a mech.It's the most possible use you could have out of it in the field.
>>21454497and AC-sized APC door?
>>21454472It's called S O V L. Also>>21454488Is this the glorious Methane Wanzer? Man I haven't played this shit in ages. I should try emulating it.
>>21454500anon, you do know the ACs in 5th gen are only in the 5-7 meter tall range, right? the door there is pretty much perfectly sized
>>21454503look at the building door behind the AC. That "car door" is like twice the size
>>214545005th gen ACs are like 6 meters tall.Looks in-scale to me.
>>21454517In-game vehicles to compare.>>21454514This anon does have a point though, building in that pre-render is smaller than it should be. Or rather AC is bigger. It's a production image though, so I'd rather follow final product sizes, which do align most of the time.
>>21454517>>21454524I concede defeat, you proved me wrong. It fits the scavenger aesthetic too, although it's weird that the shop description lists it as if it were a mass production model. Also, I imagine the lower window was added on by whoever rigged it together too. There's also the possibility that standardized production and the AC's high modularity means this was an intentional use for the door, the same factory that makes APCs can offload those parts to spruce up AC cores as well
>>21454535Well we can either take it at face value, or devs or even in-game providers can just be cheeky with their "mass produced" moniker, essentially hoarding leftover scrap and putting shit together to sell it to whoever is willing to buy.I mean it's even in the opening, kinda.
I mean ACV in general has a lot of quips, jokes and character shit-talking each other, which is kinda uncharacteristic for the series, but with that in mind, why wouldn't everyone in the game's world, including shop owners, be any different?
>>21454567>shit-talking>uncharacteristicBrother have you never received any Arena related mail? Ever?
>>21454449Should've updated the OP to account for the February game show changes.
>>21454462>The game itself seems to run a lot better tooIf you're emulating it then be aware it'll crash still, there's guaranteed crashes in a lot of story mission cutscenes but you can just skip those and watch them on Youtube, then there's occasional mid-mission crashes but those aren't guaranteed, I think it has something to do with sounds playing over eachother.>the energy economy is so much better in VD it's unrealI kind of liked V's slower place honestly, VD retreats back more toward 4th gen.
>>21454628Oh, so that's what happened. I had a crash during mission 2's cutscene and wondered what was going on. Your'e right, it's definitely sound-related. Wonder if there's a fix
I'm pretty stupid, that's a given. But is it direct3d 11 or software mode that makes the game run better? I'm on a potato and I realized that software actually fixes the darkness issue a few threads ago but I'd rather see a slightly blacker world (EW!) than run sub 60fps.
>>21454649software mode will always run worse unless you've got no GPU. If you're having issues with darkness, fuck with skipdraw settings (assumign you're playing the ps2 games)
>>21454454 <--- What is this idiot angry about?
Wait a minute, this dam...
>>21454663nice catch
>>21454663MOTHERFUCKERS
>>21454663weird, this doesn't look like a 5th gen AC...
Is Armored Core V the Mad Max of the series?
>>21454582Some characters diss you during battle too, like in Last Raven if you take enough damage. Everyone's a cocky smart-ass until you shove a Moonlight where the sun don't shine.
>>21454663I just beat the LR level of this stage yesterdayIt finally made me git gud and learn how to dodge missiles properly
>>21454685Nah, not enough weirdos.We got goobers aplenty, but not weirdos.
>>21454668Wow the geography is completely different.
>>21454685No, its the latter half of Transformers Dark of the Moon of the series
Wait, is this tuning? Is tuning determined when you buy a weapon?
>>21454729Yes, ACV had unique tuning per weapon too but it was random and determined when you bought it and you couldn't see its final stats until you fully leveled the weapon. Here you can just set it from the start. You want 2 power 1 acc on most weapons.
>>21454733why ACC, does it change lockon time? Most fights are close enough that weapon spread is a non-issue
>>21454736That and muzzle velocity. There's not really any point going full spec into power as 2 points into pow is well over the breakpoint of most PVE enemy and hurts the other stats too much.
Fuck Oswald, fuck Zodiac, fuck Cordelia and fuck this mission.
>>21454740I see. I went 2 pow 1 RoF since I assumed more dps would be good, but the game crashed when I confirmed it so who knows if it saved
>>21454733>fully leveled the weaponExcuse me what? How do you level weapons in ACV?
>>21454745What's wrong with ir? It's easy as shit. You can faceroll most AC fights with dual shotguns
>>21454748You just grind out missions using them. Most people just spam the Flame Fly kill AC mission to grind out weapons, that's why he became a meme in the Japanese community and why he (sort of) makes a return in VD.>>21454749Well yeah, you can max out pow on weapons like pulse guns and shotguns since you just shoot those point blank anyway.
>>21454753Oh, pulse guns are shotguns? I assumed they were pistols. Then again, I never used them. Thinking about it, I nevwr reslly used any EN weapons in V aside from laser rifles for specific enemies. Maybe with VD's energy economy I can give them a try, any recs?
>>21454753Anywhere I can check the progress or stats change? Or it's all hidden?
>>21454761Seconding this, never noticed any stat changes during my playthrough. Is it a MP only thing?
>>21454749I never actually even tried shotguns.I will now.
>>21454757Pulse guns shred enemies (and your EN bank) in seconds, plasma rifles have phenomenally high attack power that can't be blocked out unless you're a fully TE-kitted tank but have roughly the range of your AC's dick, laser rifles are much easier to use this time around due to being able to hold the charge instead of automatically firing at full charge, PMGs actually don't completely suck dick this time. That said they're basically strictly PVP only weapons because KE/CE gets the job done better in PVE anyway.
>>21454761>>21454766There's a bar called Performance in the weapons tab in the garage, your weapon isn't at full stats until that bar is fully maxed out and green.
Holy shit, you weren't lying about dual shotguns.
wait what is going on? can Xenia run VD now?
>>21454769Laser rifles could hold the charge in V too, but they kept draining while you held it. I don't know how much charging the hsot affects the damage though, especially isnce a lot of the rifles say "rapid fire model" or "capable of rapid fire" in the description, which makes me think they want you to spam them without charge>>21454807now go forth and brat-correct every AC fight. I'm fond of the big damage ones (second in the list I think) and the ones that look like sawed off double barrels, those fire fast but can have ammo issues>>21454808yes, it takes some doing but it runs V pretty well and VD less so but still playable
What's the stupidest bgm in AC and why is it Move The Car
>>21454824https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RapvIBoMeIM
Is this fucking Motherwill
>>21454852...maybe
>>21454835What the fuck anon, that music slaps.>tfw never played Nexus and somehow the music has become some of my most favorite in the series
>>21453725>>21454369yeah, that's what I thought. Newcomers filtered as soon as AC games need more than a few hours to finish and 100%.Let me guess, you skipped AA and you will skip 4th gen hard mode, and you will never face the ultimate pulverizer. You will never be a true Raven.
I think this core might be my favorite in the entire franchise, I love how far forward it protrudes. It makes my AC look predatory
Armored Core 3 and it's sequels go directly into 4 and FA which go directly into 5 and VD, but where do the 1st and 2nd gen games fit into the timeline?
>>21454928>Armored Core 3 and it's sequels go directly into 4They don't. It's 1-2, 3, 4-5, all separated.
>>21454928if there is a unified timeline (there isn't) 4 is chronologically the first game
>After all we were the Armored Core V™ all along....For fuck's sake From!
>>21454921Don't get ahead of yourself.
>>21454921I hope 6 gives us more cores that put the heads in weird positions like how that one has it way out the front and really low And head parts that don't look like heads, such as a RCWS head or tank cupola, and of course the good 'ol radar. Also more weapon-arms that don't look like normal arms with a gun instead of a forearm I just want more non-humanoid parts to build a metal gear or a spider tank, or tank ACs that don't look like a goofy crippled robot
>>21455065V and VD are really good about this, a ton of the heads are just a radar dish, or a vertical sensor tower. Even some of the more "humanoid" ones are multi-eyed dish weirdos
I used that man, and through him, her.
>>21455092Go away Emil.
>>21455121So Emil just fucked off to live in Line Ark and was never heard form again right? IIRC he's credited as the designer of White Glint but nothing else
Why is Nineball Seraph STILL the best design to come out of this series? She's literally only been in 2 games, and nearly 2 decades ago at this point.
>>21455146because you have terminally shit taste
>>21455149Nab, bruv, that's a (you) problem.
>>21455156I never noticed the abdominal section is just a hole, that's even worse
>>21455125Abe Marshe is Emil? Where is this stated?
>>21455125Emill gives you the Line Ark briefings in 4A which implies he's in some position of leadership there.White Glint (both versions) were designed by Abu Marshe who never appears onscreen and is never voiced but was purportedly one of the designers under Dr. Jarnefeldt that fucked off to Aspina when the doctor passed. Line Ark is formed from the remnants of Anatolia and the members of Aspina that managed to escape Omer's takeover
>>21455199Line Ark's liaison is definitely not Emil in FA. He doesn't say 'good luck' once to the player.
>>21455227>He doesn't say 'good luck' once to the player.Because you're not Anatolia's Mercenary
>>21455230Heh. In all seriousness I think Fiona would want nothing to do with Emil after 4 which is what was implied by her running away with the Raven.
>>21455245Honestly a very understandable reaction after Emil forces Anatolia's Mercenary to stay in the 1v4 against the Rayleonard killsquad instead of letting him retreat.
>Armored Core 6 Rubicon>on PC>on game storeTELL ME THE TRUTH!It's going to be dumb arcade game, PvP focus, with a minimalist story, Season Pass and 30+ costly content DLC to add unbalanced contents with sponsored theme, isn't it?
>>21455269Fuck off.
21455269retard
>>21455272>>21455274I just want reassurance, really.Usually when they expand to PC it's only to make more money.
>>21455269It's on Steam, friend.
>>21455263In before in his loneliest moments, deep into the night. Anatolia's Mercenary thinks back to that mission, and how much he enjoyed it. Taking down 4 NEXTs in a 1v4 as a big 'Fuck You' to all the LYNX that fought in the National Dismantlement War.
>>21455283I know and I hope it's going to be actually good.
>>21455245Probably got tired of the constant fucking noises heard from their room and moved somewhere else
>>21455156that's not even the actual seraph design you fucking poser secondary bitch its the shitty redesign from the crossover game, seraph IS a good design but only the REAL seraphs from ac moa and ac2 aa
>>21455269None of those are even remotely going to come true, although I can't say for sure how big of a focus PvP is going to have
>>21455269The joke is that if you step back and take a level headed enough look at things, you're already describing things that Armored Core has already done.Well, except for the 30 dollar DLC. We usually just end up with full retail price standalone expansions that nearly invalidate the prior version and can be argued to be a waste of money the way fighting games used to be lousy with rereleases before they too discovered how to use DLC to digitally circulate the content independent of the game.
