Yeah, man is completely broken at this point. He seemed fun and young in every other interaction, I think his AC name is more a meta name given by the writers than something he earned by being two-faced normally.
oh lord, pater's dual nature isn't psychopathic. He's under constant stress and have to constantly coping under the pressure, the only time when he is not stressed is when he is under guidances
@@todd3143 the more logical explanation how he basicaly INSTANTLY switches between the 2 sides is that he split personalities, likely do to his Augmentations, as we know augmentation, and older ones more so, can fuck you up mentally and physically
@@weberman173it's said in His Arena description that He always have a screw loose before He got His Augmentation I think it's actually the stress of working for arquebus while (i assume) being really young and the nature of AC world where death is as Common as cold that caused him to develop His *Dual Natured* Or maybe He just Had a f*ck up childhood that make him Saw Arquebus as a pillar where He can finally be safe in which would explain His Dollar store Snail personality (or maybe a bit of both)
I think the reason (canonically) is because his AC was wrecked by the ambush from Middle Flatwell (the branch of either Ambushing the Vespers or Balam).
In the mission where you assassinate Pater and Hawkins with Middle Flatwell, Hawkins death is canon, but Pater ejects. Pater is piloting an LC later because his AC was wrecked. Also his rank is visibly changed to V.III instead of V.VIII so you can see he's capitalizing on every Vesper death that he can.
@ghostttriddder PCA mechs are different. AC means "Armored Core" and is the kind of machine piloted by most characters you meet. The PCA machines HC and LC mean "Heavy Cavalry" and "Light Cavalry" respectively.
MIA is one of my favorite missions because I think Depth 2 is just a fun map to boost through and going through it in reverse while everything is going through hell was a neat way to set the stage. There’s also the complete opposite being shown between Redgun and Vesper with how G6 genuinely feels scared and betrayed by you despite being nothing but nice to you, while Pater is totally nuts and saw his team member’s deaths as promotions while also dual coping with their loss as his friends.
And one part of that mission is, basicly you kill replacement both of Balam and Vesper Leader. G6 Red and Pater. They definitely created as unexperienced "mini me" G1 Michigan and Snail. Allmind end all corps faction in this mission.
It was a great mission because it is just complete chaos. Compared to all other missions, those on the battlefield could usually keep track of what's going on and the focus was on organized battle. In this however, it's just desperate survival as everything falls apart, added to by ALLMIND seeming almost cheerful at the humans losing it.
Best mission in the game. The hell quote reminded me of Aliens when Ripley is figuratively descending into Alien hell. Also killing G6 was the most gur wrenching part of the game. I couldn't give a shirt about the manipulative voice in my head I never invited in.
@@FSVR54I didn't feel Ayre was manipulative, I kinda feel like wanting your species not extinguished is a normal healthy human reaction to that kind of threat. Also, in defense of Ayre... she was trapped alone in the coral since the Fires of Ibis. There's a reason why she's so attached to the player, the Raven is the only one she could actively communicate with. After she kills you she's alone again, likely forever this time.
I believe it's a coping mechanics that he uses to go all corporate and greed in order to not break witnessing his comrade's death. "Gotta look on the bright side" to the extreme kind of way. I don't know why people compare him to Patches.
I feel bad about killing most of the vespers. V.V seemed like a cool veteran, V.III seemed the same if a bit more somber or "realistic" as arye puts it. V.IV is obvious. Materlink didn't seem like an awful person. V.I freud... fucked in the head but I gotta give em props for being a fucking unaugmented human and being an AC pilot. Swinburne and Snail? Fuck em.
I really like how Pater represents how ALLMIND's not that all-knowing because in his bio in Arena, it's said he is a little distant akin to how Augmented humans but it's part of him prior to the surgery. However, in both cases of you fighting him with Hawkins and in this mission, he clearly, honest to God, has some true relationships with o'Keeffe and Hawkins. The pride he has for Arquebus, all of that is genuine.
