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>2023 is the year when every AC game is playable on PC
We live in the future.

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LCC: *exists*
Klein: I'm about to do what's called a pro-Raven move.
LCC: IT'S AN INSURRECTION! THE SPECIAL FORCES ARE REVOLTING!

>>21738291
ironic shitposting is still shitposting

Wonder what the modding scene will be like for AC6. Souls mods can get pretty wild. Also, assuming this uses the same engine as ER, we could probably have shit like fighting the ER bosses on an AC

>>21738431
FPS mod, old parts, anime robots, waifushit, difficulty mods

hope they mod in a seamless multiplayer story mode, utilizing souls sign summons/invasions mechanics.

also more maps for multiplayer.

>>21738479
Unless some absolute lunatic like InfernoPlus is going to tear the game apart like he did for DS, don't get your hopes up.

>>21738479
>>21738510
Those games had infrastructure inside of them for that shit. I know jackshit about coding or modding, but I imagine modders had SOMETHING to work with.
If AC6 is like Gen3.5, where multiplayer is basically a separate game mode, adding it into SP story mode might sound too unrealistic.

>>21738431
Going by the levels of autism fromsoft fans, mecha fans and /m/ has... If there's even a chance of something to be modded then theres a chance it will be done. I went out of my way to learn 2 different game engines and an editor plus all the tools required outside of that to rig, port, fix and customise models and animations from one game to another just because I wanted some mecha shit in something.

If the game is actually good then the modding scene will grow fast. If people make tools to expedite these processes and make it more accessible for others then you will see the modding scene explode in growth, a lot of people can edit values, some people can make textures and a few people can model+rig but if the path to importing any of this is a pain in the ass then most people just give up. Don't hold your breath for anything network related but everything else should be fair game (I expect custom/ported camera/models/textures/sound effects, edited particle effects and some physics work to appear at minimum).

>>21738479
>>21738510
Games like Sekiro and Skyrim have online multiplayer mods, I'm sure it's possible for AC6 too, especially since it will already have some form of online play anyway (the PvP arena). A better question is whether the game's gonna be widely popular enough for talented modders to want to spend a lot of time and effort on it or attract those kinds of people in the first place.

there better be a 2handed blunt melee weapon, i want to be able to larp as big smoke dammit

>>21738291
Terrible and low effort but got a chuckle out of me anyway. Damn.

there better be a mod for a 2handed blunt

>>21738947
Jack-O smoking a fat blunt...

I've been playing AC3, and man.
I think the guy piloting Grinder must be massively retarded given the tactic he employs, but that makes him hilarious to fight against. All he does is blind rush. And only blind rush. It's even funnier when you fight him on that special alloy escort mission, since he doesn't even bother to attack the truck, or have the basic mental capacity required to get off that fucking alley.

>>21739237
Reminds me of that killdozer retard in 4A who you can actually fight in-story in hard mode, and he's a literal screaming retard who doesn't even amount to a speedbump

>>21739338
He has a rocket launcher back unit and even then he just uses it when ramming you
Then again, if his autismo rams DO connect, you're fucking dead anyways, so there might be some method to his retardation

I prefer AC1 to Master of Arena, but fighting a Gen 2 KLF while I'm sporting my same build from AC1 is the coolest shit.

>>21739378
Yeah but he picked the wrong gen to try non-tracking melee.

Speaking of melee, AC swords deal damage per frame they're in contact withthe target, right? That HAS to be affected by FPS. I wonder if the reason blades seem so strong is because most anons play through emulators, leading to higher FPS and inflated sword damage numbers

>>21739831
I dunno about 4th/5th gen but in the classic games nobody is getting more fps than they should, MAYBE some 60fps hacks exist but I've never seen or heard of them. At most, the game may be more stable at times it wouldn't have been, but we're talking about ps1 and ps2 emulation here so probably not

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>>21739831
the game checks the sword calculation once per frame, so having a higher fps is worse for the hit calculation but it's better to actually predict the other guy's position

Mucking around in my [ongoing] last raven save trying to see how fast an AC can get and the effect of tuning for weight and stuff.
Some basic numbers I gathered:
Default AC untuned:
138 walk, 257 boost
Default AC tuned for weight + boost speed:
139 walk, 306 boost
The fastest AC I have access to make, tuned for weight + boost speed with only the lightest handgun for a weapon:
205 walk, 502 boost.

I'm normally a tank guy so it's fun to see what the exact opposite of this looks like, and its actually surprisingly capable of sustained boosted movement, obviously not holding the button down for terribly long but you can feather it in the air and stay up a while and its totally efficient in hopping. This was all bipeds though, so the next step for speed experimentation is obviously hovers

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>>21740119
Small followup + picture;
I was previously using Stinger's core because of its great weight but I tried with the lightest OB core available and got these results:
205 walk, 499 boost, 801 OB
the same walk speed, boost speed barely decreased by 3 km, and while the OB speed is crazy it does overheat if its not cancelled near immediately but the cooling process is pretty damn fast.
The picture is it as it currently stands painted some appropriate colours, I really like how this looks because the head is COMPLETELY buried in the collar, the AC appears headless which is a really cool visual and totally makes sense for the speed to be so streamlined.

>>21740119
>>21740127
>502
Anon, I took the two MGs off the build I killed Final Pulveriser with and got 549, and that's pretty much all shop parts.

>>21740155
I'm like halfway through my first playthrough so this was mostly just for fun. What parts were you using? if it was hover legs or quads [they're still fast right?] then that'd make sense

>>21740167
Biped build actually. Hover takes me into 610+ range.
Drone for the head but you can use Queen and gain a bit of speed, C98E2 chest, Macaque arms, Lynx 2 Legs, TP Booster (Dunno if this is a secret part but it's the sauce for speed), generator is Magnolia but you can use whatever really, and Ananda radiator which is worth going out of the way to grab. I'll try and throw together a pure speed build later and see what numbers I can get.

>>21740184
Ah the booster makes sense, I'm using a pretty basic boy booster because it was the absolute lightest and happened to be very efficient.
I tried the fastest hover legs and they're practically unwieldy, easily breaching past 700 for speed but overheating is almost guaranteed whatever i do for the radiator if i hold the boost down, it just keeps climbing lol

>>21740206
TP/G91 or Magnolia/Ananada is my go to internals setup for basically most ACs I run in LR. They don't run perfectly cool but with b-hopping they run energy and heat efficient enough.

With a just frame swap I got to near 700 on a biped but cooling gradually climbs so it depends if you want topped out numbers or just consistent. I think you could probably get away with a sustainable 630+ but that's with no weapons. 550~ for a dedicated speedster probably is doable but I honestly never went past 500 since I'd rather more firepower after 450 since that's the Ultimate Zinaida speed check.

