Can You Beat Armored Core VI with Only Explosives?

Having never personally stepped into the pilot seat of an AC, I felt a bit intimidated, but irrationally excited to take a swing at Armored core VI: Fires of Rubicon. Explosives are often fun in games in the general sense, and I found the tracking missiles to be extremely satisfying. If I can watch things blow up from the comfort of not having to aim? I dunno, I just think it's a lot of fun.
I am curious to see if this will spell more titles from the franchise in the nearish future, because it was a delight to play through. I'm not quite sure how I would revisit it, but it's one that I'd love to, because seriously. Once you get a good feel on the controls, it just feels so good to move and flow through combat. It's short enough to not overstay its welcome, but long enough that it's a wonderfully full experience. Would recommend. Unless you get motion sickness.
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[@jakepfrag]

It's funny how he stumbled headfirst into the meta missile boat build

[@SpuddyCube]

Stumbling is how discover a lot of things. I knew from the moment I heard the name of the player character that I wanted to do an explosives run. It was just a happy accident that they were strong/really fun to use.

[@boredmagala5701]

Missle power! Edit: in all seriousness 1v1 missle boats are purely toxic and quad/flight variants are just plain sweaty in 3v3 pvp

[@willostrand6555]

@@iago110 non-counter point. Play what’s fun for you. I like sweet 16’s with another zim in the right shoulder and a bunker in the left shoulder cause I like big number + hydraulic pressing people out of existence

[@fade802]

It's always wonderful to see someone appreciate and praise the game for what it was, and what it was trying to tell us. I enjoy your moments of waxing poetic, Spuddy

[@Cleptomancer]

Fun fact you may have missed about loghunt: You can go to AC Data & equip anyone's AC that you've fought (as long as you have the parts) it even tells you what parts they were using. A HUGE help for new players 👍🏾

[@redmondthealien7840]

"IF I WERE A BAD AC, I WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE TALKING TO YA"

[@SpuddyCube]

I'm so glad self damage wasn't a concern, or uhh...

[@Lucas-u4g9h]

Another soul claims another world for the firebomb academy

[@alexanderchipman9571]

May the Goddess find forgiveness for those allies who stood against us, for they shall have no forgiveness from us.

[@erberor8007]

All hail the firebomb... Praise be to the Goddess...

[@TW-qw5zr]

About Phase 2 Balteus, fire is counted as Explosive damage in the game. You can tell because Bad Cook and the Napalm Launcher have a little rocket symbol in the top right corner of their statblocks, which is how Explosive damage is indicated

[@SpuddyCube]

Huh... I didn't really think they'd use it as a catch all, but that does make sense, even if only for the purpose of the OS tuning.

[@thecyanpanda241]

Another thing is that bad cook does literally zero damage against pulse shields, which I think both makes a lot of sense and I still find strange since the game usually speak of shields as thermal defenses

[@TW-qw5zr]

@@thecyanpanda241 pulse shields take Impact to break, and Bad Cook does literally no Impact

[@thecyanpanda241]

@@TW-qw5zr fair enough, I just thought that since stuff like pulse guns allegedly overloaded thermal defenses that I flamethrower could have a similar function. I get why it shouldn't in terms of balancing but still sad that it is literally helpless against anything with a shield

[@MisterPuck]

20:13 Actually, Rusty only leaves if he takes too much damage. Otherwise, if you kill the two bosses fast enough, he’ll be around until the very end of the mission. Also this was almost the exact build I fell back on any time a boss was giving me too much trouble. Pure missiles is insanely effective and cheesy. lol

[@SpuddyCube]

Ah, so he's simply cowardly and weak. (I kid, I love him.) Missiles were just so satisfying to use though. The sound of twenty+ beautifully packaged instruments of destruction hurdling toward any and every random target unfortunate enough to end up within the crosshairs was an absolute delight.

[@professormutant3252]

@@SpuddyCube just wait till NG+ and NG++. you get some BEAUTIFUL missile weapons, like soup and delivery boy (yes those are their actual names)

[@memebot4320]

yeah the company mercs always try to retreat because they cant afford to die since its super hard to get acs into rubicon because of the closure system

[@Gothic7876]

@@SpuddyCube you didn’t seem to multilock much though. Hold the fire buttons down and t will lock your Missiles over multiple enemies.

