/acg/ Guarded Midpoint General

Got some nice matches in tonight as a merc using my new Knocker tank. Forced the all-UNAC team guy to try and counterbuild me specifically with an entire team of Fortress Quad snipers, since anything close to the ground kept getting run over by glorious treads.
Ahab, I don't suppose you'll be on tonight considering all the power outage shenanigans? Because if not I'll go to sleep pretty soon.

>>145817905
Nope. I took off to go hang out with people who have power. Go to sleep.

>>145820924
I thought you were calling me a weakling for a second, kek

anyone not doing anything wanna FA?

>>145808809
>AC4/ACFA
>the most dumbed-down AC

Do you care to back up this wildly vague opinion?

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>Get destroyed
>Go back to th drawing board
>Build a new mech
>Feels good
>Confident enough to test against players
>Get destroyed
>tfw deserve to be in a normal

Maybe someday I'll be as strong as you guys.

>>145826790
Don't worry, everyone can overcome shitty AMS aptitude.
Well, except Wonderful Body.

>>145826790
Are you still online?

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bump

Bumpo

Kind of surprised we let the previous thread die honestly.

>>145831259
I know, the OP was so amazing I thought it would last forever.
Actually I was about to post something and when I was done typing it was already archived

>>145831565
>Actually I was about to post something and when I was done typing it was already archived

It happens.

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HAPPENING.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/06/13/fromsoftware-has-three-games-in-development-with-one-likely-being-a-new-armored-core/#68ea945f157a

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>>145833223
That link is old news and your image is fake. Fuck off, thank you

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>>145833596
>Old
>It came out 5 days ago.

>>145833793
It was in the last thread, it's unlikely for there to be more people in this thread than the last before 300 posts. Old news.

>>145833223
>Disclosure: I know members of the development team at FromSoftware personally.

How can we trust him? this sounds like a "my dad works at X"

>>145834386
The disclosure is literally there to help us trust him. That's what a disclosure is. If he had made this article and not disclosed that, it would look a little suspicious if people found out later.

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>>145833223
that fucking pic.


Well everthing and everyone belives that FROM is working on a new AC game, but as the article said, what about if it is a reboot like demons souls?

>>145835083
I'm completely down with it, it would let them get out of the ballclenchers known as Bandai Namco.

>>145835202
After all this years, I will miss the name Armored Core if that happens. I just hope they dont try to "experiment" with the gameplay because is a reboot, like going from a third person shooter to a hack and slash game with mechas.

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last one

>>145835083
They're probably not working on an AC right now, but it's at least confirmed to come out in a few years.

>>145840751
Disregard the first part of this post, read the article wrong. At least we'll probably see a reveal trailer before /acg/ throws in the towel. For the record, I feel like /acg/ is one of those generals where for all intents and purposes, should be dead, but will always refuse to be so.

>>145840880
/acg/ is that one heavyweight AC getting shitfucked in a free for all where everyone else is bouncing all over the place in lightweights, but the lone heavy just refuses to fucking die for some reason, even when the lightweights start ganging up on him. Then some cunt closes in to try and blade him to death but he just pulls out a physical blade and punches the blader in the face and one shots him.

Bump

Has anybody read any good manga recently?

>>145823535
ACFA, more than any game in the series, lets you equip whatever feels right/looks cool and be successful. It doesn't punish you for not figuring out how the game works and just jumping in and spamming weapons. The single player is incredibly easy.

Top-tier stuff is only 'equally' complex to other games because of the amount of reaction time and aiming precision that's required.

>Get home
>Studio president Hidetaka Miyazaki told 4gamer that FromSoftware is working on an action role-playing game with a dark fantasy setting and hinted at a new installment in the "Armored Core" series.
Is it true bros?

>>145841424
>Physical blade on a heavy
No wonder he's getting fucked. Learn to kick, bro

>>145844854
A new AC game of some form is confirmed. We don't know if it's one of the 3 next games, or something coming afterwards.

The only evidence that it might be one of the next 3 games is that it's confirmed one of them is a reboot of an old series.

>>145844828
You might want to clarify that in the future then, because as far as mechanics go it is much more broad and nuanced than any previous title. FA is the third easiest game in the series though, next to 4 and SL.

>>145845187
>SL is easiest

Did you not play 3?

I wouldn't call FA "nuanced". It just put numbers to stats that were already in previous games. But it also dumbed down things like acceleration/top speed (making it pure thrust/weight except for overweight ACs) and making the lock box 'fuzzy (worse lock on the corners)' and invisible.

But overall, the changes to 4/FA (nuanced or not) mostly reflected making the game easier to for single player for a new audience.

Why do people like merrygate so much?

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>>145851280
She's really nice and she has a vagina

>Reg 1.15
It feels like cheating.

>>145851902
I was charmed by the voice

>>145845001
He wasn't talking about VD bro

>>145850538
That paint job is a fucking hate crime against the AC

I want to Kill Shamir!

>>145862257
But you're too much of a scrub to do it?

>>145863602
Only on hard.
My AC feels Sluggish compared to quad legs.

You know, since she uses slug weaponry?

>>145865254
Yes, anon. I get it. Don't explain the joke next time please.
You can pretty comfortably stay in the air and just plink her to death iirc

>>145844491
what genre are you looking for?

>>145851280
Nice voice, and probably one of the niciest pilot out there. You cant have a bad time with her.

>>145878563
El Bimpo

>>145880439
Da bimpo

Interesting how this place doesn't result to blogging at the cost of dying.

But who's the best wingman series wise?

Celebrity Ash or bust.

>>145848621
Acceleration/top speed has been delegated to average speed, which is much more efficient in telling you how fast your AC is generally, especially considering top speed would be a useless mechanic in gen 4 anyway. Mechanics like stability, Primal Armor, different stage boosting, and how literally every part class and even some individual parts change flight patterns does add nuance to how you pilot an AC, and how you spec it out.

I don't quite know what worse lock on the corners is supposed to refer to, I'm assuming it means the corners of the screen. If that's the case my lock doesn't have any trouble tracking enemies that are even beyond my screen when I play with /acg/, and the lock on mostly has to do with why the game is so easy. Having an automatic lock allowed the control scheme to be pretty much perfected for this type of game. It takes more skill to juggle aim, movement, and weapons in the previous titles.

When was this place not dead?
When did you reach reach bump limit?

>>145891318
Bump

>>145891318
We had a 750 reply thread up a couple weeks ago. Activity levels fluctuate.

>>145884025
The dude in ACVD, because you can kill him and go do the mission on your own.

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>>145820924
Check out this Immelmann dance Ahabu

Anyone up for SAVD?

>>145900976
>those knees

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>>145908078
>he skipped knee day

>>145908513
>not breaking your knees backwards so you can jump higher

>>145910151
>not just amputating both your legs and attaching yourself to an electric wheelchair

>>145911962
>not attaching four legs so you can finally beat people at the sideways jump exercise

>>145912758
>not just grafting a rocket booster to your hips where your legs once were

>>145913480
>not adding 4 boosters

It's good to be back. We live again. Anyne got any interesting AC related news?

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>limiting yourself to modifications of the base humanoid frame
>not starting over from scratch and building something far superior
Your answers are weak.