>>21740226
>there's a speed check
Oh boy I'm gonna get fucked aren't I
t. standard core [best ap/def] tank

>>21740127
>205 walk, 499 boost, 801 OB
Kinda slow for what's supposed to be a speed focused lightweight biped with no weapons, overheating that fast on OB is also not a good sign.
My favorite LR build is not even optimized for top speed (it's a CR-B83TP/FUDOH/ANANDA mix for optimal energy/cooling) and I can hit 540 top speed with just boost, and stay at 20 heat too with really good energy consumption too.

>>21740247
Again this was mostly just about getting the lightest parts possible, booster included, and trimming them for weight. From the couple posts responding to this it's pretty clear that in the end just getting energy and heat efficient with a good booster is the best way to really get fast, though what I was doing is gonna get you probably the fastest biped walk speeds as hard as that stat is to seemingly influence

My final mission in LR is survive a bombardment of suicide drones from Nexus and then fight a pulveriser with no AP refill
I get the game is meant to be hard but my nigga I am in a tank I cannot avoid these things consistently and when Jack opens a door on the other side of the room it is a full like 30+ second affair to get over there
Is there any tips or tricks for avoiding the drones like some spot they can barely hit or some faster way to end the segment, or an AP refill I missed hidden in that room with Jack or something?

>>21740362
Just change your build, why do you insist on complaining about this shit like a fucking retard every time when you already know the answer.

>>21740362
There is a spot, but I forgot which one. Your best bet is hopping around like a maniac

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i tried the LR settings but the game is still blurry unlike picrelated, what do?

>>21740396
Swapping over to the hover style tank legs and feathering boost and running in a big circle like a looney tunes skit just barely works, ended up taking a tonne of hits on the way to the exit sadly but I can at least face the pulveriser with far far more energy defence [fully geared towards it currently, like 2500 en def] and like 4k AP, its uh, it's going. It's going. It sure is going

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>>21740415
Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.
I spent the last stretch of the fight on sub 1k AP, pretty sure I finished around 100-200AP, didn't even realise I was holding my breath until I started breathing again when the cutscene started.
To the care of absolutely nobody but myself, I would like to confirm you can at least beat a full route of Last Raven as nothing but a retard tank. My mission choice was picking the highest paying mission every single time except for the one time Zinaida challenged me to a fight which was immediately interrupted anyway, I was intentionally trying to gun for what seemed to be the hardest missions by going for the biggest prize numbers. Also bested the whole arena like this, Daemon is easily the hardest arena opponent in the series and I basically only won through some trial and error luck with learning how to get him stuck on the environment.
I have to say LR is easily my favourite game of 3rd gen, 3/SL felt a bit boring to me, Nexus had some neat ideas but was just a mess, ninebreaker had some decent arena fun but I just couldn't be fucked to do the training shit, but LR really hits the spot and I'm looking forward to going for the other endings [as a tank]

>>21740444
You would have had an easier time with a 'zooka than linear rifles, just sayin'.
If you're playing tanks you absolutely want to win the damage race and linear rifles aren't your best option, still, congrats, beating the games the way YOU want always feels nice.

>>21740444
another victory for tankchads

>>21740475
I haven't really tried bazookas in this game yet, you may be right, I just fell in love with linear guns [I basically only used the shoulder mounted one all fight, its just better, the gun is there as a leftover from making this anti-EN tank for something else where faster fire rate was needed] at some point back in nexus and it only deepened in LR, satisfying visuals, sound, stagger value, and damn good enough damage to boot. brilliant lock on times for the damage too, that's probably what cinches it for me, tanks really suffer from the reduced lockbox size when turning and tracking exceptionally aerial targets is the biggest native weakness of them. I'll be sure to give the zooks a go though while checking out the EX arena I've unlocked so far, thanks anon
>>21740482
hell yeah brother

>>21740516
>>21740475
Gave the bazooka a quick shot and for some reason it seems to really struggle with accuracy? nothing is abnormal with my arm weight or anything and I was keeping him locked on for a good while, he was jumping around a bit but even then it seemed to angle its shots off in all sorts of directions half the time compared to grenade rifles and linear rifles. Any idea what was up? Might've just been bad luck, it was Bolt after all and he's a mobile little bugger

>>21740534
That's just standard dodging, the game tries to lead locked targets and bazookas have slow projectiles so a quick change in direction at a fast speed will cause the "projected trajectory" the FCS sees to be nowhere near. In LR it's very important to learn when to fire, red lockbox doesn't mean guaranteed hit. Wait for enemies to come down from a hop or similar low-speed situations

>>21740578
Ahh projectile speed, for some reason the biggest downside of bazookas escaped my mind. No wonder then, lol. Yeah, I'm pretty familiar with the rest of what you mentioned, I don't think I could've beaten LR otherwise but I do appreciate the explanations nonetheless my man

>>21740362
that’s weird, I remember being able to just keep walking with my tank and not get hot anyway, you will def get hit while trying to get on the door though.

>>21738431
gundam skins day one

It's surreal how tankfags try to enjoy their wet noodles builds in every game EXCEPT V and VD, where tanks are gods.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6J4k1U7WJo

Any tips on how to beat that piece of shit in the arena in AC 3 that just flies the whole match? I think his rank is B-1?

>>21741768
If in doubt, missile spam will solve most problems in the series

>play final mission
>There's one enemy that gets shredded immediately.
>The final part after the loading screen is just you evading suicide drones until you die
WTF were they thinking? And of course they unlock the arena being playable the right way after you finish.
Are there any worthwhile parts to pick up for LR or not really? Never played gen 3.5 and I can't believe Nexus was released in its state.

>>21742141
The remake disc has a lot of good parts

>>21741768
Stand in a corner with flame thrower equipped for when he stand on to p of you.

>>21742141
Disc 2 is a lot of fun and has a ton of good parts like Stinger's set and some good internals and boosters. Also the karasawas if you care about that

>>21742141
Oracle's linear rifle

>>21741768
is the cramped parking lot area selectable? pick that one and gun him down while he tries to break the ceiling.

Any of you guys fuck with the UNAC programming in Verdict Day? This shit is crazy, ive been autistically grinding money in effort of creating a rape machine. Hope 6 brings it back in some way

>>21742444
I wanted to, but then I realized I need tens of millions to get anywhere and gave up, and only used presets for when I needed them.
I mean I already beat the game and you can't use them in hard mode and multiplayer is dead anyway, why even bother?

>>21742141
>>The final part after the loading screen is just you evading suicide drones until you die
You die even if you evade/kill them all btw, screen just fades to black on its own

>>21742654
If you import your save into Last Raven, that means you didn't die.

>>21742664
it's a different Raven

>>21742699
NTA but I like to have the head-canon that it's the same Raven pretending to be a "new" one just to avoid being fuckin collectively executed for releasing the drone swarm

>>21742765
Kisaragi is still around and they started this whole debacle in the first place. Not to mention if you WERE Nexusguy, you'd be getting even more hatemail from Zinaida than usual

>>21742699
According to what? How can you explain newbie having huge assortment of parts and weapons?

