Armored Core VI - Fires of Rubicon (From)
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It's grand so far. Not reached the boss that's giving people trouble at the end of Chapter 1 but other than the starting mission boss it hasn't been that difficult. There's checkpoints before bosses and no penalties for using them. A lot of people are saying the people complaining don't understand that in AC you have to change build to suit the mission and the people getting stuck are prioritizing armour over speed.
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I mean the tutorial after the first mission and boss was a bit silly but I did the climbing the wall mission and the boss needed a fast AC to have a chance against it and the tutorial that unlocked before it was literally about the benefits of inverted joints and light builds so. A friend told me you get the heavy parts after it and get a tutorial of their benefits. So I don't think it's fair to say it's not explained when there's literal tutorials about this stuff.
Anyway if you get stuck try different builds, it's all about swapping out weapons and parts to suit the mission and you aren't punished for it. The chapter 1 boss issues are apparently people not making builds to counter it.
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So I got to that gatekeeper boss at the end of Chapter 1. Christ on a bike was that a massive jump in difficulty. Took me a good two hours to beat and at one point I had to exit out of the mission and rebuild my AC. It's an excellently designed boss but it really is going to give people trouble. I'm going to put in spoilers what helped me out but there is one missable which I found massively helpful, there's a kick move you get from upgrades from the arena and it's going to help out big time.
Anyway spoiler time:
My build was an inverted leg build to give speed but it might not be massively helpful here. I had 2 missile launchers, a melee weapon and a shotgun.
First you have to take the shield down. The shotgun and the kick are going to the stars of the show but it's always good to keep pressure on with the missiles. Stay close so the shotgun doesn't ricochet. If you get brave you could go for kicks or melee but I find if you miss the boss counters with his cannon which does insane damage. If the boss moves away and does a missile attack it sounds counter intuitive but dash towards him dodging the missiles and then use the kick then dodge around him to avoid the missiles and watch if he counters with his cannon. That cannon counter is the thing that will eat your health more than anything. If you manage to kick him early in this attack you can sometimes get a melee attack in. Once the shield is about to go down make sure the area is clear of any missiles or other bullshit as you will want to maximise damage.
Once the shield goes down the boss will be in a staggered state and will take increased damage. I like to do a charged melee, followed by a shotgun and then a boost kick. At this stage the boss will run away and recover out of stagger. The aim here is to try and stagger the boss again. You need to get a second stagger in quickly. You shotgun and missiles won't be enough but can keep the stagger gauge active. You want to try and get a boost kick followed by a melee and maybe follow it up again with a boost kick. The boost kick and melee will do insane stagger. The shotgun can be used if the stagger gauge is very high. Sometimes I was able to stagger 3 times and get the boss to his second form but you will more than likely have to take the shield down twice per phase.
Phase 2 is like phase 1 but the boss gains nasty flame attacks. The flame attacks are almost as dangerous as the cannon attack but if you get caught in a combo it's bad news. You are just going to have to learn to avoid these. You'll also get less chances for a boost kick so you'll have to rely more on the shotty although there are new kick and melee opportunities here. Just don't lose the head and it should go down if you can survive long enough to take the shield down twice more.
Boss is a pain in the hole but beatable. At least you've got some incredible visuals and music to go with all your failed attempts.
Anyway, eat **** Balteus!
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Got through chapter 2. The arena has gotten a lot tougher. Had to build specific ACs for some of the fights. Think I should also grind a bit more as I'm falling behind on getting new weapons and parts.
Chapter 2 was a lot of fun. There's 2 great boss fights in it but neither are as tough as Balteus. Definitely died a few times to both. The Chapter 2 boss wasn't too bad but I kept running out of ammo. Had to build a specific AC for him and even at that I finished him off with only my right hand weapon left.
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The battle areas are small enough and walled off. There's not a lot you can get exploring. I think like Ace Combat there's some harder enemies off the beaten path that will get you bonus money, I saw a quadroped in an area off the main path of the wall climb and noped out of there. I don't think there's a whole lot to be gained by exploring but I could be wrong.
The scan is only really handy for detecting enemies behind cover/scenery or cloaked enemies.
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