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Armored Core 2 (2000)

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Guide

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A video showing an example of how to clear the AC2 mission Stop the Surface Weapon

The iconic mid-late game mission from AC2 in which the legendary KARASAWA laser rifle is hidden. This is a critical mission in the story and as such, failing it results in an unfortunate game over. Save before attempting.

The mission pits the player and two MT's against Emeraude's pair of land fortresses, the SRBIA's. The SRBIA's can't be attacked directly and must be defeated by being stripped of all weapons. Even letting one cross the mission boundary with a single operating weapon will cause the mission to fail. High DPS is needed here. One counter intuitive note about this mission is that a short ranged and small lockbox can be helpful. The reason for this that the FCS has trouble focusing on one target when looking at the densely clustered weapons on the SRBIA's. This can cause lock on to jump around annoyingly.

The machine gun turrets on both sides are the primary threat. Take them out to avoid their damage and stun. Then focus on the missile launchers. When the left side of both SRBIA's are cleared of these weapons you can move behind them toward the edge of the area to pick up the KARASAWA. This is a very powerful weapon that all players should aim to obtain. Just don't be slow in getting it or the SRBIA's will escape.

With the KARASAWA obtained, destroy the machine guns and missile launchers on the right sides of the SRBIA's. The only weapons left will be the grenade cannons on the front of the machines. They are powerful but rather useless because they can only fire directly to the front. Stand off to the side and shoot them to clear the mission.

All attacks in this mission are shell based, so stack shell defense. EN armor can be ignored completely. The LQ/2552 laser cannon is excellent here because of its high DPS and decent ammo capacity. Use a quad to make the most of the cannons, or a fast biped if you don't mind kneeling. While blades may seem helpful on this mission, the hitboxes on the targets can behave strangely, causing blades to miss. They are also all too high up to hit from the ground, meaning they must be air bladed. This is possible, but it's sometimes frustrating to have your swing randomly go over or under the target because of air blade tracking.

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