>>21742768
Zinaida has different name and emblem, she's making her best to hide her old identity. What's preventing you from doing the same?

does nexus get better? i just started it after beating silent line and like 5 missions in i already hate it and the booster heat bullshit

>>21742845
it gets worse. Disc 2 is a lot of fun though, and everything you unlock carries over to LR if you want the game to be easier

Revo disc saves Nexus. This is way more fun, feels like playing Another Age.

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>>21742845
As the other anons said, Revolution disc carries it hard despite being just old missions from other games recreated in AC3's engine.
Nexus suffers from the curse of having the best fucking OST of gen 3 by a long shot but being terrible in terms of gameplay and missions, and the prototype pulverizer/Nineball is pretty cool I guess?

>>21742845
The ending is the most kino oldgen AC got but everything else on the main disc is pretty meh to shit to just plain messy. Its experimental, woe
Rth seeing through to the end for the finale and to see some of the settup for LR and a couple cool missions

>>21742444
It's not nearly as good as it looks and is extremely buggy. There are a lot of hidden issues because they use a tonne of shortcuts in the backend and you have to trial and error to see what actually works and what doesn't instead of being able to work through things systematically and intuitively.

>>21742845
The heat thing can be mitigated. After tinkering with the parts and tuning (! press square over a part in the assembly) I basically never had issues with it. For me what Nexus is missing is the Arena. The pilots/ACs in the missions seemed pretty cool (even though the english dub VA for Genobee phoned in his lines) and I would have liked to square off against them at will instead of just in a mission format. Evangel and Sight Hawk alone brought so much personality whereas 3/SL felt a bit more empty compared to 1st and 2nd gen in terms of AC pilots.

I have the default classic controls beaten into my brain. They're second nature.
I haven't played any of the twin stick games in 14 years. I have two questions.
How much do the controls change from Nexus->Gen 4->Gen 5? Is it unavoidable that there will be subtle changes every generation?
Second question is which would be best to learn first? If I want to adapt to all of them ASAP?

>load up aclr
>try to beat vr test ac in garage
>delete iso 5 minutes later
yep sticking to 2 and 3

>>21743079
You can just use the old controls in the other ps2 games, as for the other gens those play pretty differently so I doubt you’ll feel like you even have to adapt to the sticks specifically.

WTF actually affects your rating in AC3? How do I consistently get S ranks? Is it speed? Damage taken? The missions I actually get an S on seem to vary wildly in the results so it can't just be expenditures.

>>21743097
Skill issue.

The real AC scale https://youtu.be/YWgjjVlhm0g

>>21743194
What you said but also your accuracy%, some missions value speed more than others, not sure but the amount of enemies killed might also affect it

>>21743206
So how do I S rank the Magna Ruins mission? I destroyed both enemy ACs while barely missing and barely taking damage. Did it quickly and with no ammo costs.

How did From make AC3 such a massive improvement over 2/AA in every single regard imaginable then fuck up so incredibly hard on Exile?
How do you design a game that's 99% kino and then 1% that is a bigger pile of dogshit than anything in the previous five games can even come close to?

Is it possible to make an AC in LR that uses the highest power booster and the dual shoulder extra boosters that doesn't continually build heat until overheating? I've gotten it to the point I can drain my energy entirely before reaching the warning point of my AC's temperature, but I cannot seem to stop it building up continually without end

>>21743202
thought ending cliches are not a substitute for an argument

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>thought ending cliches are not a substitute for an argument

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>>21743215
I don't know, i just cleared it having missed like 40/90 of my shots, 6000/8000 ap, she killed half of the cloaky boys but i also bladed/chaingunned her before her boyfriend showed up

>>21743266
The moment you commit to Pegasus you lose any hope for your AC to not overheat unless you use bitch tier boosters.
That said, Pegasus in LR doesn't really give you much of a speed boost once you get the top tier boosters, you'd get maybe 10-20 more speed at the cost of much worse heat and more energy drain.

>>21743290
Huh, good to know.
Also, good god I suck at hopping/scooting/whatnot, I can't even consistently avoid the test AC's attacks, I'm not hard landing or anything my timing just sucks

>>21743293
Movement in LR is very different compared to Nexus or Silent Line, you just need to get used to it, once you do it will be hard to go back though, Silent Line and everything before that will feel really clunky.

>>21743293
Is LR your first game or something? Start with 3 or Nexus dude. Don't fall for memes.

>>21743303
Nah, I've played the whole series up to here including ninebreaker
I'm just a dirty tanker

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>>21743304
>I'm just a dirty tanker
Based.

>>21743079
Gen 4 has pretty intuitive control as long as you choose the control scheme where you shoot with L1 and R1 and boost with the triggers.

>>21743313
Boosting with triggers is going to be the part I struggle with the most going forward, I can already tell. It feels weird taking my finger off the X button for more than a few seconds.

Same anon that's messing around with high speed/boost ACs still, does weight affect your energy consumption while boosting at all, or does it only affect speed?

>>21743326
That's the beauty of that control scheme, by putting boosting and firing on the bumpers and triggers you can have your thumb kn the right analog stick 90% of the time allowing for the best possible aiming.

I've made a biped AC that can move at 400+ kmp/h while still regenerating energy, booster button unpressed, with a pixie3 in hand and over 8k AP
hoverbooster moment
I know its probably not news to anybody, but god damn do I enjoy experimenting around with builds in LR and just getting an idea and trial and erroring my way into eventually making it or something close

>>21743326
don't give up, skeleton
you could make a frankenstein control setup like this: dpad and triggers for moving/looking as they were, extension L3, OB R3, boost X quickboost [], you can bind switching weapons to a direction on each stick and shooting on circle/triangle but you can't assault armor, it will be uncomfortable to use your thumb for 3 buttons at once(4 if you want to shoot both guns at once)
you could macro for assault armor if emulating or change the OB input, the guy that made it so it needs 3 separate inputs instead of being rebindable to 1 should get shot by a MADNESS/XA

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>>21743358
the fella in question, pretty happy with the looks on him too

>>21743433
you don't have all the parts unlocked yet right? Pretty sure you can do better with Vixen parts. Also, is this portable? Textures look weirdly shitty, especially on the legs

>>21743477
Nah this is Ps2, and not I don't have all parts unlocked, only finished my first route yesterday. I do have the vixen chest and arms but they're actually very energy consumptive which makes the whole permaflying thing a no-go

>>21742778
>her old identity
agraya? isn't that just headcanon

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One path down.
Really enjoying LR so far, I actually like the idea of part destruction, adds a new aspect to some fights.

>>21743652
which ending was this, super pulv?

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>>21743680
It was a biped pulv, probably piloted by Evangel.
Reminded me of AC2 Finale somewhat.
I'll try to get done as many paths as I can blind.

>>21743708
only Evangel could get a powerup that actually makes him weaker

>>21741120
Damn all those effects on your screen ain't fun.
No sir they ain't.

I got filtered by another age.
I should'have human plussed in 2, the game is dumb hard otherwise.

