I think the biggest thing I've learned from watching your challenge runs is "oh yeah, ACs can fly". I feel like I get hit so often by what feels like undodgable attacks while I'm on the ground, but taking to the air helps me dodge so much better.
I guess people were underestimating how different the game is from the Dark Souls/Elden Ring series. I was the same and the game felt kinda meh to me up until Balteus who kicked my ass so hard I developped Stockholm syndrome@@Worn-outGamer4
I've been playing video games since the mod 80s; I can think of only 2 or 3 games that actually caused me wrist pain, and this is one of them. Its quad firing the arm and shoulder weapons. Ouch.
This video inspired me to make a Nachtreider ac with double viento and stun guns. Both have an almost identical reload speed and it takes about the same amount of time to empty the clip. So it really just turns into 100% pure aggression and pressure
Me: "Man handguns seem like such a gimmick weapon. Why would I need a Big Iron if Zimmerman's exist." Me: watches video Also me: Makes a light tetrapod called the Glocktopus
I love the laser pistols. Played NG+ and ++ with laser pistols, moonlight, and those laser aerods (whatever they are actually called). Very fun lightweight build.
Yeh I basically did this run on my first just cause I found the ideer of handguns only being a cool ideer. Good firearm arms, a nice close to mid range targetting system, and I was partial to jumpy legs. Having two sets always felt like the best for cycling and you're always working to be brawling as much as you can, since those little jerks have a pretty short effective range. Lots of fun.
I'm so mad about the G1 mission. Banged my head against it until I gave up on NG and did the other decision. Same thing on NG+. Imagine my horror when I didn't get the chance on NG++ because the story diverges. So now I would have to play the entire game again. For me, this is by far the hardest mission
go intercept the redguns mission I recommend the ransetsu RFs dual weilding them will make easy work of the MTs add melee on the side thats of your choice it should be easy S rank even if you want cheese ransetsu RFs plus stun needle
Great job. And it's so great that AC6 gives us the option to kick & Fist the world, when out of ammo. In the old games, to still be able to fight back when out of ammo. Your options are to have weapons and ammo extensions with a lot of ammo for the mission, Energy Based Exceeded Orbit drone Core, that recharges the drone ammunition when you put them away, and you must have radar units and other things for the highest ECM resistance possible, so the EO drones will still work in high ECM. Or, just have a blade with you. To do a pistol only run with the old games, like Nexus, Ninebreaker, and Last Raven. You have to have a hanger unit Core that can store backup pistols, but when they are all empty, you have no attack. So the other option is to have two of your favorite pistols out, twins or whatever, then your other favorite Right arm pistol that's still small enough for the Hanger-Unit (pockets), and a storable blade for the Left arm. Back units can be radar antennas, extra boosters, or nothing for less weight and energy drain.
im calling it before the video that for pve youll use the laser pistols bcus after energy specialization they have the best stats and then for ac fights youll use the long ducketts or the burst pistols rusty uses for consistent dps/fast stagger
I've did a similar run to this, inspired by your previous video of playing the entire game as LOADER 4 (With some changes, like the weapons and stuff, but not the entire body part) to get the Lore Accurate cutscene. I'm slowly getting my way through the entire game, currently at Chapter 1 at NG+ and it's a lot of fun. I didn't realize how low the stability of LOADER 4 is. It's easily staggered. You really need to anticipate enemy attacks and dodge them carefully. It's a lot of fun with this challenge. I'm currently stuck at the 'Battle at the Dam' mission that was requested by the Liberation front to eliminate both G4 and G5.
@@Worn-outGamer4 Yeah. They're a pain to work out with. Especially G4 Volta. I had fun fighting them as I had to re-try a couple times during practice runs before the actual thing. I wanted to get S-rank on it while using LOADER 4. It was a lot of fun. I'll keep your advice in mind when going for the real thing.
Amazing game play great job! Handguns are actually quite good in this game and a lifesaver for light builds but my only complaint is it’s tiring to use because you can’t just hold the button down for it to keep shooting.
I already finished using the LOADER 4 build for a challenge run and it kinda grew on me. Also whenever I do a challenge run in this game I try to simulate a fresh save file, and because of that I don't want to go through the headache of checking which frames unlock after what missions.
