This is the last of the Armored Core VI videos, but I will be including this game, from now on, in my general Soulsborne videos when applicable. I want an excuse to talk about it more, while also having the engagement work out, y'know ^^

Prediction for number 1: That underground mission with the laser cannon.

@BillySYT

3 ай бұрын

So close, but you got a Top 3 finish

21:20 block those missiles with assault armor. I did that in my very first play through, defeating that mission on my first try. Subsequent plays didn't go as well, but the assault armor strategy helps a lot with good timing.

hey billy, would you tell me the name of the music you mentioned in the “stop the data breach” mission? I am curious about it but I couldn’t her it very well in your outro. great vid btw!

i would genuinely take the worst ac6 missions 100 times over the worst missions in like armored core 1 or something. i still get incredibly furious when thinking about the moving cube room

One thing that helped in swineburne stealth is usung a tetrapod's levatate ability and go on the left hand part of the map

With taking the unihabited flying city mission, activate the turrets before the snipers show, and they help take them out.

I think you can ignore almost the entire level when S-ranking Attack the refueling base. As long as you are fast enough you should get S-rank very easily. If you go out of your way to blow up the fuel tanks or kill some extra enemies you might get some extra points for the ranking, but it's only worth it if you do it fast and don't take too much damage. I'm not entirely sure if any side objectives are necessary or not, but i S-ranked it on my first attempt and don't even remember doing anything special.

Number 2: I really have to state another problem with the mission, and that's that an ideal setup for beating Freddie? Very likely won't be as effective, if you're doing it on your first go-through, to finish the mission, and vice-versa. On my first playthrough I tagged this one too and I had to *completely* overhaul my setup to the point of buying, fitting, trying, trying, trying, selling, buying, fitting, trying, trying...you get the idea, because a build that could take out Freddie with very little trouble would have difficulty slogging through the gauntlet otherwise. You probably could have plunked any other combat log encounter there and it'd be more fitting for the sort of kit you need to take in for the other bots.

@BillySYT

3 ай бұрын

They could make the argument that it's a combat log encounter, so you can always clear it up via the replay mission option in the future, but I found every other mission to have very fair, doable first-time combat logs - It stands out that extra bit much because of that.

@Aluranae

3 ай бұрын

Oh absolutely. It's a matter of whether you balance it for 'you can come back and get it' or 'first time', and compounding the issue is you can just kinda. Trip. Over Freddie if you're not careful, and if you're bloodthirsty...

What makes the Swinburne mission more annoying for me is that attacking the watchpoint would make more sense as a stealth mission. Just make it so stealth is preferred but it continues as normal if discovered. Like why have another mission be the stealth mission when there's already a mission set up to be a stealth one

@BillySYT

3 ай бұрын

Right! Attack the Watchpoint felt like it wanted me to play stealthy, but the moment one enemy notices you, the whole militia realizes you're there. Having that be the stealth mission over Swinburne would have been fabulous.

Coral Export Denial is a super easy S rank just use 2 hand missile launchers & 2 plasma missile launchers on a Lammergier spider AC At the last section rush to the highest bridge above where the transports appear

so close to pulling the trigger on this game. I've been so deep in helldivers I might need to branch out on something different

@BillySYT

3 ай бұрын

Honestly, it's worth the dive. If you pull the trigger, you won't regret it !

@Slugs55

3 ай бұрын

Honestly I'd say just go for it when you get the chance, or wait until you can grab it on sale if you have the patience for it. The thing that's so great about Armored Core 6 (and the series in general) is just how customizable the gameplay is, the game even encourages you to experiment and make tons of builds by giving you over 100 slots for you to save your builds to, AC name, build name, paint job, and decals included which are all loaded up at the press of a button. If or when you do pick it up, just focus on having fun with your builds, and if you ever feel like you need something in particular for any given mission chances are there are countless ways of meeting those requirements. I'm currently just under 100 hours in and it has quickly become one of my absolute favorites to the point where I'm currently in the middle of emulating the older games starting from the very first and it has been a blast.

1000% agree with #1. f that mission it almost soured the entire route for me

0:37 is it really for the sake of veriety, or for the sake of future videos? #10 Peoplen would definetly notice, but no one would complain. #9 No comment, all has been said #8 Jogan was the last mission i S-Ranked for a reason, the time punnishment is MUCH higher than the others, you need to be fast, you need to be efficcient, and tou need to *Kill Everything In sight.* #7 Those MT's are controlledby Allmind, fun fact. But in all fairness, defend the strider probally would have been a pretty boring mission along the lines of defend the missles #6 The maze is pretty fun and builds tension for the first playthrough, but whats really fun is watching iguazu struggle to (and likley die) defeat enimies you can beat hitless reguardleas of AC weight #5 The copter does have a gun, its just weak as shit. #4 Technically some of the shortest missions in the game, but MAN does it feel like its not #3 Ah the funny flower level, you know its sad when the most introesting part is destroying 3 slightly more difficult MT's and getting a freebie chest #2 Me personally, i did this second playthrough. Either way, my AC remained mostly identical, a tank with duel songbirds, missiles, and a cannon. It wasnt particularrly memeroable #1 Laser Turrets. Thats it, thats how you win. Spam Laser Turrests Everwhere.

@cireoath336

3 ай бұрын

For Number 1, Laser Turrets, I agree with. But also bring dual Laser Shotguns, makes this mission easier.