>>21455269>It's going to be dumb arcade gameThis is an entire 20+ year franchise of dumb arcade games>PvP focus, with a minimalist storyThe director has already confirmed an explicit Singleplayer story focus.>Season PassLike Elden ring and Sekiro, right?
For me, it's>Mirage head>Mirage core>Crest arms>Crest legsPeak aesthetics, any part combo.
>>21455318>mirage coreShit taste automatically.
>>21455319Enjoy your poking nipple crestie
>>21455323It's always boobs and butts with you curve obsessed Mirage pervs.
Which it is>>21455308>None of those are even remotely going to come trueor>>21455311>you're already describing things that Armored Core has already done.?I don't want my question to feel like trolling. It's been forever since I played some AC game on friends' consoles.I want to hear from long fans if the franchise is on a good slope or a bad one.>>21455317>This is an entire 20+ year franchise of dumb arcade gamesMaybe but are we talking Ace Combat 7 dumb?>Like Elden ring and Sekiro, right?Those don't have DLC, I don't mind high price (like that recent Forspoken) if it's actually worth the price.If AC6 is like that I'm signing in.
>>21455339Anon, we don't know shit, wtf do you expect us to say
>>21455339shut the fuck up ESL
>>21455346Guess that answer will have to do, some fanbase tend to know lot about franchise.
>>21455339Have a nice cup of shut the fuck up while we wait for further news, we're not oracles.At most, it would be highly out of character for From to suddenly go full shareholder scumbag company, they've had a decade to do that with Souls whether by their or Bandai's mandate and yet it never really got worse than that time DS2 bullshotted its lighting system.
>Mussleshell (back left) + Mussleshell (back right) + Mussleshell (shoulder)I am become SDF Sunshinecross.
>>21455371This. Call me a consoomer all you want, but I have faith that From will at least make a decent AC game that is both familiar to the fans and still fresh and modern
>>21455371>At most, it would be highly out of character for From to suddenly go full shareholder scumbag company, they've had a decade to do that with Souls whether by their or Bandai's mandate and yet it never really got worse than that time DS2 bullshotted its lighting system.I don't need oracles when I get that sort of feedback.
>>21455381Wait until 4A when you unlock the Wheeling03 and Muskingum
>>21455318>mirage cores look best>they never have AMS
So I've been thinking about the worst case... How would armored core VI play out if manual saves weren't allowed? Would the inability to reload after a botched mission turn off /m.?
>>21455518that's assuming you can even "fail" to begin with, instead of retrying mission at the end screen
>>21455518VI will be like 4, 4A, V and VD where you can repeat missions without restriction and don't suffer any penalty for failure.If we're lucky we'll get VD's unlockable Hardcore Mode but that's the best you're getting.
>>21455381I love Armacross Core
>>21455530I'm not talking retry buttons. You are just done and the game autosaves as it sends you back to mission select. Whether you are allowed to retry at all depends on the mission. I guess there's an added nuance of failing forward like nexus where the game remembers that you failed and adjusts the mission accordingly. Of course, depending on the mission, some might let you take it like nothing happened. Either way, repairs and ammo are paid for as normal after the failure.
>>21455540We'll have to see what approach they go with, but I personally prefer keeping the retry button since it's too easy to get blindsided by a mission demanding a different loadout than what you have, and then it's gone.
>>21455518Nah it'll probably still let you manually save, but you'll have a one save per account/profile limit so if you want to do a new game without wiping data you gotta set up a new login/profile/archive your save and start all over.
>>21454903I fully cleared AA, mate. Skipped MoA because I thought it wasn't important but will go back to it now.
>>21455381>>21455537If AC6 doesn't have a dual back multi missile weapon with missile extensions so I can blow all my money on absolutely ruining some poor MT's day I will be sad
>>21455318Mirage legs are too overpoweredCrest and true mirage ravens agree, Dingo-2 can eat shitExtremely ugly leg that doesn't deserve all those stats
>>21455574I love Dingo2's fucked almost-reverse-jointer anatomy
>>21455574The JACKAL was Mirage's best design anyway.
i went from A.C nine breaker to Verdict day. I like how forward boosting and jumping are on separate buttons. i had gotten used to mini boost-bunny-hopping but i welcome the change. I seriously like the armored leg aspect. the chain gun in the original PS1 and the double grenade launcher in 9 breaker were the only kneel weapons i used. this plate raises the incentive.
>>21455580Me too, they have this cool unique look to them without going full reverse chicken.
>>21455592Ackshully the exact same model was in AC2 but counted as reverse joints.
>>21455592>>21455580It is a chicken leg, the calves look like cooked drumsticks And random robot feet slapped on the cartilage, like what's the deal with those random knee hula hoops My apologies Crest chads, your the only real ones
>>21455594Do you mean the ELB-5005B because aside from the feet they're not that similar
>>21454454Cope.
>>21455570I agree with you man, I found AA to be a bit of a slog especially as it went on, lacked some of the better elements like arena and mail which totally could've been included without putting a story overarching into things and breaking that mercenary sim vibe. But SL went from like, fun initially to just boring and/or a ballache as it went on, and when I started looking into the parts unlocks beyond the ones gotten for fulfilling in mission requirements and completing the arena I just stopped going for 100%. I think most of the mission ones are a pain and I'm not even keen on a ranked system to begin with but fuck going for every mission S-ranked, I just wanna play the way I wanna play with the mechs I make. All this stuff turns the series into a replay focused arcade-like experience instead of just a cool, short mech story with a small but healthy amount of replayability
>>21455282>>21455339Kill yourself, brain damaged tourist faggot. But first please delete your image limit wasting post thank you.
>>21455626guess what, AC games weren't all released at the same time. You stupid newcomers need to stop rushing the fucking series as fast as possible and share your useless and irelevant opinions."oh no, too much content and replayability!!"faggotsI hope 6 gets LR style routes, SL style unlocks, mission ranks, 4th gen hard mode, 5th gen hardcore mode, and more.
>>21455696I think theres good replayability and bad replayability. Even with all the time in the world I wouldn't really be interested in what SL is offering in that department, in general I find early 3rd gen to be pretty mediocre and just to not have the hook the previous games had.That said I've been replaying AC3 on the PSP version instead and i've been having a bit more fun with it due to the vastly improved menus, goes a long way to improving the overall feel of the game.
>>21455696Your opinion being old doesn't make it better, it makes it biased and outdated.t.Oldfag who replayed the whole series at once in the past month and is seeing things differently now.
>>21455720I think thats a bit unfair to say, if his preference is just to get as much out of a game as possible no matter what theres nothing wrong with that, and his point kinda IS that playing everything 'at once' will give an unintended, unnatural experience compared to when they released with at least a whole year between most entries if not more
>>21455537based ram stick enjoyer
>>21455728Yes, thank you.>>21455712>Even with all the time in the world I wouldn't really be interested in what SL is offering in that departmentof course, you find the game mediocre.>>21455720so SL has bad replayability because you're too lazy to 100% it again? You don't have to, you know...
>>21455747>so SL has bad replayability because [dumb shit nobody said and you pulled out your ass]I refuse to be baited.
>>21455728The problem with that "replayability" is that there's a shitload of parts hidden behind 3-4 dumb, hidden, sometimes mutually exclusive requirements per mission. Without looking up a complete list you'd have absolutely no idea what you can get and where, and either way you have limited customization for most of the game.I don't think many would complain if every mission just had something 2 extra layouts with different objectives unlocked after clearing the game.
I just did the secret requirements for the parts that I wanted
>>21455754Limited customization? SL has a lot of parts, even from the start.You sound capricious, you want everything with minimum efforts.>>21455762no bro, no no no. You HAVE TO get everything in one run bro. An AC game needs to deliver 95% of its content in one run, otherwise it's bad replayability.
>>21455769>capriciousincorrect use of this word.
How to stop dishonest and bad faith discourse. Exhibit A:>>21455769
Emblems are transferable from 3 to 3.5 gen, right?
>>21455791Nah, Nexus starts over
>>21455799Wonder what happened from SL to NX. Complete engine overhaul?
>>21455804I don't think so, I think they just realized they were making too many changes to the core gameplay and just said fuck it, fresh save
>>21455804they just decided to make a bad game, hoping a bonus disc with bad mission remakes with inferior music remixes would save it.
>>21455812The only good thing about it was analog support, which meant I still had fun with it>inb4 can't into gen 1 and 2Tell me something I don't know
>>21455811Jumping from SL to NX with its crazy heat management but without the easing in from having to build your AC from the ground up would've been pretty harsh whiplash
Heat management needs to come back.
>>21455811>>21455804I'm willing to err on the side of major balance changes everyone start from zero, but that wouldn't have prevented writing up conversion tools that take SL builds, invalidate anything that wouldn't yield a valid NX build and otherwise unlock what carries over and such. It would be some overnight work for sure but nothing impossible.So that leaves the alternative, that something broke compatibility under the hood. I've had a gut suspicion NX had some engine overhauls since as far as I know that's when From discovered the blur effect for PS2 games, and if the format for anything player alterable was changed between SL and NX that could make a clusterfuck of a time reformatting and validity checking all the save data from SL into an NX compliant state.This is all baseless speculation mind you. Sometimes weird dev choices that look stupid to us outsiders have a rationale for them that we aren't privy to.
>>21455860yes.But heat management doesn't necessarily mean retarded booster heat, or forced cooling eating EN
>>21455860AC never had heat management. Only heat debuff.
>>21455880Fine by me but what would you replace it with? Booster and generator heat both sound rational enough to me even if it's annoying in gameplay. Then again generator heat would make more sense if generators had a continuously variable output.
>>21455880>Heat management shouldn't include these two things that actually logically fit into heat managementNow what's actually stupid is the idea Output Down is a !Poisoned! damage over time. Really if you want a poison status in AC there should be corrosive weapons.Wait actually I think DXM did that with acid guns come to think of it.
>>21455918Output down never bothered me as much as overheat status. So you're telling me my AC is fine anywhere from room temperature to 1000°C but as soon as it gets to 1001°C it'll start to continuously take damage until it goes back to room temp? That's just fucking retarded.