I genuinely think the Duckett handguns are the best guns in the game when used in double trigger on a fast build. It is kind of like having Zimmerman stagger on lighter guns so you can put some wacky punish stuff and still keep your ac quick (I used dual coral missiles)
Yup their pretty good while keeping the AC's weight low and impact high. I personally like the Coquillett more because of its slightly better fire rate.
I already know it's possible, pistols are my second favorite weapon type. They make using my favorite weapon type (melee weapons) a lot easier with their amazing ACS strain, fast reload, decent semi-auto fire rate and steady pressure. Twin Duckettes also happen to look super cool when hangered on your back, imo.
Dang not only did you do handguns only, but you basically had the regular Loader 4 the whole run and beat the ice worm with it. Not bad at all! The Good, bad, and true ending stuff is a little cringe though. It's a From Soft Game things are never that clear cut. It's just fire, liberation and release as far as I'm concerned.
I'm still working my way towards them, but thus far, what I've played around with, handguns slap. The Vientos are META for a reason, The Duckett is a BEAST combined with a Kurasawa, and that AMS interference burst pistol hits like a truck. Also, play around with weapon combos. Yeah it's fun, and looks cool to dual wield, but you might be shocked how much synergy certain combos have, seriously, try out Duckett and Kurasawa, basically you use the Kurasawa uncharged, or FULLY charged shots for stun punishes, and first stage charge in combination with the Duckett to build stagger.
No generator change. All I changed was the FCS to the FC-006 ABBOT for good close range lock-on and the booster to the FLUEGEL 21Z I believe. Can't remember the booster very well from memory.
Steel haze is miles better than ortus, close to mid range weapon, little bit long range with the plasma missiles, and faster too. Ortus wins by style point, but steel haze can clean up a playthrough breezy, even that destroy coral heli mission
The HG-004 Duckett does more damage than most rifles (only the LR-037 Harris Linear rifle does more per shot damage) and has a high rate of fire. The small magazine size and short range are the main drawbacks but after having its reload time significantly shortened and its total ammo capacity doubled the Duckett is now a very viable and dependable weapon. Does good damage in addition to its high impact potential. Standard MTs go down in just two shots. I would like to see all kinetic weapons have their magazine sizes exactly doubled while maintaining the same alpha damage while slightly reducing impact damage for balance. For example take the Duckett from 7 to 14 rounds in a magazine but keep the total impact damage of those 14 rounds as similar to the original 7 rounds.
@@RanaAhmadDeedatKhanbut can your flamethrower bypass Balteus shield? (This is a genuine question btw i wanna try it but I'm too lazy to boot up my pc)
I would like to note that the latest patches have seriously increased the ammo capacity of handguns. Bosses also have less HP. The sea spider was pissing me off. Without patches, not every weapon could do enough damage to kill him. There simply wasn't enough ammunition.
In my opinion: 1. HG-003 COQUILLETT (felt great in all stats) 2. HG-004 DUCKETT (more damage and impact than the HG-003 but slower firerate) 3. VP-66LH (more shots fired before reload/overheat, good direct hit damage, but lacks impact) 4. MA-E-211 SAMPU (good burstfire, a better HG-003 in stats except impact but for some reason I didn't like using it very much, it felt like it was missing something or I was missing my shots while using it)
Back up weapon Back in AC3 handgun can be stored inside your body in case your weapon ran out after you purge it As it was in AC3, its a light weight weapon & shoot pretty fast against shotgun at the same range Also low cost of energy requirement
I think the reason why it seems like these bosses and mini are not as aggressive is because of the patch, didn't that include fromsoft pumping the difficulty brakes down a little bit??? Not sure but I've definitely noticed a difference in boss fights or some of the more challenging missions, I go in aggressive as hell then all the sudden its like what am I doing flying around and dodging like crazy when enemy is barely pumpin it out, great content as always brother, and I really hope we get another patch or dlc, I really want them to open up the parts and customize them how we want, like I want to wield quad melee and weapon arms would be awesome as well...
The only bosses that (as far as we know) got a change were Balteus, Ibis and sea spider. The only other thing that's been changed is weapons and ac parts
So the good ending is to basically kill the entire galaxy and everything in it to be eaten by coral for a brain washed ghost lady? That's the "good" ending.....not wiping out the coral that just going near it without a mech would probably kill you. Lol I question how that makes sense.
5:41 Remember, switching comically large pistol are faster than reload comically large big pistol
Also, reload can happen while stowed in the shoulder mount.