Both can be true, Pater emblem is "Dual Nature" allmind just got 1 part right and didn't account the other, which is Pater caring side for his friend, heck even for us if we didn't take any vesper kill mission, during prison escape mission he will tell the MT squad to capture us alive, but if we did kill any of them, he will tell the MT squad to kill us on sight
He definitely is...off though. If you kill hawkins before defeating him, he starts to break down crying before realizing that he's just been promoted at which point he gets pretty excited. And when defeated, he's just mad that he went down so quickly after becoming V.V.
@@theknack101 he also cry suddenly when he realize you kill O'keeffe when he is in LC in All-Mind route, he also say O'Keeffe is one of the guy that been taking care of him. Then he went coping mechanism and say V.III pater isn't bad, but he still try to avenge O'keeffe when he try to kill you. "Dual nature"
My favorite thing about the Vespers is that they rarely admit defeat and most of their death lines are them quickly trying to find a way they can still win. It feels like Arquebus is completely in control and taking minimal risks for most of the story, but their fights really show how they're still constantly forced to think on the fly and adapt to maintain their strategic edge.
They did a real good job at humanizing all the characters both in scripts and in their acting. Especially considering we never seen any of their faces or even body language
Pater's opening line in this fight shows a lot about his character, saying "V3 Pater, taking command" when there is no one left to command in the operation. He has humanity in him but his ambition always ends up being his defining trait.
Dual Nature, the name of his AC hints at what might be going on here. disassociate identity disorder. There are two distinct Paters. The ambitious pragmatist, and the kind subordinate. Pater genuinely cares about his comrades, the deaths of each one cut deep, but the second face comes in. he doesn't really care that they're dead. they're gone, nothing will change that, and look at the bright side, you just got a promotion. at this point one side is in anguish, seeking to avenge his dead friends, and the other seeks to ingratiate themselves to snail by killing the mutt.
I found out that there are quite a few minor changes in JP and ENG version on the dialogue. In JP version, Pater will say "it is strange...? i am just getting started..." in a confused tone when defeated, we defeated him shortly after he got its long desired promotion.
You know, seeing your AC float next to Pater's LC made me realize just how big the LC actually is. I never really noticed but yeah those are actually just bigger than an AC, definitely not more durable though.
Yep. The PCA Cavalry are huge. They’re also some of my favourite designs and if Bandai ever release model kits for non-AC units (or release kits for the game at all, come on Bandai it’s free money!) I REALLY hope the HC and LC get some love.
I don’t know if this is intentional, but a lot of players (myself included) misjudge Pater after the ambush mission on their first playthrough as a two-faced opportunist. NG++ paints a clearer picture of him as someone who’ll try to psych himself up and rise to the occasion in high-pressure situations.
The main thing of Pater is his dual personality, his AC is even named "Dual Nature", he seems to be always fond of his comrades and even sad for each of their deaths, but seconds later his mind always bursts and consoles himself for going up the ranks, and procedes to act like a psycopath that only cares about his own power and ambition, no matter the cost. So its open for interpretation if its a coping mechanism (Bug on his mind after stressfull death of friends) or if hes Trully a pcycopath.
Chances are, he either has split personality, or the common result of this confusion being he doesn't care, it's an act to get people to do what he wants, making him effectively as bad as Snail
It seems like it's also possibly the result of reeducation. Maybe he freaked out over stuff in the past and they used brainwashing to try and purge that tendency from his mind, and this is the result.
