How to get S rank?

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Does anyone know what the requirements to s ranking a mission are?

[cylentstorm]

The "S" stands for "Sweat"

[Phishfood]

Nobody knows. I use to think it was total payout but I was proven wrong.

The one think I know is you need to have low damage. I think its around less than 5500.

I'm struggling with the mining ship mission, even when completed with very low damage I only get A rank, there is no battle log, no bonus for small mechs destroyed and the only thing I can think of is ammo used.

Pretty dumb for them not to list what the requirements are.

[Abewr]

S ranked everything. Go fast, minimize damage, don't use expensive ammunition. Speed is the most important factor but not in all missions. Some have different requirements, such as damage done to the helicopter in the mission to rescue prisoners. The more health it has left, the higher your bonus pay. Stuff like that.

Edit: Something I would like to add after remembering. There is a mission where you get a ton of money by blowing up helicopters and fuel tanks. Doing this made me get an A every time. I decided to just rush the objective instead and got an S first try. This is when I realized speed is more important than anything in most missions.

[Cr@zY-$HeeP]

Literally trying to figure that out myself right now. I've S-Ranked a bunch of missions, including numerous bosses - but some of the other missions are absolutely bizarre to me.

Example: "Investigate BAWS Aresenal No. 2"... I've beaten this level insanely quickly, with sub 12k repair costs and sub 12k ammo costs. I've re-built my AC, and beaten it slightly slower - without taking damage, but having sub 15k ammo costs. I look it up online, and someone has a screenshot where they S-Ranked it with ~38k in total repair and ammo costs.

I wish they made the requirements more transparent...

[SirRice]

I could be wrong but i believe the three factors are: Time to complete, ammo cost/used, damage taken. The biggest factor is time i think. However some missions may have addition conditions, for example in the alt version of "Attack the Dam complex" you have to accept the deal offered and fight the two acs. If you refuse and complete the mission as if it were the normal version you would get a low rank. You also cannot use checkpoints

[cylentstorm]

https://www.powerpyx.com/armored-core-6-vi-all-s-ranks-guide/

-No retries
-Hurry! (Time spent is apparently the primary factor)
-Avoid Damage
-Conserve ammo (minor effect)

A little surprising that kill count isn't factored in, since this system feels a lot like Ace Combat's rankings.

[Abewr]

Originally posted by cylentstorm:

https://www.powerpyx.com/armored-core-6-vi-all-s-ranks-guide/

-No retries
-Hurry! (Time spent is apparently the primary factor)
-Avoid Damage
-Conserve ammo (minor effect)

A little surprising that kill count isn't factored in, since this system feels a lot like Ace Combat's rankings.

Yeah, once I learned the formula I ended up skipping most enemies. It was very fast and guaranteed S.

[Steve]

Originally posted by <?>:

Does anyone know what the requirements to s ranking a mission are?

Speed through it. That's what the S stands for, apparently.

[Cr@zY-$HeeP]

Originally posted by cylentstorm:

https://www.powerpyx.com/armored-core-6-vi-all-s-ranks-guide/

-No retries
-Hurry! (Time spent is apparently the primary factor)
-Avoid Damage
-Conserve ammo (minor effect)

A little surprising that kill count isn't factored in, since this system feels a lot like Ace Combat's rankings.

That link sums it up perfectly -

"It doesn’t give you any feedback on your time and doesn’t show the exact requirements anywhere. It also applies ranks very inconsistently from one mission to the next."

"I often got S Ranks with vastly lower payout (e.g. 120k got me S-Rank but 180k would get me A-Rank), but just being faster or doing optional objectives and killing all enemies."

"[Combat Log] enemies aren’t always mandatory for S-Ranks but in some missions you will never the S unless you defeat them."

"Each mission is a case of trial and error."

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So just waste your time running the same missions over and over again for hours, with zero feedback on how to improve from an A to an S... Got it!

[Phishfood]

Originally posted by cylentstorm:

https://www.powerpyx.com/armored-core-6-vi-all-s-ranks-guide/

and from that same guide "Overall, the game is very intransparent about how it calculates S-Ranks"

[JackieTheDemon]

The biggest calculator for S rank is speed.

You can get bodied the entire mission, as long as you do it quickly. You'll easily get most of your S ranks this way.

Play aggressive.

[Anatolius]

Originally posted by Phishfood:

Nobody knows. I use to think it was total payout but I was proven wrong.

The one think I know is you need to have low damage. I think its around less than 5500.

I'm struggling with the mining ship mission, even when completed with very low damage I only get A rank, there is no battle log, no bonus for small mechs destroyed and the only thing I can think of is ammo used.

Pretty dumb for them not to list what the requirements are.

huh, i've done it S, what i did is basically kill every MT on the way, getting hit by a laser once is fine iirc, i've also sometimes killed rocket turrets on the fallen segment, and few machine gun turrets.

[JackieTheDemon]

Originally posted by Purple Flame:

Originally posted by Phishfood:

Nobody knows. I use to think it was total payout but I was proven wrong.

The one think I know is you need to have low damage. I think its around less than 5500.

I'm struggling with the mining ship mission, even when completed with very low damage I only get A rank, there is no battle log, no bonus for small mechs destroyed and the only thing I can think of is ammo used.

Pretty dumb for them not to list what the requirements are.

huh, i've done it S, what i did is basically kill every MT on the way, getting hit by a laser once is fine iirc, i've also sometimes killed rocket turrets on the fallen segment, and few machine gun turrets.

Ya don't need to do any of that. Just destroy the generators then the eye.

[Hammer Of Evil]

Originally posted by <?>:

Does anyone know what the requirements to s ranking a mission are?

speed. lots of speed.

take zero/minimal damage if possible, iirc they're the highest weighted factors. Getting fragged, s-rank run is over. might still A rank it, but yea.

so pick the lightest loadout you can go for maximeme boost and still fight boss if applicable, and hit the objective only, avoid all the riff raff npc mass production mechas and non essential targets.

[djcarey]

It like it expects you to kill everybody with a sword & not take any damage & finish the map as quickly as you can.