>>21455911I'm okay with generator heat. I just hate the annoying feedback loop of heat in late third gen.>boost>overheat, EN drained, stop boosting, take more hits, more heatI love heat weapons and missions where heat is a factor. Output down alarm and AP continuously dropping is enough imo
>>21455791Yes, they are. >>21455799 is wrong. You just have to save your emblem in Silent Line specifically.
The problem with heat in Armored Core is it's doubling up something already abstracted. Like what the fuck do you think is limiting EN output or weapon RoF or TE defense to begin with? Thermal management is already accounted for in a basic sense. A heat system only makes sense in that framework if you have an emphasis on widely varying environments and you particularly want ACs to perform differently based on those locations, and it wouldn't work much like it does in the PS2 games.Heat works in Battletech because the game directly represents energy usage and firing rates through it and it does self damage in an actual logical way instead of somehow ablating your armor. In general AC terms basically the engine is your booster and your heat sinks are your generator.
can anyone give a newfag some good weapon suggestions for LR? i've been able to figure out good stuff in every other AC game, and when i couldn't make stuff work, at worst i'd consult a guide on GameFAQS. but both guides there are either mostly focus on mission walkthroughs or giving you full builds without explaining why those are actually good or not. i already have a good body build and dammit i'll make it fit for the rest of the damn game, i just want to know which weps are ass or notalso, would prefer if i didn't have to use missiles, but otherwise anything goes
>>21455976Double 'zooka was my retard proof setup. After that I graduated to laser rifle setups, Linear Rifles also work pretty well.shotguns also carry a decent amount of ammo
>>21455976CETUS arms against an annoying targetShade EN rifle + energy blade for basic missions against MTs (consider using a radar or even 2 radars if there are ECMs)kinnara + relation missiles for big burst DPSSelena EO core is handy for its unlimited ammo and nice range and damagedingo2 legs, loris armsyou can also go for mobile tank legs + cannon (linear gun in particular)linear rifles
>>21455976>Regular missionsSHADE is firend, blade on the left >AC fightsstarter missile or KINNARA + drum missile extensions and:SHADE + HANDGUNSDouble MGs (Pixy3 and Nix are really good)Mini-sawa, Evangel's rifle, or SHADE3When in doubt, add a handgun to the left handEO core
>>21455975Heat would make sense if the systems in your AC were explicit and not abstract. Like you say, energy is just a broad abstract statement that encompasses may systems instead of just the electricals.
I wasn't expecting VD to be os much harder than V, feels like every enemy got a massive damage boost. The base shield dudes have rapid fire shotgun bazookas FFS
>>21456003>>21456008ty frens. dual MGs hasn't come to mind somehow and i somehow forgot to even check the core list
>>21456042Also, these arms can cheese the arena if you're desperate
>>21454710>Nah, not enough weirdos.Boy there is an entire cult of bee fanatics.
>>21456061They're just communists
>>21455626I really liked AA the first time I played it but then I had a strong urge to skip it on a full series re-run. I think knowing the AA parts are 90% lame (it's like 60% missile parts you'll never use without an arena) and that almost everything starts unlocked from AC2 even on a new save makes me want to finish zones a lot less.
why is the lock on the shoulder mounted grenade launcher so fucking dogshit in AC3? It can't hit shit if its moving anything other than directly towards or away from you, it may as well be a fucking rocket
>>21456078>OP-I and/or tankfagNGMI
>>21456071AA's peak is basically right at the end doing the post game stuff, 90% of the other missions are either boringly easy/simple or an unenjoyable pain in the ass with little in between. You'd get more out of booting up an old save and just re-fighting seraph
>>21456083No I am just desperate and using this thing vanilla you mongoloid, I know of course that isn't gonna make things easier but if the fucking thing actually lead its shots at ALL like the lock on would have you believe it could things would be a lot better, why make a weapon you can't use unless you sit down in place and then make it suck balls at even landing a hit?
>>21456092to punish OP-I and/or tankfags
>>21456099I've used this thing before on a tank build, the mobility makes this issue negligible.
>>21456083GMI if he's a quadgod, then?
>>21456092but grenade launchers lead their shot, and projectile is fast enough. Are you sure you have a true red lock-on? Big tube back grenade launcher is a fucking monster
>>21456110nobody actually plays quads, we made that up to prank the newfags
>>21456113Definitely a true red lock on, but the enemy is an op-i using hover cunt so he's as fast as my dick is soft at this nonsense
>>21456116is it Exile ? kek
>>21456122Nah its fucking cyprus this should be a joke but I'm hard stuck on this cunt cause I don't normally play bipeds [tank/quad user] and I'm intentionally avoiding using any rapid fire weapons like machine guns or chainguns, and I just can't deal with the guy as he's flying around with HIS chainguns [two of the things] at mach 7 with perfect tracking and a handgun that staggers me every single shot so much so that even with the optional part to improve turn speed [fucking scam that thing does piss all] I can't keep up with him let alone even try to evade once he's closed distance because i'm being stunlocked like a lil bitchI am currently attempting pelting him with the highest strength rockets in the game as he approaches since he always does it in a straight line and that gets him down to like 4-3k AP, but I literally just can't fucking land the rest of the damage whatever weapons I try, handguns to try and stun him back, shotguns which seem to be the best at actually landing any hits, handheld grenade launcher that can't fucking track the guy, whatever.I'm enjoying the experience honestly, I found ac3's arena almost disgusting easy as a tank, the whole game felt like it was either way too easy or just a big fucking pain in the ass as a tank with no inbetween so it was never really fun, getting a good challenge like this is much more interesting. But holy shit fuck this guy I wish hovers didn't exist
>>21456114Maybe not on 1-3 gen but quads rule on 4-5.
>>21456114I literally only play quads and situationally hovers.
>>21456136I wonder who could be behind this post
>>21456132I got lucky and he just ran into my rockets enough that i dind't even get to switch to my other weapon, he got close and went right for blading and i just dps raced him with rocketswell that felt like shit
>>21456132>>21456144ah cypress.Guess what, he comes back in Silent Line. In a mission where you fight 2 other ACs as well (don't worry they suck).Maybe playing as a tank didn't force you to boost hop and maneuver correctly? Tank legs are pretty good for a DPS race but there is always a point where you will need to dodge shit instead of face-tanking while using powerful weapons.
>>21456164I can boost hop and stuff, I have played biped a little before, but you certainly dont need to as a tank in 3rd gen. It's actually still pretty important in 1st gen and 2nd somewhat too, its obviously different as its only single taps as opposed to double taps and theres no big breaking animation to avoid though. In ac3 and SL, especially with OPI making energy shields free, its just about effective enough to slip into an eventually very boring strategy of energy shield up and rapid fire weapon on a tanky as fuck tank and that'll melt arena and get you through most missions, though obviously with less and less ap to spare towards the end and not fulfilling many of the werider trickier shittier requirements in SL. I didn't even know he came back in SL cause ACs were a non-issue with a tank in 3rd gen for the most part, I like tanky playstyles being good in any game as I enjoy them but in ac3/SL they're good in a very boring way for how they mesh with everything else and how enemies fight you
>>21456142No way fag. I wish I could nuke his cowardly ass into orbit.
this head has rabbit ears haha
>>21456189This head is CUTE.
>>21456003salena core has unlimited ammo? ammo i missing something here, it says it only has 12
>>21456189Yes haha, who would ever use a rabbit as their emblem am I right?
>>21456203energy EOs regenerate ammo over time
>>21456203it recharges over time, like all other energy EOs.In long AC fights you will get 2 uses of its 12 ammo. In missions, even more. Remember it benefits from optional parts improving EN weapons as well.IMO it's broken, and it has been broken in every 3rd gen game.
>>21456228in 3/SL the machinegun energy EO evaporates AP if you can carry the optional parts and energy extensions to be able to feed it charge. I remember thinking it was comparatively very puny in Nexus on
>>21456136>Maybe not on 1-3 gen>implying quads aren't busted in 1st gen
>>2145626990% of the shit you're shooting back cannons at you could have just used rockets and not had to be a shitty quad.
>>21456269And in 2ndBecause most handheld weapons are trash and weapon arms don't have enough ammo
Oh, is it that time of the month where that anon starts PMSing over people playing AC differently? lol
>>21456219Looks familiar... ok the TTT emblem is closer but I still immediately thought of picrel.
>>21456311AC2 was a rushed PS2 launch title. Still my favorite AC game, though.
>>21456269no ground boost -> they are assevery time you fight a quad or a tank in the MoA master arena you're like "thank god, a free win"
>>21456347>TTT emblemI'm not skilled enough to draw it in the ingame editor
>>21456375Surely the GuP one is easier. It's basically made of simple shapes but then again, I've never played 5th gen so I have no idea how the emblem editor works.
>>21456379same as 4th gen but with a gorillion layers to work with
>>21456381So you get premade shapes and images that you can layer on top of each other? Neat. Still wish the old emblem maker could come back, or at least to have it in conjunction with the 4th gen emblem maker.
>>21456408the absolute joy i felt when i realized you could make your own damn PIXEL ART
>>21455976the anons that helped me earlier, thanks for the tips. i just unlocked LR's Karasawa, is it as good as it is in the other games?
>>21456439no, it's arguably the worst Karasawa in the franchise and far inferior to the other laser rifles
>>21456454eh, it's a bit underrated, the high projectile speed makes it much more likely to hit
>>21456454CANOPUS is kinda shit for a Karasawa.
>>21456495Much better than LRs. It's actually useable if you pack 2. Haven't tested it in 4 1.0 reg but I'm sure it kicks ass
>>21456495It was godlike on 4's launch but all en weapons got nerfed after and were never good again.
>>21456132The funniest thing about this post to me is that the only way I can ever manage to beat Cypress with a tank build.Boost hooping legged builds like >>21456164 suggests NEVER worked for me.
>gen 5 heads transform into gen 3 when you use super weaponshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPEw4jjkA0gI've never noticed this
>>21455976
>>21455998>Double 'zooka was my retard proof setup.What lockbox?
>>21456610Just remember that this shit is for pvp. Guns like skull and the 1hp might be less useful in single player while the gorgon, golem and m2 work surprisingly well.
>>214566311HP excellent as a hangar option in singleplayer last raven though if you have a lower DPS higher capacity weapon as your actual weapon.Just does so much damage and WS lockbox helps it immensely in killing the speedier enemy ACs. You can equip a more rounded loadout as your regular and pop out the handguns once you need to deal with a 2nd or 3rd enemy AC.A lot of the top tier weapons just have good all-round characteristics and LR, like nexus, has ammo cost only a tiny amount of the mission reward anyway.