honestly, i see him less as "he is secretly evil all along and just pretends to be the nice subordinate" and more "i have to cope with this and everything about me breaks me mentally" alongside a potential split personality like the way he says "V.III pater it got a nice ring to it" that didnt sound "happy" that sounded like he was about to cry saying it. And his comment of "making sure Snail is dead" seems to me less a "i want to be promoted" and more akin of "he put the good name of arquebus trough the mud, sacrificed EVERYONE around him, and still dares to be alive" kinda deal. Like he isnt makig sure snail is dead just because of the promotion, but because its essentialy all snails and our fault
Once again, you’re a saint. I killed him in 2 stuns and apparently skipped the whole first voice line lmaooo. Only heard “viii Pater….has a got a nice ring to it”
The worst opinion I could make of Pater is that he was a high functioning sociopath; capable of a few attachments, but largely hamming things up to try and "Fit in". He is far from the worst of Arquebus, and I'd go so far as to say he's up there with Freud and Rusty as my favorites of that corp.
Freud is the AC Pilot we strive to be in pre-4 generation ACs: Become Apex of the Circle without the fancy augmentations. But his constant desire to self improve means that he is a warrior in a leader's seat. More interested in worthy opponents than commanding. Can infer that Snail and Pater does much of the behind the scenes work.
I feel like Pater should have had about double the HP because he's got good mobility and offense but his mech just doesn't have the health. Sure that would be fine but considering this is the Penultimate boss of the entire game and this routes answer to Steel Haze Ortus or Snail Balteus I kinda hope he gets a buff in a future update. Though it is kinda cool how the lowest ranking vesper is the last one to fall.
I honestly think his grief would break him, at that point. A lot of people in the comments are talking about how he uses corporate inhuman ambition as a mask to shield himself from the deaths of everyone around him- at that point, there's nowhere left to go, nowhere left to look, just the pile of those he's spent so much of his life around.
He's a bit complicated, he has two sets of dialogue depending on if you killed his father. The replay variant is the not-killed version(at least my replay is). I do plan on replaying the game for some lines like that eventually after I finish a few more sets of dialogue/Starfield.
it's been mentioned before but i don't see it as him being two faced, it's more of him putting up a front of optimism and uncaringness so he won't be seen as weak. He has genuine connections with each of them and from what he says when he kills you here, i feel like whenever he gets angry about dying after just having made the new rank. it feels more like he was unable to live up to the number like the predecessor he just watched die. like 'I just made V.V!". It feels like he said it more out of anguish that he couldn't do the number justice like Hawkins in his eyes instead of being angry he just lost the rank. Every time he says a rank has a nice ring to it. It feels like he's saying it to keep himself together, like "Hawkins is dead but hey, at least i'm V.V now right?" he always says it in this shaky, teary voice, like he wanted to earn the rank by becomng better than them, not because they died and it just so happened to be passed dwn to him, he truly was one of my top five favorites along with michigan, ayre, cinder and walter
interesting how it's implied that he actually cared for o'keeffe here. when you defeat him after killing hawkins he mentions how he just made V.V however when you kill him here he mentions nothing of his rank, + he mentions the keeffster when he kills the player here. seems like he genuinely viewed o'keeffe as a friend rather than just a coworker
LCs and HCs likely use more standardized parts and equipment, so it's easier to keep them armed and running. He may have already lost his AC and this LC is just him grabbing whatever's still available, seeing as Arquebus is actively getting destroyed during this mission. It's not completely implausible he prefers the LC, they have access to movement styles and weaponry that ACs can't get. Or for a more gameplay related answer: They might be trying to avoid giving you too a tough fight at the very last second.
HC's I think are meant to be stronger but less versatile. Like his HC can basically stay airborne forever and can take more damage but doesn't have pulse or repair kits
His AC got wrecked by Middle Flatwell but the LC isn't a downgrade. It's considered more technologically advanced than ACs. Their PCA pilots always get surprised when you beat them because you're 'just an AC'.
Idk about you guys but from his AC name to his description in the arena he sounds very similar to another familiar long running character that has shown up in From's games. I'm pretty sure this guy is meant to be a form of Patches. I also remember back in DS2 with a named NPC named Pate who also behaved very Patches like. Sure he doesn't lure you to treasure and kick you off a cliff but he seems like he's kind of a snake who's feigns what he really wants. He feels bad for V3 or V5 depending on who dies and then immediately think about what it means for himself. Dual Nature indeed.
