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2012-11-22 01:39 19097235 OldManAhab Armored Core General (1277611584694.jpg 1280x800 141kB)
Not Dead Yet Edition. Well, I'm not dead, at least. Last thread sure is. Let's fix that. We've got territory on fire in Abandoned Facility. That didn't take long. I've got a couple hours to myself here, so if any of you can get on we can try and mount a defense. But other than that, Armored Core general. Post some Armored Cores.

4 hours later 19113245 RazgrizReaper
>>19097235 are those territory still on fire? If so, ill be making my way back home in 30 mintues

7 hours later 19123283 OldManAhab
>>19113245 From what I remember, it should expire in about...five hours from now?

8 hours later 19126027 Anonymous (1348633597864.gif 390x292 1559kB)
Are they still resetting territory on a weekly basis? -_- Are there even any active players... Why can't this game be more popular... I miss ChromeHounds...

9 hours later 19128805 OldManAhab (1350484720968.png 969x1428 1469kB)
>>19126027 It's kind of a territory reset. Any territories that have 0 AP are defaulted to the server so that whoever gets them first can have them. There are some active players if you're playing on the NA servers.

19 hours later 19155213 Vasslyon (31376801.jpg 1920x817 169kB)
>>19097235 Oh here you are >>19126027 I'm not too fond of the weekly resets too, because it repairs all damage done during the week, so all your work goes to the drain if you don't have enough time. Oh well.

20 hours later 19156782 Vasslyon (mfwdamagecatastrophic.jpg 214x150 17kB)
>>19128805 That's cool... and sad. Man, all this time away from the game has made me manage energy like shit. I'm always running out of juice and makes me an easy target. Maybe I'm not entirely used to 1.04. What parts are now operational in Scan? Head and arms? What else?

24 hours later 19174695 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>19156782 I'm interested in that myself as well, mainly because I've completely forgotten it. Be more economical with your movements by utilizing the terrain may be?

25 hours later 19179229 Vasslyon
>>19174695 Yeah, I always say that to myself... but when I finally reach a building or wall by QB, I'm already dry. I'll try to use more KE heads since they consume almost half than the rest.

27 hours later 19184131 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>19179229 Do try and retain some stability though, KE heads are lacking in that.

28 hours later 19188218 Vasslyon (27587900.jpg 2300x1400 644kB)
>>19184131 Yeah, thanks. Late bump

28 hours later 19188370 Anonymous
I've been considering about buying Armored Core, what kind of game is it and what should I expect from it? Are there lots of awesome vehicles and mechs?

31 hours later 19196318 OldManAhab
>>19188370 Well, the short version is that it's a mecha series with a focus on customization. It's not like you completely assemble your mech from scratch, but rather you have a number of parts of different categories and you just slap them together. So you choose a head part, a core, arms, legs, and other stuff. The draw to this is that you can put your mech together however you want (save a few restrictions) so that you have something suited to your style. For almost every game in the series, single player revolves around the player character being a mercenary. Corporations offer you missions, you choose which ones you want to do. Missions come with a brief description, in some cases you get an idea of the enemies you'll be up against, to help you with a bit of preparation. So if you know there will be a bunch of enemies with energy based weapons, you equip your mech so that it has better defense against those attacks. If large stat blocks terrify you, this probably isn't your kind of game. It's entirely possible to clear Armored Core games without really looking closely at all the stats, but you end up missing out on a lot of details. That all really boils down to taste. Most of the vehicles are general things like tanks and helicopters. There are a few flavors of mech, some simple and some complex. Odds are there are at least a few designs you'll think look good. Also, these threads are really slow. Really really slow.

33 hours later 19200118 RazgrizReaper
>>19188218 Thanks for the new background pic Vass I been very busy. Grinding weapons, money and team points. I even did a invasion mission on Abandon facility. Meet Enders during the invasion. Good thing is, i didnt die in 45 seconds. Lasted a good minute and 30 seconds until a quad came along and legion pulse me at blank point range. Good times.

33 hours later 19200502 Anonymous
I'm going to start playing this game tomorrow. I wish I had gotten started back when people actually played.

40 hours later 19216113 Vasslyon (19008506.png 997x498 781kB)
>>19200502 Be advised... with the new patches a lot of things have changed... I'd made a list, but I'm at work and it's not a good idea to browse 4chan for too long.

45 hours later 19234827 Pint_Glass_Hero (Night.jpg 601x244 19kB)
>>19200502 People are still playing, there's no worries about that. Just, well, not as much when this first came out. The recent patch we had has breathed a bit more life into this and it feels more active now at least. PSN or 360?

46 hours later 19237867 OldManAhab
>>19200502 You didn't miss much. Basically, about a dozen teams popped up, most of which died out over the course of two weeks.

51 hours later 19256992 Anonymous
What the VG team name for ACV, I just recently started playing and I want to join a team

54 hours later 19266050 OldManAhab
>>19256992 Depends on your system and region. For NA PS3, there's Vagrant Guns and I'll have to open a spot for you. For 360 NA...heck, don't think I've seen them around here in a while. There's a Vagrant Guns over there, their password is moot. Can't tell you what'll happen. No idea if any of the old EU teams still hang out. EU is supposed to be a ghost town frmo what we keep hearing.

55 hours later 19270396 Vasslyon (8395089.jpg 1024x768 472kB)
Reaaaaally late bump from my lovely office.

55 hours later 19270892 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>19256992 Ahab summed if up right. The metagame is different between the two systems however,

56 hours later 19271782 OldManAhab
>finally get a chance to get on >start doing some territory missions just to deal some damage >get slapped around on a 0-999 run Yeah no, time to log off and sleep.

56 hours later 19272624 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>19271782 Dammit, and I was still up too. Been watching moonlight kingdom. Had I have known I would have been all over that. Guess I'll have to hope Raz is up to get a few matches in.

56 hours later 19273051 RazgrizReaper
>>19272624 im still up grinding weapons...... tired as hell though but not done grinding yet.

60 hours later 19279534 Anonymous
>>19266050 Okay, I'm from Canada and playing on PS3, I joined some random team but if you can add me on PSN that would be great, ID: Okutek. I really need some help navigating the menu lol, I finally figured out how to customize my emblem after about an hour of searching, it sucks that for what ever reason I keep getting credit card error when trying to purchase the Dlc , I did get the online mode one though that's free.

60 hours later 19279782 Anonymous
>>19279534 Honestly I love mech games or what ever you call this game, I just love armored core, I only have experience from watching a friend play ACfA but I fooled around in the test mode to get the controls, my setup is a generic close-mid combat with two rifles and a sniper on my shoulder. Should I get straight into multiplayer combat or would practicing campaign or w/e be better

67 hours later 19300946 OldManAhab
>>19272624 It wouldn't have been pretty. I almost lost on a 0-999, there is no way I would have been able to go up against anyone. Anyway, someone's trying to knock over low rank Alpine again. I figure we should return the favor. >>19279534 Okay, I'm about to power through a final project. Next time I can get on I'll add you and open up a spot for you. So getting through the menus. World menu ain't too complicated, there are three things I can think of you'll be using the most. Use start mission to start missions, this is what you'll be doing most of the time. Story, order, and territory missions all fall under that. Next is mock battle. Basically, it's a team battle using any members of our team that happen to be on. Sometimes we'll just screw around in that for a good while. Speaking of which, we really need to figure out when to use "Join As Enemy" and when to use "Rendezvous" to decide which team to hop on. Thirdly, there's free battle. This is where to go if you want PvP without little turrets all over the place. Sometimes we'll go screw around in there, too. If you press L1 from the world menu, that'll take you to the garage, which I'm sure you've already started to figure out. Assembly to tweak your mech, AC data to save or load designs, shop to buy stuff, and you've already pretty much figured out paint.

67 hours later 19300991 OldManAhab (1299914140184.jpg 1100x1200 304kB)
>>19279782 Now, L1 from here (or R1 from the world screen) will take you to the team menu. From here you probably won't do too much. You can get a good team members list that allows you to send parts or money to other players. Speaking of which, if you ever need Au, just ask somebody. Once you get to a certain point, this game just buries you in money. We have more than we will ever spend in this game, so just ask and we'll throw a few million at you, no problem. Now then, you also use this menu to switch teams. Manage enlistment, I believe it was. You can also look at our owned territories, forgot which item it was, to get a good list of their APs or to set their defenses. If you want to tweak a territory's defenses, go ahead, so long as it's not an Alpine Base or Urban Area territory. We've got those set up just right. I think that's it for what you'll use the most. After that, the world menu has conquest, which is how we gain new territory. If enough of us are on at once and we have time to burn, we'll use that. But for now, I'd say get through the story. It's good practice.

68 hours later 19305696 Okutek
>>19300991 >>19300946 Holy shit man thanks so much for the info I cant thank you enough, I'll be hanging around in the thread quite often even though they are not as active, I've left the team I was in previously to enlist in yours so Its just a waiting game for me now haha..

68 hours later 19307174 RazgrizReaper
>>19300946 haha i lost to a 0-999 territory. All them missiles that came at me at once.

70 hours later 19316428 Okutek
Would it be possible to get me on the Vagrants tonight? I really want to start playing ...

73 hours later 19330458 Jflowization
>>19316428 make like instant noodles and splatter out your ass

74 hours later 19335597 RazgrizReaper
>>19300991 Oi, one of our territory in Abandon Facility is on fire

81 hours later 19354541 OldManAhab
Didn't finish that final, had some matches with King, pretty tired. Matches were at least fun. >>19316428 Well, it took a while, but I got you a spot open. >>19335597 Well heck. Snagged us something from MoH up there. If a bunch of y'all want to get up and defend it in the next fourish hours, go for it. I wouldn't expect any action.

87 hours later 19368934 Anonymous
My god this game man, i'm having so much fun playing it I can't get enough! So far I've made enough money to purchase all the parts I need to make my light - dual pistol AC build. My only question is whats the difference between "Buy parts" and "Buy new parts" I know I can only buy weapons in the new parts shop and thats where I got my pistols but is there any difference between the two in terms of weapons?

89 hours later 19375202 Vasslyon
>>19368934 "Buy new parts" is a rather misleading title. They are weapons sold by the players to the shop, so they are not "new". Nobody knows how the game selects what appears there. "Buy parts" is the vanilla option.

90 hours later 19378573 RazgrizReaper
>>19375202 Vass, you know any1 good with laser blades?

91 hours later 19383375 Vasslyon
>>19378573 Well no, but I have a laser blade build and I can give you some tips. Are you online right now?

91 hours later 19383772 RazgrizReaper
>>19383375 yeah. im online now.

92 hours later 19384305 Vasslyon
>>19383772 Ok give me a few minutes

92 hours later 19384483 RazgrizReaper
>>19384305 ok senpai, im on skype talking to Okutek. PS3 mic was fucking up

92 hours later 19387027 Vasslyon
>>19384483 Check this guy's videos, he usually uses laser blades. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4joj2tLokw

93 hours later 19390694 Vasslyon
>>19387027 This is the formula I was talking about [(New stat-Base stat)*7/8/9]+Base stat= Final stat 7/8/9 means how much times you need to level the weapon to get the final stat. You can recognize your multiplier by checking the Performance gauge: one bar is 9; one a bit, 8, one and a half 7. There are rare cases where you get two bars that's like a 5 multiplier I think.

94 hours later 19395142 Anonymous (1353142898788.jpg 2000x1500 368kB)
Can we talk AC4 for a second? I'm trying to get all S-Ranks (or at least A's), before I move on to my Hard playthrough, but the 'Swarm of Red Eyes' mission is giving me some trouble, as I can never seem to move beyond a B ranking for it. Does anyone have some tips?

98 hours later 19413914 OldManAhab
>>19395142 Oh heck, let's see if I can remember. I want to say it involved a gatling gun on one arm. The ammo count, rapid fire, and the spread all work together well to take out good sized chunks. Or maybe it was a machine gun. I'm starting to think that the Motocobra has a larger ammo capacity than anything else, but you have to deal with the occasional reload on it. Who knows, maybe you can use both of them. I can't remember if 4 had any shoulder units that could be used as weapons. Well, aside from relation missiles, that is. I don't think flares will do anything here, but you're welcome to try them. I can't really remember what was in 4 and what was added in For Answer. AS missiles probably won't do much, but they'll help. If there's buckshot, it's worth trying. Flash Rockets and...that other kind of rocket might not do much here. Remember, you don't have to shoot down every single warhead, they explode in clusters. You don't have to keep your fire buttons held down the entire time. Oh, and consider bringing some hard hitting back weapons. They send MTs or something to harass you, right? You'll want to take them out nice and quick. Those are your orders.

99 hours later 19415938 Anonymous
>>19413914 The added enemies are only on Hard. I managed to get an A rank using Machine Guns with the FCS that has good weapon handling at the expense of missiles, which was nice. Will probably try to do a cleaner run when I go back and do all the S Rank stuff, since I only have about half of the missions left for that.

104 hours later 19430225 Pint_Glass_Hero
Bump to keep it alive.

108 hours later 19438497 Vasslyon (uhhhhhhh.jpg 1800x1137 520kB)
Morning bump

112 hours later 19448145 Anonymous
I got this game when it first came out, but quit after 3 weeks or so. Did it ever get any patches? Balance? Is the current meta still dominated by 1 or 2 builds, or is there a bit more diversity?

117 hours later 19466248 Okutek
>>19448145 I don't care what anyone else says, I'm sticking with my dual pistols, although I have changed by recommendation to the Oxeyes they're still strong enough to lock/slow down AC's because of their powerful impact force value without crippling my movement to say something like a physical blade. I think you should go what ever suits your play-style. If you like to run around guns-a-blazin, hiding in the shadows and then pouncing out on your pray, or anything... its all about what you enjoy, not what everyone else says.

117 hours later 19466405 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>19448145 Yes, we have gotten patches. The meta is different now, much more varied. The HRJ with dual 23/H and BRs is gone. Things you may see often now are balanced MWBs, dual snipers, dual autocannon light tanks, heatpilers and a sniper/float quad here and there. Things have changed in quite a few departments; how EN recovers in scan mode, stability of your legs affects fire rate less and laser rifles have improved, for example. There is also a rise of the oxeye+lampourde combo popping up. mainly on 360 though. Oh, and subcomputers also affect your bay weapons now too. May be good to check the patch notes to get a bigger idea of the changes. TL;DR There has been improvements, no real "dominant" build either.

124 hours later 19492236 Pint_Glass_Hero (1335391242084.jpg 800x600 414kB)
Whos going to be on tonight? Got something that needs live combat.

124 hours later 19492859 OldManAhab
>>19492236 Well, I just finished the homework I was working on, so I'll be on in a few minutes.

124 hours later 19494460 RazgrizReaper
>>19492236 im on right now

126 hours later 19499698 OldManAhab (Saaaaad.png 352x275 9kB)
>spend too long working on an emblem >Pint gets on >Pint, Raz and I do a couple mock battles >holy crap it's almost 1 >a territory is on fire I'm a terrible leader. ;_; Okay, got that out. Yay, new emblem. If y'all want to do something about that territory tonight, go ahead. If not, I'll see what I can do about it tomorrow.