>>21455976LR has really balanced weaponsEven shit that seems bad on first glance at its stats like the 98L minisawa usually has hidden positive features like high velocity shots and the ability to load extension ammo.
They say AC6 is gonna be more like Dark Souls, but really, I think "the Dark Souls of mecha" would have to be made by a western developer. Dark Souls' obscure style of storytelling was made to recapture the feeling Hidetaka Miyazaki had trying to read Lord of the Rings in the original English as a kid despite the fact that he barely knew any English. /m/ Souls should recapture the feeling of trying to play Gundam/SRW games untranslated on an emulator. Or reading the weird engrish text on model kit packages at a hobby store.
>>21456655You'll get open world Frame Gride 2 after AC6 and you're going to like it.
>>21456655Miyazaki's approach to storytelling was put on display in AC4 and 4A long before Dark Souls.
>>21456655>They say AC6 is gonna be more like Dark SoulsWho? Mitsubishi explicitly said it's gonna be like the rest of the series.As for narrative 4 is already dark sci-fi souls, cryptic and ambiguous as shit.
>>21456655>the Dark Souls of mechaThat would just make it Frame Gride
>>21456690This. FA specially is basically the Zanzibart joke to a scary degree.
>>21456608IIRC someone went through and tested and there's only like 4 heads that actually transform.
>>21456631No it isn't. That's just cope. The top tier weapons are extremely useful for Vs AI situations as well.
the description of the Taiwanese livestream has been changed again:>※本節目含小倉製作人20分鐘的訪談影片,並無實機影片及新情報>※本節目採預錄形式, 將不會在節目過程中回答觀眾疑問>※This program includes a 20-minute interview video with producer Ogura, and does not include live video or new information>※This program is pre-recorded, and will not answer audience questions during the programBasically, don't expect any new information or footage.
That's unpleasant
>>21456806Should've just tell that from the start. The whole marketing angle for this game has been awkwardly handled so far, with press release brouhaha back in December and now this.
>>21456806bwuh
>>21456608>you're not supposed to use overed weapons at all but we have made it so the head transforms when you doWhat did 5 gen engineers mean by this
>>21456943Lost tech lmao
>>21456862I don't think they even have a marketing strategy for it.It's Armored Core, it's not some obscure shit like Grid Frame, people who like robots will play it, people who don't won't.
>>21456943Think of OWs as really fucking powerful weapons that literally rip your AC apart as the main system begs you to purge it because they, again, are literally ripping you apart to use them. 5th gen engineers likely never designed their parts keeping in mind someone was gonna strap 6 chainsaws and a fucking rebar to their arms to break shit, you can't really blame the parts for tearing apart like a wet paper towel when you use an OW they just did it because it looks cool
Jesus Christ it's been 5 weeks since the game was announced at a pre-holidays TV event and there isn't a launch trailer, 7 hours of story gameplay, and an official esports strategy guide, bigger flop than Steel Battalion Heavy Armor confirmed.
>>21456986>it's been 5 weeks>I've beaten 4 ac games since that>stuck on V because I love it too much to not just do every missionFeels like I've been speedrunning this shit.Maybe should have started on Nexus or 3 instead of SL.
>>21456981hehehe sugoi
>>21456990I've done 7 with 6 of those being 100%s bucko step it up, gotta go fast
Finally some good looking head.Honestly, most ACV heads plain suck. I only like Tristan and Antenna one.
>>21457119Tbh I don't feel like going back into 3rd and earlier gens after LR.
>>21457122I've got the opposite opinion, love most of them
>>21457119There is no need to rush
>>21457128I guess my taste was formed by Gen 3 too much.
>>21457143Anon, I think a manhole cover got stuck to your AC's knee.
>>21457143I mean look at this, it's the head Chief uses and when the armor pops off and reveals the "skull" underneath it's the coolest shit ever
>>21457149I wish there was a video compilation of all OW heads. IIRC this one's >>21456608 mouthpiece opens up to reveal teeth.
>>21457122>>21457128>the head designs are all evil versions of 4th gen and late 3rd gen headsI fucking love 5th gen's artstyle so much, bros, its unreal
>>21457152there is, but it's pretty low quality >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPEw4jjkA0g
>>21457157God I love that evangelion your-robot-goes-berserk trope
>>21457160it's the coolest shit ever
>would have to play the JP version of V for more COM voices>would need the DLC to get the AC1 Standard COM type voice, but it was never dumped>also it emulates like shitPC when?
>>21457148As long as it works.>>21457149That four-eyed one is what I was using until now. Yes that one is good shit.
>>21457164Bruh they super fucking abandoned V.Even VD, which still has servers, is on life support.
>>21457169You'd think they just abandoned the series in general, and yet...
>>21454472>armored car door strapped to a body as a piece of armor>>21457148> a manhole cover got stuck to your AC's kneeIf it stops bullets, it's armor.
>>21457164Not having the DLC COM and UNAC voices is why anyone can go fuck themselves when they tell me the English version got Japanese COM voices for VD. Weirdly enough though despite associating most other things with V more than VD I do think of SCAN MODO automatically still.
COM? More like COOM!
>>21457160Sound more like a F91 thing to me if you get what I mean
>>21457223There's also gaiking
>>21457124After LR those games will feel weird and slow anyway.So actually, go back to 3 at least and boot up the Arena for laughs. It's weird how much LR changes you.
>>21456622not him but i used one of the VOLUTEs on my dual 'zooka setup (two BPs), forgot which one exactly but there are only two anyway.I think my lock-on amptitude stat was at 2500 which seems to be good enough.
>>21457122i like the TE ones that look like knight helmets
How do I dodge the big ones?
>>21457128lancelot head looks fucking retarded, I hate it.
>>21457281Looks like 4-eyed smiling frog
>>21457281
here's your patlabor bro
NEED TOMBOY (37 y/o)
>>21457304step aside hag
>>21457306they deserved to have their own manga side-story.
>AC Name: Big Rip>Origin: Big D tunnel>Exclusively used piledriversbased
>>21457325just keeping up tradition.pic related: Deathgrip in his AC Longspear from Silent Line.
Crawling through the final 15 or so arena opponents in Project Phantasma and I'm not feeling good about it. I don't feel like I'm improving and every opponent frustrates me now. Even when I win it feels like I got lucky and the AI broke or something.How do I improve? I keep trying to strafe and boost to dodge shots but it rarely works and the opponents that stunlock me are infuriating because I simply can't boost out of their fire once it starts hitting me.
>>21457160The Evas were actually alive, though. ACs are still completely artificial and controlled. Which makes it even cooler.
>>21457332Don't bother, PP's arena is BS on purpose, especially number 3. They all have giga DPS arm weapons and abuse the awkward camera, and I'm pretty sure the AI gets better tracking too. You're supposed to cheese them, it's not a fair fight
>>21457332>>21457336skill issueit isn't MoA secret special arenas you knowkeep your distance for high fire rate weapons on edge of their range to drain enemy ammo into misses, boost backwards instead of turning if enemy is roughly beside you, etc
>UNACS are going berserk!>Message from SIGN: We are expanding out UNAC rental serviceslol
Goddamn I'm glad they dropped the AC5 aesthetic in 6.
>>21457367What's so great about dropping peak AC aesthetics?
>>21457367But I want my manhole covers welded to legs, car doors to cores and park benches to shoulders.
>>21457377Peak AC style is 3rd gen, since it's literally the natural evolution of 1st and 2nd.4th was solid, but just a bit too "greebled".5th is absolute ass.
>>21457378and a transforming fire hydrant for a head!
>>214573864 was natural evolution of 3 diluted with tons of atrocious ayylmao insectoid shit and 5 was natural evolution of good parts of 4 (with just a little bit of excess junk sprinkled on top).
>>21457393It's amazing how wrong one can be in a single post...
>>21457404SuperSayanBall is proto-Gen4yylmao spindly ugly freak.
>>21457393And yet, the best designs in the franchise are from 4th gen. White Glint, AALIYAH, LAHIRE, 063AN
Grinding team level is ass.Is it just as bad in VD?
>>21457387Don't forget the garbage bags under the outer plate!
Gen 3 > Gen 5 > Gen 4Gen 4 is like some amateur was trying to ape Kawamori, while not being sued for ripping him off. Gen 5 is unique and fitting world's aesthetic, I fucking love it, and would still be happy if 6 looked like 5.But since it looks like 3, I'm still happy. We don't know if Kawamori is in on it, but at least it looks like whoever is aping him this time, does better job than on Gen 4.
>>21457418VD part unlocks are based on 'rank' which increases as you complete missions, score S-ranks and finish optional objectives. It caps at A, at which point you've unlocked everything.I finished the game with 90% of the missions S-ranked and was still only mid-B. I think A requires 100% completion.
>>21457416*Hogire, Lacel, Tellus/Hilbert, Soldner, Argyros, 047AN
>>21457332It's a recurring thing in these threads that people get buttblasted around Gepard (a tank build with two grenade launchers) in the PP arena, then you beat him and the rest of the arena is more downhillI think a skill you can consciously work on is keeping aware of your radar, if you get hit and stunned by a grenade blast or an enemy tries to cross you up by high jumping over you, you have much better info based on your radar for a couple of seconds than you do visually
>and your reward is the ugliest fucking moonlight in the history of the company
Alright so Verdict Day seems to have a hard stop at mission 6 at the moment, the emulator crashes guaranteed after the Reaper Squad guys show up.
>>21457416White Shit sucks ass and I'm tired of this shitty gen 3 starter with every edge sanded off getting sucked off so hard just for being the poster boy.
You barely use the walk function in V/VD but it's cool that KE legs and TE legs move differently despite both being bipeds.KE legs turn to whatever side you move the stick and run in that direction, TE legs are too fat to turn so they step sideways instead.
>>21457441Just tested it on the latest Xenia build from yesterday also, doesn't work there either, so mission 6 is it for now I guess unless someone else wants to try various older builds.
