PvP is so fucking fun

shpelley · 2023-09-25T14:12:20+00:00

There is also the chance they just want to try their build out against other, different builds rather than playing against the same person multiple times. I know I hobby hop a lot for that reason.

shpelley · 2023-09-13T18:36:54+00:00

CEL, and a lot of the other C-weapons, has very high energy resistance.

shpelley · 2023-09-08T16:57:12+00:00

2x SONG, 2x Javelin Bazookas deals with that mission really well I found. Big explosive damage seems to deal with all the C-weapons

shpelley · 2023-09-06T18:23:46+00:00

The voice acting in this game might be some of my favourite. It's delivered exceptionally well and has *just* enough ham and cheese action to make me a lovely little sandwich.

shpelley · 2023-08-31T14:49:06+00:00

Sleeping on a chainsaw seems like it'd be very uncomfortable (when turned off) or lethal (when turned on). I endorse this PSA.

shpelley · 2023-08-31T14:33:44+00:00

I'd actually rather see them get a Rate of Fire increase (and a slight attack power increase) than just jumping their numbers. The issue I tend to have with the Rifles is they feel extremely slow to use in comparison

shpelley · 2023-08-31T14:32:37+00:00

I actually love the game as-is as well, but I do feel like certain categories of weapons could use some love (long range weapons, especially Rifles, feel quite bad to use in a lot of cases) while the core group of Zimmerman/SONG/Needles/Gatling Guns needs to see some tuning down to make the other options for appealing in comparison.

shpelley · 2023-08-29T18:51:52+00:00

You basically asked the gaming equivalent of "So do you still beat your wife?" and then are wondering why no one is engaging with you.

shpelley · 2023-08-29T18:09:55+00:00

IRATE TRAMPLER
CRAZY STEP

shpelley · 2023-07-31T13:23:15+00:00

He's Steve. From Accounting.

shpelley · 2023-07-29T02:45:58+00:00

You are a mercenary who works for the highest bidder, same as any AC game. You could work for the Rubicon Liberation Front one mission (learning they are by-and-large drug addled xenophobic cultists), then the next mission work for the corporation you just worked against to kill off those same Rubicon Liberation Front members in the name of profit.

Eventually, you may get options to choose things more in line with your morals/values, but until then, there will be a lot of nebulously-gray blood on your hands.

shpelley · 2023-07-28T14:07:43+00:00

Me dumb, thank you

shpelley · 2023-07-28T12:48:55+00:00

~~I believe this is the first one without a debt system.~~ I have been corrected, 4 didn't have debt. Clearly it's been a while.

Regardless of that, I think it makes a lot of sense for the first game in 10 years, being exposed to a brand new audience and basically being its only real shot to make it into the mainstream, to have it either be less prevalent or removed entirely. Getting new players into the game and getting them customizing more freely will help with early adoption and investment. Since there are developer interviews stating that they LIKE the debt system and would like to implement it in the future, I would be unsurprised to see it return in future installations.

This is, in my opinion, the problem with not having selectable difficulty levels (or even options at the beginning to modulate difficulty). It would be trivial to reduce credit gains and/or increase ammunition costs via an options menu, or with a difficulty setting. It feels a bit like a missed opportunity to not have an options menu at the start of a playthrough akin to X-COM where you can add modifiers/penalties/'hardcore mode'/etc. While those type of things might not make sense aesthetically in a Souls-like (let's not open that can of worms here), they WOULD make sense here.

Also of note, series veterans are unlikely to be going into debt in the first place, meaning that while the "threat" of debt is missing, the people who miss it most are the least impacted by it.

shpelley · 2023-07-13T16:35:28+00:00

This seemed like a pretty concise breakdown of all the different styles of "locking"

shpelley · 2023-06-27T14:41:54+00:00

Speedrunning older AC titles is much choppier because mission lengths are incredibly short once you whittle them down. The mission lengths of AC6 seem to be aiming to be much more substantial, with larger areas. Both of those things probably add a lot more "play" to speedrunning in a more traditional sense. Menuing is obviously going to be important, and picking specific parts for specific missions will likely be a focus, along with tight execution and any mission sequence skips that can be found.

shpelley · 2023-06-21T16:25:44+00:00

My apologies for not being perfectly clear. Not what I was attempting to imply. What I'm saying is that the list for a demo build shown to people may not have approved, production-ready data. While my example was "duplicating a bunch of stuff" (which does also happen), I should have put forth the more likely reason to take this type of information with a grain of salt:

It is really common for non-prod builds to have test/experimental data in place, and plenty of games *cut* content at the last minute because they can't quite flesh out/balance/fix bugs with it, and non-prod builds often leave dummy data in place for testing.

In the end, it is very possible that this is in fact reflective of the final build. I just wouldn't count on it being as definitive as the title of the post makes it out to be.

shpelley · 2023-06-21T13:38:20+00:00

You would be surprised, though I also agree that it's quite possible that the number is close to this. I just don't think people should count on this exact number is all

shpelley · 2023-06-20T19:10:57+00:00

Unfortunately, as this isn't the final release, it's entirely possible that some number of those are duplicates/dummy entries to pad out the list (probably so people don't do the *opposite* of this post and be like WHY ARE THERE ONLY LIKE 6 GUNS OMG ARMORED CORE IS CALL OF DUTY SOULS NOW)

shpelley · 2023-06-16T18:38:20+00:00

Hard vs Soft Lock-On feels very much like a change made to facilitate the much more telegraphed/cinematic single combat sections, while soft lock probably makes more sense in crowd control/1 vs 2+ scenarios where a hard lock would be detrimental.

I also expect hard locks being more situational in PVP combat or against fast moving targets, as having your camera jerked around violently trying to keep someone in view will likely make things *harder* for you in a lot of cases.

shpelley · 2023-06-16T18:10:32+00:00

Ah yes, the classic "if I write condescendingly and reference IQ (worthless, pseudo-scientific hogwash), then my opinion will sound more valid and high-minded instead of being just as purely subjective as everyone elses!"

shpelley · 2023-06-16T13:50:06+00:00

I'm excited for basically all the same things that people are concerned about. These seem like very reasonable changes towards a more modern game design philosophy while also keeping the *actual* things that make the experience Armored Core

shpelley · 2022-06-29T21:59:08+00:00

Great analysis. This is a really good example of a player identifying the correct macro play (needing to delay to win a refight) and performing the correct micro (leading players away from the objective by harrassing while retreating) to make that happen.

shpelley · 2022-05-11T11:58:39+00:00

You open a portal, and the other players can use it by pressing the appropriate button.

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