>>145914372
>being a giant can opener

I have nothing to do.

anybody wanna...?

>>145914372
>this is Omer's top AF
>Dissing Motherwell while at it
Though best one was AF Great Wall.
>GA's Leader is a descendant of Trump
No wonder Algebra NEXTs despise them.

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>>145915962
>GA's Leader is a descendant of Trump

Canonically, what is the strongest single entity in all of AC? That could mean Arms Fort, AC, Pulverizer, anything like that.

>>145917129
It's interesting how little to no visible humans are apparent in AC.

>>145917641
Strayed's NEXT from ACFA. If you exclude player characters it gets a lot harder to narrow down. I'd say White Glint, but that's technically also a player entity.

Either way it's probably something from the 4 era.

>>145918397
>all corps focused on building AFs
>get killed by a Lone Lynx
Should've focused on using Aspina pilots and building a mix between a NEXT and AF
Strayed is scary considering he beats Anatolia's Raven in server all feats before beating him.

>>145817583
Is there any new information for on AC6 yet?

>>145917641
The Internecine.

>>145917641
White glint or strayed.

Maybe the last raven too

>>145917641
No one except for player characters could take down Answerer. Thus Answerer being the strongest thing in existence.

>>145921707
Except 4a Era also had the most powerful cores by far. So it would have to go to a pilot from that era

You'd think they would have a back up NEXT considering white glint is still registered on Collared and seems to do missions, earning Coam.

Also blows that he doesn't appear insuring the ORCA arc or as a wingman in. any other mission than his own.

>>145923115
Honestly, White Glint and Line Ark could have been completely removed from FA and it would still be the same game.

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>>145927391
I feel the role of Line Ark was as a distraction to lead the player to belive they were going to be the main faction that will drive the war against the corporations, making ORCA somehow a surprise.

>>145885748
What I mean is that all ACs accellerate on the same curve in AC4/FA. There's no accel vs top speed tradeoff like in other games, raising your top speed raises all of your other speed stats. That's why movement is really floaty when slow. Every other game has different accelleration profiles depending on booster stats.

I meant when the target was in the corners of the screen, not the AC. The further your target is from the center of the screen, the worse the lock time, response time, and tracking.

It's the same lock box as Last Raven, but with a "fuzzy" lock box outside of it that gets worse and worse the further away from the center depending on your stats. Both of these changes were made to 'clean up' the gameplay so you can more easily just jump in and spam weapons.

>>145917641
In terms of raw skill, the player character from AC:LR, mostly because he didn't have human plus when everyone else did.

In terms of raw firepower, Probably N-WGIX/v from ACVD. While the single player version is obviously weaker than a next, the multiplayer version probably packs more firepower on an even playing field than anyone else.

In terms of both? Strayed from ACFA.

But if you put the pilot from AC LR into Strayed, that would be the most powerful combination of skill with the firepower to match.

The arms forts weren't really all that powerful. They even explain in-game that they were mostly next deterrents, not actual weapons intended to destroy pilots. Hard mode Motherwill is probably the most powerful arms fort.

>>145919416
This is a good answer, if only it had been allowed to keep building. Unlike arms forts, all of the pulverizers were legitimate threats.

No other AC game did the whole "accumulate battle data to create the ultimate weapon" thing better than ACLR.

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I don't see Ahab posting alot in this thread. I think I know how to lure him out~

>>145933462
Did other game did that for starters? I think only LR have the evolving weapon things in the serie, how good it does when you compare it with other stuff is different.

>>145934064
With furry?

>>145934341
ACVD had J/the foundation, ACFA had the arms forts, the PS1 games had Nine Ball, ACSL had IBIS. All of which were "ultimate weapons" that were improved or involved over time, usually with some input from the player character

>>145933175
>put the pilot from AC LR into Strayed

if that happens, it would be the most OP character in any mecha related crossover.

>>145934605
>ACVD
I dont think that really counts, since they just shift from using another ACs to a NEXT, they just tried to kill you with a far superior machine

>ACFA
those dont count, I think they dont fit the concept

>Nineball
same with ACVD, it just goes from normal to super mode.

when talking about "evolving weapon" I feel it has to appear multiple times and each time improving little by little until it reach the ultimate weapon phase, just going from normal (Nineball/Reaper Squad) to ultimate weapon is like going into a super mode instead of actual "evolving" (J/Nineball seraph). IBIS is super weapon already. with no "normal" mode.

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Now that I think about it, you could also argue that VD's protag is pretty high up on the list of most dangerous AC characters since he singlehandedly takes down a Next using the equivalent of a custom Normal.

Time for "Human Pilot Ranking".
Rules: Ranked purely on combat intelligence and achievements given the odds against them.

Higher tier = absolutely better
Higher ranking in same tier = most likely better, but uncertain

God Tier
1. Player character from LR
2. Dark Raven (ACV)
3. Strayed (ACFA)

Dominant Tier
Leos Klein (MoA)
Zinaida
Evangel (LR)
Maggy (Prior to ACVD)
Berlioz
Joshua O'Brien (FA)
Otsdarva
Player Character from ACVD

Irregular Tier
Maggy (ACVD)
Player Character from ACSL
Player character from AC2
Leos Klein (AC2)
Jack-O (Nexus or LR)
Evangel (Nexus)
Maximillian Thermidor
Wynne D.

Rebel Tier
Player character from most AC games
Chief
Joshua O'Brien (AC4)
RD
Stinger (PP)
Genobee
Agraya
Most ACLR Pilots
Ares (AC2)
Unfettered (AC2:AA)

Normal Tier
Most AC Pilots (all games)

Shit Tier
KILLDOZER

>>145935901
and also kills a lot of other pilots, yeah some of them were completly newbies but as the game advance you fight more skilled and veterans pilots. And not counting the special weapons of the foundation.

>>145936153
Also, no AI or augmented (Cube) players. Purely human pilots only.

>>145936153
>Joshua O'Brien
>FA
Josh died at the end of 4. The White Glint in FA is Anatolia's Merc taking on the same name.

>ACV protag higher than VD protag
I'd say switch those two.

>>145936260
wait, if that's the case, does maggy still counts?

>>145936498
>I'd say switch those two.

Well while we dont have a full confirmation, the Dark Raven destroy something that was surrended by KP in the side story, it could be a real NEXT or a downgraded copy like the one J used. and while he got some help, he fought 5 Chiefs at the same time.

>>145936153

Time for "Human Pilot Ranking".
Rules: Ranked purely on combat intelligence and achievements given the odds against them. No AI, and must show up in story mode somewhere. (Sorry, Exile)

Higher tier = absolutely better
Higher ranking in same tier = most likely better, but uncertain

God Tier
1. Player character from LR
2. Dark Raven (ACV)
3. Strayed (ACFA)
>4. Player character from ACVD

Dominant Tier
Leos Klein (MoA)
Zinaida
Evangel (LR)
Maggy (Prior to ACVD)
Berlioz
Otsdarva
>Anatolia's Mercenary (4 and FA)

Irregular Tier
Maggy (ACVD)
Anjou (AC4)
Player Character from SL
Player character from AC2
Leos Klein (AC2)
Jack-O (Nexus or LR)
Evangel (Nexus)
Maximillian Thermidor
Wynne D.