"I felt that with the previous game, Armored Core: for Answer, we had gone as far as we could with the "speed" concept. Being able to present a new kind of mech hero in for Answer was a rewarding experience, but if we kept on pursuing speed, then the gameplay would start to falter in spots -- most players simply wouldn't be able to keep up with mach-5 combat. So this time we want to retain the core aspects of what makes the series interesting -- and that includes speed -- and also present some new concepts that diverge from the past.We're going for the sort of violent action that only mechs can deliver. I want to see the sort of hero that could be born from these powerful, violent machines.Up to now, the battles were centered around how well you could dodge your opponent's attacks while firing away and gradually whittling down his AP. That's fun, of course, but once one side has an AP advantage over the other, it became difficult to come back from that. This system dramatically changes that battle balance.The stages are going to be a lot more complex and less flat and there will be a great deal more detail applied to them. We want players to experience a you-are-there feel that wasn't around before." - Toshifumi Nabeshima
>>21457441damn, really? I just finished mission 5 and was looking forward to more
>>21457456I don't remember this from the interview. Did that Taiwan game show thing start?
>>21457456>heroabout that...
>>21457462The github page actually mentions something about an audio related crash and getting around it via a build they grabbed from the Discord, if that's the same one as here then that might be a solution. I can't be fucked looking into it myself though honestly.
>story done>order quests done>conquest bullshit done>level 50 grinding done>meme emblem done>feel finally ready to move onto VD>iT dOeSn'T wOrKAre you fucking serious right now?
>>21457489Yeah sorry buddy but it seems like mission 6 is as far as it goes for now. Maybe if you annoy Xenia's developers enough they'll look into it.
>>21457313He literally sounds like he could the protagonist of an Armored Core manga.
>>21457489I've been playing it and aside from some cutscene crashes which you can skip it works fine. Only up to mission 5 though
>>21457496>>21457501Are you both using Dec 15 2022 build?
>>21457504Yes, I also tried it on yesterday's build.
>>21457504I'm using the one anon specified in his guide, I think it's a Dec 8 custom version or something?
>>21457440I find it very weird that ACs in V hold onto laser swords instead of having strapped to their forearms like in the rest of the series.
>>21457520They have to be with how weapon bays work.
>>21457520Would have to make separate animations set for carousels I imagine.
What if you just don't play mission 6?You can skip story missions in V, as long as your team level is high enough.Is it different in VD?
>>21457529Yeah doesn't work like that in VD. You do a story mission that then unlocks all its following sub missions and the next story mission.
Can anyone try to fuck with APU setting in xenia-canary.config.toml? Maybe disable it completely just for one mission and see if it helps?Since it seems to be the problem with sound that breaks the game?
>>21457538Game instantly crashes on whatever nop is, other options change nothing, muting audio output or changing max queued frames does nothing. One thing I'll note is the audio not playing also delays the subtitles, which I imagine is related to the game then crashing.
>>21457545Thank you for trying, anon.
>>21457520I don’t mind it, mainly because it allows for more unique design, but i definitely see your point with the lack of consistency.Maybe they could’ve gone the way of the phys-blade and gatling, having a handle that the AC grips onto (so carousel animations can be reused), but the majority of the mechanism (battery, emitter, ect) being offset above the forearm like a energy based version of Bloodborne’s Beast’s Claw (there’s a specific name for that weapon design, but it’s escaping me, something indian I think)
Gotta say, VD's side missions are HARD AS FUCK. It's taking multiple tries and barely scraping by with Ds for a lot of these
Whoever fixes ACVD first, RPCS3 or Xenia, I'm so fucking ready. Any day now.
Just buy a ps3 or xbox retard
>>21457580
>>21457580>just pay a few hundred bucks for DRMGood goyim. Keep consuming the product.
>>21457619??? you can softmod a ps3 and run games from the harddrive(or get an ssd)
Is there a way to individually adjust analog sticks in pcsx2? I kind of want a very high sensitivity for the left stick so I can juke just as well as classic controls but I want a more moderate sensitivity for my right stick to keep aiming smooth.
>>21457580These guys will say they "played" V and VD without the online MP experience lmao
>I accidentally made Maltzel
>>21457619>complain about how the cobbled together shitshow program isn't good enough yet to play the game>complain that money has to change hands to obtain the hardware the games natively run onDo you complain when mommy refuses to buy you the latest GPU too?
Yup, hit the crash on mission 6 after reaper squad shows up
Taking a look at the crash log, it says maybe setting "gpu_allow_invalid_fetch_constants " to true might fix it. That setting says it is unsafe though, and I'm not sure whether that means "might crash" or "might fry your GPU" so I'd rather not mess with it. Feel free to try it if you lvie in a first world country though!
>>21457692>shilling cobbled together DRM machine that shits itself trying to "natively" run its own gamesKill yourself. I'd rather wait another 10 years than enable hostageware faggotry.
>>21457580Help me out bros. I just bought Armored Core 3 Portable on my PS3, but it won't run the game. Apparently I need to use a PSP or Vita that I don't own. Is there a way to get my PS3 to run the game and I'm retarded, or did I literally just throw away 10 bucks?
>>21457759anon, the Portable means it's for handheld consoles. You threw away 10 bucks. Check if you can still get a refund and emulate the damn things, they run better on PC anyways]/spoiler]
>>21457759it's kinda cute how stupid you are anon
>>21457759Have you already installed it? If you haven't refund it ASAP.
>>21457792how is he gonna install a psp game on his ps3?
>>21457799>>21457792Too late. I found out I couldn't play it after I installed it. I don't really get why I can install it if I can't even run the thing. I'm trying to contact Sony, but I'm stuck on hold.>>21457764I thought AC3 Portable was just the version that got ported to PS3. I mean Persona 3 Portable got re-released this week on all platforms.
>>21457806And it was first released on PSP. Not sure why they decided to release portable instead of FES though, gotta please the shota crowd maybe?
>>21457744Fuck off RMS, Gnu will never be real.
>>21457810Something about FES being built on discontinued unsupported third party software while 3P's is still able to be dragged into current year.
>>21457820How hard could it have been to just remake 3 in the 5 engine anyways? Fans including me would've eaten it up
Do you think that extra large "2-handed" weapons would be possible? Like an extra fuckhuge cannon or machine gun.I guess they'd be hard to balance since they would probably not have enough ammo to be mission viable and if they were too strong then they might just dominate in the arena.
>>21457839yes, I wonder how they could implement those
>>21457842Oops i've never played 5th gen, my ps3 died right before they started releasing.
>>21457839I wish
>>21457839There are back weapon occupying 2 slots already so why not. Right and left weapons bundled together as primary/alt fire of one gun would be cool. Maybe even with UT-style combos.
>>21457839I've always wanted Fafner style sword/cannon hybrids in AC. Mechs with large blades always look cool.
>>21457839>I guess they'd be hard to balance since they would probably not have enough ammo to be mission viable and if they were too strong then they might just dominate in the arena.I don't see how, you are sacrificing another weapon to get it so you might as well get the other ammo space.The hardest will be making it fit as a 3D model.As for game balance, making it require a spool up time or to remain standing would be more than enough.
>>21457759iirc you can play ps2 games on the PS3 if its jailbroken. There's a bunch of steps that I personally wasn't willing to do myself, but people say it works. If you have a ps4 that you don't play online, you could also jailbreak that one and you can play AA, SL, NB and LR with zero issues, AC2 and NX with minor issues while AC3 is fucked after a point. Again I was unwilling to do any fiddling so it might run better if you like pushing buttons on your keyboard.
>>21457825Jumping engines is something of a last resort since it can end up generating a fuckton of work just to convert existing assets to comply with the new environment. Plus, Atlus is a weird company.
>>21457839>>21457869again, VD does this with weapon arms. Some of the guns just take up both arm slots
>>21457880And here's an example>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rhpcn63a7A
How is it even possible to play video games and not own a PS2 desu, they made like one for every 50 human beings on the planet.Of course I say that and they made about as many DS and I never owned one of those.
>>21457839Would be nice if you were allowed to just two hand shit and receive bonuses. Like, if your ac isn't holding anything on its offhand then it just uses both hands for your only gun. Maybe gets extra accuracy and recoil control or holds extra ammo.If it were up to me, I'd let bipeds and RJ use ready position weapons like they were tanks and shoot while moving. Like damn, imagine a featherweight biped boost driving around while shooting an autocannon.
>>21457884I owned one, but gifted it to my little cousins when I got a PS3, which I later gifted to them as well once I got a proper PC.Hindsight is 20/20
>>21457644With controller software like DS4 wIndows yes.
>>21457906Cool, I might get on that.
>>21457884Well it took a long time for a PS2 to grace my presence after the first one succumbed to disc read error fuckery. But yeah it sold like gangbusters in its heyday, good times.
>>21457884I've been playing vidiya since 2000 and never gave a shit about PS2 library until I started catching up Armored Core last year.
>>21457880>>21457883I can't say I like that, AC are unbalanced enough (aesthetically).I'd rather have brace deploying on the ground.
>>21457963also a thing in 5th gen, it's called Ready Position>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp2dEKKi3D0
>>21457884I own a PS2, but I became PC-master race.
>>21457965I do prefer that.
>>21457965Looking at those stakes deploying kind of makes me want a mechanic using them for something similar to quick turning. When your AC runs/boosts along the ground you just pop these on one leg and use it for forced turning.
>>21457884>my ESL always mostly prioritized PC, and a lot of PS2 games had PC versions anyway>the only game I had to emulate before last year was FFXII, and I fucking hated it>first home console was a PS3, bought for the jap exclusives when PS4 was already out, sold it once I was done with them because I hate using and owning consoles
>>21458011*my ESL country
>>21458011Man it's bad enough people have never played Armored Core before but nothing about this even sounds like someone that played games with giant robots before Pope and Mykawasaki announced the new zanzikino
>>21458017I played PSO2 and XenobladeX, does that count? Honestly I don't even give a shit about fromsoft's other games; was already going to get into AC, and the announcement just made me start earlier.
>>21457447Contrarian
>>21458053I can't get over his retarded "codpiece".
>>21455080God that middle head looks so damn good. I always slept on it when I played V and VD because the tv I was playing them on was so shit that I never really noticed it's finer details. I even used it as a reference for a mech head I was building.
>>21458053For a minute there I thought the camera array was a mouthful of teeth and that this was some clown nightmare rendition of WG.
>>21458133he's happy to see you
>>21458102It's not just your tv. The game renders at a mediocre resolution, so it's only on emulator with decent upscaling that you can appreciate all the little details that were never readable on original hardware.
>>21458133>nightmare rendition of WGIt was for the average corpo Lynx.
>>21458102...In koikatsu of all things? Why build mechs there?
>>21458163You know exactly why
>>21458164Do not fist armored cores.
>>21458170what if they're cute?
>>21458086It's a diaper.
>>21458163The weird thing I've come to realize about Illusion's games is that sometimes they're diorama simulators marketed as porn games.