I think the biggest thing I've learned from watching your challenge runs is "oh yeah, ACs can fly". I feel like I get hit so often by what feels like undodgable attacks while I'm on the ground, but taking to the air helps me dodge so much better.
Yup, flying in this game makes attacks easier to dodge. In this game verticality and speed is king; for me a least.
When you are in the air you can fall and rise as well as move around and also explosives can’t explode next to you without hitting the ground
No flying run? Lol
@@Louse1021that's just a wheelchair run.
Just jumping can help quite a lot, since the regular rapid up/down direction changes will throw off leading shots.
No way can AC6 be beat with only handguns-
Kid named highest sustained stagger in the game:
After playing through a full 2 play throughs, I can say that being a mechs cowboy has never been more fun in a mech game
Laser hand guns are my go too "ol reliable" setup. Legitimately took me through pretty much my entire first playthrough and still kicks ass.
Same! Laser Handguns are really slept on!!!
Laser Handguns and dual Songbirds. I'm cruising through the 2nd playthrough. Only the Ibis and the 2nd Balteus will likely make me change up.
dual laser handguns and dual shoulder laser cannons, profit
I'm so happy to see that you're doing AC6 challenge runs because the hype around the game died way too fast for me
It honestly has lost a lot of hype fast. But it doesn't really matter to me because I will continue to play and have fun with the game.
I guess people were underestimating how different the game is from the Dark Souls/Elden Ring series. I was the same and the game felt kinda meh to me up until Balteus who kicked my ass so hard I developped Stockholm syndrome@@Worn-outGamer4
If you watch his previous videos you can see the arthritis getting progressively worse just from this one game
I've been playing video games since the mod 80s; I can think of only 2 or 3 games that actually caused me wrist pain, and this is one of them. Its quad firing the arm and shoulder weapons. Ouch.
This video inspired me to make a Nachtreider ac with double viento and stun guns. Both have an almost identical reload speed and it takes about the same amount of time to empty the clip. So it really just turns into 100% pure aggression and pressure
Me: "Man handguns seem like such a gimmick weapon. Why would I need a Big Iron if Zimmerman's exist."
Me: watches video
Also me: Makes a light tetrapod called the Glocktopus
This video has taught me that you don’t need the stun needle launcher to kill the ice worm
No. But you have to be a crack shot at that.
I love the laser pistols. Played NG+ and ++ with laser pistols, moonlight, and those laser aerods (whatever they are actually called). Very fun lightweight build.
Yeh I basically did this run on my first just cause I found the ideer of handguns only being a cool ideer. Good firearm arms, a nice close to mid range targetting system, and I was partial to jumpy legs. Having two sets always felt like the best for cycling and you're always working to be brawling as much as you can, since those little jerks have a pretty short effective range. Lots of fun.
Oh Jesus Christ I thought the suffering was over
I'm so mad about the G1 mission. Banged my head against it until I gave up on NG and did the other decision. Same thing on NG+. Imagine my horror when I didn't get the chance on NG++ because the story diverges. So now I would have to play the entire game again. For me, this is by far the hardest mission
when you kill G1 ?
Don't waste your ammo, use your kicks and, if you do use it, melee weapons instead.
go intercept the redguns mission I recommend the ransetsu RFs dual weilding them will make easy work of the MTs add melee on the side thats of your choice it should be easy S rank even if you want cheese ransetsu RFs plus stun needle
If you're still playing AC after 6 months, try laser lance. Thing is absolutely busted against any AC and comboes anything to death
Beat Armored core 6 As only “invincible” rummy
Great job.
And it's so great that AC6 gives us the option to kick & Fist the world, when out of ammo. In the old games, to still be able to fight back when out of ammo. Your options are to have weapons and ammo extensions with a lot of ammo for the mission, Energy Based Exceeded Orbit drone Core, that recharges the drone ammunition when you put them away, and you must have radar units and other things for the highest ECM resistance possible, so the EO drones will still work in high ECM. Or, just have a blade with you.