126 hours later 19500047 RazgrizReaper
>>19499698 ill try my hards captn

135 hours later 19520182 OldManAhab (1276924190209.jpg 480x640 87kB)
Morning bump time.

137 hours later 19523223 RazgrizReaper
>>19520182 its so painful to wake up bump

137 hours later 19525068 Anonymous (IMG201.jpg 2592x1944 1294kB)
Everything came. Time for mechs

137 hours later 19525310 RazgrizReaper
>>19525068 ebay?

137 hours later 19525486 Anonymous
>>19525310 Amazon....I got ac1 and ac2 also but ac1 came after I took the picture and ac2 I let a friend borrow

138 hours later 19526493 RazgrizReaper
>>19525486 haha nice Anon-kun

138 hours later 19527450 Okutek
I'm going to be on this evening as I usually am, I live on the Atlantic coast so our time zones seem to be hard to intercept. I'll be on from about 4PM-9PM AST, or I think it translates to 12PM-5PM PST. Last night I spent most of my time trying to S my Order missions and did the story up to the first boss! Tonight however I wanna contribute to the team so how would I go about doing it and is it possible alone? I do realize that doing missions on my own has given some points to the team but I want to get territory.. I still don't truly understand the full mechanics so I need it explained

138 hours later 19529674 RazgrizReaper
>>19527450 ill be on VG comrade

142 hours later 19543110 OldManAhab
>>19527450 Well, the best way to do that is to grind team points, which we often find ourselves needing. Best way to do that is to do offense territory missions in the 10k+ ranking. Once you get more practice you'll be able to solo those without much problem, but right now there's one problem. It's a Tuesday. Season countdown's in effect, so we can't grind team points off of territory missions. The other thing you can do is hit Alpine Base for territory missions in the 0-999 range. Some team (or some teams) has (have) been knocking over quite a bit over there and it's getting annoying, so I think we should return the favor. But it's still Tuesday. Once that countdown starts, territory AP stops decreasing until some time Wednesday. On the plus side, this means you can sit and defend a territory without fear of it bursting into flames. Just make sure you do this through Start Mission, not Conquest. Losing a Conquest mission means we lose that spot. >first boss In a sense, every story mission has a boss, so which mission?

145 hours later 19556471 RazgrizReaper
>>19529674 >do a order mission >lends on top of enemy AC >trys to jump off of hi but AC slides alittle to the left >now im stuck in the edge of a building >cant get out, WTF is this magic?

145 hours later 19556517 RazgrizReaper
>>19556471 lands i mean, not lends

148 hours later 19570279 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>19556471 Abandoned Facility?

148 hours later 19570949 RazgrizReaper
>>19570279 Mining Sector

152 hours later 19581131 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>19570949 Huh, never noticed you could get stuck in anything there. I know in AF there is a particular building that is missing I corner I somehow land in all the time. Always a death sentence when I land there since my first thought isn't to cut boosters and jump up. Hate it.

155 hours later 19587619 Okutek
>>19543110 I think it was the chapter 3 or 4. Had to shoot its legs when the opened up. It looks like some sorta spider i guess

162 hours later 19603878 OldManAhab
>>19587619 Ah, that thing. There's a mission where you fight only that, except it's pumped up. Actually, now that I think about it, we'll have to get you through those boss battles.

163 hours later 19608068 Okutek
>>19603878 Me, Raz and two mercs attempted yesterday evening but we got wrecked

164 hours later 19610894 Okutek
Shit, just got steam rolled by some team level 361 doing invasions in alpine, sorry I failed, it was so unexpected since i had done like 5 or 6 previous to it. Team name was Raven Rivals, all they did was spam missles to down me lol

167 hours later 19624905 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>19610894 Their AC's did or did they just have a multitude of missile turrets? Merc'd for them a few times and never seen such missile storms. Also, after trying the Black Ops 2 emblem creator I now miss how the AC one is. Goddamn 32 layers, low shape selection and no ability I found to alter individual shapes other than change the size and opacity is so damn limiting. I'll be on tonight to see if I can make a Yuno emblem and if anyone else is around I'm up for some matches and/or grinding.

167 hours later 19625550 Okutek
>>19624905 AC's yes I was chased down with 1-2 of them behind me spamming some sort of rocket, had nothing to fight them although I think I surpised them with my jammer and pistol

171 hours later 19640716 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>19625550 Jammer and pistol, eh? Pasadena jammer I assume? That's something I've always wanted to try out

171 hours later 19642047 Vasslyon
Is anybody still out there? I'll grind some team points if not

172 hours later 19645883 RazgrizReaper
>>19610894 Time to start hitting Alpine Base

173 hours later 19648554 OldManAhab
>>19610894 They started defending? You don't say. You know what that means, right? You struck a nerve. They've taken enough hits to notice that their territory AP is going down. Progress. Or if not progress, than nuisance.

173 hours later 19648959 Vasslyon
>>19648554 >>19610894 What range are you guys attacking?

173 hours later 19649974 OldManAhab
>>19648959 I'm guessing 0-999.

173 hours later 19650095 RazgrizReaper
>>19649974 i smell a war acoming

174 hours later 19652097 Vasslyon
>>19649974 >>19650095 I've been hitting that for 1 hours, the same goes for Raz. So yeah, the hills are on fire. Next season we should start aiming for 1k territories. I know it sounds like a utopia, but maybe we could grab one of those.

174 hours later 19652224 RazgrizReaper
>>19652097 im planning to not stop until i fall asleep or i see 7 straight territories with 0 rating.

177 hours later 19658559 Pint_Glass_Hero
Well I hit Alpine for a while so there's more damage laid out there as well, Raz is still going strong on it. And I swear Lampourdes are the worst to grind, fucking hell. It can't be this hard to get a 1505.

177 hours later 19658614 RazgrizReaper
>>19649974 sorry bossman, could only do 33 invasions on Alpine Base. Im crashing hard.

181 hours later 19665663 Anonymous
I used to love AC, last game was 3 on PS2 but I stopped playing it for a while because they stopped releasing them on platforms I owned. But I'm thinking about picking 4 and 5 up. Questions, though. Is it best to play on PS3 or 360? My PS3 bricked so if the triple version is better I'm gonna need to repair it first. Also, this territory thing is mainly what has me interested. It sounds like a sort of meta-multiplayer type system? How does it work?

181 hours later 19667072 Okutek
>>19665663 Most if not all of us are on PS3, I can't really tell you about that territory thing except I know that when you attack that if you get lucky there will be people that can defend it and you'll get to fight those other players

184 hours later 19674345 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>19665663 There is plenty of action on both fronts, just that the VG team for PS3 seems more active than 360, or at least we post more. Ahab could explain how the territory works best I believe. Also, don't know if you guys have seen this yet but this is something. http://mechaverse.co/forums/index.php?/topic/2765-jp-patch-105/ >RJs getting better >laser rifles getting more reduced charge time >KE heads getting improved good so far >quads losing some KE def and AP >Ortigara legs getting reduced turning >shotguns getting more weight Guess it's worth the trade off, though I know I'm going to have to rebuild Irish Red once this hits.

184 hours later 19675002 OldManAhab (1245570575875.jpg 480x655 225kB)
Hopped on for a bit to see if any MoH turf was up for grabs. Nothing yet. >>19665663 I haven't really looked into it, but I don't know if there are any technical differences between the console versions. The only significant difference I can think of is the cost of playing online, but I have some heavy bias in that regard. >territory So in ACV, teams can hold territory. Each game area has three categories of rank, each of which has some unknown number of territories. These territories can be acquired, defended, or attacked (although that one's somewhat random). Any territory your team owns can be loaded up with an assortment of automated turrets, but with the exception of about four or five, they're fairly worthless. I'm pretty sure that's the gist of it. >>19658614 >33 Geez, man. Hope you're using those missions to do any weapon grinding you need done. >>19652097 Well, it would certainly be interesting to set up defenses for one of those. Which reminds me, when I actually get some time, I have a defense layout I need to try out. Hopefully I can take care of that before Hell Week . >>19674345 >REVERSE JOINT-L >extend the flight duration of time in the air-BOOST ON >and turning performance improvements This is so delicious. Delicious like GA in a can. >>19667072 Well, there's a little more to it than just luck. Sometimes, when you're choosing an area, you'll see this yellow shield on the left side of the map. That means there's someone defending a territory in that area, so be on the lookout for longer than usual load times.

185 hours later 19678130 RazgrizReaper
>>19675002 .........damn....i should have weapon grind for my last biped... o well, ill do it next time.

187 hours later 19687208 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>19675002 Don't get me started, I'm looking forward to that. Been trying HRJs more recently, had some good matches with Raz earlier using some. After switching the shoulder weapon and boost on/off I was using, I'm enjoying them much more.

188 hours later 19693265 Vasslyon
>>19674345 >Implying we'll get this patch this year I hope we actually get them 'cause KE heads are MAXIMUM SWAG

192 hours later 19708814 Assreaver (11998170_big_p1.jpg 800x700 219kB)
Anyone here enjoy coming up with fantasy AC parts? I used to have a gigantic list of them before I decided to completely redo everything, but I never finished (And it seems Raven Republic is down too, hmm...). Here's something someone else posted, however.

192 hours later 19709313 Okutek
>>19708814 Whats the a revolver? Anyways as for things id like to see, Two handed melee weapons, shields and magic ( light shooting energy out of hands )

192 hours later 19709437 Assreaver (61.png 640x480 308kB)
I also thought it would be funny to incorporate Metal Slug Evolution parts and weapons into AC3's universe, just because. i.e. Super Grenade is MWG-SPG/20 and is basically a 20-round ultra-powerful Grenade Rifle with no lock-on ability whatsoever. There's also this image, among others, in the original Metal Slug's Special art gallery, which wouldn't look terribly off in an Armored Core game.

192 hours later 19710112 Assreaver (30126704.jpg 1024x720 588kB)
>>19709313 I like the idea of equipping the I-C003-IN's parts in Silent Line. Who wouldn't want a two-handed AST Plasma Cannon? Actually, I thought it would be great if AC games' parts were a bit more like how Dark Souls was with armor - i.e. just about any enemy part is equippable. You could equip a Gustav Mk. 8 tank's chassis as a tank-leg part, or grab the AST Bazooka of a Boubalos MT. Even Devastator's legs would be able to be equipped, but obviously resized for your version. And then once you get into Pulverizer parts...

192 hours later 19710725 Assreaver (13523807.jpg 1536x2304 1032kB)
>>19710112 To add to that, I once had a dream about a Dark Souls/Armored Core...not really a crossover, but think of how Raizing merged Mahou Daisakusen into Battle Garegga and ended up with Brave Blade - Basically, a game merging the concepts of both. Basically, the universe involved giant animated suits of armor (Like Dark Souls' Iron Golem) that were controlled by people inside them, kind of like Armored Cores. The weapons were more like Dark Souls', but were especially large (You could basically do one sweep with the regular axe through a horde of infantry and chop all of them in half. And we're not even talking greataxes). And while there weren't as many RPG elements as Dark Souls, there were plenty of parts and weapons to equip, so it was more like Armored Core in that sense. I don't remember the NPCs since all I did in the dream was arena matches, apparently. Also, have this picture, there are FROM references abound.

195 hours later 19724274 OldManAhab
>>19708814 Let's see if I'm getting this right. Weight and EN Drain are obvious. Power 480 Ammo 30 3210 Attack Heat? Is that what that is? Reload Rate of 15 Uhhh...80 Lock Speed? Clip Capacity of 5 Reload time of 95 >>19709313 We used to have shields. They were okay. I liked them. But yes, that's a revolver. It's based on the revolver from Ninebreaker and Last Raven. Surprise surprise, the revolver was really really good. >>19693265 >MAXIMUM SWAG >no mention of the Sealeye Boy, say that to my monocle and not online and see what happens. >>19710725 Meanwhile, on Armored Souls General: >Ofanim missile spam so broken >I can't wait until the patch comes along and all the overboosting Leviathan dads are gone >Orbit Cannons is such a useless spell, everybody knows how to dodge it! >Unh! Oh, bitch. OH, BITCH! ZINAIDAAAAA! ZINAAAAIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! >Time to start my ACL 1 Apple Boy run. What do I do against Four Stingers? >Can someone help me cut off Daemon's arm? ACL 70 360. >Papa IBIS loves you~ >Praise the Phobos! >Guys, how do I save Jack-Bro?

197 hours later 19731658 Pint_Glass_Hero (ArmoredCoreForTheFirstTime.jpg 2272x1704 1354kB)
>>19724274 I chuckled more than I should have. >>19693265 No Dobrynya? Love the looks of that TE head, good stats too . >>19708814 Y'know, if they had revolvers in this I'd probably be using nothing but LW bipeds with two of them coupled with some other weapon combination, more so since that reminds me slightly of a Mateba. >fantasy AC parts >gatling shotgun >grenade launcher that fires grenades that bounce/ricochet before detonation >smoke launcher >lance rather than a blade, piledrivers don't count >bomb dispensers that are worth using

198 hours later 19734013 RazgrizReaper
>>19731658 >lance haha oohh the joys i will have whacking a AC with a metal lance >gatling shotguns thats just seems broken and not right at all

204 hours later 19748635 Okutek
>>19731658 The Oxeyes honestly are not that bad when dual wielding them, I tested them out quite a bit and you get a feel for them that they are good as last minute desperation tactic where you would whip them out and stunlock someone to death, I usualy fire 1 shot first then wait a second and then hold both buttons down and it creates a cycle of shot after shot to better lock the person down. The pistols almost make me feel like some old western cowboy ready to dual some guy with a bozooka.

207 hours later 19756593 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>19734013 Oh there's been worse in the series. The idea I had behind it was just a faster fire rate shotgun with low accuracy, damage and pellets. Good up close plink damage as well as being decent against missiles. Of course the PMG would just outclass it anyway, but I like the thought of it. And of course the lance would be fun. Actual jousting would be possible. >>19748635 I actually scrapped the old LW I had with 4 oxeyes and a reserve mag yesterday. I already miss it so I'm going to rebuild it and give it a fitting paint job, maybe a nice emblem too. It was great for the stunlock though after we got the 1.03 patch I used it less and less in favor of trying new things out. Really only used it in freebattles though.

208 hours later 19759324 Okutek
>>19756593 Yeah, my current color set is white/violet. I dont plan on changing my Anjunabeats emblem except for resizing it to be bigger.

210 hours later 19763338 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>19759324 I like it, I usually use white/Prussian blue but I may try the violet on some. Huh, how long did that take to make?

213 hours later 19777741 Vasslyon
>>19731658 You mean the one with the inverted jaws? hmmm.... matter of tastes. TE equipment in general look kinda alien for me, or experimental (except Monoeye). Some CE are nice too, I especially like the Perseus. But for some reason KE heads look more military.

