Originally posted by Technex:

Originally posted by REBirthTheEdge:

Yeah, no, people have been doing nearly no damage fist run already:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfuexIb_f8M

And yeah, stagger is how everything works in this game as every weapons give stagger.

God, this punch setup looks a lot easier than my usual playstyle with double melee and/or guns!

I like how it's so fast that just normal ground travel avoids attacks.

I'm going to give this a go.

Thanks for sharing.

Yeah, people have been doing nearly no damage punch runs against Ibis, but not all the bosses are Ibis.

Originally posted by Dark69:

Originally posted by Technex:

Just a question please don't get offended.

Did you undervolt or overclock your GPU?

Did you overclock ram?

No, none of that
idk what else to do with it, checked game files and its ok, set low graphics
no changes

Can you take a screenshot of it?
seems like a few people here have an issue though. For a change it isn't me which is nice.

... Thanks to this patch i'm not ables to play anymore. i succeded to start a mission but crash during the load screen. And now it's crashing in the start menu

These buffs are great but the game screams statistics, If you could include buff numbers that would be great.

The spider boss nerf was overkill. I can now stand in front of it spamming a machine gun and a sword and shoulder missile launchers using a light frame accessible at that point of game and only have to occasionally dash from the charged shot and s rank the mission. It never got to do a single slam attack the entire time. Just shot some small lasers at me.

Originally posted by D. Flame:

Originally posted by Virsteinn:

It actually doesn't.

We already know that they extend stagger, that is why you can see people stagger Ibis with a pile bunker, then repeatedly punch it until pile bunker cools down, then hit Ibis with a second Pile bunker during the same stun period for the win.

This is also the only reason why punch and kick only runs work. You'll notice those runs typically end with the AC nearly dead and all repair kits spent. The stagger system and stagger extensions of the punches is the only reason punch and kick runs work.

might be the only reason... but stills being viable. that proves that u can play with builds that are clearly not the intended ones

stop editing parts and start releasing more parts. I hate it when teams tweak little parts that players already use, if it works, let it work. You had time to edit these before release. Cyberpunk did the same thing to the cyber attacks. You had to work your build to do all of the infections to clear a room. Now it's borderline pointless to go aggressive with cyber attacking.

Edit: Yes, I can read. They upgraded those parts. Idc, it'll take only another two weeks from data of player-vs-player that they just revamp all the parts before even trying to engage w/ having more builds.

Originally posted by Samnson:

Originally posted by Technex:

Ttttriple post as on mobile.

Am I the only person that doesn't like elden ring here? 😄 they feel like such different genres of game - apart from some of the controls and the boss areas of gameplay I'd imagine
I mean ones about cool futuristic mechs that can fly around with guns and rocket launchers, unless I'm mistaken elden ring doesn't have that 😁

I mean,
The boss format used is a really big feature of all souls games.

And its not a small feature either, it is one of the pillars of the Souls formula;
You do not have a souls like game without its specific Boss design philosophy.

Which is kinda Jarring when it was wedged into Armored Core;
Honestly the Boss format of is... slightly incompatible with (What was) the pillars that define an Armored Core games difficulty

Which is all about Build Efficiency (For mission specific challenges), Resource management (Both in Credits in building and Ammo and Armor in Mission), and Piloting efficiency.

In AC you could traditionally be bad in some areas, and make up for it in others;
Just by brute forcing Being a good Pilot or building a good AC.

When AC6 threw in bosses that have a playstyle specific weaknesses,
It petty much forced the game to be "Build the correct AC or Get Clapped alot".

Which destroys that balance that managed AC difficulty across all its games.

There is really no Souls-like movement to any of these bosses. No i-frame, no need to learn pattern, no need to wait for your turn.

Meanwhile, the game has very weaksauce normal enemies, which is anathema to Souls.

Originally posted by D. Flame:

Originally posted by Technex:

God, this punch setup looks a lot easier than my usual playstyle with double melee and/or guns!

I like how it's so fast that just normal ground travel avoids attacks.

I'm going to give this a go.