Rebel Tier
>Leonhardt
Player character from most other AC games
Chief
Joshua O'Brien (AC4)
RD
Stinger (PP)
Genobee
Agraya
Most ACLR Pilots
>Remille Fortner
>Boyle Fortner

Normal Tier
Most AC Pilots (all games)
>Gerald Gendlin
>Zaltehook (AC2:AA)
>Unfettered (AC2:AA)
>Antares (AC2:AA)

Shit Tier
KILLDOZER

>>145937369
This is how I generally separated the tier:
God tier involves amazing achievements that shouldn't be possible.

If any pilot was considered the greatest pilot on earth at any one time (Maggy, Zinaida, Evangel, Berlioz, Leos Klein, Anatolia's mercenary) they are in the dominant tier.

Irregular Tier are pilots that were so dangerous they were considered a major threat, and if the player character did not stop them, they would have been a contender for most powerful combatant in the world at that time.

Rebel Tier are notably strong pilots that could beat a majority of other pilots in their time, but are ultimately killed / likely to be killed by anyone in the higher tiers.

Normal tier is everyone else.

>>145938525
Or in other words:

God Tier: Greatest of all time
Dominant Tier: Greatest Living
Irregular Tier: Top 5 living
Rebel Tier: Top 30% living
Normal tier: everyone else

>>145937369
you guys really love LR protag.

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Good night /acg/

>>145938635

That sounds pretty accurate.

>>145939095
>>>
> Anonymous 06/19/16(Sun)00:36:37 No.145939095▶
>>>145937369 (You)
>you guys really love LR protag.

He's the only protagonist where every single enemy in the game is objectively more powerful, but he ends up destroying them all. Even the base rankers in LR use human plus, I think

>>145939568
How practical are kojima rifles in PvP? I feel like Kojima rifle + Blade could be a nasty one-two instakill punch

>>145932461
I meant when the target was in the corner of the screen as well, when I'm kiting anons online the lock indicator will usually still track them off-screen.

>>145942205
It tracks, but only if you have high maneuverability/melee ability AND you're using a low lock on weapon

Try that with a cannon or sniper rifle and it takes forever for your target to respond

>>145942074
Generally ass, because of latency. I don't think you could fire a shot while homing in on a blade attack, and I'm pretty sure that you technically stagger when you blade someone so your charge might go away.

>>145942478
I was thinking a blade to drop PA followed by a rifle shot,but it seems like AA or some stun weapon is more practical then.

It's 1:00AM, I just made the best strip of bacon. You gotta fry it on a skillet, without oil, on medium-high until it turns a brownish-red and its grease starts to bubble on top.

Late night bump

>>145941708
So is nexus MC dead?

>>145949032
Nexus main character is dead, and also didn't kill most of the strongest enemies in nexus. I think the toughest guy you fight is Genobee or Jack-O and neither of them compare to Evangel or Zinaida, and the fake nine ball is nothing compared to a pulverizer.

>>145949327
You literally fight Evangel in Nexus.
Twice.

>>145949327
Bruh, Evangel is just a pussy bitch. Genobee could fuck him up WHENEVER he wanted to.

Good night /acg/

Why is for the answer white glints theme than remember?

>>145952854
Why would remember be white glints theme?

>>145954221
I dunno, thought it was before considering it's a remixed Fall, used by the last white glint.

>>145954503
>it's a remixed fall
There's very few resemblances between Fall and Remember, and O'Brien only used Fall while he was piloting the 00-ARETHA.
Also, if you look at the lyrics of Remember, they fit the genocide mission pretty well:

Oh, I'm scary
So I'm scary
All that I see
Now I'm scary
All is fantasy
All is fantasy

>>145955021
Yeah that makes sense.
Where do you find the lyrics?

>>145955131
I don't remember where I got em actually, I just know them. But they should be on the net somewhere

Bump.

>>145907280
Goddamnit, i knew i forgot something.

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>>145958187
>>145960152
>>145962559
>>145965845
>>145968891

More

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>>145954221
doenst remember play when you fight with him.

Also J theme is a remix of Remember.

>>145955021
I know the chorus is something like
Amen
Amen
Amen
Gospel
Amen

Pic related is from Reprises, I think the lyrics change a little withing the 2 versions.

Live

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These guys were innocent.
They got fucked over unfairly by GA just for trying to do what any business does, and are obliterated by the end.

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>>145973053
mah nigga

>>145973053
I support Berlioz, but Osdarva is a fucking weirdo and Shinkai is fucking loser too. White Glint is a DO-boy.

>>145975084
What's DO boy?
But I can see with Berlioz, probably was going to complete closed plan if war hadn't fucked things. FA would've been resolved more easily.
Shinkai, I feel sorry for a bit. Mentor dies and you're the only official remaining Lynx. Anjou was pretty alright.

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>>145975084
>>145975783
I'm guessing Berlioz got more backstory in the Japanese version or something? What was his deal other than being rank 1?

Otsdarva was never with Rayleonard was he? I thought he was always an Omer shill.

Shinkai got fucked over pretty hard though. He's got one of the most tragic stories in the 4 series.
>be new guy at the corporation
>comfy job as a test pilot
>veteran pilot takes note of your skill with blades, takes you in and starts training you to truly git gud
>then war breaks out
>want to fight with the rest of your squad, but the CEO won't let you since you're inexperienced
>squad dies
>rank 1 bro dies
>mentor dies
>corporation dies
>escape with your Next, find mentor's wreckage and take her sword, begin planning your revengeance
>years later
>your new Orca bros have you all hyped up since you're the last Rayleonard Lynx
>your new boss Thermidor (and new best bro) personally leads the mission to take down the guy who killed all your friends (White Glint) and even succeeds
>the boss helped you out, now it's your turn to help him--
>DUDE STRAYED LMAO
>dead

Strayed ruins literally everything.

>>145976745
Can't stop a force of destruction man.
Worst thing is if strayed joined ORCA, he gets his shit kicked in either way.

I always keep hearing speculation that Supplice du Marche mission is related to closed plan. Also yeah, Otsdarva is Omer, but believed in the plan.

Fucking Omer ruins everything though.
>does what Rayleonard wanted to do to Anatolia and is successful
>forces Aspina to fight an ally
>funds Orca under league for whatever shit
>manipulative fucks
>probably jewish

>>145976745
He's a fucking pussy for not doing it himself. All those years.... all those years.... no revenge. Truly a loser.

>DUDE STRAYED LMAO
You made me spit out my drink.

>>145976745
in game biography of Otsdarva

>Formerly from Rayleonard, this is Omer's trump card. His home is the battlefield, where he developed ingenious battle strategies. His mid-range attack style ignores all limitations of his LAHIRE frame, evidence of his estrangement from Omer.

I think he was a pilot in training when Rayleonard fell, when OMER took everthing that was left from Rayleonard, he came along, when OMER discovered the Closed Plan he and probably with the help of Maelzel, manage to convice OMER to support the plan, and being the "ghost of Rayleonard" also offer to lead the plan, then manage to contact his senpai (Shinkai) and the other of the five and start building ORCA.

In words and/or image, what were you guys reaction to the Black Glint in VD?

