Armored Core 6 Releases Update 1.02

Summary

Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon has received update patch 1.02, which includes balance adjustments to weapons and fixes for bugs.
The patch buffs eight major weapons, improving their attack power, rate of fire, and reload time, without nerfing any weapons.
The update also fixes almost a dozen bugs, including issues with certain missions, improves camera controls for online arena battles, and addresses specific bugs for different platforms.

Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon players can now download the 1.02 patch. Despite the excellent reviews Armored Core 6 received so far, there are still a few bugs to be ironed out, and FromSoftware seems keen on solving this issue quickly, as it unveils its second patch in less than a month after the game’s launch in late August.

Soon after its release, Armored Core 6 already became a huge hit, following the success of previous FromSoftware titles. Not only was Armored Core 6 the best-selling game in the United Kingdom soon after its launch, but it also managed to get over 150,000 concurrent players on Steam. Most of this success can be attributed to its fast-paced gameplay and the ability to customize mechas that can be used in several missions.

Now, the new Armored Core 6: Fire of Rubicon update 1.02, which was just released by FromSoftware, is set to change the game in small, yet significant ways. One of the main changes of the patch is regarding the balancing of several major weapons. Eight weapons will be buffed in the update, increasing their efficiency to be competitive with other popular choices. For example, the MA-J-200 RANSETSU-RF will get improvements in attack power, rate of fire, and reload time, while the MA-E-210 ETSUJIN will get more total rounds as well as power and speed. Fortunately, no weapon whatsoever was nerfed.

Aside from that, almost a dozen bugs will be fixed, and camera controls for people watching online arena battles will be improved, giving them a better overall experience. From bugs mentioned in the patch notes, some are related to missions. For instance, one of them is regarding an unintended immunity that a boss could have against specific weapons in “Destroy the Weaponized Mining Ship,” which is often considered one of the best Armored Core 6 missions in Chapter 1.

This update can be downloaded right now by anyone who owns the game, as long as they have internet access, and most of these changes will be available for all platforms. However, two of the bugs fixed are only present in the Steam version of the game, and one will affect only Xbox and PC players. Hopefully, with the help of this and potentially a few more patches, Armored Core 6 can carve its place among the best Armored Core games in the franchise in the fans' memory.

Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon Update 1.02

Balance Adjustments

Weapon Unit balance adjustments:
- MA-J-200 RANSETSU-RF: Increased attack power/rate of fire, decreased reload time.
- LR-036 CURTIS: Increased attack power, decreased reload time.
- RF-024 TURNER: Increased attack power/projectile speed, decreased reload time.
- RF-025 SCUDDER: Increased attack power/projectile speed, decreased reload time.
- MA-J-201 RANSETSU-AR: Increased attack power/projectile speed, decreased reload time.
- MG-014 LUDLOW: Increased attack power/total rounds/projectile speed, decreased recoil and reload time.
- DF-MG-02 CHANG-CHEN: Increased attack power/total rounds/projectile speed, decreased reload time.
- MA-E-210 ETSUJIN: Increased attack power/total rounds/projectile speed, decreased reload time.
Adjusted certain attacks performed by the enemy units AAP07: BALTEUS, IA-13: SEA SPIDER and IB-01: CEL240.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that prevented certain weapons from dealing damage to the boss of the mission “Destroy the Weaponized Mining Ship”.
Fixed a bug that caused the boss of the mission “Prevent Corporate Salvage of New Tech” to be unable to detect the player.
Fixed a bug that caused certain enemies to not be displayed correctly during the mission “Survey the Uninhabited Floating City”.
Fixed a bug that caused certain enemies and background objects to be displayed incorrectly during the mission “Attack the Old Spaceport”.
Fixed a bug that caused vertical missiles and certain coral weapons to deal unintended amounts of damage.
Improved camera controls when spectating online arena battles.
Fixed a bug that caused the punch animation to not be displayed correctly on the opponent’s screen during online arena battles.
Other bug fixes.
[Xbox One / Xbox Series X|S / Steam] Fixed a bug that caused the game to enter offline mode and unable to save progress after the device recovers from sleep mode.
[Steam] Fixed the text displayed onscreen after selecting “Quit Game” from the System Menu on the title screen.
[Steam] Fixed a bug causing certain bosses to be rendered incorrectly.