>>21458102>>21458163>KK ACsHOOK ME THE FUCK UP NOW NIGGA
VD arm weapons are the coolest shit ever
>>21458265The sniper cannon makes the traditional folding grenade cannon look absolutely pedestrian, it's so cool.
>>21458279I wonder if weapon arms were viable for MP. They sacrifice a lot (Can't use shoulder units, can't have a second set of weapons, shit armor) and the benefit is just being a bit lighter I guess? Maybe they were good on light ACs that wanted to cover multiple damage types
>>21458308>can't have a second set of weapons???
>>21458308From what I recall, the cannon type ones uniquely don't require going into kneel stance, and all weapon arms are able to be paired with cannon handhelds and not have to ditch the cannons just to use the weapon arm unlike with carousel weapons where cannons have to be purged since they won't fit onto the carousel.When I last was able to boot up VD I had fallen in love with the blade arms on aesthetics even if I didn't really enjoy how blading felt in 5th gen at the time. The weapon arms overall go hard on the cool factor.
>>21458312The arms themselves replace your carousel mounts. So for example, instead of carrying 2 rifles + 2 shotguns + Shoulder missiles, you carry 2 rifles + arm gun
>>21458308the sniper cannon, heat cannon, laser cannon and the lock-type missile arms were legit good and viable. the blade arms were down right broken in the first patch due to wonky ass hitboxes and promptly nerfed to uselessness.
>>21458318Yeah, why the fuck would you get 3 right arm weapons
>>21458320Were they used in light builds exclusively or were they viable for all sizes?
armored core is the only mech setting where i like chicken legs
>>21458324mostly lightweights or LRJs used them yeah, although I've seen some silly tank builds use them so they don't have to purge their ready weapons to shoot plasma into the face of some lightweight buzzing around
https://youtu.be/9ixGWdOPPdA
>>21457932NTA, but bro, you can just replace the laser of your PS2. It's easy as fuck and much cheaper than buying a whole new PS2. I just got done doing this myself a couple of days ago.
>>21458401Based MoA enjoyer.
What the fuck is the point of missiles in gen3 if they can't track anything faster than a paper plane.
>>21458401this is what tank warfare will look like in the next century
>>21457739Nah this doesn't get around it.
>>21458481They seem to work jsut fucking great for the enemy ACs, I've tried them a few times and they kinda work, sorta, I think vertical missiles apparently have a better time landing hits since they're harder to avoid? but most of the enemy ACs where its really an issue are the ones that pack five billion missiles and fire like seventy at once, so maybe its a quantity over quality deal
>>21458469Anon this was way WAY back in the day. All I knew as a kid was how to disassemble and attempt to realign the lens. I didn't even know about the class action lawsuit back in the day.
>>21458497https://armoredcore.fandom.com/wiki/Grand_Chieffuck this guy in particular
What's the point of recon units in V? Do they just tell you how many enemies are nearby?
i hope fromsoft got bladee and ecco2k to make AC6's osti mean, shit, tracks like this would fit perfectly into the gamehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnrRAZbgA5c
>>21458581
>>21458497One of the things that I noticed after a little bit in PP's arena is that if I had a 4 shot launcher and a 4 shot FCS, then I damn well better fire at least 3 if I want any to get through the missile intercept guns. Although it turns out two of the cores have intercept coordinates that make them basically useless, but then later gens not all cores have them period.
>>21458585what do you mean?!?! it sounds like something straight out of nexus...
>>21458581Yeah this completely random anime nightcore from youtube would totally be the perfect fit for the game that doesn't have any gameplay footage yet. I can totally tell this because of the vibes.
>>21458576they let you see enemies through walls
Funny somebody mentioned Persona 3 specifically.Between P3 character artist and From Software there was Another Century Episode. I think one of them even has Nineball in it.
>>21458624Huh, I never bothered to even equip them, but that's good to know
Anybody know how active the JP servers for Verdict Day on ps3 are? I hear there are players but I just don't know the extent of it. Normally I'd drop the 20 or whatever a copy of that game used to be just to find out, but even the prices of import copies of Armored Core have skyrocketed. Shit sucks, man.
>V works on Xenia nowHuh. Time to knock another entry off the list.
>>21458649barely on life support, you can still find matches in jp hours but you'll probably be fighting mostly the same people
>>21458624>>21458648It's useful to get a drop on shield niggas to one shot them with melee, instead of wasting time and ammo, or to search for hidden high mobile niggas for sub-mission bonuses.
>>21458576Instead of the old radar system you have recon pods. It works in conjunction with other gameplay systems to fill the radar role but its deliberately more "blind" and forces you to evaluate the situation with incomplete information, a detected enemy could be anywhere within the coverage of a recon unit after all.
>>21458667It's way more useful than old school radar.>here's an enemy in front of you>there is nothing>by color you guess it on different elevation>up? down? who knows?If it's an underground labyrinth where you need to find and kill all of them it's a goddamn nightmare
>>21458668>>by color you guess it on different elevation>>up? down? who knows?This always peeved me about oldgen radar. At least 4th gives you that line which very crudely indicates where the enemy is.
>>21458668>>up? down? who knows?Somebody who bothered to remember which color is which.I am not saying that somebody is me.
>>21458675Well red is the same elevation as you, and blue is far away, so everything in-between is a scale.I don't think it used different colors for up and down.
>>21458686That could be the case
>>21458649Several teams still play, but they've been playing for the last several years and you likely haven't. It's not a good time.
>>21458707They'll probably make you fight unacs to catch up. I remember joining a team that had some really nicely programmed ones that they told me to practice on.
>>21458668Are you guys kidding, blue is up and yellow is down
>protect a friendly AC against another AC that uses stealth and an mg, with both of them randomly jumping all the time, in the darkI want to fucking kill myself.
>>21458686>I don't think it used different colors for up and down.Christ... This how you know someone doesn't actually play AC.
>>21457128>I want a pompadour on my AC
>>21458163I want to play anime legos with my anime dollies. >>21458215https://files.catbox.moe/2z8rm4.pnghttps://files.catbox.moe/an7kw9.pngFirst one is the base game version and the second is the Sunshine version. Sunshine version has more bells and whistles like laser blade and radar options since I made it first and almost exclusively use Sunshine.
>>21458980Using a head meant for bulky crafts on that lanklet just looks wrong.
thought on my first emblem, anons?
this is either so obvious everyone knows or stupid shit no one will care about, but for frens who play by binding dpad and buttons to sticks, i found the perfect controller, literally. the analog gates lock in the cardinal directions so you don't keep looking up or down on accident while turning. my gameplay in the first 3 gens is so much better now you wouldn't even believe i'm the same player
>>21459010ancient religious icon
>>21458668>>21458745The worst was when they added a scan interval to head radars to make you use the dedicated ones, and who the fuck did? Should have just added a radar slot and removed it from all heads.
I almost found a use case for the Dragon. I think it can pair decently with the Fenrir as a way to finish off a target that's surely almost dead thanks to the Fenrir being absurd while also increasing the lockbox. But then I popped in a handgun and that seemed to do the job just as well. So close.
>>21459060It can also be a mini skull if you're still learning to use laser rifles. Its weak as shit and shoots slow ass beams but it barely drains your energy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfG_8mDEFKQ
>>21459015Do love me a GC controller. In fact I have like 2 or 3 original GC controllers and the Switch one. I wonder if I could just plug the Switch one on my PC just like that, never tried it.
>>21459160is it one of the fighting game ones that have dual shoulder buttons? if so then yeah. you'll have to run it through steam config to make sure everything is bound right, but Retroarch and PCSX2 pick it up just fine
Whoops. Kinda weird that they just threw Nineball at me so early into the game though
>>21459174It's a Hori gamepad made in the shape of a GC controller, I'm not sure if it's made for fighting games. Either way, don' all controllers have dual shoulder buttons? I think the N64 was one of the only 3D consoles that only had L and R.
>>21459204>so early into the game thoughI've got news for you anon...
>Brothers>That emblemWell, I certainly did a double take. I guess bunnyboys are how the corporations keep the population under control>>21459208don't tell me I'm close to the end, this felt super short
>>21459206I tried connecting and no joy, it just charges. I'm guessing it only connects though bluetooth. Well, that's a problem for another day. I use a PS3 gamepad on my PC and that works fine as is, even for early gen.
>>21459204Damn I literally just finished MoA, stop being me.Final boss melted to my quad-mg so quickly I thought there would be a second phase.>>21459212Yeah, it's maybe slightly longer than all PP's missions depending on how much you get stuck in the arena.
>Do 3 arena matches>Mission, kill Nineball>Do 3 arena matches>Mission, kill Nineball>Do 3 arena matches>Mission, kill NineaballYeah, I'm moving on. What's next, 2?
>>21459238Dude you're literally at the end. Just kill Nineball 2+1 more times and you're done
>>21459010>>21459035My emblem is the most powerful.
>>21459015If I was going to cheat I'd use one of these. Face buttons are close enough to slide around like a d-pad, shape lets you use all 4 shoulder buttons comfortably, and you can put the extra PS2 shit on buttons instead of clicking.sticks.But cheaters don't win kids.
>>21459314Is that the kind of Power I am thinking of?
>>21459314>double barrel on color offset armMy neguinho
>>21459065Even dual wielding the DRAGON doesn't make it useful, which is depressing. How could From have made such a SHIT en rifle?
>>21459381They probably overreacted with the undertuning after realizing how little energy it costs to shoot. I agree though, they should have given it Shade2's stats and removed shade2 altogether. Shame really, it looks so sick.
>>21459316Honestly nothing beats the vanilla PlayStation pad.
So guys... the last AC at the end of the trailer literally does SYSTEM SCAN MODO before boosting off and the logo appearing. I want to assume it's night vision of some type of radar enhance but that is doubtful.
>>21459518VD reversed most of the damage SCAN MODO did, so I'm hoping that means they know it was a bad idea. They can still keep it in as a replacement for radar, recon units are cool, but energy regen being tied to it and especially the damage system retardation needs to go
this train mission from V is awful
>>21459577I don't think anyone likes it, especially on their first time through
>>21459577far and away the worst designed mission, even worse than the final boss
>AI is completely retarded and doesn't register any obstacles>special objective: prevent enemies from accidentally shooting at random junk scattered all over the levelWill Fromsoft's "build challenges around jank and shit that doesn't work" design philosophy ever change?