>>145980632
VD was my first AC game so...

My thought was

>whoa, nice lookin AC

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>>145980632

>>145979832
He should've joined in the Line arc assault.

>>145980093
Man ORCA sounds comfy as fuck.
The Unidentified AC and Four Legged one were ORCA members as well, right?

So why couldn't they retrieve WG in FA but was possible in VD? Did the guy just... fuck it, I'm going to retire and make babies with Fiona now?

>>145982168

Humans in FA who can't breathe water. In VD, it was spoopy aliens or robots that did it.

>>145982168
Probably too expensive and too long to do with how forceful the league is towards LA.
Makes you wonder why there wasn't back up AC.

Wasn't Line Ark considered radicals that no one wanted to support other than White Glint?

>>145983027
Yeah, league had it out against them.
That sucks. Would ORCA even trust them?
Only guys I can see joining is those rebels who took cradle 21

>>145982168
Probably because WG was basically a tailor made NEXT for Anatolias, who knows how expensive making a WG is, if I remember correctly the side material mentions that he is waiting for a another NEXT in the rest of the game.

>>145980632
"Huh. Whatever."

Never really was a fan of 4th gen. And I didn't really care about, nor pay attention to, the story in VD.

>>145986423
do you even care for the games?

>>145980632
Honestly? I didn't realize what it was until looking it up after the fact. I thought it was just an evolved version of Exusia.

>>145987265
I did, at one point. Played AC1 through ACV, actually caring about the story. (4th gen has decent story mechanics, but I really only played both games a few times through, and then never went back, since I'm not a fan of the gameplay itself.) Then I got hooked on ACV's Conquest multiplayer, and subsequently, didn't care about VD's story, when the game released, as I just wanted to get to the multiplayer again. Though, I did like Maggie and Fatman. I'll admit to that.

>>145989551
Are you some sort of masochist?

>>145983027
>>145983864

I thought Line Ark and the league were the same thing.

>>145996849
Line arc is separate military group, league is group that controls all current corporations and collared.

>>145996023
That is not out of the realm of possibility.

>>145996023
ACVD's multiplayer is wonderful. It's also painful. Best PvP in any AC game, not for everyone.

>>145980093
kek, what fucking limitations does the Lahire frame have?

>>145981885
Yeah, and so was the heavy reverse joint that fought with the four-legged. But all three of those people and Hari were pretty much useless.

>>145996849
wew lad, why would The League want to destroy Line Ark if they were the same entity?

bump

hat's going on today, guys?

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>>145980632
>mfw
I didn't care much about the plot up until that moment. Then it hit me: the wrecked cradles throughout the game weren't just a cool reference. I realized I was playing the sequel to the 4 era games, and that I was fighting against a Next with nothing but my custom Normal. My hype levels reached critical mass at that point.

>>145982168
The one in FA probably could have been fixed with time and resources, but Line Ark was destroyed and so nobody could bother to restore it. Plus since the machine was defeated, it was probably deemed inferior to the Nexts that took it out. Why bother spending money rebuilding White Glint when you can just hire Strayed for the job?

Also, the fact that the player is able to buy the White Glint parts may actually be canon. Think about it. If it's not profitable for anyone else to dump resources into recovering and restoring those parts due to it being more economic to hire Strayed, that means restoring White Glint is ONLY profitable for Strayed himself (if he deems the parts to be useful to him).

Going by that logic, it's not unreasonable to say that VD era humanity (or whatever the Foundation Man is) could also restore White Glint if they manage to recover it. If we take multiplayer as being somewhat canon, VD era humanity also managed to restore Motherwill, so rebuilding a Next isn't too far out there.

>>146003725

I thought that was Orca that wanted to destroy Line Ark?

>>146007072
>V era uses normals again
Haven't played V(planning on playing previous gens, which ones are good?)
How does it feel compared to 4?

I feel sorry for normals though. NEXTs are nightmares for anyone. Can only win via outnumbering and even then.

>>146007230
Don't know orca's views. Otsdarva seemed to hold a grudge against Fiona, coupled with the fact he was a Rayleonard pilot, that's just him though. Other than that, LA was against the league and this were a target.

>>146007447
It's completely different from 4 era, and completely different from anything before it. It's hard to explain, but it's definitely the most complex AC game out there on terms of gameplay.

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>>146007447
It's really fun, you have to make use of terrain a lot more and cover is more important. It's harder to gain elevation and you have to really work to stay mobile. Once you git gud the gameplay is only a little bit slower than 4 relatively speaking (though in reality you're moving a lot slower than a Next due to the scale of the game and the smaller AC size). It makes more sense once you play it.

The final battle of VD has you fighting 1v1 against a 4 era Next, complete with primal armor, assault armor, quickboosts, etc. Meanwhile you're stuck in a manlet AC half the thing's size that's basically just a custom Normal. It's one of the coolest fights in the series, I just wish it was a bit harder.

Anyone have that piece of art with the AC standing on the ground while NGWIX is flying towards it with its VOB?

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>>146008106
Delivered

>>146008941
SNFA? or /acg/ already give up?

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>>146008941
Found a bigger version.

>>146009510
tfw no PS3

SNFA @8pm EST tonight, ready your bodies.

>>146012828
>only TE parts
>snail treads
That's one shitty tank they got there. At least it uses decent Autocannons.

>>146012828
Its the tank from V's cg into so at least it looks somewhat iconic.

>>146016198
I still don't know why they used a tank AC for the intro trailer. Treads are laughed at even by actual mecha fans (see the Guntank in Gundam). The moment they had the trailer feature a tank mech they probably killed all appeal the game could have had to normies. Which might be a good thing, but still.

SNFA room is up, come play.

come on and get on!

ok

>>146016895
>>146019113

How's the room so far?

>>146021069
We got four people right now.

Has anybody here played any of the AC titles on PSP? How are the framerates on them? Are they at least playable, or are they offensively bad? I've been thinking of picking one up on PSN for my Vita to play some AC on the road, even though it obviously won't be as good as a proper Vita port/title.

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>there are people out there who think FA is anything but weeb gundam trash

>>146027210

Framerate drops, but otherwise they're good little games. Learn how to use the controls though. They make Kid Icarus: Uprising look like New Super Mario Brothers.

Live

>>146027210
Formula Front International is good because you can just let the ACs fight themselves, but besides that get them on emulator or Vita because of the controls.

Not dead

>>146031515

Vita? I didn't think you could remap the controls.

>>145934064
What can I say? I'm a busy man on the weekends.
But thanks for reminding me that I need to finish Dofus. And that I don't remember how far in I was.
>>145973053
They were the developers and number one proprietors of the substance responsible for making the planet uninhabitable.
>>145901774
Boy you better be thankful I'm not down there to show you some real moves.
Why can't they utilize all of those abandoned Supervision Army ships the Protodeviln were using? Surely those are on par with the Protoculture battleship.

>>146035446
What, who told you that? You can remap them, that was the whole reason they started selling PSP games on there.

>>146035687
Wait, do you mean it's out already? Fug

>>146036091
Yep. You're not ready for the ending.

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Someone brought up something interesting earlier. Do you guys think Armored Core gives the player enough "player agency"?

