What the heck is Boost Hopping? 

The Armoured Core community is so endearing. This video appears to be from like 2008, but it was actually uploaded 13 days ago.

imagine being the first guy to see a mech bunny hopping at you, i wouldn't know whether to have an emotional cry or to instantly empty my bowels.

You know it's an integral part of the game when even the higher ranked arena ACs boost hop

Funnily enough AC4 actually threw a bit of shade at bhopping, in that it is stated that a core repeatedly jumping up and down is a telltale sign of someone used to inferior hardware being given a NEXT.

after many years of playing AC It's so weird just now noticing boosters heavily effecting the speed of non boosted air movement from jumping and falling. Great vid!

There are basically two generations of Armored Core: The boost hop generation, and the quick boost generation. They're both great in their own way, but everyone has a favorite. Usually dependent on which game they started into the series on. I started with Master of Arena, so I will always have that nostalgia for the bunny hops. Which is why I like reverse joint legs in AC6 so much. Quick boosting along the ground feels very similar to the way boost hopping used to work. Which is just one of the many amazing ways From managed to bring pieces of all the old games together in AC6.

As a Gen4/5 player, I can’t imagine not having boost at all times. Major props to older players who kept the franchise alive until I was able to have a crack at em

Another point as of why bunny boosting was used back in the older gens, is because once you stop boosting, you completely stop for a full second, unless you tap again the boot button, essentially bunny boosting. So it is used not only to move with better energy usage, but also to avoid having to stop every time you boost

One of the best reasons to boost hop, however, is to charge your energy bar, while also not losing the momentum from just letting up on the booster. Even if you don't continue after landing, you still retain a continual movement, rather than just stopping still.

Fucking finally someone explains this properly

as someone who never got to play gen3 real time, i cant begin to express how happy i am to finally apply similar tech in AC6

Bunny hopping. I remember when I first played AC (3) bunny hopping just seemed so natural I instantly started using it every time

I love the Hoverlegs. Hoverlegs are sluggish in the air, and them automatically gently landing causes a delay when you want to dash after being in the air...but in exchange, they can dash very quickly across the ground AND DEEP WATER. And while dashing, if you tap the Boost button just right, not fast enough to go from dashing to flying, the tap rate just slower then that, will let you dash more efficiently, using less energy, producing less heat, and you can change directions dramatically. Especially with Hoverlegs that have great braking ability. Non-tank legs have the Bunnyhop technique. Hoverlegs have this tap-dash technique. Practice zigzaging with your dashes in random directions. Move like you're teleporting around in short distances, like that movie Jumper, or Nightcrawler from X-Men.

Seems like they realized this finally in AC6. You'll notice any timr you're in the air energy recovers slower because even if you dont hold the boost button your AC is keepin you afloat

Even though it looked funny it really did come so naturally once you got to terms with the movement mechanics. I never knew that boosters affected aerial speeds in general though, or the bit about the hover legs

Great tips. Will share with the newer Ravens. :)

I use boost hopping a lot on my heavy biped build in AC6. Its slow cruising speed and high quick boost cost means a lot of times the hop is a more efficient means of avoiding simple attacks while leaving energy open for quick boosts when needed.

Awesome vid! I will note that in 4th gen, effective RJ usage is very similar to bunny-hopping, as you QB along the ground, jump while at speed, qb in air as needed, then qb again just before touching down and jumping again. It's much more technical and timing reliant, but the principle is the same. It's a energy conservation and evasiveness rhythm, though it is not required by any other build the way that reverse joint builds do.

Before ac4, every ac has radiator to cool all ac system. And radiator is the biggest energy hog in ac. Until 4th gen ac come with build in air cool frame that good enough to make radiator obsolete.

Rejoice! Boost hopping is actually good in AC6, At lease for mid weight biped build :D I use it to circle enemy all the time xD

AC6 hilariously look like its going to have Pseudo Bunny Hopping Since you cant recover energy in the Air and you REALLY want to have some energy preserved or else Like a Boost, to a jump, to a quick boost, lands and repeat

i love you boost hopping CLANG CLANG CLANG

As a newcomer to the series (AC6 my first game), bunny hopping reminds me of how I move around with reverse joint aerial attack build. Pretty fun to move around and dodge enemies

Starting off with Silent Line, I have to say that boost hopping was the funniest shit I've ever seen in an otherwise serious game. x3

Quality informative video. Love it. 10/10.

I used to call it "minding your p's and q's" as the old idiom goes. I would alternate mimicking the shapes of the letters with my ascension and descension paths to avoid incoming fire.

Thank You for this I just got teary eyed watching this, as an old raven I cherished this much

very informative, thx for the vid!