[@schmeerg]

I was in no way expecting philosophy from "what if I cratered an entire planet" lmao

[@LORDOFDORKNESS42]

The (high grade) AC pilots are quite already clinically dead, and STUFFED with cybernetics, actually. That's how they 'survive' the g-forces of those giant metal things dashing around so much. It's pretty metal. Been a thing in the series since the freakin' PSOne, too.

[@SpuddyCube]

Are the newer gen augmentations not at least a fair bit less invasive? If nothing else, I'm fairly sure they don't do as much psychological damage as the older gen surgeries.

[@LORDOFDORKNESS42]

@@SpuddyCube I think its left a bit ambiguous, for the dehumanization aspect of all those mechs stomping around with only emblems... But at least one of the Arena pilots mention having large parts of his brain removed, and replaced with Coral based implants. And its outright a mystery just how Carla is THAT old and still active. So I'd personally say its still a very invasive process. At least that seems to be the hints I've seen so far.

[@windhelmguard5295]

augmentations are not necessary to pilot an AC effectively, the player even starts the first game with no augmentations and it is very much possible, although unlikely, for a player to beat the first game without receiving augmentations.

[@JeffHikari]

@@windhelmguard5295 In AC6, The top ranked pilot in the arena has NO augmentations. Granted the guy is a battle freak so maybe something is already going on with his brain.

[@angellara7040]

​@@JeffHikarihe just likes his ac

[@jacobhernandez4494]

24:40 Don't mind me, just adding a timestamp for the poem. 25:52 27:55 28:41

[@flyingbuscit7037]

The dramatic monologues are my favorite part of your videos they alway hit so good! Keep up the good work friend.

[@emberthecatgirl8796]

The part about a raven’s feather being like a casing of a bomb could’ve only been better with you closing off with “And I’m a casing of lithium deuteride, containing a small fission explosive. Goodbye.”

[@GREATGAIWAIN]

Your flare for the dramatic and the poetic is incredibly unique and heartfelt. I love your vulnerability. I know you're riffing off other writers throughout some of those but you really made those words impactful and your own and as a fellow writer, I love seeing this level of care and not just jokey jokes or even just analysis but artistry. Subbing to you and watching what you come up with next for sure.

[@alexanerose4820]

The whiplash from jokey to heartfelt get's annoying if you've ben here long enough and should be related to the game but hawt dang nobody ever acuses him of not mkaing it poetic

[@loidthanead6945]

These vids are part challenge run and part philosophical poetry. And the whole is bigger than the sum of its parts. Your vids are a joy to watch.

[@ender7910]

I see a fellow scholar of the Firebomb Academy, seriously underrated and I will continue to watch.

[@boi8328]

This planetary genocide is sponsored by Torgue™. * cue air guitar *

[@mokadelic4037]

Imagine if this game actually gave you the Balteus AC frame and missile launchers and flame sword... I absolutely LOVE his aesthetic, it's so majestic!!

[@SpuddyCube]

Even if they didn't do much damage, I'd just love to see the storm of smoke trails that it'd leave behind.

[@connorshaw7649]

@@SpuddyCube There's already a neat weapon in the game that would make a really easy reskin for the flame sword: the Oscilator. The basic attack dashes forward and slashes (though you could replace that with the pulse blade slashes, as they're a little more remeniscent of Balteus' style), but the heavy attack extends an energy beam out to an absurd length and sweeps it across not unlike a more focussed flamethrower. Lower the damage (and drastically lower the stagger damage) and make it inflict ACS abnormality like other flame weapons, and it would be a niche, but extremely fun, stagger assistance tool. Alas, I'm no modder, but I do enjoy theorycrafting these things. As for the Balteus missiles... maybe they could have multiple charge levels, firing 10 low, 15 verticle, or both at once depending on how long you charged it. Give it a total of 20 shots before overheating. When accounting for the heat dispersion between volleys this would give you 3 volleys uncharged, 2 charged, and only 1 at max charge. Couple this with a long overheat and prohibative weight and EN costs (let's be honest, they'd be huge), and you have the makings of a potentially balanced weapon. Damage wise I think they could do low damage and ACS strain, but with a high direct hit modifier to emulate the way Balteus' missiles mostly do scratch damage unless you get staggered and eat a full volley of them. Question is, what is the final weapon to use in the Balteus cosplay? His infamous rocket launcher, or the cheap shotgun he sometimes pulls out? Or do you just pack a Bad Cook as a close approximation of having a second flame sword?