He honestly sounds like he's deliriously trying to cope with O'Keef's death more than anything
Poor guy
Yeah, man is completely broken at this point. He seemed fun and young in every other interaction, I think his AC name is more a meta name given by the writers than something he earned by being two-faced normally.
Pretty sure he has split personality , bit of a japanese trope @@Tibruk64
oh lord, pater's dual nature isn't psychopathic. He's under constant stress and have to constantly coping under the pressure, the only time when he is not stressed is when he is under guidances
his call sign is DUAL NATURE and this is a japanese game. They cant get more obvious than that.
@@setiem13 And what is the symbol on his AC ?
@@holmesholmes.8784twin fetuses, or are you calling him a baby? it’s true tho
@@todd3143 the more logical explanation how he basicaly INSTANTLY switches between the 2 sides is that he split personalities, likely do to his Augmentations, as we know augmentation, and older ones more so, can fuck you up mentally and physically
@@weberman173it's said in His Arena description that He always have a screw loose before He got His Augmentation
I think it's actually the stress of working for arquebus while (i assume) being really young and the nature of AC world where death is as Common as cold that caused him to develop His *Dual Natured*
Or maybe He just Had a f*ck up childhood that make him Saw Arquebus as a pillar where He can finally be safe in which would explain His Dollar store Snail personality (or maybe a bit of both)
I like that he rides LC instead of his old AC. It represents his character to be very pragmatic.
I think the reason (canonically) is because his AC was wrecked by the ambush from Middle Flatwell (the branch of either Ambushing the Vespers or Balam).
In the mission where you assassinate Pater and Hawkins with Middle Flatwell, Hawkins death is canon, but Pater ejects. Pater is piloting an LC later because his AC was wrecked. Also his rank is visibly changed to V.III instead of V.VIII so you can see he's capitalizing on every Vesper death that he can.
Are PCA mechs not classified as AC but HC and LC? Or is it the same.
@ghostttriddder PCA mechs are different. AC means "Armored Core" and is the kind of machine piloted by most characters you meet. The PCA machines HC and LC mean "Heavy Cavalry" and "Light Cavalry" respectively.
Also LC's are more technologically advanced than AC's, so It makes sense he would upgrade
MIA is one of my favorite missions because I think Depth 2 is just a fun map to boost through and going through it in reverse while everything is going through hell was a neat way to set the stage. There’s also the complete opposite being shown between Redgun and Vesper with how G6 genuinely feels scared and betrayed by you despite being nothing but nice to you, while Pater is totally nuts and saw his team member’s deaths as promotions while also dual coping with their loss as his friends.
And one part of that mission is, basicly you kill replacement both of Balam and Vesper Leader. G6 Red and Pater. They definitely created as unexperienced "mini me" G1 Michigan and Snail. Allmind end all corps faction in this mission.
It was a great mission because it is just complete chaos. Compared to all other missions, those on the battlefield could usually keep track of what's going on and the focus was on organized battle. In this however, it's just desperate survival as everything falls apart, added to by ALLMIND seeming almost cheerful at the humans losing it.
Best mission in the game. The hell quote reminded me of Aliens when Ripley is figuratively descending into Alien hell.
Also killing G6 was the most gur wrenching part of the game. I couldn't give a shirt about the manipulative voice in my head I never invited in.
@@FSVR54I didn't feel Ayre was manipulative, I kinda feel like wanting your species not extinguished is a normal healthy human reaction to that kind of threat.
Also, in defense of Ayre... she was trapped alone in the coral since the Fires of Ibis. There's a reason why she's so attached to the player, the Raven is the only one she could actively communicate with. After she kills you she's alone again, likely forever this time.
@@burnttoast.2017 I thought they were talking about ALLMIND.