213 hours later 19778008 Vasslyon (300px-IMG_1111.png 300x450 164kB)
>>19777741 My favorite btw. Too bad it sucks

215 hours later 19786248 Pint_Glass_Hero (324287978.jpg 400x300 27kB)
>>19777741 >>19778008 It's the one with the single antenna on the left side. Never noticed the jaw on it though. I do like the looks of KE heads, except reguerro and lancelot, big fan of the tristan and arthur head look wise. Also, >arthur >not alphonse

215 hours later 19789240 Vasslyon
>>19786248 HORY SHITO, never noticed that. Maybe that's why I like it so mucho. Yeah Roggero sucks

216 hours later 19791932 Okutek
>>19763338 Anjunabeats took me like 2 hours to make, I still have to resize it but its only around 40 or so layers.

218 hours later 19802309 OldManAhab
Okay, I'm about to do something very stupid. I'll sign on in a while here. I'm going to try and be on ACV while typing up a major paper due Monday that's a little under halfway finished. inb4 I forget to work on my paper once I sign in.

219 hours later 19807681 Vasslyon
>>19802309 I'm actually about to finish work. Miracles do exist. I'll get online in an hour or less.

221 hours later 19817349 OldManAhab
>Pint and I are on >can't get Vass in the room >I manage to get into Vass's room >Pint can't get in >I ca actually see Vass on the world menu >but not Pint >even though I was seeing him earlier So...what if I reboot? Maybe you two will be able to connect to each other?

223 hours later 19823218 Vasslyon (oh yeah.png 477x355 192kB)
Late bump. Delicious fun as always Ahab, too bad Pint couldn't join.

224 hours later 19824629 OldManAhab
>Pint didn't come back >;_; >do some free battles with Vass >well, he's used that blades one twice now, guess I'll bring punches >Vass has a quad with rifles and battle rifles >hoo boy >manage to stay out of his sights for a while >oh, he found me >dash out from the safety of my bridge >punch him in midair >follow with another punch >that's about 20,000 damage >retreat to the bridge >Vass gets a bit too close >land a couple more punches while getting shot and missiled >chaff is helping, I think >Vass is at about 8000 >I'm at about 10,000 >he approaches a good ways away from the bridge >charge out >HO-TA! >Chest Stab Death Fist of the North Star! That one went well.

225 hours later 19827124 Anonymous
>>19817349 >>19823218 >>19824629 Don't get me started, I wish I could have joined. Had more drames to test, that and Vass hasn't seen what I've been using recently, especially Lovetap and Geomancer. Love both of them. Rebuilt Irish Red for the upcoming patch but it has lost a lot of it's speed. Think I may just drop it after 1.05 for Geomancer. >dat def against all damage >weaponset >good speed for a HWB It's beautiful. I'll be on tonight as well. Need more practice with Geo and the control scheme.

231 hours later 19839231 Anonymous
deep-sea fish loves you forever

234 hours later 19848625 Pint_Glass_Hero
It also seems that there have been some people defending alpine, been going on days now. Seems that others have been hitting it as well.

235 hours later 19852638 Vasslyon (1350347778033.jpg 902x1200 732kB)
>>19827124 >>19848625 I'll be online like in an hour. Unfortunately I won't be joining tonight. >>19824629 That was...yeah, you got me. Btw did you enjoy the missile shower with the target gun and Vmissiles? I have to build something around that. I need to build something that resembles the Marasai, I love it.Pic related

238 hours later 19869995 Anonymous
>>19839231 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w115HwG6AZI

239 hours later 19873573 Okutek
Sorry I haven't been on the last few days, been playing Alice Madness Returns, I didnt realize it was going to be this long but its a pretty fun game nonetheless

239 hours later 19878184 Anonymous
GAH I miss one week of area grinding, and already Zeon Elite has conquered another map. Gentlemen, we have to do something. This is getting out of hand.

240 hours later 19883662 OldManAhab
Don't expect me on tonight. It's a very slim possibility. >>19852638 I had that match for the longest while, but then it just fell apart. Was it because you figured out you could outrange the turrets? The missiles thing works pretty well, but once it's obvious there are ways to work around it, like using tall buildings or head cover. >>19839231 >>19869995 Ah, I was trying to figure out what you meant. My est guess involved Zanni. But hey, The Answer, that was a pretty neat download. At the very least, it's a good insight to just how nonsensical those lyrics are. Wonder if anyone's deciphered Stain yet. >>19873573 Oh don't worry about that. You've been more active than I have lately. >>19878184 Yeah, they picked up the lead on Enders. A few days ago it was a difference of about 20,000. I hear they'll be packing up and hanging out on the JP servers in the future, but who can say for sure? Well, maybe RR2 can pull it off again. Perhaps after they finally settle on an emblem?

241 hours later 19884546 OldManAhab
>>19878184 Whoops, forgot to mention. >Gentlemen, we have to do something. This is getting out of hand. If you'd like, I can describe the entire situation. It's not a pretty picture, though.

243 hours later 19894376 RazgrizReaper
>>19884546 i wana play..... *crys* damn it all to hell. damn presentation project. Cant wait until this is all over on wednesday

244 hours later 19899942 Anonymous
>>19894376 >>19884546 >>19883662 Well, gentlemen. I'm readying to attack the Central City district a few times tomorrow. Not sure if I'll be able to join up with you guys, but I'm definitely getting a big attack ready. I'm taking it back even if it means my core getting blasted to scrap.

247 hours later 19913352 Anonymous
>>19899942 I can probably join in on that tomorrow for a while, simultaneous attacks will make that even better.

248 hours later 19914140 Vasslyon (20204245_p1.jpg 992x704 174kB)
>>19913352 Count me in.

258 hours later 19939808 Okutek
Okay, I heard about being able to "mark" enemies while in scan mode... how do I go about that?

258 hours later 19940247 Anonymous
>>19525068 AC2:AA was probably one of my favorite Armored Core games. My brother and I would spend hours making mechs and fine tuning shit. And then we'd go head to head in the mission in the snow field. The one where you each player is leading MTs and the goal is to wipeout the other team. Ugh! You just made me nostalgia hard as hell.

259 hours later 19945490 Vasslyon
>>19939808 One of the buttons you use to shoot, don't remember if left or right arm.

260 hours later 19947828 Anonymous
>>19940247 Oh man, I totally forgot that mission. I get a raging mecha hard on for anything that lets you command mechs while letting you go into the battle yourself. Sort of like Brutal Legend meets Mechwarrior and Starcraft.

265 hours later 19976639 OldManAhab
>>19939808 Should be L1. >>19947828 >>19940247 >never got to play multiplayer Armored Core before FA with the exception of a couple battles on Nexus and LR I'm saaaaaaaad. Hey whoa wait just a second. >Overlord That you, Victor?

267 hours later 19984601 Assreaver (file1792.jpg 700x492 69kB)
>>19940247 Fuck yeah that mission was awesome. I wish AA had an Extra Arena like ACLR did, would have made it much more satisfying to play.

267 hours later 19985983 Anonymous
Which armored core should I buy to play with everyone? 5?

268 hours later 19992520 RazgrizReaper
>>19985983 yea buddy, the fantastic 5

271 hours later 20000650 OldManAhab
>>19984601 AA needed an arena with more than Zaelthook. >>19985983 That's the one most of us are playing at the moment. NA PS3, at that. However, ACV has managed to bug quite a few people with how different it is compared to the rest of the series, so see about renting it first so you can know whether or not it's for you.

275 hours later 20011323 Anonymous (Super Scimitar 2.jpg 688x425 120kB)
>>19724274 Oh, wow, that made me lol way more than it should have. Absolutely spot on. >>19984601 I thought AA delivered with plenty of good, challenging fights and mission design. As a kid I got really stuck on one mission you had to cross huge canyons over and have a very highly flight efficient AC. It's a pretty easy mission otherwise though, but it's a mission that's stuck out in my mind as being pretty unique in demanding a particular build to even progress through the mission appropriately. Arenas are simple things to add in though, and any AC can do with an Arena. AI training/fighting in Silent Line was fun.

280 hours later 20022819 Vasslyon (25908474_p0.jpg 1003x769 392kB)
Let's give this an afternoon bump

286 hours later 20043604 Okutek
>get A rank as a mercenary yesterday >go register myself for some more to push for S rank >first person to call me in is doing a story mission >do perfectly fine until the the very end when you have to kill helicoptors >get in front of his grinder blade or w/e the ultimate weapon is because I had run out of ammo so I was kicking the helicoptors to death >die and fuck my ranking over >now D rank >do a territory mission as a merc hoping to redem my rank >same thing get to last helicoptor and die god fucking dammit I swear im just gonna say fuck it and get a sniper cannon and sit at the start of the map and shoot shit. Can people not take a moment to realize I'm a lightweight recon so once my pistols run out of ammo all I have left is my Jammers and my feet they don't start barraging everything friendly firing their allies

286 hours later 20043870 Okutek
>>20043604 to add >now rank E for excellent after that last merc mission ;_;7

286 hours later 20043969 Anonymous
>>19940247 That sounds fun. I wish I had a PS2 growing up and/or my friends still played good video games but my first AC game was 4A.

286 hours later 20044378 Anonymous
>>19940247 AC2AA was one of the only ones I got to play MP on until 4, I think a friend and I tried 3 as well. We grew apart though pretty soon after and so I never got to again, though he wasn't as crazy about the game as me.

286 hours later 20044727 Anonymous (356688987956.jpg 1280x720 158kB)
Lightweights. Bipeds or RJs?

288 hours later 20051958 Anonymous
>>20044727 Bipeds for general strafing maneuvers. RJs for aerial combat. You ever try an RJ with a grenade cannon while fighting a tank? Fun times. And they NEVER expect it on an LW.

289 hours later 20056989 Anonymous
>>20051958 I will agree with this, just wanted to see how everyone feels about the leg types out of curiosity. That, however, really is a load of fun. On this subject, however, I'm wondering if anyone will be on tonight? Want to get back into using LWs like I use to and I have some things I want to try involving them. That and I miss how much fun they are to pilot.

289 hours later 20057526 RazgrizReaper
>>20043870 bro, i know that feel also. Making it to rank Excellent. Them sad feels

292 hours later 20069279 Pint_Glass_Hero (1351996350577.gif 100x100 39kB)
Well, after some solid matches(including one where me and a quad both ran out of ammo on our rifles so we had to have a kicking war which sucks on LW when you only have sub 400 AP left that I when OoB on) the new LW to my arsenal is complete. It is easily the most fun I had piloting something. You guys will love it. Going to name it Designated Loli, suggest some paint schemes/ideas. Thinking of basing the emblem off this somehow.

294 hours later 20075650 OldManAhab (2009_06200043.jpg 2304x1728 411kB)
>>20043604 Yeah, that'll happen sometimes. I know I've been caught in a Legion Pulse or two. >get a sniper cannon and sit at the start of the map and shoot shit. That's pretty much how I got to the rank 1 spot a couple times. Also, protip: your rating ain't too significant. Having a higher rank will yield more money, but you don't have to be an S rank to be at the top of the list. Heck, only one of my rank 1 stays had me at S rank. The others were either A or C. >>20044727 Depends on the game, but usually RJ. >>20051958 Oh I've done that, but only in FA. It was in 1.03, when Saplas actually had some ammo in them. That was a nutty build. Here, have a crappy picture of it. >>20069279 That'll be a heck of an emblem to make. I don't think I'll ever understand how to make hair. >paint Well, you could go with the coolest two color combination in Magic, black and white. Oh, just had a thought. does yours throw out a bunch of CE missiles? >>20011323 >crossing huge canyons Oh heck I know what mission you're talking about. First time I did it I was in a tank. I knew I couldn't make it across in the thing, but I tried anyway. It didn't work. One leg change later, no problem. I only realized a couple months ago that I could have just popped Limiter Release.

294 hours later 20076510 Anonymous
So is armored core 5 actually any good? I tried playing it and was just so difficult to attempt. Also, I hate that there isn't an offline campaign.

294 hours later 20077085 OldManAhab
>>20076510 That one really boils down to personal preference. On the whole, it's not as strong as earlier games in the series, but once you get used to it it's pretty fun. >no offline campaign Really? I'm fairly certain you can play story and order missions offline. But that might be because I had already beaten them.

295 hours later 20080370 Pint_Glass_Hero (1342284321524.jpg 500x375 75kB)
>>20075650 It's not as hard as you think to be honest, it's just obnoxious to do. It does not, I don't really have much load capacity to fit the missiles I wanted so it's sporting a CIWS right now. I could maybe fit mathuras on it. It's a pretty tight frame because of the prochnyi gen. I could give the frame to you and see if you'd like to try throwing it on there, be warned though, it's a blue lock sniper.

296 hours later 20080445 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>20076510 That can't be right, I could swear I've done offline story/order missions. You wouldn't have anything else to do otherwise if that were the case.

298 hours later 20086121 Anonymous
What team do you guys play on here? Do you guys have the ten territory trophy, I think it was? Or was it one in each... I got one of them back when the game came out, my team was on top in a few areas for a while, but everyone left. And a bunch of them sucked at the game and we only got very far because I grinded the shit out of invasions at midnight release for them. I really need to go back and fully complete this game.

299 hours later 20088057 Anonymous
I tried playing Last Raven on PSP. Seems a bit clunky.

299 hours later 20088097 Anonymous
>>20088057 I couldn't be fucked to bother with playing the PSP ACs on PSP. Vita makes them a lot nicer, since you can dual analogue them. I had no problems with legacy controls, just don't force me to use the shitty ass PSP layout for a game too complex for it that is also balls to the wall in my face...

300 hours later 20089252 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>20086121 I know PS3 VG has one territory in each area, dunno about 460 VG. Come back and enjoy, man. Things have improved. >>20088097 This man has it right.

302 hours later 20095727 Pint_Glass_Hero (546456457468807922.png 150x200 19kB)
We have territory on fire in Alpine, it seems Alpine is popular recently. I won't be around to help defend it till much later.

302 hours later 20095808 Anonymous
>>20089252 >>20095727 What is the PS3 team? Also, when people do territory missions of any kind, what's the common setting? The lowest ranking bracket or the highest for people to fight other people on?

303 hours later 20098703 OldManAhab
>keep seeing TX Wrecking Crew in the news >look them up >Number of Members: 1 Well, that's interesting. >>20086121 Vagrant Guns. >ten territory trophy Yep. >one territory in each area Yep. Well, we did, but now we're back online for that. >>20088097 As in very nice or just above playable nice? >>20095727 I definitely won't be around to defend it, but it looks like we've still got it for nine and a half hours. >>20095808 Well, already answered the first one, but as for territory missions, it depends on what we need. Team points? Grind out those 10k+ missions, preferably in either Alpine Base or Abandoned City. Other than that, depends on the circumstances. I believe this week we'll be hitting Alpine 1000-9999, see if we can finally open up a spot there. Any other time, it's just whatever we feel like bombing.

304 hours later 20099378 Anonymous
>>20098703 The only problem with the Vita ports were that in AC3P and ACSLP you can't drop your parts when you make a custom control scheme and they don't have auto-drop. IIRC LR has autodrop though, so it's cool there. I'd say they're as playable as the PS2 games were. The analog sticks can be kiiiind of wonky to get used to when they're emulating the d-pad and not... an actual analog stick, but it's only slightly worse than the legacy controls if you are good with those, I'd say. Legacy controls were a very smooth system if you were skilled with it, so I don't count that as much of a downside. Definitely much nicer having dual analogs on them. Also, I have a team, but I don't want to lose it. Guess I can put someone else in charge and hop over to VG's team for a little while, but I grinded my team up too far to let it go to shit. And spent forever making a decent Crossbone Vanguard emblem, as well as grinding so many team points

304 hours later 20100608 OldManAhab
>>20099378 Oh I understand, you don't have to leave your team if you don't want to >LR has autodrop Oh they better have added that. I can't imagine playing LR without being able to drop stuff.