>>146035839

Interesting. If I bought PSP games digitally, can I transfer them to the Vita?

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Forgive me as I have a cold and was too weak to say it earlier to those who were in SNFA;

To simply put it; you guys are amazing pilots. Unmatched. Unparalleled. As I attempt to take on pilots who probably have years of experience under their belt. Coming form the FGC, a lost from such a skilled pilot is no weakness, it only relaxes the mind. Understanding why I lost is the most important thing in my life, because not knowing only drains your ability to keep going.

>The Fight
Ha, what fight. I imagine you guy saying something like "you deserve to be in a normal" or "Did you actually think you could beat me with such a terrible build?" and the likes. One thing that really effects me is my own fault of placing expectation onto myself which in return causing me to get nervous (the butterflies). I fear not being good enough. I constantly wonder how to get better and want it badly.


>My build
I have been in an experimental mode since I started ACFA and came here to join the community. I'm pretty sure there have been multiple pilots who come to /acg/ thinking their some hotshot only to be slapped in the face with realization. I too went that route. The only thing I can think about in ACFA is going faster and how to I do more damage. But I guess the game is more balanced than I thought. Placing shoulder boosters onto my NEXT I knew it was a big risk - gaining speed and losing power- to compensate, I threw on Assault Armor and of course shoulder missiles. With this I figured I could depend on AA and chip away the remaining damage with my arsenal. But it didn't work like that. I should finish obtaining the remaining FRS memory via hard mode completion. I also notice a lot of times I have an opportunity to blade, so I will be testing out using a blade. If you don't mind me asking how do I obtain the strongest blade in the game? Is it from Shinkai through completion of the last Collared mission(Hard)? And what's its name?

TL:DR I'm happy I joined the AC-munity. Thank you

>>146041627
If you buy them on PC or PS3 yeah.

>>146041627
AC games have pretty solid agency. I don't ever feel as if the game is directing me on how to feel about a mission. If I see a dozen drones flying out of an Arms Fort, I freak out and worry about my present ammunition, if I have enough firepower to kill all of them, and if the supposed "help" will arrive soon enough or will be helpful enough to even soften the foes up. If I'm playing gens 1-3 and I get overheated or I see my AP drop to nothing, the warning sirens get my blood racing, not because the game is telling me that this is a precarious and dangerous situation and I should be careful of who's around me, but because there is still a job that needs to be done and my lack of AP presently will force me to make extremely cautious decisions, or I will fail the mission in entirety, considering I still need to worry about ammunition conservation, which foes I should be targeting immediately, how evasive I should be versus how offensive I should be, and the significance of "cover" has now skyrocketed, as every single bullet I take from here until the end can potentially be my last.

>>146042380
Don't ever beat yourself up for stepping into a pack of wolves and getting chewed up. Only beat yourself up for thinking that you can't get back in there and start chomping on their fur.

If you're trying to blade, rock the Dragonslayer. I'd avoid shoulder boosters unless you're only trying to be a sword skater. Make sure you have some form of tool for a ranged offensive that will keep consistent damage on your targets. Snipers are really, really shitty in most cases to be quite honest, unless your build is exclusively a sniper build. If you intend to use a close-ranged bipedal sword-user, I'd recommend a machinegun with a really high rate of fire. AS missiles shoulders are also a pretty decent compliment to this setup, as they permit you to keep pounding away at your opponent's PA and AP even when they aren't directly getting pattered by Machinegun fire. Assault Armor is a nice touch, although I wouldn't come to rely on it unless you figure it'd be good for boosting a weapon with really low PA piercing, in which case I'd recommend you put a Grenade Cannon or Missiles on your back to take advantage after you AA their PA away.

I'd also advise you practice QB and Quick-Turning as much as possible. Learn how to get behind an opponent and, as quickly as possible, be facing them again. You'll notice a significant increase in victories when you can "pass" an opponent and keep on their ass in the heat of combat.

>>146041627
>binary choice, A or B
Weren't your only two options in HL2 to pick up the can, or disobey and deal with the consequences?

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>>146042380
What's your PSN? I want to know who you were anon.

>>146041627
AC has tons of player agency. I can even give an example with comparisons to other games in the genre.

>The mission is a high speed chase/assault where you have to rapidly get from point A to B while fighting enemies
Armored Core just gives you a mission briefing and mentions that you'll probably want to equip your AC to go fast. Front Mission Evolved on the other hand actually restricts your ability to use any leg piece but hoverlegs for this mission instead of allowing the player to be creative and find their own solution.

Really, mech games as a genre have some of the most player agency in any video games out there. You have to look pretty hard to find examples of the opposite (Front Mission Evolved is probably the biggest offender I can think of, it does the forced leg piece bullshit several times throughout the game).

>>146042380
V...Vermilion is that you?
inb4 that I forgot you psn and only remember your AC's name.

not dead

>>146016643
Except that a lot of western fans look at legged mechs and find them laughably impractical. Think about all the hoops Kojima had to go through justifying his 'walking tank' metal gear

>>146048131
Player Agency in AC is going into your first mission in a water area, boosting forward and then falling right into the water and dying instantly.

>>146048131
Zone of the Enders 2 has the least player agency of any mech game. You get very little choice on where to go or what to do, it's basically one free for all at a time followed by a boss battle.

>>146053251
>your first mission in a water area, boosting forward and then falling right into the water and dying instantly.

Shoulda seen my face when i played AC3 for the first time.

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>>146016643
Guntanks look like shit compared to the AC machines.

What are the iconic AC for each gen?

>>146053058
But half of them have walkers.
I just see an "ideal" mech to be something like that transforming tank in gundam IGLOO, or a more practical Kuratas and a walking weapons platform.

>>145983027
line ark wasn't radical, its the LYNX in the line ark that is and everyone got wiped except for white glint. So what's left are the league who controls the skies with cradles and shit, and line ark was the strongest land power.

League needed line ark out of the picture before doing the ORCA thing because they are the biggest threat to their power.

>>146061061
Though they registered that radical under Collared

What is the MN9 of AC designs?

>>146067993
>MN9
You mean overhyped and disappointing to actually play?

NOT
DEAD

>>146059370
>What are the iconic AC for each gen?

classics is nineball, 4 era is white glint, V era is either vendetta or chief using the giga cannon.

>>146064120
It's briefly mentioned (in the loading screens I think?) that Collared is just a shell of what it was intended to be. I don't think the League has as much control over the organization as we're led to believe. Even Strayed is let off the hook for supporting Line Ark, so it doesn't seem like anyone cares too much about radicals and such as long as you're not an actual organized threat to the League (like Orca).

can anyone link me the AC builder for VD on the japanese site? I can't seem to find it for whatever reason.

>>146067993
Well yes, to pilot.

>>146070634
Is 2/3 era under classic banner too?

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>>146061061
>League needed line ark out of the picture before doing the ORCA thing

I have being wondering. Is really accuarate to say that is the LEAGUE the one behind ORCA? while the game said that the league has become just a front for the political influence of OMER, remember that the league is composed by all the coorporations, the assaults cells were created to make a stop to a space race withing them, if the league, and that means all the coorporations, were ok with ORCA, why the need of the secret war with terrorist? wouldnt be more racional to create a secondary set of anti-satellite cannons and build their own power supply? for me ORCA is leading the war in a honor of the original plan of Rayleonard and being the proxy of the real intentions of OMER, the ones that decide to support the closed plan after Rayleonard's fall. The whole scenario is like a war were OMER is against the league, but using ORCA as a proxy to avoid what happen to Rayleonard and Akva vit, all the coorporatiosn forces gangbanging them.