>>21459574I like it as an extension of the radar system, but that’s really about it.Maybe they could implement different SCANO MODO in correlation to the different radar effects: with certain heads being capable of picking up different things and different bits of info through SCANO MODO
>>21459608>Shitty heads only say "there's enemies near you">More advanced heads show a non-distinct radar ping behind walls>Best heads give you full wallhacks like recon unitsI can dig it, of course it'd mean getting rid of recon units. It doesn't solve the issue of having to scour the map for the last enemy without having any clue of where they are, plus not having a map sucks ass and means you can't have maze/dungeon levels
>>21457489>tfw named my team Order, so I got really confused for the first 5 mins of the game
>>21457580I already have a ps3, but the games are expensive af
>>21459600I hope not. I really want more shitty platforming.
Lol what the fuck this piece of shit just hits the ground in front of enemy.
>>21459600Silent Line's objects vary from alright into stupid shit that's half rng that I can't imagine someone wanting to attempt without savestates, if not mid mission at least at the start to retry quicker, like yours. I got it in the end, best advice I can give is slap on something fast as fuck for your legs and fly to the top middle of the rooms in order to stop them firing right into the generators. It'll be luck, especially the last room where they shoot almost immediately half the time and you have to enter it already airborne
>>21459631Same here.
https://youtu.be/wBi6u1dmSm8hoooo OOOOH OOOOH hoo hoohoooo OOOOH OOOOH hoo hoo
>>21459631Sekiro is maybe their only game where platforming works and yet all their games have it
>>21459644>and fly to the top middle of the rooms in order to stop them firing right into the generatorsThat's what I did and yes I got a savestate before the final nigger room.Also I always save at the start of the mission because AC LOVES to waste you time with tons of shitty menues, loading screens, cutscenes and animations. I can't even imagine what kind of nightmare it was to play on original hardware without savestates and fast-forwarding. 10% missions, 10% garage, 80% waiting.
>>21459652I liked platforming in every souls games, it gave us the most memorable areas like Blighttown and the Anor Londo rafters + archers. ER also does some really cool stuff with platforming like the Raya Lucaria and Stormveil Castle rooftops
>>21459654The menus are a part of the vibe and experience of AC so that feels a bit unfair to say as a generalisation, though I have to say I find 3rd gen to be paced extremely slowly even outside the game, especially with putting the shop in the garage menu and not being able to select anything in the garage menu until all three ACs load in.I've been replaying 3rd gen on psp and it is an INFINITELY better experience, menus are instant and snappy and also just have more and better information and don't look as ugly, and loading times feel noticeably shorter.
>>21459654gen1 is really bad about this but it gets better with each gen. Gen V is really good about this, the menu preloads all the assets so you don't even get loading screens when you go into missions
>>21459648this is THE 4th gen AC song, I love it and Agitator so much
>>21459584I didn't find the final boss that hard honestly but I guess if you didn't build around kicking off walls and hovering in the air 100% of the time you're kind of fucked.
>>21459672I just found it poorly designed since when he's on the ground he's a helpless chicken, but then he flies and starts doing unavoidable bombing runs. Not to mention his blade attack's hitboxes are WAY bigger than the animation, I lost count of how many times I got gibbed a full boss length away from the exhausts
>>21459654>can't even imagine what kind of nightmare it was to play on original hardware without savestates and fast-forwarding. 10% missions, 10% garage, 80% waiting.Your fucking brain is fried, dude.
>>21459703what tiktok does to a mf'erreal humanminus
>>21459703In the context of going for completion on SL I can't really blame him, that process is designed to be awkward and time wastey
>>21459710you're right wanting to 200% a game you don't enjoy is perfectly normal
I don't mind scan mode, but please give us the option to turn off the filter. Come on, even a retard can tell that you're in scan mode by the change in UI, why do I have to view the world in this ugly blue filter while I explore it?
>>21459722It's 100%, and SL really is the first game that MAKES the process unenjoyable, though again I stand by 3rd gen overall having kinda weak pacing and presentation on the ps2 releases
>>21459729you can't say that when LR exists
>>21459734I said first, SL came out before LR, but it isn't the only one
>>21459734The only annoying part of LR was getting the petryon. Can't remember which hand it goes but it was the kisaragi datawipe mission with super unclear S rank parameters. I think I spent hours running it endlessly until I knew where everything spawned and could do everything perfectly down to dropping straight down into the gates, no look jumping back up the grates, killing every single amidah as they spawned and murdering the MTs that show up. Like jesus I think you had to grab all dataterms, kill everyone and walk out in record time while taking minimal damage. All for a weapon I have zero intention of using. I really should have just downloaded a save file.
>>21459745>>21459750I meant that you can't say 3rd gen has weak pacing and presentation due to LR, not that it's unenjoyable. quite the opposite in fact
>>21459751I see, my mistake. I would disagree though, I haven't gotten to LR yet but I found early 3rd gen quite mediocre to boring and occasionally [SL like the 20% of the time it was also being those two other things] a big pain in the ass, compared to the previous games
>>21459468I dunno man have you ever held a classic Saturn pad? Not the 3d analog proto-Dreamcast controller but the one that's just a refined version of the Genesis 6 button?It's a God tier pad, not that the classic Sony pad was bad or anything it's just that Sega had mind boggling good ergonomics with those curved puck controllers back then. That said, they lack the second set of shoulders needed for AC at bare minimum. But they're amazing in any other context!
any tips for this fucker? between his rapid fire karasawa, gigadamage missiles and high HP he's giving me a ton of trouble. are there any energy MGs or pulse rifles that are any good?
>>21459816nevermind I out-sawa'd him
That wasn't too bad, the dual fight right beforehand was much harder. Gee Raven, how come Fromsoft lets you fight FOUR Nineballs in one mission? Badass cutscene though.So the plot was literally just AC1 but arena fightan instead if Chrome/Murakumo? Meh, do they say anywhere why you wanted revenge on 9ball anyways?Moving onto 2 next, do I get the Europe or USA version? are there any changes at all?
>>21459855Everyone says you wanted revenge cause nineball killed your parents in some grand war between chrome/murakumo.I'm not sure on the source, probably game manuals. Some people generally look at MoA as a reboot of AC1, and while its true they can't both have happaned due to nineball getting killed twice, I think MoA isn't a reboot so much as an alternate timeline. Chrome and Murakumo also happened and existed in MoAs timeline but are seemingly long out the picture, which implies to me perhaps MoA is the story if the AC1 protag fails or didn't exist, letting nineball control that entire debacle just fine
>Go to Xenia discord>Download a completed VD savefile>Skip mission 6It's just that easy
>>21459855>Europe or USA versionGet the US one, pal version of AA got the save file import feature cut out for some reason.
>>21459855get the undub from op
>>21459880j is so dreamy i wish i had him as my boyfriend
>>21459903For me it's Genobee>Always tries his best to relate with you>Saves you from trouble>Understands that you are both soldiers fighting for different sides when they eventually send you to kill him.
>>21459922It sounds like he would be healthy relationship fuel, yeah. I think I like J because I get that "I can fix him" urge whenever he says any of his lines.
>>21459956For me, it's Zinaida, for much the same reasons
>>21459956I was just fucking around and now you made it really creepy. Can someone get this guy out of here?
J.... what's your status
>>21459961have you HEARD his jp voice actor??
Bros do we seek endless destruction?
>>21459978I want a game that scratch my hitch for building mech suited for a missionalso yes
>>21459959same, except the way I would fix Zinaida is by putting a bullet in her head
>>21459880Can you share the save file for those of us not brave enough to venture into their discord anon?
>>21459922>>21459959For me it's Berlioz>Call me sentimental, but I wish we had met under different circumstances.
>>21459991>https://files.catbox.moe/jb6s50.rarjust dump it in the content folder
>>21459863>Some people generally look at MoA as a reboot of AC1,>, I think MoA isn't a reboot so much as an alternate timelineIt's neither. MOA and 1 take place in the same year canonically.
I know this is going to piss people but classic Armored Core is very similar to the My Player Career in older NCAA/Madden football games (2004 - 2008). Like, 90% of it is checking mail, getting shit post mail from rivals, you being the new kid on the block, spec into your mech(or in Maddens case your player). Now I don't know what modern football play or look like but holyshit was it similar to the presentation structure of an Armored Core back then. Weird comparison I know.
>>21460008nta but what happens if plop this in before starting the game? like do I start out with all the parts bought and whatnot? I would rather not desu
>>21460024no, in fact whoever played it was quite the shitter. You will start with all the parts you get from defeating the "arena" mission opponents, but almost nothing bought from the shop and a tiny amount of credits. You will have the Overed Weapons, but those are a meme
>>21460022It's not that weird when you think about Formula Front
>>21460022I wouldn't mind a cellphone game that let me manage my own nest of ravens. Maybe like that fallout shit but you deal with the logistics, the inter pilot drama and the jobs, improvements and staff to prioritize.
>>21460008Thanks anon.
>>21460052I'd go further: HoI4 mod with ACs and MTs.
>>21460081Ah shit, forget about the nest, I'd rather be a corporate suit managing MTs and corp exclusive ravens.
>>21460082Now we're talking.>Big corpo commander>Have to secure supply routes and manage it between multiple branches of the military>Make your own stable of in house ACs at terrible initial expenses or hire them from the Nest>All this while trying to make money from your factories, taxes and other ventures
>>21460086>For some reason, the rival company keeps hiring this one newbie Raven that never fails a mission and seems to be rising up the arena ranks
>>21460086May as well introduce the fantasy football elements into it. Just have all corpos from all oldgen competing with one another. Murakumo, LCC, Crest, Kisaragi. Whatever, just make them compete for mining rights, commit corporate espionage to steal part secrets, hire mercs to kidnap research staff as a form of agressive recruitment all that jazz while you deal with internal fuckups like bioweapons getting loose or unmanned MTs going out of control. ACs? Small fucking potatoes, you're dealing with big boy problems now.
>>21459666>Gen V is really good about thisThe one where I have to wait 5 seconds for it to communicate with the server every time I back out of a menu I didn't change anything in?
>>21459726So you can actually read the more detailed UI
>>21460112>playing onlinebro your Xenia?
>>21459831Yeah I was gonna say all the heavyweights get annihilated by basic medium-long range laser spray. Trying to fight them with shell stuff is usually horrible.