304 hours later 20100876 Anonymous
>>20100608 I would really like to because my team isn't a team anymore. There's only one person left on it who knows how to play AC at all anyways. Hell, he was the only other one who ever knew how to play AC. I'll probably hop over sometime tomorrow or something. It's MWO today, massive Kong Drop now that premades are back in. I need to work out a new build. What's the typical midweight/mobile heavyweight looking like these days? I tend to favour EN weapons, but I'm really wondering what's running the metagame at the moment specifically.

304 hours later 20101260 Okutek
You know, since that guy was interested in joining us, why not merge teams? The more the merrier. Plus we could get a kick as merged name going

305 hours later 20101874 OldManAhab
>>20100876 Rifles and battle rifles from what I see. Sometimes someone brings a PMG because those things hurt. Well, I'll open up a spot for you tomorrow. I should warn you, though. We're not totally super active or anything, just relatively active. It is entirely possible to sign in and be the only person online. Towards the night hours you're more likely to see someone. >MWO That's in open beta now, right? Or has it been officially released? >>20101260 Depends on how the teams want to merge, but those can be fairly grueling.

305 hours later 20102841 Anonymous
>>20101874 Figures. I knew PMGs were good now from having kept up with patchnotes for so long. I don't guess we'll ever get any more patches for the game, though. Fucking BamCo... Also that's just fine. I'm not super active either, but I'd like to dick around with people who know the game. Also, my team really has almost no one in it who is going to play much again. What does a Team Merge entail though? Is that an actual mechanic? I don't seem to remember it being, especially with the small cap of players per group. My group's the Crossbone Vanguard (spelled appropriately, there's some imposter group out there apparently or was) at any rate. Open Beta. It's mostly a pile of shit, though, honestly, because the devs suck. You could check out the general. It's getting patched today to finally let 8-man groups fight again after being limited to 4-man group up only, which kind of killed the Kong scene a bit. Today's going to be a lot of fun, though. Check it out if you're interested.

307 hours later 20109084 OldManAhab
>>20102841 Nah, a merge is just shorthand. The easiest version is that we do some math, figure out how many are coming in, and we make space accordingly. Doesn't sound like we'd be bringing in a ton of people, so that part would be easy. Alternatively, someone could set up a new team for the members to join up with, but I am way too stubborn to let go of Vagrant Guns at this point. It's got the name scheme (/vg/) and it's got a nice little pile of territory. If we want to take it a step further, you could bring your territories with you, but that will entail a good bit of coordination and quite a few team points. There's also the risk of scorn from any other team that may happen to be reading here, but I reckon if they try to make a fuss we can tell 'em to deal with it. Bonus points if someone can make an AC-related macro for that. As for MWO, I might look into it more once I'm home. I don't expect my laptop to be able to handle it very well and I'm positive I wouldn't be able to play at all on the dorm's internet.

307 hours later 20110401 Anonymous
>>20076510 Theres an offline campaign. You just can't fight for territory.

307 hours later 20110448 Anonymous
>>20056989 Sorry I wasn't on that night. My Ps3 was out of commission.

307 hours later 20110901 Vasslyon
>>20080370 A Prochny in a LW? >why.jpg

307 hours later 20111347 Vasslyon (27563583_m.jpg 276x429 90kB)
>>20102841 Crossbone Vanguard... Were you one of the original /m/ teams? I have that spreadsheet somewhere... >>20101260 Vanguard Vagrants, or Vagrant Crossbone Guns... Either way we can't change the name, and redoing a team now is not viable. >>20075650 Don't underestimate ACV's emblem creator

309 hours later 20120221 yon
Only a matter of time before I repurchase my triple from the pawn shop and restart my reign of terror. And man oh man, have I got some crazy ideas floating in my head. Mainly playstyle wise. I believe its going to be the next step up in player skill. Like WJ and scan mode was such a game changer.

310 hours later 20121848 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>20098703 Its playable but it's not easy. >>20110901 It actually fits better than you'd think. The movement capability is just fine and the amount of energy allows this to get behind someone and stay there or easily escape if needed. >>20120221 I'm excited for this.

317 hours later 20149624 OldManAhab
>>20111347 Yeah I know, I just can't wrap my head around how hair is made. >>20110401 Well, you technically can, but you have to grind up some team points first. Yes, it is stupid. Anyway, you start doing Conquest and you can gain "territory" in each area. From what I recall, if you're offline, it puts you against two AIs. You can only gain one territory per area and you can't defend, but if you really want that trophy for owning a spot in each area, that's the easiest way to do it.

322 hours later 20163750 Pint_Glass_Hero
Early morning bump. Also, anyone try a LW with jammers?

328 hours later 20179846 Anonymous
>City district mission >doing a 10k Blitz sortie with 3 allies hired as mercs >also messing around with an over weapon build >time is running out, about 30 seconds on the clock >one last copter, and I have a grind blade ready >one of my teammates gets in the way >CRRRSSSSSSSSSHSHHHHHHH You guys can infer what happened from there. the sparks were pretty at least

330 hours later 20183818 OldManAhab
>>20179846 I'm sure there was quite a bit of rage the merc didn't direct at you. Well, maybe. Blitz missions REALLY pay out. >>20163750 I used to, handguns with mobility jammers. Didn't work very well. But, you reminded me that Zeon Elite helped me learn something about jammers yesterday. So jammer turrets. Not the jammer guns, the ones that set up the jammer in a fixed location. Turns out those have no sense of friendly fire and will affect anybody nearby. The part of me that used to invade 5-2 is thinking we can take advantage of this, assuming people don't just flat out destroy the jammers every time.

333 hours later 20197404 Vasslyon
>>20163750 I have two classic melee LWs with recon jammers. I've tried mobility and energy jammers, but people always manage to avoid them.

333 hours later 20198648 OldManAhab
Huh. I'm starting to understand why nobody uses the Shershen. But maybe I'm just doing this wrong. Even specializing for power, it seems Shershens hang around the 1000-1100 range. That's going to plink off of just about everything, so should I be pushing them for rapid fire instead? It's not like those things ever have to worry about ammo and it's not like that much damage is lost.

335 hours later 20208418 Vasslyon
>>20198648 What's a Shershen? A Pulse gun?

336 hours later 20211691 OldManAhab
>>20208418 Rifle. Fairly low in power and on the upper end of the reload time scale. However, it has the quickest lock time and a ton of ammo.

336 hours later 20211696 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>20208418 A forgettable rifle, looks nice though at least.

336 hours later 20211805 RazgrizReaper
>>20198648 yeah project done and presentation is completed. Funny stroy tho, >look over my powerpoint presentation to make sure was good before class started. >got bored, and added some good slides about politics and anime, and armored core and the goverment >some funny shit me and my borthers were putting on there. >class started and teacher told us to turn them in >i deleted every slide we created >turned it in, know it was a perfect 100 >time to present >after talking about for 15 minutes, with 15 slides have pass, my head wasnt ready for this >next slide title read "Armored Core and the Government >goddamnit.jpg >had to talk about Armored Core and how it tied up with the government. >class and teacher had a good laugh >my 100 went out the door, so sad

338 hours later 20222821 OldManAhab
>>20211805 No, boyo, nooooo. You have to just avoid those. Makes your presentation look a little less organized, but at least you save face. Just roll it off with something like >Whoops, that isn't supposed to be there. Moving on. or >Huh, could've sworn I deleted that. Click. or something similar.

340 hours later 20231802 Anonymous
>>20111347 Yeah, we were, kind of. We were one of the first teams to appear on the overall map as holding territory and /m/ noticed it. I told them it was mine and a few people joined up in it, but it was mostly a team for my friends from elsewhere. Most of whom stopped playing. Anyways, I'll probably just transfer control of the team to one of them and join up for a little while then hop back, whenever I get around to it in the next little while.

341 hours later 20234248 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>20211805 Eh, that happens sometimes. I'm surprised I got away writing a paper comparing eastern vs. western mecha. Managed a 94 somehow.

341 hours later 20235563 RazgrizReaper
>>20222821 i should have oldman, but i had to burn 5 minutes, because after that was the last slide. And the time limit, the minimum time was 20mins we had to present. >>20234248 had you do that? my brother got away with writing a paper about pornography. he also got a 94 on it. he even detail the hell out of it.

341 hours later 20236904 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>20235563 Just being gifted with the use of words, honestly. Every paper I had written has been last minute including some I had to read in highschool where I brought blank pages in front of me and just spoke. Couldn't explain it otherwise. I think it's pressure that makes me perform better, also explains my love of using LWs, though Vass has been doing some good work against me tonight.

344 hours later 20242807 Pint_Glass_Hero (1351414756112.png 175x175 35kB)
I actually have a really good question as a bump. What is every ones opinion's on BRs spec'd to rapid fire? Specific favorites? Rapid fire Lotus have always been my favorite in that regard. >mfw using them against effective opponents.

344 hours later 20244026 King
Sorry for my recent inactvity folks I've been really busy but I'm completely free for today on. Anything major happened?

344 hours later 20244497 OldManAhab
>>20235563 Heck if I know. Once upon a time I could write like heck. Nowadays I can't quite pull it off, but several years ago I wrote an eleven page paper about how Bohemian Rhapsody could be interpreted as a drug trip gone horribly wrong. Scored mid nineties, if I remember right. >>20242807 I'm giving those rapid fire Lotuses a shot right now. Other than that, only BR I've done that for is Strekoza. It's okay. >>20244026 Oh don't worry about it too much. We lost some territory, we gained some territory, and one of our spots in Abandoned Facility is just nutty.

345 hours later 20245189 Anonymous
>>20244497 Would you guys mind if I joined the team? XBL name FinneganIII

345 hours later 20245415 OldManAhab
>>20245189 I wouldn't mind, but we're on the PS3. Now, there is a 360 Vagrant Guns, but we haven't heard from them in a while.

345 hours later 20245535 Anonymous
>>20245415 Alrighty, I already found the Vagrant Guns team on 360 but there's a password set for joining.

353 hours later 20265340 OldManAhab
>>20245535 Oh, right. Forgot about that. They have a very simple password. moot I don't know if they're still active, though.

357 hours later 20279330 Vasslyon (notfunny.jpg 320x210 15kB)
>>20244497 Yep, nothing like PRESSURE to write a magnificent piece. I remember writing an essay about the psychological theories behind Evangelion, that thing was huge and written in a night. Strangely enough that doesn't happen to me in work, I actually work stuff with anticipation. Guess I just hated university and writing shit for nobody. >>20236904 >though Vass has been doing some good work against me tonight I wouldn't say that, you wrecked my shit pretty bad. That loli AC, it's like a really obnoxious loud tsundere magical animu girl. >mfw when those sniper rifles hit me from front and back and didn't even know where to get cover.

362 hours later 20299945 OldManAhab (Nine-Shark.png 669x345 13kB)
Hell Week Mode Engage bump. I'll pop into the thread and if I need to make room for somebody I can sign on real quick and do that, but it's finals time and I've got to study. On the plus side, by this time next week I should be home. In the meantime, have some OC. Randomly saw a post in a drawfag thread and decided to make this.

369 hours later 20323124 Pint_Glass_Hero (futurelogo1.png 600x562 166kB)
>>20279330 That's something I love about it and the reason for the Prcohnyi, that available energy keep me there. just difficult picking a good pair of rifles. still stuck between the cycads, seidenbaums or the one with the bipod(forget the name). >That loli AC, it's like a really obnoxious loud tsundere magical animu girl. Would Lina Inverse be a good match then? If so I now can make it a proper emblem and paint job. Suppose Chie could work too. Someone fitting but isn't magical would be Tron Bonne. I could do a nice emblem, Bonne logo and simple paint job. >>20299945 I'm awful using paint, I could draw something myself and take a picture at least.

372 hours later 20329805 OldManAhab
>>20323124 >implying Tron isn't magical Science is magic, blah blah blah I don't know what Megaman Legends you played, but Tron's definitely some kind of magical girl. Heck, it's probably possible to write her up using Magical Burst.

378 hours later 20344901 OldManAhab
>go to take first final >only takes about 35 minutes Well. That was quick. I tried to get y'all a present, but there weren't any territories available. In the mean time, >decide to move Shershens onto left arm >oh boy, wasted progress grinding those right arm Shershens >finally get one mission done on each Shershen >okay, let's see what we've got >seven 9s >three 8s On the one hand, much better looking than the right arms. On the other, that's a lot of missions.

382 hours later 20360989 Vasslyon (29921603.png 308x332 225kB)
>>20323124 What's the name of that magical girl shmup game? Maybe something like that. Or something with a broom >>20344901 Yeah it's so weird that one arm always have better results than the other. In general ACV feels like an alchemy game, so many inexplicable things.

384 hours later 20369094 Anonymous
>>20242807 >BRs spec'd to rapid fire I modify mine so when it shoots, it sounds like HEUHUEHUEHUEHUEHUE

387 hours later 20379568 OldManAhab
Hold on, we're going to phrase this better. Okay, King's signed into PSN, but isn't on ACV. If y'all get on, let me know and we can mock battle or free battle or something. >>20369094 I would actually pay money for that. No more than five dollars, but I'd pay.

396 hours later 20406609 Pint_Glass_Hero
Guess the frame and weapons are settled on, need to grind a better set of USR-12Vs and the Bonne decal will be made today. >>20379568 I missed this? Damnit, the one time I sleep early.

403 hours later 20426331 OldManAhab
>>20406609 Yep. King and I did some free battles, then Vass showed up and we were able to actually connect so the three of us did some more free battles, then Vass had to go so King and I did, like, two more. I also put up a new Alpine Base defense in one of our territories. It's kind of annoying, but not too threatening. Pretty funny to be on the wrong end of. Oh heck, what were some of the things from last night? >Marine Facility >using a quad I'm trying to be more sneaky with >end up dropping the cannon while being attacked >use some tracker jammers >jump over the wall over by the runway >hide in one of those niches since the tracker jammer is right over my head >Alert >Caution >Safe >really wish I had that cannon right about now >Vass kills King >I sneak my way over >Vass doesn't know where I am, but I'm looking right at him >fifteen seconds left >start shooting him >time runs out >get out one last shot >drops him >bring regular sniper quad >find a neat little spot in Abandoned City that puts me dangerously close to out of area >King finds me >manage to put a three-round burst into him >it doesn't save me >Vass goes to blade me >dodge to the side >get hit by the initial attack for some damage >apparently, my dodge makes me go through the first blade and directly into the second blade >dead >huh >last match of the night >Urban Area >well, now I have to >BR? BR? >King's AC does not respond well to CE >King dives into the water >oh good, he's using that trick well >too bad I know what to do here >kick him like a BR kicks a football >shoot him when he pops up >huehuehuehue

410 hours later 20449251 Vasslyon (24643847.jpg 640x480 91kB)
>>20426331 >kick him like a BR kicks a football Laughed more than I should I'll bump this. Won't be online tonight, see you guys tomorrow. Let's keep the thread alive 'cause with DS II announced vg is getting crazy...