>>146072954
yes

>>146072981
Except OMER has different intentions. They just want to be the first to space, whereas ORCA supposedly wants to give humanity a fighting chance. This is very different, as the rule of the companies will continue and get even worse with OMER building a monopoly in space by being the only ones prepared for the rush, and the reason why the only ending where humanity has a long-term survival chance free from the corporation's control is the Destruction path.
In the words of Senator Anderson: "We need to wipe the slate clean. BURN IT DOWN!"

>>146072954
Really depends on the game. In Verdict Day that would be most lightweight bipeds unles you really know what you're doing, and the infamous Kumo Quad for actually taking quite a bit of knowledge to get really good damage.
Ans sniper RJs in team battles. In 1v1s you can dominate the pace of the fight with them, but in teams your damage is irrelevant and the opponent can just rush in and 3v4 the rest of your team to death and then focus on knocking the annoying little guy out of the sky.

>>146073419
I never said OMER intentions were pure, probably from the ones in ORCA, but OMER is just securing his position. what I wonder if it is correct to say the whole thing is supported by the "league".

>>146073802
OMER does have a monopoly on most of the League excluding GA and Algebra.
Though I guess(speculate on no basis) it's either RL's original closed plan would've taken longer, and OMER is already focusing on a profitable market (AF & NEXTs) and building energy sources would've taken longer.
Plus there's the issue of pitching this idea to league may result in rejection be other corps as they may not benefit from space fast enough.
OMER never made any sense to me since Seed A Barren Earth.

bumpu desu

Can you recreate WG1 in FA? Is it good in general and compared to its Successor?

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Question. I've never played an AC game, but I like JP/Western mecha alike, with my favorite game being Virtual On 1 and 2. Not a big fan of mecha anime, but I love games with both types of mecha.

Anyway, if I like VO, Gundam Vs., and the Mechwarrior games (namely 2), will I like this?

>>146079056
All parts from 4 made it to FA, even though they renamed the ones referencing the Religion of Peace, and WG's emblem is there too. So yes, you can. The Laser Blade he uses isn't the best, but he's far from terrible. If you give him better binternals he can be a pretty decent CQC AC and one of the better cosplays, even though his damage output is kinda lacking. Not sure if he can be used without load tuning, they changed carry capacities pretty drastically over the patches.

>>146079453
>Mechwarrior games (namely 2)
Mah melanin enhanced individual.

You'll probably like AC if you're into Mechwarrior, especially MW Mercenaries since they're pretty similar concepts (although you don't manage your own team in AC, you're typically just a solo merc pilot). The only thing that might put you off is that there aren't really any stock frames in AC, and instead you build your mech from scratch. So instead of buying a specific model and customizing it (like a Thor or Madcat), you're buying all your parts separately (torso, arms, legs, head, weapons, generators, boosters, etc) and mashing them together into your own personal creation.

>>146079519
Ah, hopefully it's from shop at least since I don't have a 4 save.
I don't mind tuning, though it interests me how barren the fame looks weapon wise compared to Raven's.
I though it was the other way round with stuff like Aalyiah frame.

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>>146053058

>Except that a lot of western fans look at legged mechs and find them laughably impractical.
>western fans

Found your problem.

>>146079981
I'm completely cool with that. Sounds fun to me!

How's the mobility of the robots though, I think that's the important part. Is it minor boosters and jump jets like MW or is it full-on spastic boosting everywhere like VO or Gundam Vs.? Both are cool in my book, I'm just curious.

>>146079453
Maybe. This game has a fuckton of customization. Get FA (very fast and simple to get into, fairly hard to master) or VD (a little more complicated movement as you can't freely gain altitude, but almost as fast as FA once you git gud. Has a lot more terrain variety too and utilizes the environment way more). Be aware both games are fairly dead, even though there's a /vg/ team on VD that plays somewhat regularly (hint hint, you should join. We're helpful) and usually an active FA lobby on sundays and sometimes during the week if you ask. Both games have a decent single player, with FA having the more interesting story since there's actual twists involved and you get to chooses endings on multiple playthroughs.
Or I guess you could start with an old game. Be aware anything prior to Nexus uses tank controls and it'll take you a while to get used to that. It doesn't really matter which game you start with, the pastebin explains how the save transferring between individual games works. Also, you really shouldn't go into Last Raven without prior experience, even though it's one of the top titles in the series. Literally everything has an advantage on you (Human+ enhancements), even the lowest arena opponents, and even the first of the Pulverizers will wreck your shit if you haven't played an AC game before and are at least an average pilot.
AC3 and Silent Line are both pretty easy. Or just start from the first one if you want to experience the glory that is the OG Nineball.

>>146080489
>tank controls

My favorite game is Virtual On. I have no problem with that at all. I was kinda hoping for something single player in either a MW or VO vein so multiplayer isn't really a thing I need. That said, if the single player's shit but the MP's good, are there any games I should avoid if I just wanna play alone?

>>146080034
Everything is buyable, don't worry.

>>146080373
Actually, now that you mention it: AC4/FA is full-on spastic boosting everywhere, to a pretty damn ridiculous degree if you're in a lightweight, while AC5/VD is more like a slightly more free-form MW thanks to walljumps, revjoints and glide boost. Online is also mostly team-based.
The old games are kind of a mix. You're mostly unable to premaflight or boost constantly unless you build for it, and there's no Quick Boost save for the occasional extension part (which is a fixed angle, usually back or quick turning), meaning you can't instantly change direction.

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>>146080373
I haven't played any Gundam games lately but I'd say the older AC games (1-3 and their expansions) have similar speeds as Virtual On. Most of the combat is grounded and kind of slow paced, though I'd say you're still more maneuverable than in MW (Mechwarrior feels more like you're driving a walking tank, while AC feels more like you're in something from Gundam).

AC4 era goes insanely fast though and focuses a lot on aerial combat, complete with a few stages taking place in low orbit with you flying around dueling other mechs on top of space stations. The ACV era games go back to the more grounded combat and focus more on using cover and terrain, though it still plays really fast like the 4 games since you have a lot of mobility options like wall bouncing.

One thing to remember is that each AC game typically gets better with the following expansions. For example, Armored Core 4 isn't really anything special, but it's sequel Armored Core For Answer is considered one of the best in the series. Similarly, Armored Core V is so bad that its servers got shut down BEFORE the AC4 servers, yet its sequel Verdict Day is also generally considered to be one of the best games. At least among the "modern" ones anyway.

>>146080951
Both of the gen 5 games are somewhat multiplayer-focused, but they still have quite a bit of story content (which is completely doabel by yourself, and if you're 2bad fot that you can program an AI companion in VD), and the old ones are almost entirely single player with a duel mode strapped on top.
If you want a current game with lots of single player, take For Answer. Maybe play 4 first if you want, it's a litle rough around the edges You should get VD after though, please

>>146081136

Generally speaking, faster is better in my book. I like Oratorio Tangram (VO2) better than the original VO, but they're both good. Force (VO3) is too slow for what it is. MW works though because there's some semblance of strategy and shit (and you actually have to aim), whereas VO: Force is basically just Virtual On played in molasses with a team mechanic in a game where that doesn't really work that well.