Thanks for sharing.

Yeah, people have been doing nearly no damage punch runs against Ibis, but not all the bosses are Ibis.

LOL Holy copium.
No weapon Balteus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRqy4Iz9Esg
No weapon Sea Spider
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdAXOmxhmt8

a patch that shouldve been out within its first week and here we are late as usual

Why not just make an easy mode?
Ibis is already a glass cannon, I beat it under five tries during the first encounter. Balteus isn't hard either, just the effective weapon against it was not accessible during early gameplay, Sea Spider nerf is understandable but unnecessary. It is understandable that the company, must profit, but at the cost of killing the fun of a loyal fan base and only gaining some passers-by casual is it really worth it? I'm on my second run now and so far I haven't felt any challenge from Balteus and Ibis and I think they both ruin. Also, why not nerf the Arquebus Balteus, It's a pain in the ass to feel like a hero but keeps dying. To be fair just make a hard mode or easy mode so hardcore enjoyers like me don't have to compromise our fun, After all, the challenge is what we are here for and it is the hardship that sweetens the victories. Entering into an unfair fight that makes you feel small but winning it gain a sense of accomplishment, that's the from soft spirit.

Originally posted by jack:

Why not just make an easy mode?
Ibis is already a glass cannon, I beat it under five tries during the first encounter. Balteus isn't hard either, just the effective weapon against it was not accessible during early gameplay, Sea Spider nerf is understandable but unnecessary. It is understandable that the company, must profit, but at the cost of killing the fun of a loyal fan base and only gaining some passers-by casual is it really worth it? I'm on my second run now and so far I haven't felt any challenge from Balteus and Ibis and I think they both ruin. Also, why not nerf the Arquebus Balteus, It's a pain in the ass to feel like a hero but keeps dying. To be fair just make a hard mode or easy mode so hardcore enjoyers like me don't have to compromise our fun, After all, the challenge is what we are here for and it is the hardship that sweetens the victories. Entering into an unfair fight that makes you feel small but winning it gain a sense of accomplishment, that's the from soft spirit.

This.

Cut the bullcrap and add an easy mode. Do NOT nerf the bosses for the vast majority of players.

Originally posted by REBirthTheEdge:

Originally posted by jack:

Why not just make an easy mode?
Ibis is already a glass cannon, I beat it under five tries during the first encounter. Balteus isn't hard either, just the effective weapon against it was not accessible during early gameplay, Sea Spider nerf is understandable but unnecessary. It is understandable that the company, must profit, but at the cost of killing the fun of a loyal fan base and only gaining some passers-by casual is it really worth it? I'm on my second run now and so far I haven't felt any challenge from Balteus and Ibis and I think they both ruin. Also, why not nerf the Arquebus Balteus, It's a pain in the ass to feel like a hero but keeps dying. To be fair just make a hard mode or easy mode so hardcore enjoyers like me don't have to compromise our fun, After all, the challenge is what we are here for and it is the hardship that sweetens the victories. Entering into an unfair fight that makes you feel small but winning it gain a sense of accomplishment, that's the from soft spirit.

This.

Cut the bullcrap and add an easy mode. Do NOT nerf the bosses for the vast majority of players.

Some of the past games had hard mode for missions on New Game Plus. Seems odd to do that with select missions here and still nerf the bosses when mid players like myself can beat them given time.

I'm not even particularly talented, just really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stubborn and largely unwilling to change my tactics.

In other news, stability has improved markably. I used to crash about every fifteen to thirty minutes of active gameplay, somehow getting about halfway into NG+ with this handicap. I have to wonder what's causing me to still crash, as well as how to avoid uninstalling and reinstalling the game to fix it. I'm hoping my previous trick of keeping spares of the game and EAC executables will help, but I'll have to see if it actually works that way still.

Doesn't seem like my previous trick will work, and neither will uninstalling and reinstalling. The game crashes shortly after I load into the garage, before I can actually see anything. Last time, I restarted my system.

That's gonna take time. Boo. Better I go to sleep after shutting down, and try again in the morning.