To do a pistol only run with the old games, like Nexus, Ninebreaker, and Last Raven. You have to have a hanger unit Core that can store backup pistols, but when they are all empty, you have no attack. So the other option is to have two of your favorite pistols out, twins or whatever, then your other favorite Right arm pistol that's still small enough for the Hanger-Unit (pockets), and a storable blade for the Left arm. Back units can be radar antennas, extra boosters, or nothing for less weight and energy drain.
im calling it before the video that for pve youll use the laser pistols bcus after energy specialization they have the best stats and then for ac fights youll use the long ducketts or the burst pistols rusty uses for consistent dps/fast stagger
I've did a similar run to this, inspired by your previous video of playing the entire game as LOADER 4 (With some changes, like the weapons and stuff, but not the entire body part) to get the Lore Accurate cutscene. I'm slowly getting my way through the entire game, currently at Chapter 1 at NG+ and it's a lot of fun. I didn't realize how low the stability of LOADER 4 is. It's easily staggered. You really need to anticipate enemy attacks and dodge them carefully. It's a lot of fun with this challenge. I'm currently stuck at the 'Battle at the Dam' mission that was requested by the Liberation front to eliminate both G4 and G5.
Good luck in dealing with G4 and G5! I feel like eliminating G5 Iguazu first makes the encounter go a bit more smoothly than if you go after G4 first.
@@Worn-outGamer4
Yeah. They're a pain to work out with. Especially G4 Volta. I had fun fighting them as I had to re-try a couple times during practice runs before the actual thing. I wanted to get S-rank on it while using LOADER 4. It was a lot of fun. I'll keep your advice in mind when going for the real thing.
You not only did it with handguns, but also the Loader AC parts only
yes (i just found this video and haven't watched the full thing but most likely probably, i wouldn't be surprised if it's possible)
Amazing game play great job! Handguns are actually quite good in this game and a lifesaver for light builds but my only complaint is it’s tiring to use because you can’t just hold the button down for it to keep shooting.
I get the challenge of using Handguns only, but why are you staying as LOADER 4?
I already finished using the LOADER 4 build for a challenge run and it kinda grew on me. Also whenever I do a challenge run in this game I try to simulate a fresh save file, and because of that I don't want to go through the headache of checking which frames unlock after what missions.
@@Worn-outGamer4 Oh yeah…I remember that LOADER 4 challenge run…and how you forgot to record the final boss fight….I would have cried for days.
I genuinely think the Duckett handguns are the best guns in the game when used in double trigger on a fast build. It is kind of like having Zimmerman stagger on lighter guns so you can put some wacky punish stuff and still keep your ac quick (I used dual coral missiles)
Yup their pretty good while keeping the AC's weight low and impact high. I personally like the Coquillett more because of its slightly better fire rate.
I already know it's possible, pistols are my second favorite weapon type. They make using my favorite weapon type (melee weapons) a lot easier with their amazing ACS strain, fast reload, decent semi-auto fire rate and steady pressure. Twin Duckettes also happen to look super cool when hangered on your back, imo.
Dang not only did you do handguns only, but you basically had the regular Loader 4 the whole run and beat the ice worm with it. Not bad at all!
The Good, bad, and true ending stuff is a little cringe though. It's a From Soft Game things are never that clear cut. It's just fire, liberation and release as far as I'm concerned.
I'm still working my way towards them, but thus far, what I've played around with, handguns slap. The Vientos are META for a reason, The Duckett is a BEAST combined with a Kurasawa, and that AMS interference burst pistol hits like a truck.
Also, play around with weapon combos. Yeah it's fun, and looks cool to dual wield, but you might be shocked how much synergy certain combos have, seriously, try out Duckett and Kurasawa, basically you use the Kurasawa uncharged, or FULLY charged shots for stun punishes, and first stage charge in combination with the Duckett to build stagger.
Laser handguns are criminally underrated
If you really wanna suffer for jokes you could try an Invincible Rummy run
Quick question, did you change the Generators during this run?
No generator change. All I changed was the FCS to the FC-006 ABBOT for good close range lock-on and the booster to the FLUEGEL 21Z I believe. Can't remember the booster very well from memory.
Name this AC, Stampede fr
Double laser pistols are really strong i run them along with a plasma launcher Right shouldr and laser dagger left shoulder
I think it would be fun to see if steel haze ortus could beat ac6
Steel haze is miles better than ortus, close to mid range weapon, little bit long range with the plasma missiles, and faster too. Ortus wins by style point, but steel haze can clean up a playthrough breezy, even that destroy coral heli mission
I agree that it's stronger, but Ortus is very fun, possibly more so in my opinion, and surprisingly versatile@@KABLAMMATS
Those poor R2 L2 triggers
What if Ocelot designed a Metal Gear?