So if I were to guess I'd say I'd probably want to try whatever the most recent expansion of AC4 is then?

>>146036719
That was pretty cool. But you got me really excited. Thought Basara or Mylene was gonna make an entrance

>>146081361
>you heard about series w 4 demo but never bought it
>thinking of getting it when I heard about 5
>heard 5 sucked never knew VD existed
>finally getting into it after deliberating on which 7th generation game is good to play for SP and replay value for around a couple months this year
I feel stupid for not getting it earlier and now both Online are dead outside of here and Asians.
Probably would get VD at somepoint but I'm holding out for 7, which I hope is within 2 years

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>>146081669
Armored Core For Answer is basically the pinnacle of FAST for AC games. Definitely a good place to start too.

If you can handle a mild downgrade, you should also try Armored Core 4 at some point. FA is a direct sequel to it and there are a few characters and plot points carried over between the games, so if you're into the story and like FA then you definitely have to play 4 (4 can still be enjoyed after playing FA as long as you can handle the weaker gameplay experience).

That said, the story in the AC4 games is told in a vague way similar to Dark Souls, so it's mostly just DEEPEST LORE type stuff like realizing that a certain NPC in FA was the player character from 4, or the background on how the planet got so polluted. The stories in the two games are mostly unrelated and self contained though.

>>146082176
You mean 6 right? It's not gonna happen any time soon. Verdict Day is still somewhat active and you can get it for really cheap, no excuses.

>>146082176
*6
I don't mind a third 5 era, just give me something with good decent length single and multiplayer.

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>>146083664
>wants good single- and multiplayer Gen V
>doesn't buy Verdict Day

?

>>146084041
Seems short.

>>146084191
Depends. It has a ton of side missions and really isn't much different in length from 5 (someone correct me if I'm wrong, it's been a while).

>>146084425
Is it shorter than most in series?
I just want a game to occupy weeks of time before going online.

>>146085938
It's story missions are a lot shorter than the ones in VD, but there's more parts and around 40-50 side missions I think. Maybe a bit more. You also have to unlock parts by getting good ranks and completing side tasks. If you're the type of person to spend a lot of time customizing your mech, it'll occupy quite some time. There's also hardcore modes, where you only get a specific number of ACs ( each mission fail is -1 AC) and each one changes some numbers around that grossly impact how you'll play (ex. Effective damage you take is amplified by 5, but ineffective damage is reduced, so you'll have to either buff out all damage you take with defense or avoid getting hit at all). If you're the type of person for that, it's something you can sink some time into.
In terms of single player content FA and LR have the most though.

>>146088162

This man is spot on. VD is good for the singleplayer content, but not up to par with previous AC games. High standards and all that.

>>146093058
>>146088162
I feel a bit let down but interested.
I'll see if I can find it. Had to travel across my city to nab one game in the series.

Does ACfA see any play on weekdays? I played through it once, and it seems like it'd be really fun online.

>>146096463
We should change the OP so the area under SNFA doesn't just say
>ask
anymore. Every weekend someone hosts a lobby on FA, it's fun but if you play people with shitty connections latency will hinder your experience.

>>146096463
The game is so fast that 60-70% of weaponry is downright useless because latency makes them never ever hit. This includes practically all laser weapons sadly. Bladers will also teleport everywhere.

>>146102698
Artillery only?

>>146093742
>>146093058
>>146088162
>>146083664


VD's hardcore mode and better conquest system (V's isn't even online anymore) does give it a lot more replay value. Plus, there are UNACs and the unidentified weapons, which gives you basically unlimited replay ability, especially if you have the UNAC DLC. (though some of the unidentified weapons can be beaten with 2 ACs).

VD's story is also pretty good. Not as good as FA, LR, or 2, but better than SL or AA. About on par with Nexus, but with less lore.

Also, even though FA is "faster" than VD, it's not actually more fast paced. Nexts move quickly, but they're larger and fight form a further range with less cover, which makes them feel 'floatier' and slower than the tight precision of 5th gen ACs.

If you run the numbers, apparent speed (how fast enemies move across the screen) is actually HIGHER in VD because of the closer range and higher acceleration.

>>146079453
Ultimately, it comes down to this:

1. Are you a masochist?
2. Do you love math?
3. Are you willing to spend hours staring at a customization screen only to feel a few seconds of sweet, vindicating badass victory after 2 minutes of actual gameplay?

If so, then yes, you will like AC.

>>146070634
There are a lot of iconic ACs
White Machine gun AC with grenade launcher in AC1 and AC3
Nine Ball in MoA
Karasawa AC (Leos Klein) in MoA and AC2
Farley and Spade from AC2:AA
Genobee and Evangel from Nexus
Nine Ball Reboot from Nine Breaker
Zinaida from LR
Supplice or Leonhardt from AC4
White Glint from ACFA
RD or Chief from ACV
Blue Magnolia from ACVD

Maggy, Nine Ball, Leos Klein, White Glint, and Evangel are probably the easiest to name.

There are many more less iconic ones though.

>>146102698
It's more that most weapons have shit muzzle velocity for the combat range. It takes half a second for most shots to fire.

>>146102698
I had being using laser weapons lately, they dont miss that much, probably like a normal rifle, Hi laser are a little tricky but one can learn how to use them withouth much effort.

>>146106454
I know. But latency exacerbates this problem because they often won't lead properly, and hits are determined by the screen of the one being attacked (at least when it comes to grenade launchers I can confirm this personally, huge explosion from a direct hit and no damage taken)

>>146102698
>This includes practically all laser weapons sadly
I think you're just bad, laser weapons (besides hi lasers) hit just fine.

FB lobby open in ACVD, haven't been online in a while.

>>146113831
Good luck getting people on

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>>146079453
>Virtual On
>posts Raiden
You are a good person.
>>146081727
The end was crazy with implications, though.
What was the name of that unit towards the middle of 7? Something Birds, wasn't it? I'd like to see them randomly show up.
>>146084425
I think they have about the same number of missions, but V's story missions were significantly larger. VD has less boring side missions, though.

>>146047264
Yeah, I didn't let it get to me, I actually enjoyed the experience regardless of the outcome.

Anyway, thanks for the advice. I will try out your recommendation.

>>146047858
>>146049175
Yes?

Immortal

just

>>146121127
Next time join the chatroom we have on psn for SNFA, its easier to talk there. As for you tactics you already noticed that in cqb AA and machine guns are indeed powerful but its not going to work on all of your opponents so come up with something new. We'll be waiting for the next SNFA.

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RIP /acg/

>>146133053

Silly question, but that chatroom doesn't take up too many resources, does it? My Ps3 gets enough choppy framerates.

>>146139898
No, but sometimes it'll take an eternity to load when you hit the PS button to either pull it up or put it away.
>>146121127
Don't try the Dragonslayers. They're the second worst laser blades in the game.

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>>146121127
Oh, you were that guy with the red/white ACs, right?

