That they had it coming.
From the second gamers began blasting their approach by way of Armored Core 6 dual-wielding the Zimmerman shotguns with two Songbirds grenade cannons on their shoulders, it appeared like solely a matter of time till FromSoftware took an extended, laborious have a look at every weapon and turned down the warmth on them each. Heck, after the final patch in early September, it turned a group meme that the Zimmerman escaped unscathed. That dominant run ended in the present day with patch 1.03.1, which buffs dozens of weapons and different mecha components whereas laser concentrating on a number of nerfs at AC6’s strongest weapons.
FromSoftware clearly determined a number of weapon varieties had been underperforming and gave them across-the-board enhancements. 4 bazookas, for instance, now have elevated projectile velocity and quicker reloads. 4 handguns have elevated rounds, making them extra viable picks for longer missions.
Many different weapons have gotten related therapy, both seeing elevated ammo counts, decreased reload instances, or quicker cost assaults. Only some particular weapons have seen nerfs, together with the fan-favorite Zimmerman shotgun and the Songbirds grenade cannon. This is the textual content straight from the patch notes:
- SHOTGUN “SG-027 ZIMMERMAN” decreased Assault Energy/Influence/Accumulative Influence/Direct Hit Adjustment
- GRENADE CANNON ”SONGBIRDS”: decreased Assault Energy/Influence/Accumulative Influence. Rounds now explode upon reaching their Efficient Vary, even when they don’t make contact
Armored Core 6 gamers rapidly loaded up the brand new patch to find out precisely what’s modified, and redditor UmbraBliss did us all a strong by sticking the brand new stats subsequent to footage of every weapon to make the modifications simpler to digest.
The Zimmerman shotgun has seen an 11% nerf to wreck and an even bigger 26% nerf to influence (which fills an enemy’s stagger gauge).
The Songbirds grenade cannon has taken an analogous hit, with a roughly 13% injury reduce and 12% nerf to influence. Each weapons additionally noticed nerfs to their accumulative influence, which is how lengthy their stagger injury “sticks” on an enemy whereas they don’t seem to be accruing extra injury.
One other go-to again weapon additionally acquired a serious nerf: the Stun Needle Launcher. It took an virtually 30% reduce to wreck.
Given the group’s meme-heavy response to the final patch, which spared the Zimmerman from this inevitable nerfing, you possibly can in all probability guess the way it’s gone over this time.
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There are a ton extra main buffs on this patch, although. Grenade launcher rounds will now explode on the restrict of their vary even when they do not make influence with something, probably making them extra viable aerial weapons. A few the charging rifles cost considerably quicker, and a bunch of missiles now have higher steerage in the direction of their targets.
Extra vital for mech builds are the practically common buffs to move components, arm components, core components, and even legs and boosters. The short takeaway is that recoil is diminished throughout the board, and participant mechs will likely be more durable to stagger and get well extra rapidly. They’re going to additionally have the ability to leap larger and fly larger nonetheless with higher upward thrust on boosters.
A couple of particular modifications additionally intention to extra considerably differentiate between varieties of AC builds, like making reverse-joint mechs higher at kicking than the remaining:
- Adjusted Perspective Restoration fee in keeping with Complete Weight. ACS Pressure now dissipates a lot quicker on lighter ACs, and barely slower on heavier ACs
- Decreased Increase Kick assault vary for Tetrapod legs
- Decreased Influence/Accumulative Influence dealt by Increase Kick from all leg varieties besides Reverse Joint
You may take a look at the complete patch notes on Steam, and the Armored Core subreddit for extra gamers celebrating the majority of the modifications whereas tearfully eulogizing their fallen shotguns.