I wonder if it is possible to do a plasma-only run 🤔
I jiust wish there was a "damage handgun" instead of just stance damage ones
The HG-004 Duckett does more damage than most rifles (only the LR-037 Harris Linear rifle does more per shot damage) and has a high rate of fire. The small magazine size and short range are the main drawbacks but after having its reload time significantly shortened and its total ammo capacity doubled the Duckett is now a very viable and dependable weapon. Does good damage in addition to its high impact potential. Standard MTs go down in just two shots.
I would like to see all kinetic weapons have their magazine sizes exactly doubled while maintaining the same alpha damage while slightly reducing impact damage for balance. For example take the Duckett from 7 to 14 rounds in a magazine but keep the total impact damage of those 14 rounds as similar to the original 7 rounds.
My brother in Christ, laser pistols primarily do standard damage.
Idea: Can You Beat Armored Core 6 Using By Only Using Fire?(Flamethrower and napalm grenades)
Flame thrower makes everything easy
I recommend using it for S rank in Intercept red gun
@@RanaAhmadDeedatKhanbut can your flamethrower bypass Balteus shield? (This is a genuine question btw i wanna try it but I'm too lazy to boot up my pc)
I hope you'll make a video beating the game with HAL 826.
Yes
Wait you aren’t supposed to main ducketts ?
i see you chose to shoot even iguazu with pistols
I want to see the full iguazu fight
I would like to note that the latest patches have seriously increased the ammo capacity of handguns. Bosses also have less HP. The sea spider was pissing me off. Without patches, not every weapon could do enough damage to kill him. There simply wasn't enough ammunition.
Idk about the boss being less hp, you actually hit harder because of os chip upgrade
They keep adding ammo to them
Big Iron on his hip
Can you rank the hand guns. Best to wrost
In my opinion:
1. HG-003 COQUILLETT (felt great in all stats)
2. HG-004 DUCKETT (more damage and impact than the HG-003 but slower firerate)
3. VP-66LH (more shots fired before reload/overheat, good direct hit damage, but lacks impact)
4. MA-E-211 SAMPU (good burstfire, a better HG-003 in stats except impact but for some reason I didn't like using it
very much, it felt like it was missing something or I was missing my shots while using it)
Why drop the laser pistols?
I imagine he dropped them due to their lower stagger buld-up.
I dropped them to let the other pistols shine in the run. They do very good damage but I was already using them for a bit more than half of the game.
Idk probably
I'm not AC player but
I still wonder why pistols even exist for futuristic mechs XD
This is the wrong game to ask those kinds of questions brother😅
Rule of cool
Best excuse i can give you buddy is weight
For lighter faster mechs
Back up weapon
Back in AC3 handgun can be stored inside your body in case your weapon ran out after you purge it
As it was in AC3, its a light weight weapon & shoot pretty fast against shotgun at the same range
Also low cost of energy requirement
that title confused me so hard
How?
@@Brother_Red Using by only Using
@@hardboiled_catit gives me "one of the games ever" vibe
Thanks for pointing that out! Don't know how I missed that mistake on the title.
@@hardboiled_cat
Ohh, never noticed that in the title
Aka playing as 620 instead of 621
I think the reason why it seems like these bosses and mini are not as aggressive is because of the patch, didn't that include fromsoft pumping the difficulty brakes down a little bit??? Not sure but I've definitely noticed a difference in boss fights or some of the more challenging missions, I go in aggressive as hell then all the sudden its like what am I doing flying around and dodging like crazy when enemy is barely pumpin it out, great content as always brother, and I really hope we get another patch or dlc, I really want them to open up the parts and customize them how we want, like I want to wield quad melee and weapon arms would be awesome as well...
The only bosses that (as far as we know) got a change were Balteus, Ibis and sea spider. The only other thing that's been changed is weapons and ac parts
So the good ending is to basically kill the entire galaxy and everything in it to be eaten by coral for a brain washed ghost lady? That's the "good" ending.....not wiping out the coral that just going near it without a mech would probably kill you. Lol I question how that makes sense.
BTW It's pronounced Su-la. Not su-lia. There is no i/e sound.
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Handguns "only". In reality, handguns make The most difficult fight in the game way too easy.
Once again, it's pronounced "swinn-burne", not "swine-burne". Stop being illiterate.