412 hours later 20456808 RazgrizReaper
>>20426331 huehuehue good laughs, laughs

422 hours later 20482070 Anonymous
Random anon here. Sorry that I can't join you right now in some games, but I'm having some internet issues. I'll give your thread a hearty bump though.

428 hours later 20506317 OldManAhab (1310450379952.jpg 439x640 157kB)
And here's a bump to keep us floating.

429 hours later 20507804 Anonymous
>>20506317 I really need to pick up that model sometime.

433 hours later 20524976 Anonymous
Hey guys I just bought ACV. This is not my first AC game, but I'm pretty disappointed with it. I'm really confused by some of the choices they made. 1) What's with the control layout? Why is the boost button where it is? Do they think Armored Core players are literally from the future and have all evolved third arms? 2) Why do I sometimes get stuck underwater for 10 seconds at a time? 3) Why did they redo the weapons system like this? 4) Why is it now impossible to boost above 30 feet and to have mobility I need to ping pong off buildings like Megaman X? 5) What the fuck am I fighting for? I know AC games have never had superb storytelling but I have literally no idea what the fuck is going on, what happened in the first mission, who Men of Honor and Zodiac are, or any of this shit. This game feels like they should have just cut the bullshit and made Chromehounds 2 and were about to do it but chickened out.

433 hours later 20526457 OldManAhab
>>20507804 http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=armored+core+oracle If there are better places to shop for this sort of thing, I don't know about them. It might be a good idea to go find them, $70 seems a bit much. >>20524976 >1 You'll have to remind me what the default for boost was, I changed it to L2 and never looked back. >2 Might've been a really hard landing, might have something to do with getting shot with a really high impact weapon. Or maybe it's because you're in a tank and tanks are very problematic in water. >3 Gotta change things up every now and then or else it gets stale. Or were you talking about the weapon grinding? >4 No clue, but the lack of good vertical control bugs me, too. As for the Megaman X thing, I guess they wanted to try something new. I'm rather fond of bouncing off of everything. >5 So you were fighting for the Corporation, but then stuff and then a year later you're with the Resistance. You're fighting to take out some despot who calls himself Father and then you're fighting to stop the Corporation from bending everything over the sink. >Men of Honor Some group trying to rise to power. They have a lot of influence, a lot of power, and a lot of guns. >Zodiac Twelve random guys that basically sold their souls to get really good at piloting ACs. They're bossed around by a loli who sold her soul twice to be in charge. The Zodiacs are just trying to be the best. There's speculation that they're connected to the Corporation somehow.

433 hours later 20526858 Anonymous
>>20526457 Well, that explains a lot. I kind of wish that was in the game. Hell, it's not even in the instruction manual.

433 hours later 20527064 OldManAhab
>>20526858 It's mentioned in dialogue here and there. Also >expecting anything to be in the instruction manual I miss those days, too, but we have to remember that things just don't work like that anymore. I don't want to admit it, but: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCWdCKPtnYE

435 hours later 20533492 RazgrizReaper (1354758942297.gif 805x490 1627kB)
>>20527064 that is one sexy ass cig in his mouth

438 hours later 20545906 OldManAhab (1230694007944.jpg 896x427 81kB)
>>20533492 Yeah, Bob Dylan has that effect. Night bump go. Here's a classic.

449 hours later 20574297 OldManAhab (1276977897243.jpg 1200x700 136kB)
>eleven hours Oh crap, this needs a bump.

449 hours later 20574639 RazgrizReaper
>>20574297 i give this thread a hearty meal bump, and why is it so cool in texas? shits not right. but, what am i saying, i fucking love the cold. feels so damn good compared to the hot ass summers and falls we have.

452 hours later 20582650 Vasslyon
>>20574297 Btw last time I checked we had Executive Sector on fire, I guess someone wants RR2. Also, who managed to grab those 1k AFs?

452 hours later 20583037 OldManAhab
>King's online >but I'm getting on to help my buddy with Dark Souls Dangit. Well, if any of you want to get on, King's on. >>20574639 >why is it so cool in texas? The weather's always wonky here. It's just in December things tend to be in the 30s and 40s range. Sometimes there might be a few days in the 70s, but it tends low. It's Texas. Weather does what it wants to.

452 hours later 20583107 OldManAhab
>>20582650 That was me. They have some silly defense setups. >Executive Really? Someone's shooting for low rank in Executive? That's...odd.

452 hours later 20586049 King
I seem to be improving on distance control and peek-a-boo matches I really need some practice againsnt snipers in general though. my latest MW setup also seems to be pretty effective againsnt anyone not packing large amounts of CE.

453 hours later 20588912 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>20586049 I can help you with that practice later, I'll be on around 9.

458 hours later 20610725 Pint_Glass_Hero
Had to attend to a loose dog in my yard, getting on now.

459 hours later 20613289 OldManAhab
>>20610725 Well, I suppose I've studied enough for now. I'll be on after I shower.

461 hours later 20621520 OldManAhab
>can't even stay in a game for one minute without getting dropped I think that's going to be it for me tonight.

461 hours later 20622068 King
I'm done for today too it was fun while it lasted.

464 hours later 20630771 RazgrizReaper
>>20583037 you know that they say, wmoen and texas weather are just alike, can never make up their mind.

473 hours later 20652005 Anonymous (Chief's emblem.png 606x606 384kB)
Morning bump. >>20630771 Actually, I've never heard that one.

473 hours later 20652382 Anonymous
>>20652005 These emblems are pretty cool. Post some more.

475 hours later 20659108 OldManAhab (Vagrant Guns.jpg 175x174 53kB)
>>20652382 Oh. Um, I think that's all I have from V except for our previous Vagrant Guns emblem.

475 hours later 20659501 Vasslyon
>>20659108 Oh man, I miss that emblem.

475 hours later 20659643 OldManAhab (1334765868431.jpg 1200x1600 471kB)
Oh, I have a couple player-made emblems.

475 hours later 20660045 OldManAhab (1341876819761.jpg 247x431 82kB)
>>20659501 I miss Star. He's never around anymore. I also miss Bald, but maybe he'll show up during the break.

480 hours later 20679598 Vasslyon (27170145_p5.jpg 1600x1146 2827kB)
>>20660045 Last time I saw Star we were horribly defeated in stronghold.

483 hours later 20694834 Anonymous
>>20659108 Aw. I don't even play Armored Core, that emblem is just real bitchin.

487 hours later 20706912 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>20660045 I just miss the simpler days.

487 hours later 20707146 OldManAhab (1235288412535.jpg 1024x1024 273kB)
>>20694834 Well, I don't know if you're still around, but you can find quite a few emblems on the Wiki with some searching and some luck. Here's a bunch of pages that have the listed character's emblem at the top of the page (for the most part). http://armoredcore.wikia.com/wiki/Category:LYNX From what I'm seeing, most of the emblems from other games aren't present, so it's a matter of luck. Anyway, here's a big kinky emblem. >>20706912 Same here. Which just leads us back to the song I posted a little while back. Speaking of which, I cannot get it out of my head.

497 hours later 20728318 Anonymous
>>20659108 Thanks, doc

501 hours later 20747459 OldManAhab (coca cola marlboro.png 1200x684 990kB)
>two more days until I'm home free I'm looking forward to being in games with more than five people and not getting booted from the server. inb4 that happens regardless

506 hours later 20768376 Anonymous
bump from an ACV bro

508 hours later 20776754 Anonymous
Guy who recently bought ACV here. I really hate what they did to plasma rifles, and the charge attack mechanic seems kind of wonky, but the game is not really as bad as I thought at first. The story is still bad even by AC standards, though, and the way you hit invisible ceilings at 30 feet is still incredibly annoying and shitty. I think they changed how missiles lock on, too, and I don't like it.

508 hours later 20778292 OldManAhab
>>20776754 >plasma I'll disagree with you there. I like the new plasma, it makes for interesting shots where you can trap people. Sure would be nice if we could disable lock on, though. >charge attack Oh it's definitely wonky. Have you tried doing it from above a target yet? And then there's the whole sweet spot deal that I've pretty much gone and forgotten. >invisible ceilings Like, the warning that you're going out of bounds? Or something that's keeping you from jumping up? >missiles Naw, that hasn't really changed. You acquire one lock at a time determined by your Missile Lock Computation up to either: 1) the missile's maximum lock number 2) your FCS's maximum lock number Unless you mean the way you can't (usually) hold a lock on someone when there's something between you and him. That one did change from how it used to be. >>20768376 Thank you kindly. We're going to need some bumps over the next day as I probably won't have access to my computer until some time late tomorrow night. So that means you boys are in charge of keeping this ship afloat while I try to not die. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsTNxVtS4c8

508 hours later 20778809 Anonymous
>>20778292 Missiles are tied to your right arm weapon now so it feels like they have way crappier range and I launch my missiles when I'm already shooting instead of like in other games where I could shoot my missiles and have them cover me or just soften the enemy up from a decent range. Maybe I'm wrong, though. And I'm talking about how when you try to boost straight up you hit a wall.

508 hours later 20779394 OldManAhab
>>20778809 Missiles should be independent from your arm weapons. It has its own little lock indicator in the upper right portion of the circle. Should be upper right. You'll notice orange boxes start to appear. At least I'm very certain that's how it works out. If you grab an arm weapon with short range, missiles with long range, and an FCS with range that can keep up with the missiles, the missiles should be able to pick up locks even from far beyond what your weapon should reach. Now that I think about it, I think I recall that arm weapons can acquire "locks" from beyond their effective range as long as the target is within FCS range. That might be able to explain what's going on here. Then again, I might be remembering things wrong. Oh, just like a jump from moving along the ground? Yeah, that kind of sucks. The only effective way to gain altitude now is to jump up the side of something like Megaman X and even then there are a couple issues where you'll get caught on a ledge or something.

511 hours later 20788629 Anonymous
It has been quite some time since I played AC5, I am thinking about jumping back into it though. would anyone mind giving me an update on what the multiplayer scene is like?

518 hours later 20804802 Anonymous
I remember when this game first came out I complained about the new boost mechanics and how a lot of the parts look too "busy" and stuff. Everyone called me a 4A noob and told me to go back to my Gundams. Are people more willing to admit now that AC5 just wasn't that good?

519 hours later 20807987 Anonymous
>>20788629 I'm not sure what the PS3's multiplayer is like, but the 360's is kind of slow. There are quite a variety of builds going around now, especially on the JP side of things, as opposed to the HRJ snub nose gats + dual lotus + flash rockets that plagued multiplayer in the time before Namco finally gave us the patch.

519 hours later 20808121 Anonymous
>>20804802 That's honestly just a matter of opinion. I'm sorry that the people you spoke to chose to take an unwelcoming tone with you. 4 and 5 have very different styles. Some people like 4&4A over 5 because they enjoy the way the game felt, which is very different from the way 5 feels. Now that the game has been out for about 8 months and most people that are into AC have had time to play it, you could probably find some people that share the idea that 5 felt too clunky/slow.

519 hours later 20808421 Anonymous
>>20808121 I played all the Armored Core games, I think 5 is the worst.

525 hours later 20828195 Anonymous
Alright I'm gonna bump your thread for you and also post my thoughts on ACV, which I just beat for the first time. First off this game has one of the worst stories of all time. I have no idea who Father actually is, what the deal with this City is, how bad Father is, or anything. I still don't know why the Corporation does anything. I don't know what those snake missiles were. This shit was just really weak and bad. In fact, the story was so bad, that the Order missions with Men of Honor and Zodiac were 10x more interesting, and that is sad because Men of Honor has less missions than the Story missions. Also the gameplay is fucking slow and bare, and the boost mechanics are so bad they might as well have taken out your ability to boost normally entirely. I said before this game is like they wanted to make Chromehounds 2 but were too scared to and only went half in. I stand by that. Also the one game I played online was so awful that I am shocked From still can't get netplay right

525 hours later 20828829 Anonymous
>>20828195 Also charge attack was implemented horribly. Like, sometimes I'll tackle a dude who's dead center on my screen and I do almost no damage to him or it counts as a miss. You have to aim slightly to the left. Overed Weapons are useless even to play around with and you get them too late to have any fun. I understand they were afraid of them being broken, but I don't even know why they're in the game. And there's a real lack of parts in general. Even the emblem maker kinda sucks. What the hell, From.

525 hours later 20829079 Anonymous
>>20828829 Oh and finally, I like how I move like a chrome hound with no ability to fly above 20 feet in the air and like my AC must obey real laws of inertia and shit but then the game throws MTs at me that backflip around making dinosaur noises like something out of Zone of the Enders doing 9000 mile flying dropkicks over the water. Don't get me wrong, I loved the older ACs and thought the unhittable mech ninjas in FA were kinda silly, but this shit is painful.

526 hours later 20833451 Vasslyon (27723251_m.jpg 450x600 128kB)
>>20778292 >>20776754 >>20778809 Check for the missiles that don't need lock on if you want to use them for support/escape. I'm not talking about rockets, but auto lock on missiles. I think they were in the KE missiles. >Even the emblem maker kinda sucks I may agree in some of your points, but this is false. I may not be an expert, but people can do amazing stuff with it. >the game throws MTs at me that backflip around making dinosaur noises itmustbealiens.jpg

526 hours later 20834043 Anonymous
Maybe they made ACV the way it is to show people how the Normal pilots in AC4/ACFA felt fighting Nexts.

533 hours later 20861060 Anonymous
hey /acg/ it's been a while, but i finally got my disc back. is everyone in thread ps3? any bros left on 360? i tried playing couple days ago and there was literally nobody on free battles and clearly no one from the clan. has it truly died on 360? shits like section 8

533 hours later 20863001 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>20861060 It's mostly PS3, there is a 360 VG but they don't seem as active as far as I know. Can't be fully dead, there is still a decent amount of players on 360 though that can just be altered perception due to those on 360 on mechaverse.