>>21741120
>>21743750
Honestly ACV/VD is the one game where I think first person would be my preference. The HUD looks like something you'd actually see in a display from the cockpit of an AC, with all that clutter and data overload.

>>21743750
But it's the best part.

>>21743714
Leave it to Evangel to choose the shittiest pulverizer model to pilot and seriously consider it a powerup.

>>21738431
Mission mods sounds the most likely for actual substance. Fan made missions sounds like a glorious addition if it’s easy enough to mod them in.

I'm really liking how armored core 1 experiments with missions by adding various variables, i tought i was going in a game where everything was a gauntlet to power through and instead you have to actually plan stuff out because your current mech may not work in all situations.
Do the next games improve on this formula?

What if From Software pulls a fast one and includes NFTs like that game Spider Tanks

>>21744159
that's thecore precept the franchise is based on, so yes. Some games you can just brute force though, always depends on how gud you git

>>21744159
Yes and no
Yes in that each new game does allow you to experiment or stick with the loadout that suits you best
No in that it's not always consistent between games to a very frustrating degree, some missions you can plan and figure out just fine while others you'll hit your head into a wall until you just win
They all still improve from each other to a degree regardless, although I think Phantasma feels more janky and numbered titles have a more consistent quality to them compared to the named titles

>>21743652
>>21743708
Someone else playing LR for the first time at the same time as me and got the same ending, neat, congrats.
I agree with parts destruction, though for me I like it for a sense of randomness and luck it can kinda add to things, makes things feel less predictable and more frenetic in a fight. It can obviously be controlled, it is mostly affected by what side of you gets hit the most like a cube but even then it can be surprisingly precise and ypu end up damaging a head or arm or legs from straight on shots instead of a core

>>21744165
From Software? No.
Scamco? Easily.
Good thins is bubble popped and nobody gives a shit, unless they're already knee-deep, like Square. Scamco was too slow and now it's too late to bother.

>>21743652
>>21744293
Tell us how you feel after you finish game 12 times.

>>21744311
I only had one part ever beeak on me in that first route, my head in i think the dual AC fight at thr desert garage against gubbin whathisface and rim fire. Tanky build and always equipping a solid or en shield mitigates it pretty well

>Preordered AC6 Premium Edition
>Get double-charged
Thought Bamco fixed that already; evidently not.

>>21744521
try asking for a free key if they wont refund you post it here

>>21744550
the second transaction didn't actually go through fortunately; my bank's fraud detection actually worked this time lol.would've been pretty bad if it didn't. now I'm wondering if my preorder is still valid

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>>21744309
>Scamco was too slow and now it's too late to bother.
You forgot they're a Japanese corporation, being late to the party is their style.

>>21743293
>god I suck at hopping/scooting/whatnot, I can't even consistently avoid the test AC's attacks, I'm not hard landing or anything my timing just sucks
Try relaxing and doing it mindlessly so you can feel out the natural timings within yourself that corresponds with congruence of "required" timings

>>21743332
Only max speed iirc

>>21744788
I experimented more and I found what I think was something of the problem, I'm making my turns too late after jumping [my practicing is attempting to scoot in place with alternating directions every jump, so a \_/ sorta pattern], if I flick the angle as I make the jump from boosting then my speed drops far less as I switch direction.
Also beat my second route just now, seems I've ended up doing pulveriser route 1 and 2 in that order so the seemingly easier ones despite trying to generally pick what seemed to be the harder missions the first time around lol. I like Evangel, he's a cool guy, the ending in pulveriser route 2 is kino even if I triggered the cutscene in less than 10 seconds of the mission starting by pumping him with a shoulder pulse canon and a left arm zook

>>21744795
Oops, not pulveriser route 2, evangel route obviously. Dunno how I got that mixed up, the guide I'm looking at to check is a bit confusingly layed out maybe

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What the fuck is this? Valkyrie's gun always hits but you can barely keep her in your box. I've never repeated a mission this much.

>>21743766
2 isn't that hard it's just unintuitive. Half the missions you're better off zooming past everything for the objective.

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Hello everyone! I'm a newcomer trying to play every(ish) game leading up to AC6's release, currently 25% of the way through Armored core 1, wanted to ask how well you can emulate the ps3/xbox360 era games? I realized that I have a copy of Armored core 5 Verdict Day I got for christmas many many years ago but how feasible is it to emulate them?

>>21744829
I was fine with 2, it's another age that throws 2 flying H+ in a small arena that gives me problem, i've saw a mission where you get ganked by 3 dudes too, that game is brutal.
Shame though, i had fun with the mission where you assault the air base.

>>21744847
I'ts not impossible but has its caveats, some cutscene crashes to avoid, some textures getting fucked mainly on ACs themselves, etc. I wouldn't worry about it until you've gotten through everything before then, you've got a long road ahead of you.

>>21744848
Oh sorry I misread your post. Yea AA is tough. The challenge is part of the fun IMO.

>>21744850
Yeah I bet, it took a while to get used to customizing so much but its fun so far.
Also I looked on some second hand websites for my country and everyone was either either 20 dollars above MSRP or this one guy that tried to sell it for 135 Euro.

>>21744850
it's not that long of a road, ~400 hours for 100%ing everything up to for Answer only looking at hidden part guides after the final mission(sans Last Raven which i imagine will be 50+ with all it's replays)
>>21744869
just pirate them from the op
my condolences if you are a german

>>21744873
I'm in a smaller European country that doesn't use the Euro, just converted it to Euro for convenience.
Also that op would probably have saved me a lot of headache trying to get a good copy of Armored Core 1 thanks anon, I apparently can't read

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Hello /acg/, I've been trying to rip whatever parts I can from the gen 1 titles, but for whatever reason the textures always end up getting cut at random places and at the bottom, I remember seeing another anon here dumping textures from these games so if anyone knows an easy way to rip those that'd be awesome.

>>21744873
400 hours is a pretty long road for someone with a day job and other things to do in a day in fairness, that's a lot of 4 hour afternoons

>>21744902
Not that anon, I'm the newcomer anon, I will be having a LOT of free time after next month, since ill be done with my exams and stuff so I should be able to grind through it if I stay focused on it

>>21744945
Well, have fun my man. Don't feel pressured to go for 100% unless you really like that specific entry, its pretty easy to do in every game before silent line though, after that it's a bit of a chore or a pretty nuts challenge depending on the game.

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>made the mistake of watching Vaati/Ratatoskr's AC 6 videos
Why are they like this? How bad is the content creator cash-in going to be for AC 6?

>>21745067
Anon, if you want to complain about e-celebs go to /v/.

>>21745067
Ignoring that; why is AC1 so fucking good? How did they fit a game like Armored Core on the PS1?

Do you guys think FromSoft will use Armored Core 6 as a springboard for a SRW style action game like ACE?