[@trevorburke8660]

This was one of my favorites youve put out spuddy. its also my first introduction to armored core. I didnt even know it was a fromsoft game. Thanks for the great ride :)

[@SpuddyCube]

I'm not sure if/when I would have the time to go back, but I've heard really good things about the earlier titles, and a large part of me wants to see how some of them hold up.

[@eldonhill4840]

​@@SpuddyCubeThey definitely show their age especially pre-PS3 era, but For Answer holds up really well

[@recycledsoul5908]

Masters of arena. Most famous armored core lore, 9ball and hustler-1. 2 disc PS2. Amazing game.

[@wasdwazd]

Came for the run, stayed for the poetic introspection

[@monmusumaster]

As a person who did nearly two whole playthroughs with nothing but missiles launchers (wven though I DID use boost kicks and assault armor, sue me) this challenge speaks to me. Also Powerwolf reference makes me happy

[@nickr8662]

Man is a pretty dang good philosopher. I hope you got that nap you needed from the starting pistol run.

[@OmegaUberDeathbot]

“I only have one, very important question. Explosions?!?!”

[@Morveyn]

Howitzers are nutty, and you can beat several bosses in the game by sitting completely immobile with a heavy tank loadout and just blasting the big bad with quad artillery. Maybe not a challenge run, but certainly a fun one. Although I don't envy that missiles-only first mission of yours.

[@DHDragon]

"You know, killing that ship was pretty easy! I bet I could take out a whole fleet of them." *Breach the Karman Line would like to know your location*

[@eccodreams]

Super fun to see a newcomer like me completely wipe the floor while doing a challenge run for your first ever AC experience. So much fun to watch!!!!!

[@catercrawler2]

I honestly like the encounter with Freud. Snail's *sooo* confident in his ace pilot & he's been talking non stop about how he never needed us cause he has Freud. But once the time comes to fight him, you've grown strong enough he's just another AC. Really makes you feel like the legendary merc Raven, but it's a shame Chatty Stick has to die here. Regardless, I loved the video as well as watching you learn & understand the game

[@pumpkin-poweredcreeper1239]

This is almost the exact build I played through NG lol. I love overwhelming all of Rubicon's greatest foes through sheer explosive ordinance.

[@saron-4789]

This video has the energy of "I have become death destroyer of worlds." And i love it.

[@the_festive_gentleman]

24:49 Absolute favorite part. I can’t put to words what made it poignant, but it hit different.

[@TheProfXul]

Loved this. Dude really put a ton of effort into the script and I loved the poetic monologues.

[@CorgiusLord]

You sir, are a fine member of the church of Firebomb. Let the fuse burn, and all detonate.

[@AlsoAlaskanBeard]

I love your narration in every video, and your positivity towards the games you play is always refreshing. ETA: Also, Lemon would be proud.

[@minimum7681]

Things circling so far into being stupid to turn into something awesome is basically the mecha genre in a nutshell

[@KowalskiyOW2]

Great video! Was enjoying it every minute. Time to get different endings, if you didn't already. There is a lot of cool stuff waiting you.

[@SpuddyCube]

I'm glad to hear it! I haven't yet worked out exactly what else I'd like to try in the game, but it's one that I'd love to revisit.

[@dreadangel3752]

You are...very verbose and philosophical in some parts. I quite like it, emphasises the struggle that AC6 is all about

[@seifer447]

The quad legs are excellent. I grabbed them from my love of them from older gens of Armored Core. Turned out I got to sail over the Cleaner and Sea Spider too. Love them.