540 hours later 20879753 Vasslyon (19068227.png 1024x1280 769kB)
Morning bump

548 hours later 20906042 Anonymous
I don't really have any complaints about the game play. Also bump

548 hours later 20906547 OldManAhab
Aha ha! I'm not dead and neither is the thread. Fantastic. >>20788629 Well, sniper rifle builds still pop up. Can't really blame 'em, I don't think it's possible to get your KE defense high enough to repel those shots. From what I recall, a lot of people bring a pair of rifles, so if your KE defense is too low those are going to rip right through you. Piledrivers might still be a thing, it wouldn't surprise me. Pint or King could probably tell you more. >>20804802 >told me to go back to my Gundams. If you are who I think you are, I believe I remember that happening. Colon Crunch went off on you about that, right? Sorry, he was a bit irritable. I'll admit ACV isn't that great compared to the other games. I still like playing it, bouncing off of everything is very entertaining to me, but I feel it doesn't mark up well against other entries. >>20828195 >>20828829 >>20829079 Okay, let's see what I can do. >Father >City >Corporation Yeah, those aren't explained too well. Father's a tyrant and that's about all there is on those subjects, save a bunch of speculation on what the Corporation is. Actually, you know what, if I address every point this will take forever. I'm sure you don't need reinforcement on the points we agree on, so let's jump straight to the disagreements. >online play I won't argue there are some problems here and there, but I can't say it's as bad as FA was. Could you give some more detail, please? >Overed Weapons For the single player, yeah, they kinda suck. They can get pretty lethal in multiplayer if you set them up well, but for the most part they're all about screwing around. Kind of like ground torpedoes or mines in earlier games. There so you can have some fun with them. >field too long

548 hours later 20906603 OldManAhab
>>20906547 >lack of parts Oh, I went and looked this up a thread or two ago. From what I remember, V was either first or second place for most parts in a single game. I can understand why it feels like there's so few from time to time, some part categories have only three or four parts and a lot of the cores and weapons look fairly similar. >emblem maker Oh no no no. You can do a heck of a lot with the emblem maker, especially since they upped the number of layers. It's not the pixel-by-pixel emblem maker from earlier games, but it's certainly not weak. >>20833451 AS missiles. They're in the CE category.

551 hours later 20920540 Anonymous
What game should I buy first if I wanted to get into AC? V seems the most accessible.

555 hours later 20934757 Yon
>>20828195 >>20828829 >Also the gameplay is fucking slow and bare >I'm fucking terrible at ACV Once you get better, gameplay gets faster. Should see how fast a battle between top tier players is. it's gets pretty damn fast.

555 hours later 20934957 Kiereek
>>20920540 Depends what system you're on. There's not much activity on the xbox side, but this board seems busy enough on the ps3. Based simply on the singleplayer, I liked 4 and 4A the most. They're easy to get into, without being too tough on you. Plus, they're cheap to pick up. On a different note, hi guys. Long time no see. Anything change since I've been gone?

559 hours later 20946000 Vasslyon
>>20934957 Not much. Except that now we mostly play free battles since Conquest is pretty much dead /too much faggotry

559 hours later 20947085 OldManAhab
>>20920540 V works as a starting point for how different it is compared to the rest of the series. It shares some base similarities, but for the most part V is an extremely different game. 4 is also a pretty good entry point. 4 and For Answer, the "expansion" to 4, are both pretty different from the games before it, but still have quite a few similarities. Still, it's a different enough experience that you can start there. I would recommend starting with Armored Core 2. It's challenging, but not insane. It gets you used to the awkward control scheme. It's a fun game to play with plenty to discover. Best of all, if you find it anywhere, it's probably dirt cheap. 2 will get you best acquainted to most of the games in the Armored Core series. You might also consider Armored Core Nexus. It still has the feel of pre-4 games, but it has an agreeable control scheme. I also find it to be a bit easier than 2, but that's rather subject to opinion. Wherever you decide to start, if you like the series enough to continue, do so in release order. Wikipedia has a nice listing of them. There are a couple of optional exceptions to this: 1) Another Age. This is a huge game with a ton of missions. If you want to work on another AC game before beating this, go on ahead. It's understandable. 2) Ninebreaker. This one rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. There's no story, it's just a big training simulator. Skip if you want, but playing this one will make you much better at the series. 3) Formula Front. Really, any of the PSP Armored Core games. The PSP and Armored Core don't mix well. From what others have told me, it's more bearable on the Vita, but you're better off with the console versions. Formula Front's okay, though. Play if you want.

565 hours later 20960108 Anonymous
I really liked 3 and Silent Line. Those are pretty good starting points.

566 hours later 20962971 Yon
>>20947085 is it odd to say Ninebreaker is my favorite AC? I picked up Nexus at a rogers video as a rental, picked up NB the next week and fell in love with it so much, I "forgot" to return the game. I can still remember the garage song fucking 7 years after I last played that game. On a side note, seems like I won't be able to play ACV with you guys until feb it seems. Damned unexpected problems. Anybody know a good capture card for recording gameplay on the PS3? I would like to start recording some of my fights once I get back into the swing of things.

570 hours later 20974157 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>20962971 I believe Cheng picked up a Hauppage PVR and it looks like it's been treating him well. It's also what I would recommend.

571 hours later 20979124 OldManAhab
>>20962971 Technically, it is odd as Ninebreaker is arguably the most poorly received Armored Core to date. I think V is trying to catch up to that title, but I'll be surprised if it ever overtakes NB. I'm not saying NB is bad, though. I certainly enjoyed everything that wasn't Proper Distance.

571 hours later 20979236 Anonymous
>>20979124 Ninebreaker was such a bad game that even the most diehard AC fans don't even like talking about it. It was just pure, naked, boring mediocrity.

573 hours later 20987456 Yon
>>20974157 sweet, cheng has a proper recording device now. Gonna be cool watching myself from the other side. >>20979124 Ah okay. Dunno why, but I though NB was cool. It certainly taught me how to play AC properly anyways.

576 hours later 21003015 OldManAhab (Hearts of Space.png 181x56 11kB)
Here's an emblem I'm working on. This thing is kind of painful, but so help me I am going to load my NPR AC up with related advertisements. So far I've got three letters done. Note to self so I don't forget: If I run out of room, I can continue onto a second decal and push them together on the AC.

582 hours later 21025705 Villainy AC4 or AC5
I was super active on ac4, played the shit out of it. I played AC5 for the first 3 weeks it was out then had to sell it to stay alive. If it's a giant robot, I'm into it, but I gotta say the loss of fast paced combat and blading seriously curbed my intrest in playing AC5 more. The mashup of Chromehounds and AC this game brought, it, well it almost dissapoints me. Anyone think they could rekindle my fire with info on updates and what not? Also, I was playing when everyone knew FUCKALL about the conquest system and what not, so forgive me if I'm a bit.... misinformed on the current direction of AC5. Can my high-speed blading still exist? Ironic Captcha: Swords 99Nlove

584 hours later 21030639 OldManAhab
>>21025705 Eh...not so much. The thing that made high speed blading viable was the blade lock-on, which is gone.

584 hours later 21031963 Anonymous (1332450166472.jpg 500x375 25kB)
Hey guys, I got Ac:V when it came out but havent played much until recently. I'm familiar and a big fan of all the past ones but have some questions. What are a few of the good builds around? Are light mechs any good? I noticed that the mobility in this game is a bit slower and harder (clunky) to do than say Silent Line or Nexus and most def slower than 4 and 4A. Also, is there a VG team hanging around? None of my friends are playing and would like to try out the territory aspects of the game. All around I'm pretty noobish, so any advice would be awesome.

586 hours later 21036172 OldManAhab
>>21031963 >good builds Screw that, you know what you want? Four shotguns on a middleweight. >lights Yeah, they're pretty good. >VG team Yep. NA server. Vagrant Guns.

592 hours later 21049386 Pint_Glass_Hero
So I have For Answer now. Yup. Played 4 but what should I know for this?

592 hours later 21049458 Anonymous
>>21049386 Worse maps Superior everything else Only scumbags use railguns

593 hours later 21052467 Anonymous
>>19126027 This is what happens when you release a mech combat game these days. You get it released by half assed fucks who no interest in doing it right and it starts necrotizing. I'm ashamed I ever bought this shit

594 hours later 21056472 Anonymous
Haven't been on for awhile, so what is this Modelers pack?

597 hours later 21069006 OldManAhab
>>21056472 As far as I can tell, it has a bunch of premade emblems, some extra workshops, and I think it might have some new emblem pieces. >>21049386 Energy management is nonexistent unless you want it to be an issue. Sideboosting is life. Rifles and assault rifles are really good. Your default regulations are 1.20, go on ahead and dig through some options menus to change it to 1.40. White Glint's pilot is a dude.

597 hours later 21069230 Anonymous
>>21036172 Oh cool I'm on NA, mind if I join? The team I'm currently on which was all RL friends are not active whatsoever. Psn ID: Gekyo >Four shotguns? fuck yea! Also, Is the modelers kit worth the ten bucks?

598 hours later 21073195 OldManAhab
>>21069230 Go right on ahead. We should have a slot open. If not, I'll be on in a bit here. Have to run an errand and then try to find my bluetooth. As for the modeler's kit, I honestly don't know. I'm watching this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teuy0G8aLVU and I'm guessing it'll eventually get around to the DLC.

598 hours later 21073242 Anonymous
>>21072915 awesome I'll prob be on tonight, I'm currently at work. Prob update on here when I get off. Pretty excited to play with some bro's

601 hours later 21088491 OldManAhab
>>21073242 >4chan at work I swear, you and Vass are going to lose your jobs over that. Anyway, I'm headed out, so I won't be on again tonight. Someone else might be around to keep you entertained. We're not the most terribly active team, but we pop up every now and then. If you want help with a mission or need some Au for something, just ask away, Especially on the Au, any one of us will gladly throw you several million.

605 hours later 21099758 Anonymous
So Hawken went open beta the other day. I jumped in and immediately started winning FFA matches. It sparked an old love I had for mech combat that started when I rented Armored Core 2: A New Age on a whim over 10 years ago. I immediately realized that Hawken seriously lacks depth in terms of customization though, and so I've wandered here. If I buy V, will I be disappointed? I haven't touched an AC game in 10 years. What should I expect? What's the learning curve on the controls, and is the meta game basically narrowed down to a handful of builds, or can I actually get creative?

606 hours later 21102418 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>21049458 Seems as though Battletech/Mechwarrior is one of the few mech games with good railguns, I love their gauss rifles. I wasn't a huge fan of them in 4 anyway. >>21069006 My default started on 1.40, was odd. Started with no affiliation so this should be good. Thought as much.

606 hours later 21102659 Anonymous
Anyone got a picture of all the emblems of the mechs you face in all the games, or at least 4?

608 hours later 21107190 OldManAhab
>go to Abilene with every intention of coming back at a decent hour to squeeze in some AC time >we get around to playing some Magic >the idea of Planechase EDH comes up, sounds cool >first game blows out in less than ten minutes, decide to play another >three player game takes almost two and a half hours Well. That didn't work. >>21099758 So is Hawken basically just an FPS deathmatch with some customization? It seems like it's worth trying. As for V, maybe. It has a very very different feel now. The most notable difference is how much more grounded V is. You can scale a building and hang around in the air for a while, but it's less flying and more falling with style. >>21102418 Oh. Huh. Weird >Independent Good man. I forgot that I was supposed to tell you to choose that one. >railguns Those were amazing in 4. They've been downgraded to really good in FA. >>21102659 You mean like the loading screen schematics? Looks like this link has most of 4's schematics and some of FA's, but the FA pages tend to have the order match picture instead. http://armoredcore.wikia.com/wiki/Category:LYNX And here's the link for older games. I know there are at least a couple that don't have any relevant pictures. http://armoredcore.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Ravens So that should let you find the mechs you're looking for.

613 hours later 21118070 Vasslyon (1218065876707.jpg 600x768 136kB)
>>21099758 >>21099758 Saw it yesterday at my cousin's house. It's basically an FPS, except that you can jumo boost (but not dash). It looks pretty. It wouldn't be that bad if it wasn't all Pay 2 win. You have to be an autist to grind that much points to buy a cool looking mech...but if you pay you'll gain points in a whiff. Oh and the customization is a joke. All mechs are pre-made (like rocketeer class, melee class), and the customization is shit (you have to buy paint schemes and you can't even change their color distribution). So I'd say nah. But it's you choice man. >>21088491 Yeah, luckily no one knows about 4chan in my office (expect a guy that was a casual 4channer back in the days). And I only browse this thread. /v/ and /m/ can be dangerous sometimes. >>21107190 I'll be online tonight. Last weekend I was weak and bought the Extreme Versus (gundam game) DLC (pic related( and was dicking around with the new mobile suits against them japs.

613 hours later 21118150 Vasslyon
>>21118070 *jump boost *Except a guy Oh I need some coffee

613 hours later 21118710 Anonymous
>tfw booting up AV for the first time since before the first patch

613 hours later 21118736 Anonymous
>>21118710 *ACV Half-asleep still.

617 hours later 21128465 Vasslyon
>>21073195 Yeah I think I'll get it too, since I'm buying the Dark Souls DLC some day.

620 hours later 21139138 OldManAhab
>sign in >notice the Zeon emblem is the Ninebreaker emblem >again >they have Mining Sector Uh >they have a huge amount of points in Mining Sector Huh. Guess SOS got sick of it. >>21118710 Did the >Welcome back feel good?

624 hours later 21156634 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>21107190 Independent was the clear choice, though I did like the AC Omer was offering.. >>21118070 I still have my Blue Destiny manga around. Is EV in English? >>21139138 Well, that's concerning.

625 hours later 21159726 Vasslyon
>>21156634 The menus have some english text, but the game is all in japanese. You learn the menus from trial and error, or you can check gamefaqs. I've been playing this games from so long (since the ps2 and psp) that I'm already used to it. Anyone getting online tonight?

626 hours later 21164026 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>21159726 Interesting, I'll look into it more. Game did look good and I'm a sucker for Gundam. I'm on now, playing AC4FA but I'll switch at some point to 5, already miss my dL AC.

626 hours later 21164521 Anonymous
>>21118070 Yeah... Cheaper new mech is like 4000 Let's just say that if you're getting 50ish for getting around 4-6th in the match [don't worry, the matching makes sure its half level 1s against 15+s] you're going to be playing about 80 games. And then you'll be in a level one again. Not that you can buy most things: most equipment for example is the pay-credits only, not the ingame ones.

629 hours later 21177213 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>21159726 Actually would be good for you to get on Vass, King is playing P4A and I'd rather play some free battles with a teammate than setting up a room.

630 hours later 21177961 Gekyo (eatpancakes.jpg 640x480 73kB)
>>21088491 haha I check the threads on my phone during one of my breaks. Jumped on and joined the team the other night. sadly no one was on to hang out with so did a few story missions until I got stuck and a few random other missions. I normally play about 12:30am EST-5am or so.

630 hours later 21178413 Pint_Glass_Hero (1355265782688.jpg 275x300 31kB)
>>21177961 I tend to be on around such times. Let me know if you need cash since I can donate whatever you may need. I'm always done for some duels as well. Log on and lets get some battles going, this liquor does not last me forever.

635 hours later 21191691 Vasslyon (1242956310854.jpg 800x609 489kB)
>>21178413 >>21177213 >>21164026 Welp, fell asleep before I turned on the triple. Sorry guys.Morning bump, anyways.

642 hours later 21206574 OldManAhab (1235291549905.jpg 600x476 140kB)
Well, looks like it's about time for another bump.

645 hours later 21219649 Vasslyon (1336512863840.jpg 1274x1000 862kB)
>>21206574 My next AC build, since I love it in EV. Good excuse to start using a Karasawa + a blade. I wonder how will that go.