>>21745131
Ps1 has a pretty decent selection of games really.
You've got mgs1, crash, spyro, resident evil, silent hill, armored core, probably other good or classic games that escape my mind in this moment.

>>21745148
no

>>21745148
Maybe a springboard for that Escaflowne inspired fantasy mecha game Miyazaki talked about.

>>21745148
Why would Fromsoft with their current reputation waste their time on some soulless cash grab crossoverslop?

>>21745266
>>21745268
>>21745270
Whoops wrong thread

I see some people in last raven have different looking speedometers, even on the same console [ps2 vs psp], what determines this? Mine is a circle but most I see in footage online are a straight line

>>21745179
Frame gride 2 soon
Just wait when sega release the new console

>>21745337
Flame glide?

>>21745337
>Frame gride 2 soon
Would unironically be super into this, even if it really was just "Dark Souls with mechs"

>>21745156
You're not even listing the myriad of great RPGs. If anything they're the star of the console.

>>21744873
>it's not that long of a road
For someone just starting out? Yeah it is. You don't just factor in the number of games, but the number of failed missions, Arena losses, load times, customization, etc etc
AC takes getting used to, and someone just starting out won't know how to optimize their build and fly through the missions in one sweep.

>>21745067
Vaati's video on AC didn't seem too bad, what was wrong with it?

>>21745423
Not much of an RPG gamer myself but very true, I've heard good things. Any titles to recommend in particular?

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>>21745448
The obvious answer being on /m/ is Front Mission 3.
Other than that you could try Final Fantasy Tactics or Vagrant Story if you want something a bit less "anime" than the usual RPG favorites. If you have no reservations about edgy anime RPGs or quirky cartoony RPGs then FFVII and FFIX are good choices, respectively.

>>21745448
Xenogears, Vanguard Bandits, Afraid Gear

>>21745423
>>21745468
>>21745474
Stop calling jarpigs "RPG".

>>21745484
Fuck off.

>>21745484
Or what? You'll cry to me and ask me for cuddles?

>>21745487
Who would want cuddles from filthy peasant covered in shit?

>>21745498
A talking JRPG-hating piece of shit covering the peasant, I suppose

>>21745499
Acquire better taste, jarpigger. This trash got its own containment genre label for a reason.

>>21745512
I'm not quite convinced, maybe you need to give me more (You)s full of inane babble

>>21745526
How many (You)s do you want to stop being a lying faggot who derails vidiya discussions with grindy poorly written VNs shilling?

>>21745539
Holy shit how can one man be this triggered.
Fuck off back to /v/ if you want to cry and seethe and fill your diaper over RPGs.

>normal discussion
>normal question
>normal answer
>REEEEEEEEEEE STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE YOU FUCK FUCKS FASDADFHGDHFAHAAAAAAAA
Gee I wonder which of these posters is responsible for the thread getting derailed.

>/v/ boogeyman
Concession accepted. You are my bitch.

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Every thread with you niggers

To all new Ravens:
We advise against shitposting here in the Raven's Nest. Yes, we all know that the terrorist group Dark Soul has gotten us a lot of new recruits, but it's important to note that "J"RPG and "W"RPG are meaningless distinctions. Keep your eyes on the prize: a new Armored Core.
I'll keep in touch.

What are /m/'s thoughts on Daemon X Machina?

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>>21745908
haters will say it's bad but I loved it, although it's no AC that's for sure

>>21745908
The plot is painfully retarded but I liked the game.

>>21745908
I like it more than Gen 4 games, but less than Gen 3 games.
It's good, but not great.

>>21744777
>porn artists NFT
Literally free money.

>>21745982
If that were the case then Muv Luv wouldn't be struggling so hard right now

>>21745908
Doesn't feel like AC at all besides letting you pick parts for your mech. It's just an anime action game and a pretty budget one at that. I do appreciate it though because the second someone compares it to 4th I know they've never played the games and can completely ignore them. Like, it's not even remotely similar even on the infinite energy for fun regulation.

>>21745605
Have you considered getting a tripcode or would that be too embarrassing for you?

>>21745987
Is muv luv even porn nowadays? Or did it try to go Fate route and failed?

>>21745996
>exactly the same controls, principles and behavior
>you can't compare them!!11
It's less different from Gen 4 than Gen 4 is from Gen 3.

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These legs look so goofy...

>>21746319
I hope they come back so I can be silly in VI

>>21746319
ripping AC1 models again? do classic nineball, and see if theres any way to get weapon shot textures or beam swords out too

Do you actually get anything for S Ranking every mission in AC3 or should I just move on to SL after hitting 100% completion?

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>>21746386
I'm pretty sure beam swords are just a flat texture but here's the cum from an mt.

>>21746390
No, do your missions, level-up OP-I and move on to SL.

>>21743097
mad becuz bad

You know what sucks, fellas? When you have a craving for a certain aesthetic, but functionality sticks its ugly head out of the sand. I love the MHD-RE/005, but objectively it's a hot steaming turd and the MHD-MM/007 is objectively better in every way. But it's a monoeye, which isn't as cool.

I want a turn-based hex grid wargame based on ACV/D

>>21740402
It's outdated info, just use the reddit pack.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m6MK1cJSTP3w2rFQtZrY2F7yykCtJXfL/view

>>21746729
*discord

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>>21744847
Hey again everyone, i beat Armored core 1 and Phantasma and wanted to hop on the playstation 2 games, i heard that AC2 wasn't great? But i wanted to hear some opinions on whether or not its worth it to play.

>>21746745
ac2 is great don't listen to whatever fag told you that

I was really enjoying Nine Breaker until I realized you can be challenged by the same faggot over and over. I fought Flyboy at rank 23 6 fucking times before the rank 13 guy challenges you. You shoot up 10 ranks wtf?? I don't get what they were thinking. Arena in 2 and 3/SL were perfectly fine.

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>>21746745
AC2 ranks among my favourite. The sound design and OST are perfect, the arena is great, the missions are memorable and the feel of the game is still kinda quick and snappy, nothing feels like a slog. The only thing that really hurts the game compared to 3 is the lack of good R arm weapons and still being limited to blade in L arm (although I think they overdid L arm weapons with some of the later games).

>>21746753
I have no modern reference for Armored core games so I just kind of take it as it comes, just didn't want to waste my time if it was considered a bad game yknow?

>>21746745
It's not a bad game, but the part variety is kinda small and movement feels a bit sluggish, most people write Gen 2 off because it was kind of a slow transition gen between first and third but there's really nothing wrong with either 2 or AA, at least in the sense that the flaws that those games have can be largely found in every other entry.
You should at least play 2 because it gives a closure to the Gen 1 timeline and what happens to Leos Klein after MoA, the music is also really fucking good.

>>21746760
It's not considered bad lol. Nexus is considered bad (because it is). The main complaint I've heard of 2 is that it doesn't shake things up as much as 3 but if you liked the PS1 games I don't see why you wouldn't like AC2. AA I can understand skipping but not 2.

