ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™

ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™

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Beb* Oct 22, 2023 @ 7:01am
S-ranking Stop the Secret Data Breach
I've been hard trying for 2 days now, to no avail, I keep getting A rankings.

I use the classic wheelchair, double needle gun and double gatling.

The first part is a breeze in terms of timing : Carla throws at me the 'that was fast' line and I have no penalties at the end. I think a don't handle correctly the fight with Iguasu and the unidentified guys. This feels horribly random for me.

I'm just about to give up, but if you have some advices...

It's not clear for me if I have to destroy ennemies before (the little ones or the tripod as when I do, no bonus pay appears on the hud).

And how are you handling the fight against Iguasu? When the additional ennemies appear I try to focus on them using the radar but the fat ones with the whip sometimes turn against me.

And still, I find hitting Iguasu to be quite difficult, having troubles as he has shields.


Thanks!
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REhorror Oct 22, 2023 @ 7:09am 
Here's how I do it:
1. Equip the hammerhead part for much better scanning.
1. Destroy the hacking parts ASAP.
2. Kill the tetrapod when it spawns.
3. Try to attack Iguazu normally, WHEN the Ghost team pop up, STOP attacking him and in fact focus on destroying the Ghosts, then you can resume the fight with him once the meddlers are gone.

This mission, I love it.
Last edited by REhorror; Oct 22, 2023 @ 7:13am
This PC Oct 22, 2023 @ 8:01am 
I avoided the tetrapod entirely, scan as much as you can for that fight at the end, careful not to hit iguazu so he don't turn on you when these unidentified dudes spawn.
(Correction: I went in to record footage, took me a few attempts, and I got the S-Rank by slamming the tetrapod, RE was right)

Concerning loadout, I recommend changing the needles for 6 cells plasma missiles x2 - They're very easy to use, and will go around Iguazu's shield. Another option that will have that effect is Drone launchers. You could also use something extremely high pressure like the Soup missile launchers or the 10 cells straight missile launchers. Needle launcher is useless against the shield. ><

Concerning the chainguns, I'd recommend something like harris rifles with at least 110 recoil absorption - fire them semi auto without using charged shots, just pressure iguazu with that constantly. Try to avoid hard lock - it drastically reduces your accuracy proportional with your range. If you're insisting on using chainguns, well, try to tune your usage of it, get into AC test and fire without a target, see how your crosshair behaves, and try different arms, learn to control your trigger finger to avoid recoil (and possibly overheat ? I'm not a gatling enthusiast, not sure how you can control that), I think this might be a problem for you. If recoil affects you too much, you'll miss 50% of your shots at like 50m. I got much better when I learned to balance recoil absorption and firearms spec. ;o
Last edited by This PC; Oct 22, 2023 @ 8:50am
This PC Oct 22, 2023 @ 9:06am 
There's a very clumsy S-Rank: https://youtu.be/_7b-8gcTL4Y
Took me about 4 attempts, haven't played in two weeks, needed to get back in the groove. :D
Beb* Oct 22, 2023 @ 9:19am 
Cheers, I'll give this a shot!
Sabaithal Oct 22, 2023 @ 9:51am 
Just make sure to blow up everything in your way rather than flying past them. You do get "points" towards your score by killing enemies.

And if you're not using a weapon that can kill MTs quickly then you're doing it wrong.

As for Iguana, well he's a little ♥♥♥♥♥ who hides behind his shield, drawing the fight out longer. Vertical plasma missiles are a good way to get around it, but you can't really use them prior to his fight (indoor area, too small). Melee attacks are still a good way to break through shields though, as are explosives.

Assault armor is good for breaking down pulse shield defenses for the cloaked drones.
Last edited by Sabaithal; Oct 22, 2023 @ 9:55am
Beb* Oct 22, 2023 @ 10:04am 
Well, 'This PC' build and method did the trick, I managed it on my third attempt after quite a miserable one by the way!

I don't know if it had an incidence, but I destroyed the tripod.

Well, I played offline because my connexion was broken, had the 'perfect mercenary' achievement, but didn't have the 'armored core' one for some reason.

So I have ALL the achievements but the one I get for having ALL the achievement...

I'll just curl in a ball and cry under my bed.
This PC Oct 22, 2023 @ 10:06am 
Originally posted by Beb*:
Well, 'This PC' build and method did the trick, I managed it on my third attempt after quite a miserable one by the way!

I don't know if it had an incidence, but I destroyed the tripod.

Well, I played offline because my connexion was broken, had the 'perfect mercenary' achievement, but didn't have the 'armored core' one for some reason.

So I have ALL the achievements but the one I get for having ALL the achievement...

I'll just curl in a ball and cry under my bed.

Am glad it helped.
I'm really sorry for your achieve. ;_;
Beb* Oct 22, 2023 @ 10:10am 
Well, I launched back online AC6, did a single mission from the story and the last achievement unlocked.

100% completion. I'm happy.
REhorror Oct 22, 2023 @ 5:57pm 
Originally posted by Beb*:
Well, I launched back online AC6, did a single mission from the story and the last achievement unlocked.

100% completion. I'm happy.
Congrats bud.
I suspect this game will have a high 100% rate because it's addictive.

They need to add this S ranking system into Souls games.
MadTing Oct 22, 2023 @ 7:41pm 
Some S ranks are veeeery tough, ngl. I've just finished my 100% completion, took me about 40-45 hours overall with 3 endings.
REAPER Oct 22, 2023 @ 10:20pm 
the S rank for this mission is actually really easy.

one trick i learnt from PVP is that shield users are extremely weak against coral generator assault armour - coral assault expansion will overload their shields into cooldown instantly. This works against coral shield and all other shields in the game, 100%

The trick here is remove Iguazu's shield immediately so that it goes into a cooldown.
Proceed to eliminate Iguazu before the unidentified mechs show up for easy S rank.
SCamp Oct 22, 2023 @ 11:03pm 
Congrats. I found this mission fun because of the pathing.

Dual Vvc Plasma Rifles were pretty good for this mission just because it 1-hits the objectives and all minor enemies and has larger AoE for dealing with groups. (Such as the door that automatically opens and enemies come out, easy couple of kills for one ammo.)

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For those that haven't completed S-ranking this mission: Completing the hacking drone segment is priority and killing enemies on the way is a bonus that provides padding for the end fight.

There's an easy timesave in the first room: you can stay on the upper level to kill the hacking drone. Then fly through the molten foundry into the second room and drop straight to the floor instead of opening either of the doors.

The second timesave: You don't need to kill the heavy Tetrapod immediately. Killing all of the hacking drones first takes priority, as that starts the second objective. You can't open the exit doors for roughly 25 seconds after the hacking drone objective is complete, which is free time you can spend killing things on the way to the exit (such as the Tetrapod and any minor enemies on the way) to make getting an S-rank easier from score padding.
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Date Posted: Oct 22, 2023 @ 7:01am
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