646 hours later 21224320 OldManAhab
>it's Tuesday >oh boy, time for defense with no consequences! >4v1 >4v1 >4v1 >oh wait this time it's Zeon Elite >Urban Area >oh this'll be a hoot >three of them and an AI >they start blowing out defenses on their side of the river >they approach my side of the river >on the opposite side of the buildings from one of them >jump past them to their side of the river >someone starts shooting me >it's their AI >slip away from it because lolAI >go all the way to the back of their area, sitting on the boundary line I considered moving to a corner and I probably should have, but didn't want to risk being seen >it has been two and a half minutes since the start of the match and here I am >waiting >they're all searching like heck for me Seriously, this is pretty funny on the operation file >after three minutes, one is finally close enough >take a shot at him, jump around and slip behind him >lose him for a little under a minute >at about 6:30 the entire team has found me >proceed to bounce around the map >takes them about 1:40 to finally drop me Well, that was funny. They sure do seem to like their sniper rifles. Two of them were midweights with a pair of Seidenbaums and some combination of battle rifles and the other was in a HRJ with four sniper rifles.

646 hours later 21224421 OldManAhab
Anyway >>21219649 I'm not so sure that'll work out too well. The Karasawa can probably do a lot, but if you run out of ammo and they're still up, finishing the job with the blade might be a bit painful.

646 hours later 21226959 OldManAhab
I'm off for now, might be back on later. Got one more, though >defending our rocket base in Abandoned Facility >got BR v2, just gonna harass where I can while floating in the web of rocket fire >there's the buzzer >intro >wait, was that one or two? >it's just one >holy crap >it's just one >it's a miracle >he's got two Piles and a Legion Pulse >ah, guess he's just screwing around >get way the heck away from him as he's charging up the Pulse >he takes down a turret or two >comes to get me, I shoot him for some damage >ends up eating a bunch of rockets for huge damage >take the last few shots to end it while trying to keep my distance >it's that kkronik guy Don't we know him from somewhere besides the free leaderboards? Or am I getting mixed up again?

649 hours later 21238536 Anonymous
So uh... Hey there! Thinking of maybe coming back. How active are the NA servers nowadays? Anyone got a spare slot in their crew for a terrible, terrible player?

650 hours later 21242775 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>21191691 >>21219649 It's all good buddy. I've used a LR in tandem with a blade before, it's awkward but the KRSW/Karasawa will stun which can setup for the blade or vice versa I suppose. >>21224421 Still have For Answer? >>21238536 They are still fairly active, at least they are on the PSN side. I still hear things going on with the 360 too though. PSN VG can get you a spot, just have to wait till Ahab is back on to open one.

651 hours later 21246337 OldManAhab
>>21238536 Well, that depends. Want to be part of a team where we won't hold it against you if you're not online every day? If so and you're on the PS3 version, I can open a spot for you. >>21242775 Yes I do. Looking for some design ideas?

654 hours later 21256486 OldManAhab
Trying to make a good "the talk" joke out of this, but all I can think of is: ...and that's where the Texas flag with spear emblem comes from. It's basically just me remembering times gone by.

654 hours later 21257513 Gekyo (Armored-Core-V.I-Series-LayLeonard-03-Aaliyah-Unsung-Model-Kit-14.jpg 426x478 59kB)
Gonna grab some food and then jump on. See you soon, Space Cowboys. >inb4 no one is on. haha

655 hours later 21260372 OldManAhab
>>21257513 Heck, I'm just about to go to sleep. Shoot Pint a message, he might still be on and I'm sure he'd come hang out with you.

657 hours later 21265120 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>21257513 Ahab is pretty much right, I am on at the most ridiculous hours. Honestly though next time you are one invite me and I'm headed to you.

660 hours later 21271918 Anonymous
>>21246337 >>21238536 here, and I'd love a team like that. I may not be able to play this afternoon, but later I'll hop on.

666 hours later 21291608 Anonymous
Bump to keep this alive again, been a while.

668 hours later 21297892 OldManAhab
>>21271918 All righty then, I'll go and open up a spot for you real quick. I doubt I'll be on any time soon, I've picked up a job over the break to help feed my addiction to Asian food. Can't go back next semester without enough money to sate that.

668 hours later 21298423 Gekyo (armored-core-nobelesse-model-kit.jpg 566x500 26kB)
>>21265120 >>21260372 No prob guys. I saw pint on but I think he was doing a mission. Im still novice at the menu and what it can do and not sure how to add people. So I made an emblem for fun and did a few missions before getting stuck on a story one. Dude wrecked me hard lol.

669 hours later 21305094 Anonymous
Oh god my wallet is going to be so dead after this mission. Goddamn why is that armored fucking train so fucking annoying to destroy god shit

669 hours later 21305978 Gekyo (1318616824973.jpg 1918x1080 269kB)
>>21305094 I just moonlight sword spammed the hell out of it then got da fuq out asap. then did it one more time and won. I'm on the mission where what i assume is the police chief badass is waiting for you after you go through a desolated city road over water fighting mechs with tails (beast wars anyone?). I got to him and he was like :"sup? btw... ROCKETS!!!!!!!!" and i wtf died in like 8 seconds

673 hours later 21324841 Anonymous (1341345311164.gif 372x262 1807kB)
>Go to fucking Gamestop >See AC5 for Xbawks for like 25 bucks used >Get it because I don't feel like waiting for Amazon to ship it to save a few bucks >Playing it >I realize that I will only find maybe 10 hours of enjoyment playing only singleplayer, and I don't have the money nor interest to play online I should return this game now, shouldn't I? Fuck, I'm so angry I missed Chromehounds' uptime. >I will never have a good mecha customization and simulation game

674 hours later 21324983 Anonymous
>>21324841 If it's any consolation, multiplayer is fairly dead (unless you want to play with a bunch of high-ping japs or "YOU MUST BE ONLINE AT ____ EVERY DAY" rulefaggots). That said, Gamestop lets you return used games for full price, right? Do so at earliest convenience.

675 hours later 21333080 OldManAhab
>>21324841 Yeah, if you're not enjoying it you should probably get your money back. If you're still looking for mecha action, you could put it towards Zone of the Enders HD or something. Speaking of which, I never saw /v/ talk about that. Did I just miss all the threads or something? >>21305978 If you can get a good TE weapon like a Pulse Machine Gun, bring one. Or two. The big tailed things are really weak to it and so is the police guy. >>21305094 Like Gekyo said, energy blades can do quite a bit. However, they're a bit risky as it requires getting close, which can go horribly wrong in about four or five different ways. I've found that Plasma is good for taking it on. Rockets can also do the trick, but it's a bit riskier as that shuts you out of a CIWS that can do a lot to increase your survival rate. Rifles and Battle Rifles can also do the trick from a respectable range. One of the major tricks here is to start by clearing out the snipers. You don't have to get every single one, but it'll make your job easier. If you can, attack the train from behind, it's safer back there. Unfortunately, it'll just pick up the pace and leave you in its dust every once in a while. If you can get ahead of it, attack it from the side, that's also pretty safe. If you're ballsy and know where not to stand, you can attack it from the front while moving backwards. That way you can at least hit a lot of cars/guns as it goes by.

676 hours later 21334865 Pint_Glass_Hero (1350874818304.jpg 500x511 75kB)
I would like to thank Oldking for teaching me how to count. On a mission to make sure he survives the encounter at Arteria Carpals.

676 hours later 21335151 Anonymous
Any news of ACV expansion?

676 hours later 21337092 Anonymous
>>21333080 It's not that I'm not enjoying it, it's just... it's not different enough from AC4 and AC:FA to justify it. Unless it gets better? I am literally just one mission in, but it seems tailored to be multiplayer.

677 hours later 21338069 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>21337092 It is tailored for multiplayer, you're also missing out on the best parts since you need a certain team level for that. Don't quite see how you don't think it's different though.

678 hours later 21343416 Anonymous
>>21333080 So OldMan, if someone would be interested in join would they just shoot you a message on PSN? I'm be no means new, just wondering that if i were to get back into it would there be a place for me.

678 hours later 21343942 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>21343416 Don't think hes around, but yes, that would be the best idea since hes the current leader.

679 hours later 21344552 Anonymous
>>21343942 How big is the group currently?

679 hours later 21345894 OldManAhab
>>21334865 Oh dangit, I knew I should have sent you The Sun. It can breeze through that mission and generally allows Old King to survive. >>21335151 Nothing yet, just an unfounded rumor of Armored Core VI on Wikipedia. At least, last I checked it was unfounded. >>21343416 Pretty much. Just let me know and I'll open up a spot. >>21344552 At the moment, it's "full." However, most of the people still in don't show up anymore, so it's just a matter of picking one to boot and hoping and praying I didn't just kick someone that actually gets on, just at times we never see . No, seriously, the thought of that happening bugs me quite a bit. >>21337092 Well, the missions do get better, but the single player is still pretty lacking. The high point is Chief being awesome. Second place goes to Fran being adorable and third is RD being RD. He's funny. >>21338069 >Don't quite see how you don't think it's different though. Well, that threw me for a loop. You're going to need to explain that one to me, because I don't see too many similarities between V and FA aside from quickboost and other things that hold to most of the series.

680 hours later 21349542 Anonymous
>>21345894 message sent, lemme know when i can start helping you guys out.

687 hours later 21365572 Anonymous
So. I think I want to play a mid/long range support fire AC, but I wouldn't like being stuck in that siege-like mode. What weapon types would you guys suggest? Also, are quadruped legs viable? Thanks.

691 hours later 21380228 Vasslyon (26273275.jpg 1790x1203 1519kB)
>>21333080 ZOE HD had some serious framerate proplems, something the PS2 versiones didn't have. Konami outsourced it to a shitty developer, and it shows. >tfw ZOE is dead Talking about fast paced I wasn't too keen on the AC4A MP, too much flying. I like my mechs being weighted down by gravity (char dixit). I'll probably receive a lot of hate for this.

697 hours later 21407636 Anonymous
>>21380228 Nah man, it's cool. I enjoyed it when mechs were weighted to the ground as well. It gives you a feeling that you need to plan your movements better, instead of instaboosting everywhere. HAVING SAID THAT, I still enjoy ACFA.

697 hours later 21408278 Anonymous (1327019662348.jpg 532x600 386kB)
Picking up V (NA) some time after Christmas to play online. Haven't played since AC2, but it looks alright

697 hours later 21409338 OldManAhab
I have every intention of hunkering down and staying inside tonight, so maybe we can do some free battles or mock battles or what have you. >>21349542 Well, I'll be on in a little while here, so I'll open up a spot and yo can join at your soonest convenience. >>21365572 Well, the main things quads are good for are those sniper cannons. With the stability boost from using one of those weapons, reload time on Sniper Cannons is anywhere from bearable to really quick. Another thing they're good at is getting above an opponent and staying there. It's very annoying trying to shoot at someone up there and you can hang around above them for quite a while because quads have a slow descent speed. As for long range, Sniper Rifles are an option. They still hit for nice damage and can occasionally stagger this or that. You're going to want subcomputers, maybe even two, if you want a respectable lock time, though. Battle Rifles can get a pretty nice range, especially the Lotus, while still being great all-around weapons. >>21380228 Well crap. Might as well just get the PS2 version. At least, I think my PS3 can play those discs now. I also agree with >>21407636 , I didn't like how floaty everything was and how you almost never had to worry about energy. I like having to worry about things in fights. Is my energy okay? How's my ammo look? I'm not running too hot, am I? Oh crap, did my legs just blow? But yes, FA was still pretty great.

700 hours later 21419748 OldManAhab
Our team news is so exciting. >A new team member has joined! >A new team member has joined! We've got Larco running some territory missions and Gekyo managed to get in for all of a couple minutes. >lets me know he's on bad internet >I start typing out a response indicating I know what it's like having dealt with dorm internet for a semester >finish up >he's already been disconnected >Larco is already on a mission >nobody was around to read it Well, I feel silly.

700 hours later 21420323 Fei_Larco
>>21419748 im just trying to get back into the swing of things. did you have anything in mind you wanted to do? mission? dueling?

700 hours later 21421684 OldManAhab
>>21420323 Well, right now I'm helping Gekyo out with story missions. With any luck or if I can stop myself from trying to take out about a dozen submissions per run we can get him some UWs fairly soon.

702 hours later 21425825 Gekyo
Haha sorry ahab, my net I bad but not usually THIS bad. Fucking blizzard has something to do with it I think.

703 hours later 21430158 OldManAhab
>>21425825 Don't worry about it, we'll get those last few missions cleared out some time soon. Probably not tomorrow, though. I've got some Magic to play while the moon falls on us and those giants fail to stop it.

705 hours later 21434773 Gekyo
>>21430158 Sounds good. Lol I haven't played majora's mask in forever. Question, do you press triangle to activate rockets in your shoulders or whatever you have in there? Magic, as in MTG? Lol I play myself. Night guys, let's hope im not buried in snow.

713 hours later 21456118 Vasslyon (vvvvv.jpg 1500x1062 377kB)
Afternoon bump. Sorry for the absence, got a bit addicted to Persona 4. This deadline promises to end fast so maybe I'll see you guys.

714 hours later 21456616 Anonymous
Hey I used to play a lot of this at launch but got frustrated when 99% of my time playing this game became waiting. I just picked it up again, and my old team has been disbanded as expected. Is there a spot open on a team? Can't promise how active I'll be in the future but this game was fun (when it worked) and I want to get back into it.

715 hours later 21461401 Gekyo (armored-core-697-2.jpg 1024x768 145kB)
>Good morning. >Checking pilot data. Bump

716 hours later 21464428 Anonymous
So I just picked up ACV and i've never played an Armored Core game before. What am I in for?

721 hours later 21484464 Pint_Glass_Hero
Well, finally having serious trouble with that occupation mission, even trying to do cheesy shit doesn't work and even fighting them one at a time fails. Fuck. >>21464428 If you only want story, then disappointment. >>21456616 If you're on PS3 then Ahab can open a spot for you I'm sure, if you're on 360 then to join their team you need the password which I believe they set to "moot". I do believe they have room.

721 hours later 21485865 yon
Armored core v doomsday edition. Cue doomsday Wubstep trailer. Got my first paycheck getting my ps3 back tomorrow. After that another month till I get my internet back. Woot.

722 hours later 21489342 Anonymous
>>21484464 Cool, I am on PS3. I guess I'll be waiting. Until then, order missions

725 hours later 21501341 Gekyo (Fonddcranraven7.jpg 640x480 52kB)
anyone on tonight?

725 hours later 21502309 Pint_Glass_Hero (rememberme.jpg 640x480 51kB)
>>21484464 Disregard this, said fuck it and brought blades. The likes of the following massacre have rarely been seen. Thrilled to be done with that now and hard with that extra AC won't mean dick. Besides this, anyone else conquer something today in AC? Lets hear about it.

727 hours later 21506462 Fei_Larco
sorry, been stuck at work getting on in a bit

727 hours later 21506557 Gekyo (1355809557632.jpg 550x402 65kB)
I'm jumping on too. Cya in a few

727 hours later 21506751 OldManAhab (1340732297870.jpg 1000x1090 242kB)
>>21484464 >>21502309 Oh, Occupation isn't that hard. You're in a very tight spot if you blow a shot on Hard, but it'd not so tough. >even trying to do cheesy shit doesn't work I bet I know why. Who were you taking out first? >Besides this, anyone else conquer something today in AC? Mmmmmmmm...nope. I've still got the time I beat Nine-Ball Seraph in Another Age using a heavy biped without a Karasawa, though. >>21489342 I'll sign on here in a second to open up a spot real quick. Can't stick around, though. You are NA region, right? >>21464428 Well, story was already covered, so you'll either generally enjoy it or hate all of its mechanics. Probably.