>>21746745
Play master of arena first, and AC2 is plenty good and one of the better stories and settings in the series, but its missions can be tough/tedious and theres only a handful of weapons worth the time of day in the game [not like there isn't a small selection of op choices in every game but still]

>>21746769
Nexus is good. Stop being filtered.

>>21746765
>>21746782
hmm maybe I should go back to masters of arena.
>>21746765
My main problem with 1 and now 2 is the control system of no analog stick, it just feels really clunky to move around always.

>>21746618
Just play the games that have tuning.

>>21746797
Tuning doesn't fix the fact that the MHD-MM/007 has almost every functionality in the game, from radar to bio sensors and everything. the 005 has nothing.

>>21746795
You're going to have to settle with re-mapping the buttons to your preference until Nexus. Maybe you can just do the meme and play Last Raven before the other ps2 titles.
>>21746794
Nexus missions are half baked and the motion blur looks terrible. Dropping the arena doesn't help. It's only redeemed somewhat by the second disc.

>>21746827
wtf there’s no hand missile in ac1 fake...

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How do you beat Nine-Ball Seraph in AC2AA without Human Plus? Seems that available guides rely on running around with grenade launchers.

>>21746851
Missile spam is very effective against him. Otherwise just learning how to avoid him to start with, usually involving an OB at the start to one side to circle him as he starts his flyby run, and then figuring out how to best goad the sword beams out and avoid those. Since those are the moves he has to stand stillest for you can chunk the fuck outta him with the strongest shit you can carry in those moments. He'll stand still to fire at you other times too but usually not as long or easy to hit, but you can get some good ones in if you're clever.

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>>21746729
>>21746733
lmao nice dolphin porn

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>playing AC2
>find a really cool combination of parts that I really like
>give it my favorite color scheme
>look at box art
>realize I've just stolen Klein's AC 1:1

I hate my life

>>21738431
>souls.
Yikes

>>21746851
Dodge his missile swarms with overboost, then just backpedal while strafing and blast him with your weapon of choice (I used the karasawa)

>>21746920
To be fair Klein's AC is a really good design.

>>21746794
Is this some kind of new contrarian cope, pretending nexus was good?

>>21746928
YWNBS

>>21746951
The cope is from newfags that didn't know what AC was before watching the VGA pretending they have a say in which AC games are good or not. I bet you also think AA is bad and think FA is the height of the franchise, newfag.

>>21746951
Nexus is ffffiiiiine, but its clearly experimental, To some degree so was ninebreaker. Basically everything it tried to do worth a damn is finished and polished in LR, and everything it tried that sucked is gone by then too.

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2 paths down.
I'm trying to use different ACs every route.

>>21746978
You don't even play AC
If you did, you wouldn't hold such an asinine opinion
AA was indeed pretty bad btw

Thermidor here.

>>21747075
>If you are posting in this thread, then I am already dead

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>>21746831
>It's only redeemed somewhat by its half-assed fanservice disc.
Statements like this is why Nexus haters should not be taken seriously.

God damn Verdict Day's OST is good
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p0G0twmo78
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt_d9YJgyqg
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g1Pm-slTPE

>>21746851
>>21746864
>>21746931
Well, turns out that I managed to beat him by... running around with a grenade launcher and extra ammo. On four legs so I can shoot and strafe. Constant side OB did help, so thanks for the input.

>>21747141
congrats anon. I beat it in a quad first time too, only realised after many pained attempts I forgot to equip any optional parts lol. I've since also done it with tank a few times in a similar strategy of grenade launcher arms to pump it full, if shots aren't missed it doesn't even take a full clip of default ammo

>>21747222
Oh, I used the back grenade launcher. Extra ammo gave 18 shots total to work with.

>>21746920
>>21746932
Are the Emeraude ACs he fights in the intro cutscene any good?

>>21747084
>The half-assed fa service blows the missions on the first disc out of the water
Yup Nexus is great

>>21747134
>no Vendetta
Vendetta is the single best track from VD, it captures the tension between new and old that characterizes the story (better than the 4A remixes) and is arguably one of the best compositions in the series. Blows my mind that it doesn't get more recognition. It and the remixes were the only good things about VD.

I. Am. A raven.
I am a raven.
I AM a raven.
I AM a RAVEN!

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>>21746179
Muv-Luv is going every route and failing.

>>21746179
It tried anime and half-assed it so it failed. Then it tried NFTs and failed because lolNFTs. Then it tried gacha, half-assed it and failed. Worst of all, every new thing they try actually siphons talent and budget off the VN production team, which is the thing the fans actually want

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>>21747084
it's an easy way to expose them

>>21746851
Oh, I did this recently. The answer was aggressive overboosting, missiles, and the bazooka that doesn't rape your FCS.
And this was in a heavy biped so you can definitely do it on faster legs.

>>21747616
>>>/twitter/

>>21746807
I've beaten seven AC games with no H+ cheats and by literally only picking parts I think look cool. Stop caring. There's no PVP, you don't have to use the meta parts. Just have at least one weapon slot taken up by something broken you can use as a crutch when needed and git gud with everything else.

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>tfw favorite weapon in the game is outclassed by literally everything
Don't you dare complain about head parts being unbalanced. You don't know true suffering.

>>21747908
come to 4th gen, where every AR is balanced (except for one)

How playable are the earlier titles? Is emulating the ps3 games even viable?

>>21747922
You need to go back.

>>21747922
every game pre 5th gen works 100% on emulator

>>21747941
Even 5th gen is working now on like 1 specific xenia build, albeit still with a few crashes here depending on how long you play, and you basically need to play with all AC's being black if you want to have really good frames.

>>21747946
yeah, i'd say 5th gen is like 70% playable

>>21747951
I did an entire playthrough of both V and VD on it, so you can 100% both games if you can put up with crashes... and solo play, which is only an annoyance in V.

https://youtu.be/AJHd3MQh3WE
Well would you look at that

>>21748045
Still haven't played the first one because these retard devs refuse to put the game on sale, or if they do it's only like 5% off. God I hate the Japanese.

>>21748051
It was free on egs not that long ago

>>21748072
>egs
Like I said, never on sale

>>21748051
>Still haven't played the first one
isn't the story really really bad?

>>21748153
that's an exaggeration by haters, it's just meh

>>21746851
What helped me is keeping my back to the wall not to let this nigger to fly circles around me.

>>21748045
lmfao

>>21748153
Everything about it was bad. It was literally just cope for gen 4 AC babies.

>>21748184
It was more like Gen 5 with infinite flying. Not the same sort of infinite boost of Gen 4 which was basically the old boost but where boost energy drain < generator output.

>>21748153
Itw completely nonsensical and contrived but its pretty funny

>>21748153
It's anime trash about love and friendship and emotions. The game is at least fun enough to ignore it, but it's akin to the worst of AC.