[@seifer447]

Also, everyone who flees after the Wallclimber mission is fleeing after they get their faces rocked and take too much damage to stick around.

[@simplythecat4068]

All of these challenge runs in AC 6 so far either stop halfway or only go for a single playthrough, forgetting about NG+/NG++/NG+++, and skip out on a lot of additional content like new missions, gear, and endings. For example if you did a bit of scavenging around and collected combat logs, one of the last unlocks is a really cool handheld siege missile launcher, which fires a huge salvo of missiles that hover in the air for a while before starting to track the target. It's pretty strong, poses a good spectacle, and is very fun to use!

[@MrKlownC]

Thoroughly enjoyed the powerwolf reference during the little ziyi fight, u get sub

[@ClockworkBlade]

Hey spuddy! Hope you're having a good day! And keep up the good work!

[@mtaro8658]

Vertical rocket launchers are extremely powerful in the right situations, the Juggernaut for example and anyone with a shield, certain flying enemies or in elevated positions.

[@haveltherock6647]

To answer the pilot and G forces. Augmented humans like 621, are augmented to withstand much more stress and G forces.

[@Jason_1000_5]

They call me 621 six barrels two wheels one brain cell. Also there’s no one in the AC the minds are digitally uploaded into it.

[@TheSteinCollector]

Didn't expect philosophy in a video about a game where you fight big mechs as a big mech

[@aegir5198]

For all things there is a beginning and an end. For everything else, there's Mastercard

[@Brinkalski]

As an aside, in many of the fights where you have an ally, they only leave if you take too long killing your target. They'll stick around if you come help them quickly enough

[@speedfreak24]

I thought I was going to watch a video with funny explosions, but instead I got one of the most poetic takes on AC6 ive ever seen! Well done man

[@whitewolf8780]

I think the explosion and fire quotes were very satisfying to hear

[@SenorSmaySmay]

Stumbled upon this video and stayed because of the wonderful narration and story telling!

[@RobinHood-qk9fy]

The fires of Raven ending is probably the best for a first run, The Liberator of Rubicon makes a bit more sense with the options you got and New Game Plus

[@Agamemnongaming]

nice powerwolf referance

[@Milkmanotter]

Last thing I was expecting was poetry from this

[@mokadelic4037]

Explosives are the best damage type in my opinion: no damage penalty for distance, huge power and impact, homing properties with missiles, both viable in pve and pvp. Some missile launchers also have very fast fire speed and low recharge time! And they absolutely DESTROY the C-Weapons!

[@LoliFoxQueen]

btw in the stealth mission you can get a secret bit of dialog if you accept swinbern's offer then imediately kill him.

[@sebastianfernandez8613]

Wait till he finds out there’s an entire second section to the arena and new missions in NG+. EXPLOSIVE RUN PART 2!

[@Chokogdareal]

fun fact about the second double fight that Rusty was in to help with. he only leaves if he takes enough dmg and has to leave to not die. so if you dont let him tank too much like one would in other fromsoft games iwth npc's then he will stay till the end and help kill them both

[@kanonwilliams9497]

Is nobody seriously gonna talk about the monologue Spuddy does around 24:50? That was poetic.

[@saintdane7336]

Considering the recent patch they had that buffed/changed how lots of the explosive weapons projectiles worked, you could probably do a true ending play through with just explosives as well

[@TerminalM193]

The cores "where the human pilots" are pressurized to help with G-force, taking heavy impacts and help with combating nauseated pilots.

[@SpuddyCube]

I can't even imagine trying to pilot one of those things while also being even remotely prone to motion sickness...

[@airistal]

Sword OP, please buff. -SpuddyCube Love this line. Also fail for referencing borderlands and not naming yourself after explosion king, Mr. Torgue.

[@SpuddyCube]

I'm still kicking myself for not giving it a Torgue paint job.

[@coledelong2964]

Hey spuddy I'm relatively new to this channel but I definitely got to say it is one of my favorites on this platform keep up the amazing work im always coming back when new videos is released

[@satosquid3559]

Carla would be your dream girl. Her AC is a step up from your build

[@euaf-crimson1730]

I fear no man, but that thing 9:57 It scares me...