>>146042380
What Gundam is this image from?

>>146143376
Who's that semen demon.

>>146147428
A shallow character that waifushits insert personality into so their favorite series has a waifu to cling on to.

>>146150806

This. And it's sad. I don't play Armored Core to jerk off. Keep your waifus out of my vidya gaymes.

Bite the pkllow I'm bumping dry

live on

>>146150806
Sounds like most AC characters of we go by shallowness but thanks.

>>146151503
>not jerking off to AC designs
There's something so good about them.

up

I like Do Su's voice.

Sounds good when he kills you.

>>146181181
Do Su's voice sucks, as does Shamir's. Serene Haze is where it's at, and Wong Shao-Lung.

>>145817583
This isn't the Animal Crossing General.

>>146183525
How can you not like "and you're dead. Feeling the cold are you, well you won't be for much longer." With that accent(?).
Serene Haze and Wing does sound good but Wynne I just can't like.

>>146184356
Wynne's a condescending holier than thou bitch.

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>>146119069
Jamming Birds?

There's a rumor that best girl might end up with Keith

>>146171696
What AC will you recommend to jerk off ?

Hey buddies, your general getting some new life? I heard a rumor AC was getting a new game.

>>146185272
Guess not

>>146183553
No. It's the Armored Core general, silly.

>>146186568
>waits 15 minutes and calls it a day
This general has always been and always will be slow. But yes, From announced some stuff. Three new games, one being a Soulslike from "a different angle", and another a reboot of an old series. The third one is a new IP.
The only thing they could reboot really is AC and King's Field. And they have also confirmed that they WILL make a new AC, just not when. So it's just a matter of time til we get new robutts.

>>146187120
I predict they will announce it in a year and a half.

>>146187120
Fucking sweet.

>>146187120
Will /acg/ survived until then? to witness the new life and hopefully, the new wave of newbies?

>Old King will never be your bro

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>>146189467
But he already is.

>>146188409
I don't see why not.
>>146184969
Please no.
>>146183553
That it is not, next door down.
>>146144373
Google is telling me it might be Reconguista.

>>146192487
yes is Reconguista.

>grinding box runs
>TEAM DESTROYED
>lost connection to ACVD server
>you have been signed out of PSN
What.

>>146183553

We're all animals here, so it's close enough.

>running WG1 set up
>realise I don't have funds for generator
>can't find back weapon, or any good ones to substitute
>decide to keep the cheap sunshine from first play though
>use Gatling, OP scatter missiles, a regular riffle I already had and a blade(forgot name, had intense blue and Long blade, not dragonslayer) to replace and improve as I have frame
>tuning fucked up
>output may be too high as my recovery is too slow for what I need and leaves me as sitting duck
>can do most fights easily but drones for Carcaban become hellish as the scatter missiles can only do so much and can't reach
Hmn.

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>>146204995
But seriously, I like the white design with accents of black and that glowing blue eye.
I wish I could get a proper faded effect like pic.

>>146187963
>>146187120
Nah, less.

From is still doing DS3's DLC. Once that's out, and hype has died down, they'll shove a new AC trailer at us. I predict a trailer by the end of the year and a game sometime around mid-late 2017.

>>146204995
The trick to Judith Legs is to use their insanely high PA durability to build up your defenses. I think it's something like 250 total PA durability gives you better defense than a low durability heavy when your PA is up.

>>146207818
Ah.
I'll look it up when I'm playing again.
I'm also thinking of dumping everything into Capacity and some other stats.

Any way to take screenshots on PS3?

>>146207651
if we are lucky TGS will give us hope.

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>>146197960
Just another day huh.

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>>146209180
>the "TGS is our last hope" meme

>>146207651

Dont count on it. We're entering the 4th year of our downtime, and this is the longest we've ever gone without a new Armored Core.

Even the time between FA and ACV wasn't this long.

>>146216713
They have literally said that they haven't forgotten about us though, and that they want to make a new AC. It'll happen eventually.

Anyone in for a ACLR Multiplayer match?

I wanna test something (Mainly if it still works)

>>146207651
I think there's more than one DLC planned for DS3

>>146216713
VD was release three years ago, our forth is still far enough away.

>>146220279

I'm willing to wait, so the series doesn't become a yearly rehash like Call of Duty. I just hope they don't wait too long. And I hope they actually fix alot of issues about the game.

Waiting 4 years for ACV to have 5 FPS frame drops wasn't too pleasant.

bamp

>>146208467
Yeah, defense in FA is a % damage reduction based on your PA durability and your defense.

Here's a chart showing the individual reduction. Basically, each point of PA durability is worth ~13 points of SH defense and 8 points of EN defense.

So Judith has an extra 50-60 PA durability over other legs, giving it about an effectively 500 point higher defense than what is listed.

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>>146236693
>>146208467

herp derp forgot to upload the chart

This shows the tradeoff for shell vs en defense, and PA durability. PA durability is x10, so 5000 = 500 units of PA durability. I think the highest durability you can get is close to 900.

Multiply the PA damage and the defense damage to get total damage. So at 500 PA durability and 5000 shell defense, you have a PA damage of 55% and about 72% shell damage

.55 * .72 = ~40% AP loss for every 1 point of shell damage you take.

Ideally you want your EN/SH defense ratio based on your PA durability and how long it will stay up. a 50/50 split is good if you expect your PA to stay up all match.

The more often you expect to lose PA, and the lower your PA durability is, the more SH defense you need compared to EN defense.

>>146227210
ACFA has worse framerate issues than ACV had. ACV's framerate drops weren't bad at all, it was the bugs and weird graphics filters that sucked.

>>146237978

True, true. ACV felt too much like it was trying to be SUPER MATURE AND DARK AND EDGY.

if the gameplay didn't have some redeeming features, it would be the DmC of the series.

>>146041627
Story asian sea or mechanical asian sea?

PC remake of NEXUS

>>146237978
>Walk into collapsing building
>massive frame rate drop

>>146243548
There's frame rate problems that make the game look bad...

...and then there's frame rate problems that are so bad it's an actual tactic to lag other player's games by spamming missiles.

>this general hasnt been absorbed by acg yet

i am happy. still replaying ac2 - lr. on lr now. mostly sad that emulation only works in software so i dont get my nice views like in previous games. i didnt even bother to take a screenshot.

Wake up

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>>146249124

Is Nexus worth playing? I'm replaying the AC3-era games on my vita and feel like I'm going to miss a shitload if I go straight from SL to LR.

>>146220279
>Modern From said they want to make another AC
Yeah, I can't wait for another multiplayer-focused title with ACs who look like garden gnomes.
Woo. Praise le sun.

>>146244239

Haha, try playing singleplayer missions. Defending the satellite cannons for example.

I've never actually noticed the framerate problems you guys always talk about. Is it because I play on the 360? Did I actually get the last laugh for once?

Maybe I'm just retarded or don't pay attention enough.

>>146250201
Nexus is extremely worth playing. If only because going straight to LR is liable to ruin your day with how hard it is.

Nexus has more progression in difficult, and establishes a plot that is actually critical to LR's plot.

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>>146252682

I didn't think it was that critical. Didn't most of the plot get lost in translation?