>>21748045
>It's a freakin' car commercial

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https://youtu.be/xSrCOBBzVOM
Spent a while looking for this Armored Core music video. Dog shit video quality, but I still like it. Wanted to share it. Should download it before it gets scrubbed from the Internet or something. Japanese Fragile's death scream is best. Guttural scream sells that his brain is getting fried.

>>21746851
For biped builds:
Get best shoulder radar you can settle on (and best radarless head)

OB tap from bunnyhop when he gets behind you or transforms and starts sending missiles
Use anti-missile extensions
Bait the motherfucker into trying to blade you when you're way above him hopping
If you're cool: when he's behind you in AC form you can try the maneuvering behind him by boosting in a hook backward without relying on turning - if you pass through his blading then you'll get him into a nice position of you caving a burst of shots in

>>21746658
I guess I can see why
AC-based wargames would be good only with playable units being not just ACs and 5 gen has the smallest size differences to make combined arms work

>>21748153
Yes, if by bad you mean
>I skipped every dialog no one plays giant robot games for dialog why does nothing make sense anymore I'm just going to keep skipping

>>21748236
Ending of passionate sex with Nineball justified it all, though

>>21748389
I didn't pay attention to any of the story, and I still had fun. As far as I'm concerned, the game is just you shooting stuff, and then you shoot a red guy, and then you shoot a computer, and then the end credits roll. Fun robot hijinks don't need much justification.

im getting filtered hard by last raven... bunny hopping is way too difficult than nexus...

>>21748389
I watched and read every cutscene and after a point things stop making sense because the backstory of the world they're setting up stops lining up, the timeline of who was around to do what in the leadup to the games events falls apart if you actually pay attention. And besides that its mostly just cheesy anime crap like that one dude having a 10 minute death monologue that serves no purpose whatsoever.
I actually like the game, mind, but story is far and away its biggest weakness bar none and I hope to see them improve on at least their storytelling in the sequel.

Finished the Jack route in LR. Goddamn, man, I love this guy. I understand why he's such a popular character from the series, I only wish Evangel was more popular too.

Damn, I'm getting my asshole gaped by Ten Ton in Nine Breaker. The map is the water cave place and I can't escape getting melted by him in seconds.

>>21748550
I dunno how or why you like those fuckbuddies. They're gay as shit.

>>21748569
He was one of the hardest fights in NB.
Try to get him to waste ammo.

>>21748585
If I lose the match and continue without using a save state will he challenge me later on a different map? I'd be able to get away with it rolling a more open space.

>>21748611
No, same map I think.

My most weird and probably unlikely hope for AC6 is that tuning [assuming it returns] now has visual representation of what you did.
Nothing crazy, but I wanna see like, stripping the part for weight actually takes a panel or two off by the time the bar is full, and boosting anti-ecm on a head gives you a little antenna or something you didn't have before, max weight on the legs might have some little visual supports/struts on the leg or around the joints show up.
Of course my more extreme desire is this is integrated into a system where tuning actually requires you sacrifice one thing for another instead of always being a net gain over default, so you'd end up with say more weight to improve things like max leg weight because of these struts or improving ecm response on a head nudged weight a fraction for the antenna and then worsens your actual built in radar as you're rerouting the systems to ECM instead

>>21748711
Sexy thoughts but it wouldn't make nonsense for tuning to be done all inside without visual representation otherwise

With the budget FromSoft has they better've gone for this tho

I hope there are optional extra booster parts again. I want to take up both the back slots and the shoulder slots with more boosters.

>>21748751
covering yourself in boosters is fuckin funny i hope its in too.
Conversely I want the inverse, I wanna see some stuff like side shields but heavier and just add some extra AP and defenses on the back slots as well as the shoulder/extension/whatever slots

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>three leviathans

>>21749029
oh thank god they were INFINITELY easier than the one in that other mission, I honestly didn't expect the game to pull punches like that

>>21748051
It's 60% off right fucking now on Steam.
It is a perfect $19.99 recommendation at that point.

>>21749118
i'd play it for 5 dollars

>>21749118
They'd have to pay me to play it.

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>>21748765
Yeah I'd also like to be able to add some kind of extra shielding in lieu of weapons. I remember shoulder shields in third gen, but I want back slot shields too

>>21749145
>>21749140
>complain game never goes on sale
>it goes on sale
>still complain because it was never about not being on sale after all

That's OK.
I hope you enjoy the Armored Core curse too when it rolls around.
May you live in interesting times.

Imagine arm parts that serve as nothing but shields, boosters or ECM+radars

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>>21749186
I was the one who complained it never goes on sale, not those two. I'll probably pick it up now that it's $20

>>21749190
that'd be funny, just big shields and your only weapons are on your back.
Hell, I want to see some thing like extremely low arm weight torsos that can turn into a weapon like proto-pulveriser notball, imagine that with some booster arms and backslot boosters

I want weapons to be unique enough that I can make a bunch of meme builds to maximize single ones

Any news?

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>>21749212
answered my own question; no
The twitter account posted this screenshot 3 hours ago though, looks kinda cool I guess

>>21749224
>screenshot
It's obviously concept art, anon.

>>21749258
A screenshot of concept art

>>21749258
Concept art of a screenshot

>>21749204
I agree but more importantly I want the weapons to be balanced. Having a ton of different weapons and having a variety of unique weapons are both good, but I'd take 20 weapons that are all super viable vs. 50 weapons but only 10 of them are worth using and 5 of those 10 are unmatched and break the game.

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>>21749297
agreed, quality over quantity

I sometimes think balancing should be completely separated between PvE and PvP modes, which would be possible in this game since the Arena is completely separate from the regular game

>>21746851
I beat him with those little can-shaped missile weapon arms, the largest ammo storage back unit, and a light reverse joint AC with the fastest FCS+lock on speed option. Basically, I bunny hopped backwards around the edges of the arena and beaned him with missiles because he has no anti-missile defense. Try to stay a little close so he tries to blade: that's like a free 3 lock. This really does depend, though, on how many times he decides to spazz out and fly around shooting missiles. A good radar and the 20% ammo may gave been better in hindsight.

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can anyone take a screenshot of their AC next to the cars in Destroy Berserk MTs from Master of Arena?

>>21749224
Looks like a hoverbait map. Worst legs are back?

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>>21749429
Here you go. Got this quickly because I've been playing the games very recently. Hard to get a good picture because the camera is zoomed in so close, but the black car comes up to about the knees. I don't think this is a definite indication of scale in AC1, though, because I'm pretty sure there are other environmental objects that suggest otherwise.

But speaking of which, one thing I hope for in AC6 is that there's plenty of environmental clues to indicate scale and that you are, in fact, playing as a giant robot. AC1&2 games are pretty bad at that, especially when it comes to hallway missions.

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>>21749458
beat me to it... in the exact same position no less

>>21749452
I hope not, I get people like hovers for looking cool but they forced quads to get altered and introduced annoying water missions. Plus in general the concept of hovers feels really weird for how generally important energy economy for boosting is to begin with, like, they're just doing it constantly at a sustained verticality which generally isn't something ACs do

>>21749458
>>21749460
Those are some XBAWKS HEUG cars.