Boost hopping is so much fun to do, it's the reason why I still have a soft spot for the old gens even if 4A is my favourite (aside from 6, ofc)

Very clearly explained. Great video.

so much memories revived

When you mentioned that boost hopping looks silly it reminded me of that time John Carmack wanted to patch Quake 1 to remove bunny hoping because he felt it was too silly and didn't match the image he had for the Quake ranger 😅.

glad i found this video now, ac6 made me fall in love with armored core but the earlier games put me off a little because of how movement worked. b hopping is probably gonna save me some stress now lol

I am one of the Armored core 3 silent line genator traumatized.

We called it Sputtering in my neck of the woods. Shoutout to the Eastern Canada old ass Ravens!

Well, it's back in AC6!

This is basically how I use the Basho legs in AC6! I run it with the speed booster! I know they said it was an out-of-date leg part, but I didn't think they meant it was by 3 generations of AC games. lol

Had to fkn learn how to bunnyhop to finish the Destroy Radar Array/ Suicide bombers mission in Armored Core 2 AA. 40 minutes of pain and panic. Learned the hard way.

Thanks big dog

i love your content! thank you!

mentioning wavedashing activated my melee brain, i'm much more interested in checking out the older games now LMAO

My only experience with this series was Formula Front, so I was wondering why both my ACs and the opponents' sometimes moved like this (as I rarely took control). I figured it was optimal, but I didn't think it was a player-discovered technique coded into future installments.

great info

Man, I'm a souls veteran am I'm feeling at home with yo people from AC. Its only at the game that we have combat cuz yo Ravens out here are pretty much chill. Already finished ac6 thrice and oh man last raven feels so different (in a good way!) Thank you AC community for receiving new players without that gatekeeping bs and fromsoftware for always delivering 🤝

I literally only learned to boost hop because at a certain point in silent line I couldn’t fight the A rank AC’s cause they seemingly never stopped. One spectate later and I downloaded the moveset and never looked back

I do this, but never knew why

Never change your mic. I feel like I'm back in old RU-vid.

In AC6 bunny hopping is kinda back if you are using Quick boost but especially if you are using reverse jointed legs, which add a very powerful lateral jump to ever grounded QB you make. I never got interested in reverse legs all the way since ac2. But in AC6 they are by far the best legs if you are going for general mobility. Even the heavy weight reverse legs put lightweight biped legs to SHAME. Its really weird how much of a difference it makes. The difference in lateral speed is not even close i couldnt believe it. Ive always used biped legs but in AC6 i struggle to find a reason to use biped legs. Can anyone chime in why we would use bipeds in AC6?

Loved this! Are you still streaming/recording your playthrough? I just finished watching the VOD on twitch. Would love to see more :)

It is how mechs move in early gundam. New ones with infinite ground boost end up more like votoms.

I miss hearing the booster sounds lol

This is why I like the older AC games than the newer Gundam ones that just fly forever like an anime superhero…

Cool info, also, what is the song used in the video?

watch the legendary karasawa vs watcher tank fight from cali finals. that was peak old ac.

I wanna know the trick Gen1 AI does where it basically stutter-boosts, when it only has 1% energy left. You can see it in Arena replays a lot when the AI exclusively uses energy weapons.

Bunny hopping is the true path 🐰🐇

You definitely see AI opponents in the Arena using bunny hopping, so it's kinda hard coded

I like how people reinvent skipping but call it boost hopping

Im boost hopping rn in ac6 with reverse joint

"armored core is complex enough without niche movement mechanics" he says about the generation that has chainboosting lmao

The bosses use this in last raven…

song? i havent played all the titles ;w;

Melee tech in my armored core video ❤ one of us?

you aint a true Raven till you can skip your AC along the ground like skipping a rock across a pond.

Ahhh

song name? that shit boppin

Instant subscription. Got... pretty bored of AC6 pretty fast. Played AC1~4 as they released when I was a kid, and properly beat AC1 maybe... 3 or 4 years ago? But I'm playing through all the oldgen games again now. Got linked this vid from the AC Discord. Will watch any and all addtl. AC Tech videos you post

Song name?

Idc, i want to do more. That tiny ass boost is annoying.

I never understood why they decided that boost hopping had to be the main method of efficient traversal. They could have balanced boost properly so that you didn't have to do something as absurd as bunny hopping just to get around properly. I'm glad future games scrubbed that altogether, it was bizarre. The worst part was when seeing AI ACs actually bunny hopping just to keep up... like they went through the effort of coding that in, instead of just fixing it from the get go! Haha, you must have gotten some odd stockholm syndrome to have fallen in love with such an awkward mechanic. XD Though I do suppose it is quintessentially classic Armored Core at this point.