{"id":42254,"date":"2025-01-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=42254"},"modified":"2024-12-28T13:24:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T04:24:23","slug":"armored-core-6-veteran-players-are-shooting-down-anyone-trying-to-cheat-or-cheese-their-way-up-no-matter-how-overpowered-they-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/armored-core-6-veteran-players-are-shooting-down-anyone-trying-to-cheat-or-cheese-their-way-up-no-matter-how-overpowered-they-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Armored Core 6\u2019s veteran players are shooting down anyone trying to cheat or cheese their way up, no matter how overpowered they are\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are few things more annoying in online multiplayer than someone deliberately cheating or spamming annoying moves that ruin the point of the game. However, <strong>Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon<\/strong>\u2019s leaderboard-topping players are so good that they are completely destroying those who are trying to cheaply \u201cgame\u201d the system.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250102-42254-001.jpg\" alt=\"Armored Core 6 Fires of Rubicon mech battle\" class=\"wp-image-42256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250102-42254-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250102-42254-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250102-42254-001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespark.jp\/article\/2024\/12\/20\/147932.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Game*Spark<\/a>, mech battler Armored Core VI has seen its fair share of players attempting to cheese their way to victory. Popular tactics used by such players include equipping the arm unit SG-027 ZIMMERMAN, which is a long-range but slow shotgun that fires blast shells, and the EARSHOT grenade cannon, which has a huge blast range but is tricky to handle. In combination with these heavy weapons, they use the Terminal Armor. When your Armored Core mech sustains critical AP damage, Terminal Armor activates a super powerful Pulse Armor shield that can absorb 20,000 damage and lasts for 5 seconds. This basically enables your crafty player to stay shielded (i.e. invincible) while blasting their opponents into oblivion with heavy fire.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250102-42254-002.jpg\" alt=\"Armored Core 6 Fires of Rubicon\" class=\"wp-image-42257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250102-42254-002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250102-42254-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250102-42254-002-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although such a load-out and playstyle are not technically cheating (no hacks are used), it is considered a \u201ccheap\u201d way to win, as the Armored Core crowd prides itself on technique. According to the aforementioned Game*Spark article, players at the top of Armored Core VI\u2019s leaderboards have been going out of their way to bring down these small fry, vigilante-style. They do this by cleverly hiding and taking advantage of gaps in the spammers\u2019almost invincible armor. It also apparently helps that such players do not usually possess a good understanding of basic fighting techniques, and just resort to their repetitive strategy of firing while shielding.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing as FromSoftware is known for making games that are fiendishly difficult, like Darksouls and Elden Ring, it is perhaps not surprising that many top players of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/fromsoftware-armored-core-6-surpasses-3-million-copies-sold-worldwide-in-under-a-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most successful Armored Core game so far<\/a> are also extremely capable and skilled.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is available on PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1888160\/ARMORED_CORE_VI_FIRES_OF_RUBICON\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playstation.com\/en-us\/games\/armored-core-6-fires-of-rubicon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS4\/PS5<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/armored-core-vi-fires-of-rubicon\/9p4sv7r7n3hw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s how Armored Core 6&#8217;s hardcore players are hunting down those who try to cheese their way to victory by spamming moves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":42258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-42254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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