>>21459206>don' all controllers have dual shoulder buttonsthe OG Gamecube controller had L and R, but only one Z button on the right. newer versions have added a ZL and made the Z button ZR to emulate intelligent button layouts (seriously, why only one?)>>21459218it's wireless? oof. i would say double check to see if steam or emulators recognize it because i generally find most BT controllers work wired. if not, then damn. if you really want one you can probably find one for cheap on ebay. i nailed >>21459015 mine at a pawn shop for 20 bones
Considering in general that solid ammo weapons are usualy worse for effective damage than energy weapons, and energy weapons are fewer and further between usually indicating a sense of scarcity so they know its good, should solid weapons really have ammunition costs either? It just seems like an extra kick in the dick on stuff like handguns and rifles. For big weapons it makes sense, grenade launchers and all that, but still
>>21460093You'd be surprised to know football didn't invent competition.
>>21459793the USB retrobit saturn controller is one of my favorite controllers of all time. absolutely love that thing
>>21460089I hope AC6 will acknowledge the players achievements in the arena and general missions. Maybe have a corporation hierarchy where there are some corps that can afford to only hire the best of the best who will start offering you missions as you rise through the ranks. I want to see reactions after the player lives through some unsurvivable ambush that multiple top tier ravens and corporations worked together for.God I hope emails come back.
>>21460005
>>21460153Right, I think I remember the Z button. It was purple, small and clicky instead of having a long travel like modern Z buttons. I'd go check it for myself but I have no idea where my controllers are, all I can find is the console. Anyways, I'm not exactly looking for a new gamepad right now. In fact I'm probably more interested in buying an arcade pad to play shmups.
>>21460154i generally don't like energy weapons in AC games since boosting is so omnipresent and important, so i always play with shell weapons. the prospect of them being free use is nice but it's also not balanced imo. energy weapons are efficient and have no ammo cost, but to me they're also much harder to use most of the time. projectiles are usually slower and less likely to hit than boolet. whereas muh 1k-MG can spit out so much pure unadulterated DPS that it only feels fair they have to fuck my bank account over for it
>>21460173>I want to see reactions after the player lives through some unsurvivable ambush that multiple top tier ravens and corporations worked together forThe Discord calls in FA are basically that but I agree, email needs to return. In fact I want a mixture of both the conference meetings and emails so we can see the world growing more and more scared of the Raven.
>>21459975Yorokobe, Raven.
>>21460186VD has the news section which is basically Nexus' news system, I liked it quite a bit
>Power Plant EmergencyThis is fucking bullshit. There's deliberate fucking HALF A MINUTE NIGGERFAGSHITFUCK delay between you killing the AC and completing the mission (+possibly cutscene time is included too even if you skip it). >>21459703Fuck off to some shitty korean MMO or ASSFAGGOTS if you think that wasting your time doing nothing is entertainment.
>>21459729>>21459654>>21460240git gud, unironically
>>21460240>>21460246I see the reveal of ac6 has done wonders for the quality of discussion here
>>21460249not my fault if SL filters newcomers. They can't stop complaining about parts unlocks
>>21460251Its not much of a filter if it comes after beating the game, though. Its just actually fairly fun endeavour to 100% the games prior to it, but SL has both diablo loot tier parts with tweaked stats, on occasionally kinda shitty requirements, en masse, plus the S ranking everything part meaning that's gotta be done for 100%.The real filter is just realising you don't have to 100% it and it doesn't really matter if you don't. But it obviously says something about the game if it starts putting off people that were enjoying 100%ing the series prior to it.
>>21460266yep, it says they are newcomers, their opinion doesn't matter
>>21460154Just hosing shit down with rifle and MGs is the easiest and safest way to play most of the games because it doesn't require any EN management or shot timing.
>>21460249You are always free to leave, whiny faggot.
Fucking finally.>>21460246I'll pulverize your tiny nuts into a fine paste if you didn't get all Power Plant Emergency parts in one run.
This mission is ACTUAL cancer. What the fuck were they thinking??
>>21460022It's a very retarded statement, but I don't think it's going to "piss people off", per se.
>>21460296Based
>>21460296Waste your time with it if you want. I didn't when I first played SL and I won't now. Wasting your time doesn't make you cooler, just older with less things done.
>>21460387why do you even play video games if it wastes your precious time? Do you know where you are? You can't enjoy Armored Core if it has more to offer than easy 100% after a few hours, your problem, don't complain. More things to do is better, especially when it's fun and diversified like in SL. You don't like replaying missions in different ways and let players with particular playstyles get unique rewards, we got it. Hidden parts bad, optional paths bad, optional objectives bad, ranks bad, difficulty setting bad, multiplayer bad, replayability bad. Video games aren't for you.
>>21460455Shut the fuck up, you obnoxious nigger. Stop spouting nonsense.
>>21460455My guy what is your damage? He just doesn't like the Silent Line postgame and you're acting like he's some kind of personal burden on your mind. If you can't handle people having different opinions than you on the things you like, you might be more at home on that other site.
>>21459415My headcanon is that they gave it the triple shot functionality but then thought it was too extreme and removed that. Then forgot to buff the gun in other areas to make up for it.
>>21460455>fun and diversified like in SLLol. Lmao even.
I fucking hate this asshole. Fuck him. Fuck his gay ass linear guns and moonlight. I hope his family gets eaten by a kisaragi bug.
>>21460526>Filtered by Evangelcome on anon, be better
Man I feel lige V really needed some sort of enemy database what with the different damage types. Like, when you destroy a unit for the first time, you get all the stats and defenses so you can be better prepared for future missions, you know what I mean? It just sucks to encounter that one enemy where your bullets bounce off, because it has high KE defence for instance
>>21460455Man, this one really hurt some feelings, eh?
>>21460529It's not Evangel, it's No. 2448. He stunlocks my ass even with the optional part. I figured out a good strategy that involved micro missiles except my fucking emulator crashes every time I launch them.
About to start picrel, anything I should know? What's the mission structure like, is it like gen1 where you just pick whatever and unlock everything after you beat it? Or is it LR style "pick a path then replay the other path"? Also, what does hardmode do? Do I get exclusive rewards? Can it be changed later?>>21460541 He's running Evangel's build from Nexus IIRC, down to the colorscheme. It's nearly the same build as Evangel's LR build except the core is different or some minor shit like that>Micromissiles crashThat' shouldn't happen, post settings. I've never heard of that bug before, maybe your ISO is corrupted? I feel like it would've crashed before when enemies fired them at you
>>21460544It's like gen 1, beating it unlocks free mission modeHard mode just makes the lockbox smaller, you get nothing out of it and it's not particularly fun or interesting
Okay, please tell me there's a fix for the blurry text or I'm going to go blind
>>21460544my personal tip for AC2 is try to be smart with your money early on. for some people, 2 is a really hard game for whatever reason? i THOUGHT it was hard for the first few hours because i just didn't have enough money for a good build yet. maybe try and stick with the starter build for a while or go with energy weapons, because you need that dosh. once you hit midgame though you should be fine, i was able to scrounge out enough for a permabuild that i trashed the rest of the game with
Also, wtf is this starter AC, it's too cute to be a killing machine
>>21460559oh god AC2 isn't like that for me, try fucking around with the settings. pretty sure there's a blur removal option, and deinterlacing
>>21460559disable stretching/widescreen patch, play with 2x internal resolution with integer scaling
Where's the integer scaling option?
>>21460570use the latest build
>>21460572fuck, guess it's finally time to update. Old buddy served me well
>>21460544I did it.I changed the renderer to Vulkan (and my micro missiles to triple missiles). I am happy that the captcha is telling me verification not required because my fingers hurt.
>>21460541>He stunlocks my ass even with the optional part.Get a better head, and legs.
>CHD-MISTEYE>"Improved version of the CHD-SKYEYE">no map memoryNext they're gonna remove the radar and the headphone jack.>>21460559Do you have "Round Sprite" enabled? Might be that. It partially fixes HUD artifacts but fucks up the text.
>>21460563Fuck that guy that pointed out the teddy bear head
>>21460574Good job anon! Now you know how to kill him the four or so times you'll have to fight him during the story
>>21460559Try fucking around with the interlacing settings. If you setup everything right at least one of them should make the game look pretty clean.
>>21460581it looks more like a frog to me
>>21460584Thanks. Hope I'm still sane by the time I reach Zinaida.
>>21460610I hope you aren't doing that as your first route
>>21460346Literally the last mission I ever didEnded up just recreating Hanged Man and outfitting it with all TE weaponry
>>21460633I think I just gonna brute force it. I've been doing all the missions in order, because the mission screen is godawful to navigate
>>21460346Just battlerifle everything down
>>21460346Just get a CWIS to deal with the weird tracking missile fish.
>Update PCSX2 to the latest version>Controller fuckery beyond beliefIt worked perfectly fine in the old version, why is this garbage giving me so much trouble?
>>21460721Why did you update in the first place?What wasn't working for you that was fixed in the newest, freshest, bestest version?
>>21460730this blurry fucking text >>21460559. I still have the old version in a separate folder just in case, but it doesn't seem to have the integer scaling option which appears to be what fixed it
Just let me fucking punch it.
>>21460741I'm not a tech guys, so I don't understand how it would fix it.Just force bilinear filtering or something.Or fuck with pixel offset.
>>21460753That's a white glint
>>21460755That's the mission target I can't destroy because I ran out of ammo.
I mean it took them 12 games to give humanoid, highly articulated robots the ability to kick each other without use of external weaponry.Going back to even FA after V is like having one of your hands tied behind your back.Why can't I just fucking ram into this motherfucking thing? I have 30k AP AND magic particle shield, sure as fuck I'm not made of paper!
>>21460784>sure as fuck I'm not made of paper!You might as well be, NEXTs without their PA get shredded so easily that I wouldn't be surprised if they were canonically weak to small arms fire.
>>21460821Because their weapons are absurdly powerful and destructive in the first place?I mean black glint doesn't exactly fold down without it's shield from gen 5 conventional weapons.
>>21460842>its
>>21460842No. I'm saying in general. I don't know how the balance is in FA since you'll never lose your PA to an MT unless you're trying to be stupid but in the PA restricted missions in 4 you took a ton of damage from MTs and even tanks. Everything was out to kill you.
>>21460842Black Glint has nothing in comon with White Glint except for having primal armor and a vaguely similar silhouette. It's built from the ground up using Foundation tech, which is more advanced than 4th gen tech
>>21460907>It's built from the ground up using Foundation tech, which is more advanced than 4th gen techAnd it still dies before a Normal pulled out of the junkyard.
Don't think we're reaching 150 before 11 this time.>>21460942>>21460942>>21460942>>21460942
>>21460755For you.
>>21457367I was never a fan of Gen 5 aesthetics either, AC's felt like short stack mechs instead of god powered flying death machines.