[@LordRazer3]

24:48 that rhyme was awesome!

[@Semperf11]

8:47 😅well yeah they’re mercenaries loyalty with the highest payout 😁

[@ausburnesdumbaltaccount9676]

something silly; the Pilebunker does explosive damage, so it _technically_ counts into the challenge

[@ausburnesdumbaltaccount9676]

it does both kinetic and explosive though

[@SpuddyCube]

That's... kind of hilarious on several levels. It feels sort of wrong as well, but they really did have explosive melee...

[@pockystyx4087]

getting to explosions only before Lemon, huh? Bold; I solute you, sir.

[@SpuddyCube]

With incendiary bombs/a flamethrower in the game, I feel like they'd be more up his alley. I do wonder what his take on the game will be though, as it's a bit outside of his typical wheelhouse.

[@pockystyx4087]

@@SpuddyCube maybe; the firebomb goddess may ask him to go for it down the line.

[@robertmcpherson138]

Would be interested in seeing this continued into the true ending available in NG++, it ends with an even bigger boom! As for the NPCs abandoning you, outside the scripted one against JUGGERNAUT, they will leave if their AC takes too much damage. Take the enemy out fast enough so they don't take too much damage and they'll stick with you.

[@zyphervocals7992]

It's nice seeing a new gen being introduced to AC. Welcome.

[@SpuddyCube]

I'm not sure when I could find the time for it, but it does make me want to try out some of the older games, even if only to see what I could put together. My friend has been trying to get me to play FA for a while, but I hear you can do some fun things with companions in one of the other titles.

[@austinklinger892]

I see your Powerwolf reference and I appreciate it

[@nagulon3747]

I love that fucking Powerwolf reference

[@onyxtay7246]

Vertical missiles are actually pretty good if you fully lock on. They do sometimes miss but they're great on bigger targets to keep the pressure. Then again, I think the best vertical missiles are the plasma ones, and you can't use that here.

[@johandori7795]

I just want to say: I know you love Borderlands, I do too, but especially given that in the past it seems that you've kinda railed against the idea of "I only do Borderlands challenges"...well, I say railed, but you just kind of calmly said "Hey, I'm not only Borderlands"...anyway, I'm trying to say I'd personally adore more FromSoft stuff, be it Armored Core or SoulsBorne, doesn't matter much, I love the vast majority of their work, and I have loved literally everything I've seen you do. I can honestly say I can't remember a single video of yours that wasn't a near immediate like, and a classic that I return to every now and again just because they are that frigging fun to watch. That aside, I also continue to hope that you don't hurt yourself, or burn yourself out, much less because of the loss of content (as much as I adore what you do, and how you do it, there _ARE_ other challenge runners, even if none of them would be able to actually replace you, so entertainment alone is covered), and much more because I REALLY don't want you suffering, especially not just so we can have something (admittedly great) to watch. Basically, just make sure to take care of yourself.

[@SpuddyCube]

I really appreciate that! I'm glad that you enjoy them! Especially enough to watch them more than once. I tend to have a lot of fun with what I'm doing. Sometimes it's significantly harder than others, but I do my best to make sure I'm finding joy in what I do regardless, to prevent burnout. There are some changes I'd like to make, but nothing I can implement quite yet. In terms of Fromsoft, it's sort of a double edged sword. Their games are amazing, and they absolutely deserve the attention that they get. I'm a big fan! But with them being so popular, it can be really hard to conceptualize runs that haven't been done/done to death. There are some fantastic Soulslikes that I would love to do runs for that get a lot less love. It's not really the best in terms of algorithm stuff, but I quite enjoy the variety. I do absolutely enjoy coming back to Borderlands, even if only as a comfort thing, but balancing time is difficult. The age old issue of what I want to play vs what folks want to watch. Sometimes those line up. Sometimes they don't. Despite my better judgement, I'm fairly sure the next run is going to be a Soulslike, and one that I'm really excited to try out. I'm not sure how well it will/won't be received, but I've really enjoyed the short amount of time I've spent with it.