I believe it's a coping mechanics that he uses to go all corporate and greed in order to not break witnessing his comrade's death.
"Gotta look on the bright side" to the extreme kind of way. I don't know why people compare him to Patches.
Don't most people compare Swinburne to Patches?
@@haihuynh8772ye, swinburne is more like patches
It is kinda funny to hear him savor that "V.III Pater returning to base" after he kills you
@@mc-zb1mxGotta hand it to him, he pulls himsef together real quick both times. He can speedrun grief and panic.
I feel bad about killing most of the vespers. V.V seemed like a cool veteran, V.III seemed the same if a bit more somber or "realistic" as arye puts it. V.IV is obvious. Materlink didn't seem like an awful person.
V.I freud... fucked in the head but I gotta give em props for being a fucking unaugmented human and being an AC pilot.
Swinburne and Snail? Fuck em.
V.I is basically AC's Kenpachi. He's probably unagmented because he thinks that if he augments himself then everything will just become too easy.
Freud is a real FromSoft fan. He love Hard Mode.
Maeterlinck is whatever, what pisses me off is her voice acting when you kill her tho. Makes me angry about Snail not helping them out
I like freud because of how he treats snail like a bitch
Materlink's cries for help and genuinely sad.
I really like how Pater represents how ALLMIND's not that all-knowing because in his bio in Arena, it's said he is a little distant akin to how Augmented humans but it's part of him prior to the surgery.
However, in both cases of you fighting him with Hawkins and in this mission, he clearly, honest to God, has some true relationships with o'Keeffe and Hawkins. The pride he has for Arquebus, all of that is genuine.
Both can be true, Pater emblem is "Dual Nature" allmind just got 1 part right and didn't account the other, which is Pater caring side for his friend, heck even for us if we didn't take any vesper kill mission, during prison escape mission he will tell the MT squad to capture us alive, but if we did kill any of them, he will tell the MT squad to kill us on sight
@@jacqli9315oh wow i didnt notice those
He definitely is...off though. If you kill hawkins before defeating him, he starts to break down crying before realizing that he's just been promoted at which point he gets pretty excited. And when defeated, he's just mad that he went down so quickly after becoming V.V.
@@theknack101 he also cry suddenly when he realize you kill O'keeffe when he is in LC in All-Mind route, he also say O'Keeffe is one of the guy that been taking care of him.
Then he went coping mechanism and say V.III pater isn't bad, but he still try to avenge O'keeffe when he try to kill you.
"Dual nature"
@@theknack101 its his coping mechanism, by looking to he is promoted...
My favorite thing about the Vespers is that they rarely admit defeat and most of their death lines are them quickly trying to find a way they can still win. It feels like Arquebus is completely in control and taking minimal risks for most of the story, but their fights really show how they're still constantly forced to think on the fly and adapt to maintain their strategic edge.
They did a real good job at humanizing all the characters both in scripts and in their acting. Especially considering we never seen any of their faces or even body language
and considering how little dialogue we get. its amazing how much of the story is told in context
Pater's opening line in this fight shows a lot about his character, saying "V3 Pater, taking command" when there is no one left to command in the operation. He has humanity in him but his ambition always ends up being his defining trait.
Fighting Arqebus on Steel Haze Ortus
*Hell yeah*
That is pretty poetic
R.I.P. O'Keefe😢 Even his encounter with us was very short, it's still leaved long lasting impression on me😢
Dual Nature, the name of his AC hints at what might be going on here. disassociate identity disorder. There are two distinct Paters. The ambitious pragmatist, and the kind subordinate. Pater genuinely cares about his comrades, the deaths of each one cut deep, but the second face comes in. he doesn't really care that they're dead. they're gone, nothing will change that, and look at the bright side, you just got a promotion.
at this point one side is in anguish, seeking to avenge his dead friends, and the other seeks to ingratiate themselves to snail by killing the mutt.
