fox hunters outfit needs special weapon?????

[Major Horrigan]

honestly that seems like such a dumb idea .. I ve been waiting the whole game for that damn outfit only to find out u need the frost sword or the merchant ignores you

very funny devs ... hilarious, really

[Nonexistinghero]

Yeah, was the same for me. Well, wasn't looking forward to the outfit. But it was the last part of the very last cryptic vessel I needed to do and I used the soul for the accessory since it's good and I was already good on a weapon. Basically, when I was 99% done with these quests the game told me lolnof***you.

There's a few things in the game that I'd classify as bad game design. This is one of the things. The whole weight system is trash as well, even after the patch.

Well, a standout good part is the leveling system. Unlike the sadistic From Software, the exponential scaling of required experience for leveling up stops at some point. And when it requires a bit less than 16K ergo per level, it only goes up 1 for every level. So it's actually viable to max out all of the stats in a few playthroughs without an excessive amount of grinding or using glitches.

[Deathwing1306]

Some things you miss, some you find... simple as that.

[zab]

yeah very strange, it's the only instance in the game you can miss out on an outfit too, really strange decision.

[SadPlatty©]

Ehh - is sorta part of the "play a NG+ run", albeit not the best implementation. Ultimately though - it's more like a calling to how old school games where before you had guides day 1 and wikis that could give you every detail as they are discovered.

Like - there is this pretty fun old-school point-and-click game on Steam "Harvester". Some of the puzzles, you would be beyond yourself to figure out with a hint or something - but people did (took me forever to figure out the Dalmatian riddle in the Fire House for example as something to look up, and has 2 solutions).

Though - the execution may seem "odd"/"bad", it is more rewarding for people who either :
- experience dumb luck occasionally
or
- patiently held onto their Ergos until the quest comes up

[Nonexistinghero]

Originally posted by Deathwing1306:

Some things you miss, some you find... simple as that.

Can't say I agree. They lock you out at 99% completion. It'd be different if you got locked out early, but no... you only learn that you're locked out at the very end of the very final of these quests. It'd be one thing if you got the soul after you could do the quest and see that you need a specific weapon, but it's just bad design to wait until afterwards.

Going "oh it's all good all you have to do is spend 10 more hours to beat the game and then spend 10-15 more hours to get to the same place in NG+. It's only a mere 20-25 hours, that's absolutely nothing. Just a single day" doesn't cut it for me.

[Scraps]

I think the concept of locking content behind a missable weapon is dumb on paper, but it's mostly moot in this scenario. Missing out on a cosmetic? Okay, go off on basically a red variant of the Bastard coat you get in the first Trinity room. If it's about the achievement to complete all ciphers, there are several that require multiple playthroughs, you cannot get every achievement in one NG cycle.

However, I DO agree that it's bad that it also locks you out of a quartz, which can be important (moreso in NG). I'd say the merchant should give the player the quartz out of pity, but restrict the coat for following the letter to the... Letter.

[Samseng Yik]

So I cannot get every piece of equipment in my Armored Core 6 1st play through.
The game is rubbish in your eye, you mean ?