[@johandori7795]

@@SpuddyCube ..hmmm, regarding the FromSoft popularity element, I can at least say that I haven't personally seen much of any content covering their pre-Demon Souls days. You could potentially do a little tapping of the Armored Core (pre-6) and King's Field/Shadow Tower mines...assuming of course that they actually interest you enough to play them, I can scarcely imagine how shitty it must feel to try and play games as obtuse as those (for a challenge run especially) without an interest to kickstart it all.

[@SpuddyCube]

Oh, I would absolutely love to try the old King's Fields/Shadow Towers. They are going to be a bit harder to get into, and I'm pretty confident that they're not going to have a ton of wide appeal, but especially later into the series, they look really fun! When the new game releases calm down, I need to figure out how to load them up on newer hardware. I know there are emulation options, but I also have no real experience with that sort of software. And no, I can't really imagine even trying to play one of those games without at least a fair bit of interest in the weirdness that is King's Field.

[@darrenmckay2412]

Rusty will stay with you on the double bossfight if you kill one of them quickly enough

[@idotplays]

Hey Spuddy you probably dont remember me, but if you do your probably remember me commenting on your Metal Gear rising revengeance video and when you still had little subs, Its nice to see that your doing well for your youtube channel and well this is a different account, Anyways i hope your day/night goes Great

[@recycledsoul5908]

Lightweight rocket build is actually cheese. So, yes. You most certainly can beat the game with explosives.

[@parafoxl7619]

This was SO amazing I love yout style!!! Please continue to the true ending please!!!

[@SpuddyCube]

Perhaps another day. There are a lot more weapons to try, after all.

[@RememberTheDuck]

this is how my first playthrough went... I just picked one thing and committed to it. In my case, it was all melee, and it was all over the moment they gave me the pilebunker.

[@emberthecatgirl8796]

No Siege missiles… Need siege missiles… add some… more… siege mis- siles…

[@KageRyuu6]

Just so you know, the Flamethrowers are Explosive damage lol so as another firebug once said, "Fire washes the skin off the bone and the sin off the soul. It cleans away the dirt. And my momma didn't raise herself no dirty boy."

[@Warpded]

This is similar to my go-to build. A few key exceptions, though. I'm always using reverse joint legs so I can jump around swarming the enemy with missles. If something does make it through my storm, it's got a Zim and Stun Needle waiting for it. It's so much fun, I love it

[@CloudBasterran]

honestly a lot of fun to go explosives only... except for a few bosses, especially when you play it again for the third time but still a lot of fun!

[@SpuddyCube]

The missiles are just so satisfying. The animation, the sounds, the destruction in your wake... It's all so beautiful.

[@masonking240]

This was actually my build for most of the game, I was attempting to play as a baltaus build

[@Mokey_MokeyLordofPuns]

Ah a fellow fire bomb scholar. Praise be to the goddess

[@whatthebeardoin3160]

Does one delay the ignition of a powder keg, carefully ensuring nobody sparks it? Or do you detonate it yourself, with the assurance that what happens will be no one's fault but your own? Rubicon is lost, and the galaxy can blame the Raven.

[@funnyman4311]

You are such an incredibly soothing content creator I hope we get to see more from you in terms of armored core. Maybe you could do a different challenge for each ending or something.

[@Pilotsole]

Was that a... powerwolf reference? You've got a great taste in music

[@LoliFoxQueen]

the funny thing about when you said "this game's got scale" you're not wrong as EVERYTHING is bult to full scale as shown by Zuly the witch whne she brought various ACVI enteties into Elden Ring. some of these things take up massive chunks of ERs map.

[@nom8nom32]

I beat the game with dual missile launchers and dual 10 shots like you found and boy did they make it easy for me

[@darthplagueis13]

If you're ever looking for another game to sink a four digit amount of hours into... your definition of stealth marks you down as someone with the mindset of a potential Warframe player.

[@SpuddyCube]

Oh, I already have a fair bit of experience in that one. For better or for worse, a couple thousand hours of experience.

[@DiabloTraeluz]

you can survive the G-forces involved in a lot of the extreme stuff because you're augmented.

