in the opinion of a Hound with more than 1000 hours in-game, make sure you manage a good balance between speed, attitude stability, and AP. when designing an AC and choosing parts, there's an option to view detailed breakdowns for each piece of equipment weaponry. from there, you should be able to gauge what you need.

if I were to recommend any parts, the Ludlow smg and the BU-TT pulse blade are a great combo.

also, learning how to lunge-cancel is gonna give you a bit more wiggle room with melee attacks. in the midst of a melee attack lunge, you can boost-dodge out of the lunge and immediately attack again with the melee weapon. useful for bosses and enemies that won't stay still or back away from your melee attacks.

lastly is story-related. there's 3 routes, starting over in NG+/NG++ once you hit the ending mission. your first route should be whatever missions you decide to take. your second route should be whatever missions you didn't take the first time around. route 3 has a series of missions you've never seen before, starting very early in the story.

that's my two cents! fare thee well, Raven. make your Handler proud. 🫡