I found out that there are quite a few minor changes in JP and ENG version on the dialogue. In JP version, Pater will say "it is strange...? i am just getting started..." in a confused tone when defeated, we defeated him shortly after he got its long desired promotion.
You know, seeing your AC float next to Pater's LC made me realize just how big the LC actually is. I never really noticed but yeah those are actually just bigger than an AC, definitely not more durable though.
We get Repair Kits though!
Yep. The PCA Cavalry are huge. They’re also some of my favourite designs and if Bandai ever release model kits for non-AC units (or release kits for the game at all, come on Bandai it’s free money!) I REALLY hope the HC and LC get some love.
I don’t know if this is intentional, but a lot of players (myself included) misjudge Pater after the ambush mission on their first playthrough as a two-faced opportunist. NG++ paints a clearer picture of him as someone who’ll try to psych himself up and rise to the occasion in high-pressure situations.
hard to tell if he feels bad about his comrade deaths or not
The main thing of Pater is his dual personality, his AC is even named "Dual Nature", he seems to be always fond of his comrades and even sad for each of their deaths, but seconds later his mind always bursts and consoles himself for going up the ranks, and procedes to act like a psycopath that only cares about his own power and ambition, no matter the cost. So its open for interpretation if its a coping mechanism (Bug on his mind after stressfull death of friends) or if hes Trully a pcycopath.
@@FL-Einhander His bio mentions that he also doesn't even act like that as a result from genetic augmentation, he's just crazy, or suffering from DID.
Chances are, he either has split personality, or the common result of this confusion being he doesn't care, it's an act to get people to do what he wants, making him effectively as bad as Snail
Does Pater feel bad for his comrades death?
Yesn't.
It seems like it's also possibly the result of reeducation. Maybe he freaked out over stuff in the past and they used brainwashing to try and purge that tendency from his mind, and this is the result.
honestly, i see him less as "he is secretly evil all along and just pretends to be the nice subordinate" and more "i have to cope with this and everything about me breaks me mentally" alongside a potential split personality
like the way he says "V.III pater it got a nice ring to it" that didnt sound "happy" that sounded like he was about to cry saying it. And his comment of "making sure Snail is dead" seems to me less a "i want to be promoted" and more akin of "he put the good name of arquebus trough the mud, sacrificed EVERYONE around him, and still dares to be alive" kinda deal.
Like he isnt makig sure snail is dead just because of the promotion, but because its essentialy all snails and our fault
That’s what I think he does
Once again, you’re a saint. I killed him in 2 stuns and apparently skipped the whole first voice line lmaooo. Only heard “viii Pater….has a got a nice ring to it”
I just figured it was a side affect of his augmentation and 'education'.
The grief he showed initially seemed genuine.
The worst opinion I could make of Pater is that he was a high functioning sociopath; capable of a few attachments, but largely hamming things up to try and "Fit in".
He is far from the worst of Arquebus, and I'd go so far as to say he's up there with Freud and Rusty as my favorites of that corp.
Freud is the AC Pilot we strive to be in pre-4 generation ACs: Become Apex of the Circle without the fancy augmentations.
But his constant desire to self improve means that he is a warrior in a leader's seat. More interested in worthy opponents than commanding. Can infer that Snail and Pater does much of the behind the scenes work.
I feel like Pater should have had about double the HP because he's got good mobility and offense but his mech just doesn't have the health. Sure that would be fine but considering this is the Penultimate boss of the entire game and this routes answer to Steel Haze Ortus or Snail Balteus I kinda hope he gets a buff in a future update. Though it is kinda cool how the lowest ranking vesper is the last one to fall.
Everybody tough guy untill bunkening is upon them.
Wonder how he would act if he ever got to V. I
I'd say maybe just imagine the Arquebus Balteus fight but all of Snail's lines are read by Pater.
