I would absolutely still play Chromehounds except for the pilemech fuckage. I think there should have been a ranked 6v6 with a class limit, say 1 or 2 of each class max.
It was clearly intended to play the game this way, and it's a beautiful thing when a diverse team matchup plays out like Mech Chess. But in the end it was all just 6 pilemech fuckage through and through. And usually by a team of Japanese guys, oddly enough.
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Watching some videos of AC4 makes me wonder, how the hell did it fare so poorly in reviews? It's like each match is a goddamn awesome episode of Mobile Suit Gundam, especially compared to the old AC's.
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American reviewers are biased against mech games and are even MORE biased against the Armored Core series. They never gave the game a chance and passed it off as yet another AC game.
I have a very ADD-affected friend who owns this game. I went over to his dorm one day, and inevitably, I asked to make an AC (he had already beat the game on normal.)
"Ok, I'm getting Machine guns."
"No, don't. They suck. Get lasers instead."
"Hm. Ok, then! Missle time!
"No, those suck too. Get lasers. "
"er... well, HOLY SHIT THEY HAVE RAILGUNS.
"No, dude, those also suck."
"..."
"...lasers."
"Ok then. uh.. lasers. woo."
(After 5 minutes in the field)
"These...these lasers have a horrendous rate of fire and while cool, don't fit the sort of mech I'm building. I need the energy to , you'know, dodge and stuff. I'm buying assault rifles."
"NO GODDAMNIT THOSE SUCK."
Recently he unlocked shoulder weapons that let you fire 6 lasers at once, at the expense of nearly half your energy. It was amusing to watch him try to unload them into a target, only to run out of energy mid-flight and drop like a rock.
Is it just me or is single player campaign damn near impossible?
Im fighting the tank Enemy Next on the Up In Flames mission and none of my weaponry seems to even dent it?
Suggestions?
Grenade launchers have a tendency to bring the pain to tank type Cores on normal, in my experience. Unless there's something unique about that guy that I can't remember.
Is it just me or is single player campaign damn near impossible?
Im fighting the tank Enemy Next on the Up In Flames mission and none of my weaponry seems to even dent it?
Suggestions?
Grenade launchers have a tendency to bring the pain to tank type Cores on normal, in my experience. Unless there's something unique about that guy that I can't remember.
Nope... Battered every drip of ammo i had into him and he was still flying about like a god on tank wheels.
Is it just me or is single player campaign damn near impossible?
Im fighting the tank Enemy Next on the Up In Flames mission and none of my weaponry seems to even dent it?
Suggestions?
Grenade launchers have a tendency to bring the pain to tank type Cores on normal, in my experience. Unless there's something unique about that guy that I can't remember.
Nope... Battered every drip of ammo i had into him and he was still flying about like a god on tank wheels.
Is it just me or is single player campaign damn near impossible?
Im fighting the tank Enemy Next on the Up In Flames mission and none of my weaponry seems to even dent it?
Suggestions?
Grenade launchers have a tendency to bring the pain to tank type Cores on normal, in my experience. Unless there's something unique about that guy that I can't remember.
Nope... Battered every drip of ammo i had into him and he was still flying about like a god on tank wheels.
Grenade launchers FTL!
Are you playing on hard?
No i did the mission now, just needed a lighter mech that could stay away from the bitch, i just got an S rank on the submarine ice mission too, woot!
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It was clearly intended to play the game this way, and it's a beautiful thing when a diverse team matchup plays out like Mech Chess. But in the end it was all just 6 pilemech fuckage through and through. And usually by a team of Japanese guys, oddly enough.
Machine guns work fine on AI mechs, not so much vs. human opponents.
I keep getting wiped the fuck out on the long range weaponry clearout mission... one hit and POP im dead!
And buying new kit is stupid the prices are like 360000 for a gun tis fun tho!
oh see dee
Suggestions?
Grenade launchers have a tendency to bring the pain to tank type Cores on normal, in my experience. Unless there's something unique about that guy that I can't remember.
Nope... Battered every drip of ammo i had into him and he was still flying about like a god on tank wheels.
Grenade launchers FTL!
Are you playing on hard?
No i did the mission now, just needed a lighter mech that could stay away from the bitch, i just got an S rank on the submarine ice mission too, woot!