Armored Core 6 - Diving into the Stagger Mechanic

Happy new year Ravens. Ever get frustrated that your staggers just seem to be inconsistent? Wanted to do fancy Pilebunkers but they just don't hit? Bosses escaping instantly when they could never before? Wanted to just 1 stagger cycle Balteus in NG?

You might get the answers to all of that in this stupid video I made about staggers in PvE. I wanted to make a video about this for a long time, but was too busy, finally had the time so why not?

There are still a lot of things I did not cover, but felt that it didn't quite necessarily need a part in the video, such as
Plasma rifles including their charged variation do not extend staggers
The Cataphract is immune to firearm staggers, not sure why, spaghetti coding maybe
Missiles are not heavy attacks despite being explosive and do not interact with staggers in any-way

Timestamps

00:00 Intro
00:48 Enemy types
01:02 Pre-ACS Staggers
03:50 What enemies are in each type
04:36 Post-ACS Staggers
05:29 Post-ACS Melee Staggers
10:15 Post-ACS Shortened Staggers
10:53 Post-ACS Firearm Staggers
14:26 Demonstration on bosses