Why the hell is verdict day getting upcharged everywhere up to about 100 dollars, what's up with that? its practically impossible to get it at MSRP even if its used.

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>>21749506
High demand, low supply, obviously. On top of Armored Core in general being niche, Verdict Day probably had the smallest amount of discs printed out of the 360/PS3 games as interest in the franchise was dwindling.

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3 paths down.
Those leviathans were fucking pushovers.
Got an S rank first try and was still over 75% of AP.

>>21748711
>>21748726
It's not interactive, but ACVD has these part variants with extra armor or stripped armor where it also reflected in weight and stats changes.
So it's not unrealistic.

>>21749572
>>21749029
>>21749045
On my playthrough I somehow encountered a mission with 3 of them first, single later.
So I thought I'm gonna just smash one of them, since they were so easy.
Holy fuck it dragged my face through the dirt.

I think it should be legally prohibited for the same enemy model to have different stats in different maps.

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>>21749506
>>21749547
It's also become emulatable recently, so eurofags who can actually go to fucking jail for torrenting shit are now buying the disks up.

>>21747915
marve my beloved overtuned baby

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>>21749705
Marve is one of the balanced ones. By (Except for one) I meant the o061ANNR, which is poo bad

>>21749713
it used to be too good

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Look at how they massacred my boy

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>>21749732
we can rebuild him. We have the technology

>>21749713
The 061 used to be THE single most-used arm weapon in the game. It was literally the damage and velocity of the 051 with the RoF of an assault rifle and like 600 shots. They nerfed it because it was so good there was no reason to use anything else. It still has a niche in being one of the only rifles with enough ammo to fight multiple battles.

>>21749305
>I sometimes think balancing should be completely separated between PvE and PvP modes
This is pointless. Balance is balance. The parts of the PVE that matter most are enemy AC fights anyway.

>>21749452
>>21749478
>talking about hovering over water in 2023
Fuck that shit I want to pilot my AC UNDER the water in 6. Give us missions with both above and below water environments. Maybe even go the extra mile and make it affect parts and performance. Instead of swapping to annoying hover legs, give us boosters that specialize in underwater movement, give us torpedos and physical melee weapons. Make the water slow down movement but reduce heat.

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>>21749855
I still dream about the ocean floor mecha game we will never get, closest is playing Bioshock 2 and giggling at the big stomps

>>21749547
VD is the only game in the series available digitally, so under normal circumstances there's absolutely no reason to pay more than the digital price for a physical copy.
But >>21749620 is correct. It's being driven up by folks that want to emulate it on Xenia but don't want to pirate it to do so.

>>21749506
You must be new. This has happened to all the AC games, not just VD.

>>21749620
>>21749883
First I've heard of this kek. Even pirating movies and porn without a VPN in America gets you a verbal warning from your ISP at worst. Is EU really cucked that hard on piracy?

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>>21749858
I remember like 8 years ago I had a dream that steel diver got a sequel where you fought other ships as a sub and transformed into a mech to fight giant sea creatures. Closest we have nowadays are those indie crab mech games on steam but it's not the same.

>>21749855
You can go underwater in some maps in VD.
It will slowly damage you, but some weapons won't hit you either.

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>>21749904
>Is EU really cucked that hard on piracy?
It apparently is?
I never paid for Armored Core game before 6 and I played all of them.
I also pirated every single Nintendo game just to emulate all of them.

>>21749904
>Is EU really cucked that hard on piracy?
Only germany (where it became rampant) and less so france allow private companies to spy on people torrenting/downloading things in general and sending them "fines" (that you have no obligation to pay), the "district court of hamburg" is infamous for being the most corpo-aligned entity in the world when it comes to privacy, they're one step from enacting execution for downloading mp3s from youtube. Civilized EU countries don't have this issue

>>21748478
If you can't manage TP's usage drain, take the gull+lotus+hazel pill.

>>21749904
>Is EU really cucked that hard on piracy?
I guess it just depends on where you are, never once gotten any notice or anything for piracy.

>>21749732
MK2 is sexy and plays a great sound when shooting.

>>21750107
Try pirating latest Zelda without VPN.

>>21750236
Post someone going to prison for pirating TOTK.

>>21750236
I did just that in Denmark, nothing happened.

>>21749620
>>21750014
On that note, how well does armored core 5 get emulated? I have armored core 5 ps3 but I'm missing verdict day and I don't want to pay these scalpers.

>>21750403
See further up the thread but TLDR you have to pick between black untextured ACs or PS3 performance; also no online functionality

Anyone wanna help a newfag out?
I want to play through all of the armored core's before the newest one comes out. Can anyone point me in the direction for a guide on how to emulate this stuff?

>>21750442
The answer is closer than you think

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>>21750442
Download emulators. DuckStation seems to be the most popular for PS1 titles. I used Retroarch with Beetle PSX core. PCSX2 Nightly is the way to go for PS2 games. For later gen it's either Xenia for 360 versions or RPCS3 for PS3. Depends on the game.
Get the bios' for your PS1/PS2 emulators.
Download roms. Stay away from PAL versions.
Play.
Save files are transferrable within a gen, see pic related.
Make sure to save your progress and have some backups going a few missions back because some misison give you gameover if you fail or abort.

>>21749904
only germany

>>21750461
this chart sucks because it says ac2 sucks. ac2 is one of the best

>>21750461
Thanks for the direction anon!

>>21750461
what emus are best for which gen4 and above games?

>>21750555
4 and 4A: RPCS3
V and VD: Xenia

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>>21750555
>>21750574
Last time I checked you need Xenia build called
new_xma_decoder@9f72a7c08 on Apr 9 2023
for V and VD
There might be newer or better one, but that's what I used to beat VD.

>>21750014
Why bother paying for 6 then

>>21750708
Cuz I like fromsoft.

Goddamn, Another Age is addictive. I actually like that there are some easy missions interspersed throughout the game as a little break from the ones you try over and over or get cucked by something you didn't equip to boost over.

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>>21750442
It's likely that you'll be thrown off by the archaic controls of Gen1-3. Use a mix of in-game and emulator remapping to have the left and right sticks simulate the corresponding face buttons for modern twin-stick controls. In the case of PCSX2 Nightly, I also found that emulator remapping couldn't do this without making the sticks sensitive to the point that they're always inputting, so I had to also use the remapping tool DS4Windows to get this scheme to work.

>>21750827
Use deadzone, idiot.

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Made some of the lads in AC:LR

>>21750884
Yeah, the deadzone setting in PCSX2 Nightly didn't work at all. Looking for a solution, it seemed to me that there have been others having the same issue.

>>21750827
I've always remapped X, circle, triangle and square for looking around and the back buttons to shoot, boost. etc. It plays well enough.

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>>21750889
I always paint my main build with the Armada Megatron colour scheme. Something about green and purple just looks great.