[@alanwhite8870]

Imagine fighting mechlania with missiles only pre nerf 😭 you’re lucky dude. Very lucky.

[@SpuddyCube]

Playing games right around release is always a double edged sword. For instance, summons received multiple buffs in Remnant II right after I finished that run. Ya never know just what the devs are gonna do.

[@Auron3991]

Vertical plasma are a lot easier to hit with, but verticals in general are better used in heavy cover with scans or against enemies that have to stop for something. The 12 shot verticals helped me crack one of the final bosses.

[@Mare_Man]

Super good for the Cleaner too

[@OneTrueLavaG]

Slab! Did you?! Did you jump off the cargo launch?? God damn you make me proud!

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

I know for a fact yes, that's how I literally just beat the game last.

[@Liquicitize]

My favorite thing about this game, is the fact that we literally ping pong between who we ruin and help for mostly the entire game. Oops, killed Balams tester AC -> gets hired by them for a mission. The sad part is, Baltaeus isnt even that fun anymore.

[@SpuddyCube]

I'm bad enough with names that it was a little hard for me to follow who I was working with specifically, outside of the overarching plot. It was really funny when I was able to catch just who/how much I was actively betraying.

[@raysunlit1110]

I like the way you talk missile man.... As a missile woman I can enjoy that. .. at the end of the day all that matters is boom

[@lmno567]

Vertical Missiles would have greatly helped in the Wallclimber mission; the boss wasn't armored on the top.

[@VER_MK1]

I know that the Javelin rocket launcher (not the back weapon) is good. Along with the explosive thrower.

[@alexanerose4820]

This ending while poingant and poetic by you (things I can appreciate) is BS at the core. You traded a species that only ever was stuck on 1 planet and used for fuel for an intergalactic species tthat's everywhere. Simple cost benefit analysis: 1 is worth more then the other. Humans are still ruled by pragamtic greedy a-holes who will just move on to something else because they can afford to. This ending steals the one chance this race had in favor of one whose tyranny over it had more then enough but wastes it. Make no mistake :there is no hope of better here The coral the coral was destroyed because of fear Those who burn short and bright are only told of by those who burn long All things must end until it's you then survival argues better and never wrong Blood shed for a goal is never paid unless by the living to do So ask yourself: truly, whos and what benefit is this new? P.S I approve of you big boom gameplay. Big Boom always the way to go. BEEGER boom even better. Sadge there is no nuke option in this game or dual wielding ):

[@SpuddyCube]

As far as my understanding of the general lore goes, the biggest reason for the fear of Coral goes that it can/will expand through space at an exponential rate. All the while, being extremely volatile. I didn't touch on it quite as much as I probably should have, but I think the worry is that it's harmless until it isn't. It's morally reprehensible to condemn all of the people that _are_ the Coral to death for everyone else's benefit, but what happens when the bomb grows too big and ticks for the last time? I'm not aware of the general limitations for the Coral's growth, but I know it stems from Rubicon and _will_ spread through the vacuum of space. So given long enough, the entire explored universe could essentially be filled with a material that could be set off at any time by anything and react with itself to simply destroy everything. Of course including the people of the Coral. While there will almost definitely be new conflicts throughout the universe, I think the hope would be that they'd be less violent. Less desperate. If absolutely nothing else, that the general scope of them would be smaller than the potential scale of this one. While humans have... many issues. They have a less well defined circumstance at which they face instant extinction. I think the reason I like this ending so much is that the player character is doing something so genuinely horrible, but I don't feel like it was with even a hint of malice. It was a flawed person making a decision in a no win scenario, which is often the makeup of the best villains in fiction. They absolutely weren't right to do what they did, but I don't feel like they were entirely wrong either.

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The reason you can survive the enormous gravitational loading and so on is because you're an augmented human -- probably just meat in a tube, as it were. Plus hardware to assist. You're heavily cyborgised and in a non-sparing way. It's why you're essentially owned and operated like a piece of machinery.

[@SpuddyCube]

It does make me wonder about the biology behind it though. Even things like just your brain can be pretty effectively destroyed by enough acceleration.