"V.I Pater...It's got a nice ring to it"
@@RippahRooJizahthere’s always the chance he’s be worse since I don’t think snail ever said his own name in his sentences lol
I honestly think his grief would break him, at that point. A lot of people in the comments are talking about how he uses corporate inhuman ambition as a mask to shield himself from the deaths of everyone around him- at that point, there's nowhere left to go, nowhere left to look, just the pile of those he's spent so much of his life around.
he and red is just mental breakdown personified
this fight makes me wish we had at least some kind of PCA parts, or even a story path
The disrespect of those orbits shooting him during his last lines 😮
Could you do Ring Freddie next? I accidentally killed him before he got a chance to say much of his dialogue.
He's a bit complicated, he has two sets of dialogue depending on if you killed his father.
The replay variant is the not-killed version(at least my replay is).
I do plan on replaying the game for some lines like that eventually after I finish a few more sets of dialogue/Starfield.
@@GreyCaliberI think his daddy is more accurate, if the arena description is any indication.
@@haihuynh8772 AYO
@@GreyCaliber No worries, thank you.
it's been mentioned before but i don't see it as him being two faced, it's more of him putting up a front of optimism and uncaringness so he won't be seen as weak. He has genuine connections with each of them and from what he says when he kills you here, i feel like whenever he gets angry about dying after just having made the new rank. it feels more like he was unable to live up to the number like the predecessor he just watched die. like 'I just made V.V!". It feels like he said it more out of anguish that he couldn't do the number justice like Hawkins in his eyes instead of being angry he just lost the rank. Every time he says a rank has a nice ring to it. It feels like he's saying it to keep himself together, like "Hawkins is dead but hey, at least i'm V.V now right?" he always says it in this shaky, teary voice, like he wanted to earn the rank by becomng better than them, not because they died and it just so happened to be passed dwn to him, he truly was one of my top five favorites along with michigan, ayre, cinder and walter
Pater strikes me as a slightly less sociopathic Snail
interesting how it's implied that he actually cared for o'keeffe here. when you defeat him after killing hawkins he mentions how he just made V.V however when you kill him here he mentions nothing of his rank, + he mentions the keeffster when he kills the player here. seems like he genuinely viewed o'keeffe as a friend rather than just a coworker
you know Keefe used to be the V3 right ?
THE GLORY OF ARQUEBUS!
I will carry on the gloryhole of Arquebus.
Why did they give the worst HC to Pater. That thing is probably the easiest boss that is not an AC in the game
Mental-illness my beloved.
Who is Pater's voice actor?
Sounds kinda like Matt Mercer
why the hell his AC turns into an LC?? ain't that a downgrade???
LCs and HCs likely use more standardized parts and equipment, so it's easier to keep them armed and running. He may have already lost his AC and this LC is just him grabbing whatever's still available, seeing as Arquebus is actively getting destroyed during this mission.
It's not completely implausible he prefers the LC, they have access to movement styles and weaponry that ACs can't get.
Or for a more gameplay related answer: They might be trying to avoid giving you too a tough fight at the very last second.
HC's I think are meant to be stronger but less versatile.
Like his HC can basically stay airborne forever and can take more damage but doesn't have pulse or repair kits
His AC got wrecked by Middle Flatwell but the LC isn't a downgrade. It's considered more technologically advanced than ACs. Their PCA pilots always get surprised when you beat them because you're 'just an AC'.
@@BeedrillYanyanyep unlike previous game AC's are not the apex war machines
Opposite
Idk about you guys but from his AC name to his description in the arena he sounds very similar to another familiar long running character that has shown up in From's games. I'm pretty sure this guy is meant to be a form of Patches. I also remember back in DS2 with a named NPC named Pate who also behaved very Patches like. Sure he doesn't lure you to treasure and kick you off a cliff but he seems like he's kind of a snake who's feigns what he really wants. He feels bad for V3 or V5 depending on who dies and then immediately think about what it means for himself. Dual Nature indeed.