729 hours later 21512360 Gekyo (988.jpg 1500x991 1409kB)
Thanks ahab and fei_larco for helping the past few days with some story missions. Finally got that big ass saw. ;)

729 hours later 21512482 Fei_Larco
>>21512360 let me know if and when you need anything else, i am almost always available everyday at night.

732 hours later 21519775 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>21506751 Eh, I was just constantly running into random bits of bad luck. If I was using any kojima cannons I took out Rodie first, otherwise Otsdarva. You'll enjoy this, did most of the missions last night on hard with only a few not S-ranked. Realize I didn't save when I woke up. Well then.

739 hours later 21538850 Pint_Glass_Hero (46546457.jpg 250x250 64kB)
Bump for more life.

739 hours later 21539681 Anonymous
>>21538850 /acg/ might be the slowest general ever, but I quite like it because of the quality of its posts. Anyways, hopping on for story missioning and more crazy AC projects which are completely unviable and only cost me money(that I don't have).

743 hours later 21553996 Vasslyon (1263562545084.png 560x428 267kB)
>>21539681 You bet anon. Tomorrow I promise to be online. Today I was playing some time perfecting my TallGeese III. I'm trying different laser rifles for back up ammo, any suggestions?

750 hours later 21577041 OldManAhab
>>21519775 Oh, so you were taking out Roadie first. Huh. >didn't save Too used to ACV's autosave? >>21539681 If you need money we can dump boatloads of it on you.

753 hours later 21585146 Gekyo (92762.jpg 1280x1024 228kB)
Bump for life! Guess everyone is asleep, dreaming of AC's.

753 hours later 21586151 Anonymous
Hey guys, just bought the game for PS3. Add me: Fieldnight. I have no clue what I'm doing.

753 hours later 21586425 Fei_Larco
>>21586151 When you get a chance search for Vagrant Guns through the team search menu. There should be an open spot that wasn't filled. >>21577041 Just so you know Ahab, Baldstorm is on my friends list and hasn't logged into PSN in about 4 months now so i think its safe to bump him if need be. >>21585146 I was on earlier burning some stuff in Alpine. Once i get a day off i'm gonna spend some time burning what i can there, maybe i will be able to snag a few. On a side note, isn't Zeon Elite the group from /m/ or am i mistaking them for someone else?

761 hours later 21604371 Anonymous
>>21506751 Thanks, I just joined.

763 hours later 21613148 Anonymous
I'm still a noob at the game but I need to know more stuff about how to take territories. Me and some of my friends were destroying some shit in ZE's territory but their AP still isn't down.

765 hours later 21622101 Fieldnight
Hey guys, new guy here from earlier. I attempted to join but it said that there were no open spots. Feel free to add me, I'm NA Region: from Iowa.

765 hours later 21622146 Fieldnight
>>21622101 Forgot to mention, my PSN is my name up above: Fieldnight.

766 hours later 21622730 Ariamis
>>21622101 >>21622146 Yes, it does seem like the team's full. Gotta wait for Ahab to show up.

766 hours later 21623345 Fei_Larco
>>21613148 It takes 3-4attacks on one area before its AP hits zero if i remember correctly. And then wait a 12hr period for it to burn out into a AI controlled territory, or CQ into a match with its owners before it burns out. Also keep in mind you may not be hitting the same areas over and over as there are an ass load of 0-999, something like a few hundred 1000-9999, and about 60 10,000+. And the only way to know if its the same area is to remember the area rating of each area you hit and remember how many times you hit it. Assuming there is only one area with that exact rating.

766 hours later 21623863 Fieldnight
Any advice on a newbie? I really have no clue what weapons are the easiest/most efficient, and what type of body styles to use.

766 hours later 21624827 Fei_Larco
>>21623863 right now with the current patch armor works like this Either you punch through them and deal full damage or you tickle them and do a very small percentage of your weapons damage. Keep in mind impact force on weapons as this with stagger enemies and will force their armor ratings to drop during the stagger. This means you could possibly make your gun punch through their armor even if it shouldn't. For example: they have 2000 KE armor. My KE rifle does 1900 and doesn't pierce BUT i have missiles that have a high impact force and cause the enemy to stagger dropping their armor ( i dont remember the exact percent but its very noticeable) Now my KE rifle is punching through during their staggers and hitting for full damage if not more since their armor is even lower. Best bet, play around with a lot of things, do missions against AI AC's with varied armor ratings to get a good feel of your build. Keep in mind, what you play well with is more important than what is "good". Also keep in mind what weapons go with what build types. You wouldn't put shotguns that require you to chase down you opponent on a heavy weight slow build. And you wouldn't put sniper cannons on a light weight meant for chasing and harassing.

767 hours later 21627162 OldManAhab
>>21586151 I'll open up a spot for you in a while here. First thing's first, there's chili to be had. >>21586425 Yeah, he's on my list, too. But if it weren't for him, we might not have this team, so he's got an honorary position. At least for a good while. If it comes down to it, I might just have to boot him, but that's still a long ways off. I believe you're thinking of 7th Cyclops. I wouldn't be surprised if another one or two of the old /m/ teams were Gundam references. Dangit, that got me looking at the spreadsheet. >Akula Squadron >Megucas >Sarge's Playhouse >Manly Tears All those teams that would come share status updates in the thread. >Veritable Genius Hey, that's the first team I was on. Sure would be nice if there was a way for me to swipe their team emblem. >Vitam Glorium And there was the official team. For about two weeks. >>21622730 One of these days we're going to be on at the same time. I know you're showing up because I've seen your emblem change a couple times. One of these days. >>21623863 One of the best things you can do is get used to the jumping mechanics. The best way to go fast is to jump off of everything you can to move forward. As for efficiency, I'd say Rifles hold that spot fairly well. Decent damage, great ammo capacity, and some have a great firing rate. Just about everybody uses them because if your KE defense is too low any pair of rifles will just chew you up. Pulse Machine Guns are also pretty efficient, but those take some practice.

767 hours later 21628631 Ariamis
R Arm: KO-6H7/Pyralid(HEAT Cannon) L Arm: KO-6H7/Pyralid(HEAT Cannon) Shoulder: USC-1 Dhanbad(Subcomputer)x2 R Bay: Zinnia SG54(Shotgun) L Bay: Zinnia SG54(Shotgun) Head: HD-19 Chromeye(TE-resistant) Core: KT-1O5 (TE-resistant) Arms: UAM-23 Animas(TE-resistant) Legs: KT-1N2/Elbrus(Tank) FCS: Predire FCS190(Long-Range) Generator: KV-3D3/Prochnyi(Balanced) Booster: N/A What do you guys think about this loadout? Was going for a mid/long range hard-hitter with a decent rate of fire and loads of AP for moving in to a good position before unloading.

768 hours later 21631020 Vasslyon (1231971001070.jpg 1280x720 156kB)
>>21628631 Shotguns on a tank? I don't think it's a good idea. Shotties are for close range ambush. Tanks can't keep up with a BP. Also I think the chromeye is very EN consuming, and with the recent patch in scan mode the head is still on, so it drains the same. What's your defense numbers? Because I see too much TE, when tanks are weark to KE. Also, I'll be online after lunch. So maybe in one hour.

768 hours later 21631398 Ariamis
>>21631020 The shotguns would be for a last-stand scenario where all my HEAT ammo was gone, but after playing some story missions I see how my boosters are very EN consumption-heavy. I'll probably change them to sniper rifles. About the Chromeye, it's mostly because of the camera performance. I stacked TE because I'm really afraid of pulse weapons, but I'll look for more KE. I didn't fight a single fight against real players yet, so I have no idea about the meta whatsoever.

768 hours later 21632203 Fieldnight
Just got on. Waiting for the team slot to open. Add me: FIELDNIGHT

769 hours later 21635009 OldManAhab
>>21631398 Rifles are much more frequent. Besides, you have enough TE defense in the tank legs alone to resist PMGs fairly well. Anyway, HEAT Cannons are cool, but the shots are kind of slow. They have hardly any decay, so if you can manually aim the shots and adjust for drop, they're pretty good at taking on big turrets. Won't do the job as quickly as Sniper Cannons, but you'll definitely have more ammo to do it with. I agree with Vass on the shotguns. When you're out of ammo and down to those, your opponent just has to stay a short ways from you and your weapons won't be doing anything. You've got a long range FCS, so you might consider sniper rifles as backups. Or maybe just rifles. If you get something with less than 250 range, consider using the Glance as your FCS. >>21538850 You should get on soon. Larco took a crack at the team emblem and I want you to see it.

769 hours later 21635358 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>21628631 Predire with HEAT cannons is a no, they will not hit at the range you should be working at with the predire. Glance or any non long range type FCS would work best considering the subs. Shotguns are also not the best idea, a LR or SR, maybe a PMG would be a better choice. Generator is good. The frame needs to change, this TE stacked defense leaves you so weak to too much, even as a tank. Drainy as well. You want camera performance so switch to the Beowulf since it's also lighter and has less drain. The AP and def loss is fine. TE core is overkill unless you really want the AP but even then it's not a wise choice, the arms I can understand for the dual slots. I have a tank like this with the same general idea behind it which I can post on here in a couple minutes if you'd like. Take whatever ideas from it you like but it's a good guideline for what you're trying to achieve.

769 hours later 21635491 Ariamis
>>21635009 >>21635358 Thanks for the answers. Can sniper cannons work on a tank? >>21635358 I'd love to see your tank. Please post it if you can. Thanks in advance. You guys online right now?

769 hours later 21635690 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>21635009 I'll be on soon, just waiting for things to quiet down here first. >>21635491 If you can manually aim them and know how to turn and charge boost, then yes. Otherwise you'll have a headache. Will post as soon as I can.

769 hours later 21636012 Ariamis
>>21635690 Charge Boost as in the charge attack? I know that deals shitloads of damage as a tank. I really don't know how to deal with the lack of mobility the tank legs bring, but I really like the heavier weapons and I really can't play a fast hit-and-run style with lighter models, so I'm in kind of a pickle. Guess I'll hop on the game and try some more combinations.

769 hours later 21636313 OldManAhab
>giving Field the depressing version of how the territory system works >random disconnect while I'm talking >dangit >signed out >can't seem to sign back in Oh dear. Going to try a few things. Hopefully I can get back on.

769 hours later 21636425 Fei_Larco
>>21636012 Why not get someones LW build, take the weapons off, and practice in AF or Urban? great places to get the hang of LWs and a good way to get used to changing landscapes/uneven footing. >>21636313 Quality ACV servers brought to you by Bandai Namco

769 hours later 21636535 OldManAhab
Oh dangit, that's what I get for not refreshing first. >>21635491 Yeah. Like Pint said, you have to manually aim it and it can be pretty tricky. I've seen the five-shot cannons put to good use on a tank, but I have no idea what kind of work goes into that. >I really don't know how to deal with the lack of mobility the tank legs bring Learn to use the quick turn effectively. Tanks can turn really stupid fast as long as they're not moving. If you can use that well, nobody will ever be able to circle strafe you. I don't think so, at least. >>21636313 >The access point was not detected That can't be a good sign.

769 hours later 21636975 Ariamis
Is stuff like autocannons/cannons/general suppressive fire stuff even worth it? With stuff like impact force and normally high mobility AC, I can't see it working very well(even though it'd be pretty neat).

769 hours later 21637562 Fei_Larco
>>21636975 those deploy-able missile turrets are nice for area control and keeping enemies at bay, though they are really easy to take down if you get rushed by more than just one person.

770 hours later 21638380 OldManAhab
>>21636975 Cannons are pretty awesome when they hit. They have freakish amounts of impact force and great attack power, too. The thing about those really mobile ACs is that they don't have much for stability, so cannons will stagger the heck out of them, which leads back into Larco's description in >>21624827 Anyway, since you're on, do you need Au? I'm giving it the heck out right now.

770 hours later 21638418 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>21635491 Tank Head: Beowulf Core: UCR-10/A Arms: Isari Legs: Baikal FCS: Glance Gen: Proch Recon: URD-36/ER L & R arm: Aralee or Euronymous cannons Shoulder: Dhanbad Bay weapons are optional KE: 1909 CE: 1688 TE: 2844 Or at least what my shitty television is telling me, hard to read the tens place but solid defense and it's a lighter tank, decent speed. AP is low for a tank but this isn't meant to sit and damage race.

770 hours later 21638708 Ariamis
>>21638380 >>21638418 Yeah, trying out some cannons right now. They do look pretty good. I'm fine money-wise, almost finishing up story missions(goddamn exusia is annoying). Just FYI, I can't hear you because I gotta keep my volume low, people sleeping and all.

770 hours later 21639489 OldManAhab
>>21638708 I can give you a hand with Exusia if you want. Right now I'm doing what I can to get Field familiarized with things. Not sure how well I'm doing.

771 hours later 21644498 OldManAhab
>get out of shower >oh yeah, I was going to send Pint that emblem >type in that I'm back >right as Pint signs off I'll remember next time. Anyway, I'm off for the night. Field seems to have been doing quite a few story/order missions, so I hope that's getting you more familiar with the game and how to go fast.

773 hours later 21649663 yon
Fun fact acv offline is patch 1.01. Kinda sucks since I cant practice on the new patch. But I can enjoy putuo burya combo again. Which I highly recommend trying out just because.

773 hours later 21649927 Fei_Larco
>>21649663 yay flash rockets, zin shotguns, and USG gats

785 hours later 21679878 Vasslyon (1230242049106.jpg 700x911 251kB)
Bump for great justice

788 hours later 21687639 Anonymous
Whoa, this thread is dead.

788 hours later 21690787 Vasslyon
>>21687639 Christmas time eve, thanks for the bump

792 hours later 21703017 Fei_Larco (1337580235050.png 2667x2000 353kB)
>>21690787 bump

793 hours later 21706835 Anonymous
Hey Armored Core General. I just got ACV for xbox. How's the playerbase doing on xbox? Is there anything I should know?

798 hours later 21722274 OldManAhab
>>21687639 Yeah, it's pretty slow here. We manage. Usually. >>21706835 Well, from what I've heard in here a few times, not so hot. There are definitely people that still play it. That said, this is only going off of a few things that have been said in here. I have no firsthand experience with the 360 version.

800 hours later 21725361 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>21706835 There is a VG team on 360, I think it was Kierek who should up recently but people do still play. Don't know how the conquest is. Also, Merry christmas all. Don't think I'll be on but I'll bump at least.

800 hours later 21725395 Pint_Glass_Hero
>>21725361 Accidental sage due to something left in the email field from /tg/.

808 hours later 21742065 Anonymous
Christmas bump for you guys.

810 hours later 21746185 Vasslyon (file1178copy.jpg 566x800 156kB)
Merry Christmas /ACG/! I hope you guys got mecha presents.

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