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Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (2023)

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Let's Play

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My S-rank attempt for Steal the Survey Data in version 1.03 of Armored Core 6. An S-rank can be accomplished multiple ways, since I believe time is the main factor, and the plethora of enemies to defeat can add quite a bit to the S-rank threshold. S-ranking this mission can be summed up as: destroy as many enemies as you can as fast as you can.

The best route I've found is the one I take here: Go to the first drone in front, followed by the second drone in the mining pit, followed by the one directly above the pit mine one, and then the one at the end of the map against the mountainside last. This way, you'll be in a good position to intercept the helicopters carrying the MT squad and destroy them before the MTs deploy and get extra credits for destroying the helicopters, which adds quite a bit of time to the S-rank threshold. When the PCA arrives, I camp out on the top ledge to avoid as much damage as possible before engaging the Enforcement Squad.

The setup I have here is a mix of being able to take out heavy enemies, like the tetrapods, and engage many of the low-HP enemies, all to give me the most time extension possible while also speedrunning the map.

The RC-2000 Spring Chicken legs are for the verticality of the mission. To stay under the load limit with my weapon choice, the core is the IB-C03C HAL 826, which offers good generator stats and AP. The head is the Mind Beta head for the attitude stability, and the arms are the VP-46D for its good balance of melee and firearm specialization.

I equipped the SG-027 Zimmerman to the R-Arm to use for building stagger and one-shotting the MTs, and the VE-67LLA Laser Lance to the L-Arm to use as my heavy-hitting melee weapon for the high HP enemies. I equipped the 6-cell Vvc-7006PM Plasma missiles so that I have a multi-lock, fire-and-forget capability, useful for destroying the helicopters and MTs while assault boosting, and the VE-60SNA Stun Needle as my heavy-hitting weapon for when high-HP targets are staggered.

For max assault boosting speed, I chose the Buerzel/21D boosters. To fully take advantage of the multi-lock capability of the plasma missiles, I equipped the FCS-G2/P12SML for its multi-lock correction ability. I chose the IB-C03G NGI 000 Coral Generator for its large EN capacity so I can assault boost for long durations.

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