Armored Core 6 Speculations

[Griffon]

The speed is a mix of AC4 and LR.

It's a good speed if you want my opinion. While I enjoyed my time with AC4 very much, I had opinions about the speed of the game and how spammy quickboost was. It may sound silly in retrospect but my hope for fA was that it would dial some of that back a little (which certainly did NOT happen). So it seems like AC6 is hitting that middle ground between Raven-era games and AC4, like you said, that I've kind of been wanting.

Also, I don't know how much this is getting blown out of proportion by clickbait videos, but I've been hearing a lot of "veteran players" voicing disappointment after the latest gameplay reveal trailer and how a few "Souls" elements have seemingly made their way into the game. I'm sorry, but did anybody really not expect this to happen? They're acting like it's taking away fro AC having its own identity, but I don't think it's doing that at all, I see it as addressing certain longtime complaints about the series. I know this hasn't been stated anywhere and is pure speculation, but I'm halfway expecting the control layout to take a lot from Souls actually; a big point of contention throughout Armored Core's lifespan has been its obtuse default button layout, and I think something based on FROMs Souls button mapping could work really well. I was also half-expecting the hard-lock-on function it looks like we got, and while I knew that if we did then the nature of PVP would change drastically, I don't think it'll be for the worse, just have to learn to to allocate more focus on other things than having to aim.
The one thing that does give me pause is them saying that missions will have checkpoints with garage access. But is everybody forgetting that ACV had that too? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I distinctly remember long missions inf ACV where you got to call down a supply helicopter that gave you garage access in the middle of the mission. Nobody made a big stink of it back then, but now suddenly it's a big problem? Just rubs me the wrong way, just sounds like gatekeeping and contrarianism.