Actually, in Number 5 - Prisoner Rescue, the chopper does have one gun on its front to defend itself, but it will use it when G2 Nile and his squad comes in to attack it. Not effective but at least something to keep the MTs at bay while they wait for you to deal with them. If MTs are gone, they will help support you fight G2 Nile, but its not really effective since its an AC . Also, it is possible to complete the mission with the chopper without taking a single damage resulting in more extra pay of 150,00 of COAM Currency.

I didn't have the heart to say that missions in AC6 were bad just because they had a level archetype that I didn't mesh with, so there were only two missions that I actually considered bad and mentioned in an official poll for AC6 a few months back. Those being Coral Export Denial and one that wasn't on this list: Investigate BAWS Arsenal 2. That mission showed it's full hand the moment you entered the arsenal and were attacked by the drones. I didn't have problems killing them in one or maybe two rotations, but chasing them down was simply uninteresting. I'd say it's perfectly fine for a chapter one mission, but there is one detail that ruins it for me: *The S Rank.* Dear god is that mission strict with giving an S rank. I have heard that you just had to do it fast but that is blatant lie. You can speedrun it and take minimal damage and still get left with an A. How did I finally get it? Killing every enemy in the level with the Pile Bunker. *Any* amount of ammunition could cost you the S rank to the point I had to resort to using none at all.

@BillySYT

3 ай бұрын

I won't lie, the S-Rank for Investigate BAWS Arsenal 2 was utter hell to get, but at least my first go around was extremely enjoyable and the mechs provided a nice difficulty spike that kept me on my toes towards the end of Chapter 1.

The historical data recovery mission is very "weirdly" placed its like it was nearly meant to be an NG++ mission considering how if you deviate from Coral Release route Ayre has some funny lines when you take this mission (Commenting on Dolmayan's Brainwaifu Seria, who in all cases you just killed earlier that week or month or day what ever) Stop Data Breech for me is a bit different cause most likely than not in most of my playthroughs running this mission I kill Iguana so fast that I can get killed by the ghost MTs allmond sics on both of you so I'm like really forced to spare iguana from eating a charged ashmead with Basho arms mind you anything less will not kill most med-light weight ACs in a good day Wait you missed the jump pads in coral export? Its literally near the farthest bridge near the edge of the map go back and redo the refuel base and study the layout of the map since its reused you are coming from the destroyed base first going back to the "entrance" it is an annoying mission sure so I just brougth with me some fast firing weapons (Attache and SMG are good enough for this either ludlow or chanchen feeling cheeky? Gattling guns) and fast reload missiles so you can spit them out faster For missile support I just changed the boosters to the buerzel and just kept ABing left and right its a very simple mission the faster your AB speed is the better after all

Remember half the battle is in the garage

Coral Export Denial as well as the tower defense missions makes me wish Armored Core 6 had Co-Op multiplayer... though Ice Worm mission is an dishonorable mention for this type of list because of the stupid gimmick it has even IF it is TECHNICALLY a boss fight mission and it also makes me wish Armored Core 6 had Co-Op multiplayer...

I agree with almost every of the entries here, except I'd put the defend the strider higher, it was the only mission that made me question wether or not I should keep playing. Though the only one I don't agree with is the "attack refueling base" and that's probably because of my experience as a lightweight, getting hit is never a good idea so S ranking it was very easy

@BillySYT

3 ай бұрын

Honestly, if Defend the Strider gave me more trouble & had an extra wave or two of enemies, it'd have been higher. But it ended up being missed potential and a non-entity overall

If you just used the right tools for the job half of these wouldn't have made the list

I clicked on this video just to see what the No. 1 worst mission was, and I was absolutely right. WAAAAYYY too build-dependent, and offers terrible and repetitive gameplay

Okay so attack the refueling is entirely incorrect. It, like other missions with bonus cash on kills, bases it's rankings not on time, but on a hidden score threshold. It's still annoying to get S ranked if you aren't a lightweight player, as every single LC must die for the S rank score. Everything else checks out though, all the missions listed just weren't super interesting or had lacking mechanics. I'll just list off my top 5 least favorite for the sake of brevity. 5: Nepenthes, same reasons you listed. Though I do give it points for a meme here on yt, I'll post a link if someone asks. 4: Escort The Strider. Really wish this was an actual escort for the strider, even if it's only a short one before the strider got destroyed it would still be way better. 3: Both defense missions, I do agree with your reasoning but as a lightweight user I find those movement complaints less of an issue. 2: Destroy the Drive Block, I love rusty but fuck snailteus, I wanna slap whoever gave him the laser death ray beyblade attack. 1: Allmind, three phases back to back and way too much health to chip through. Most weapons are not viable simply because they don't have the ammo to last here. The fight is cool as hell, but it's unfair in so many ways and honestly feels like something from the fourth gen games. You're outnumbered 5 to 1 in the first phase, second phase is alright but the C-spiders are mildly annoying, phase 3 is where it gets difficult. Lotta melee attacks that do stupid damage even when unstaggered, a four piece combo that not even a tank build will survive if it connects, and some weird ass triple moonlight thing that I don't really know how to describe. It's my favorite of the finales but I absolutely hate how unfair it all is.

@axel9473

3 ай бұрын

Could it be that you kill all the side opponents in the Allmind fight? Because otherwise ammo really shouldn't be an issue, unless you equip only the lowest max rounds weapons and miss a lot. As for Attack the refueling base, i literally just did it and i only killed the 1 LC on the main path, destroyed no fuel tanks or combat log enemies and got S-rank. You don't need to go out of your way to kill anything that's not on the main path.