Ace Combat: Infinity

[Tired Tyres]

Did some sorties for the first time in a while today, managed to complete the ECM challenge at least. I've yet to encounter one of those emergency strike missions.

I did four missions yesterday and the fourth was an emergency strike. I went into it thinking I'd get lots of points with my Mirage and challenge for MVP. I ended up scoring in the midfield having been shot down EIGHT times.

I never did get the special Rafale either.

 

[LJP64]

I did four missions yesterday and the fourth was an emergency strike. I went into it thinking I'd get lots of points with my Mirage and challenge for MVP. I ended up scoring in the midfield having been shot down EIGHT times.

I never did get the special Rafale either.

Shot down 8 times?!
Well, maybe I had a good idea when I unlocked and installed the fire extinguisher on my Su-34 Fullback and Su-47 Berkut. I'll give this a try when I'm back on sunday afternoon.

You didn't get the Rafale either? Damned...

 

[Tired Tyres]

I was going to go for that fire extinguisher as well but when more planes got added with more parts it started developing them so I stopped buying anything until they finished.

It still hasn't finished yet.

 

[omgsean1]

I did four missions yesterday and the fourth was an emergency strike. I went into it thinking I'd get lots of points with my Mirage and challenge for MVP. I ended up scoring in the midfield having been shot down EIGHT times.

I never did get the special Rafale either.

I did encounter emergency strike mission around 7:20am before I go to my job.

 

[ibnumgt1]

I did four missions yesterday and the fourth was an emergency strike. I went into it thinking I'd get lots of points with my Mirage and challenge for MVP. I ended up scoring in the midfield having been shot down EIGHT times.

I never did get the special Rafale either.

Which emergency strike was it? Is it the ground one?

 

[Tired Tyres]

Yes, the ground attack version. Lots and lots of XSams. Everywhere.

 

[Paulie]

I have the increased stealth panels installed on my F-35 (an already stealth jet) and I do notice being targeted a lot less between flying that and low tier jets required for challenges, hopefully if and when I encounter an emergency strike I won't be targeted as often as you guys are describing allowing me to get on with the job.
PS- I wish they had a stealth stat.

 

[Louie_Schumii]

I have the increased stealth panels installed on my F-35 (an already stealth jet) and I do notice being targeted a lot less between flying that and low tier jets required for challenges, hopefully if and when I encounter an emergency strike I won't be targeted as often as you guys are describing allowing me to get on with the job.
PS- I wish they had a stealth stat.

Try have at least one part space reserved for the fire extinguisher mate. I remember having the stealth coating + armour installed on my F-22 and still getting shot down in the emergency air strike mission on my first attempt because you'd have to be so far out of the action for the stealth to actually prevent any enemies seeing you/being in range to fire a missile + being able to replenish aircraft health is very useful when your at 75%+ damage.

A stealth stat would be quite handy though; still feels like this game is a beta with how much work that still needs to go into it.

Speaking of the emergency air strike; just attempted it in a four man room. There were two of us in MR ~1900s and the other two were ~1500s. The 1500s naturally had early level planes while the other 1900 player had a Morgan. Ran out of time; majority of red fighters weren't downed before the end of the mission. Got an A or a B rank?

Need at least a 4 man room of at least ~1750s with appropriate planes to have any chance at S-ranking the emergency air strike.

 

[actros011]

That's it. I bought F-15 Pixy for 1000 credits and now I have 3 fighters and 1 multirole ( F-15, Su-35, T-50 and Rafale).
F-15 is quite good for level one for now but my free 5 to 6 level goes for T-50 of course (it's stupid that you have to wait for level 6 to fill up when you have free upgrade but it doesn't matter).
I think I'll sortie tonight with F-15 just for the fun.
In thursday may be raining so I'm planing Elite Merc. contract from morning, hoping not to
spend too much stocked fuel.
One question: Where is that fire extinguisher on the aircraft tree?

 

[LJP64]

That's it. I bought F-15 Pixy for 1000 credits and now I have 3 fighters and 1 multirole ( F-15, Su-35, T-50 and Rafale).
F-15 is quite good for level one for now but my free 5 to 6 level goes for T-50 of course (it's stupid that you have to wait for level 6 to fill up when you have free upgrade but it doesn't matter).
I think I'll sortie tonight with F-15 just for the fun.
In thursday may be raining so I'm planing Elite Merc. contract from morning, hoping not to
spend too much stocked fuel.
One question: Where is that fire extinguisher on the aircraft tree?

There is one at the bottom of the research tree, towards the Su-34 Fullback and Su-47 Berkut...
That fire extinguisher is expensive (around 100,000cr if I remember well) but it will allow you to fly more dangerously...

 

[actros011]

There is one at the bottom of the research tree, towards the Su-34 Fullback and Su-47 Berkut...
That fire extinguisher is expensive (around 100,000cr if I remember well) but it will allow you to fly more dangerously...

That means lots of Investment contracts and credits because that part of tree is stoped on Mirage 2000.
It's not very smart to spend too much credits and real money to get that part just because of one special mission.
But, who knows, there will be a long winter.

 

[LJP64]

That means lots of Investment contracts and credits because that part of tree is stoped on Mirage 2000.
It's not very smart to spend too much credits and real money to get that part just because of one special mission.
But, who knows, there will be a long winter.

I got it because I went to that part of the tree to unlock the Su-34 and Su-47.
The extinguisher is just after the Su-24MP. No need to go to the end of the branch.

 

[Vitocorp]

Tested the F15 MTD stripes with FAEBs, I was hoping for some seriously destructive power...
Does anyone have a good strategy for this special weapon?

 

[Louie_Schumii]

Tested the F15 MTD stripes with FAEBs, I was hoping for some seriously destructive power...
Does anyone have a good strategy for this special weapon?

The best strategy for the FAEBs is to get the standard F15-SMTD with LAGMs .

Wonder what SP. W. loadout the next update of planes will have.

 

[Vitocorp]

The best strategy for the FAEBs is to get the standard F15-SMTD with LAGMs .

Wonder what SP. W. loadout the next update of planes will have.

I suppose I need to get some upgrades before unlocking the full potential of this bomb!
The explosion looks cool

Also, not sure if any Air-to-air SP weapons is worth to use instead of 6AAM.
HCAAs are pretty useless to me...
HPAAs have much damage but not-so-good accuracy, used only with the F-4, so I'll give it a try again.
HVAAs: if the plane is not performing some advanced maneuvers is a damn deadly missile, with the ability of 1 shoot F-22/T-50 would be a perfect weapon.
SAAMs are perfect for high valuable targets but you can just lock on a single craft and it's not going to be a good thing for you...
Need to try QAAMs, those are probably an excellent choice for TDMs or dogfight with elite squadrons.
6AAMs (and 4AAMs) are extremely versatile. You can blow up 6 low tier crafts, use a single salvo for a tough target or take down 3 F-22 if you are lucky.
This game is a about "destroy the enemy as fast as you can before your allies":
A long range multi-target missile is the perfect choice, add some damage and speed with the parts and you're done.
With some tuning, a single missile can destroy a MiG-29.

 

[Louie_Schumii]

I suppose I need to get some upgrades before unlocking the full potential of this bomb!
The explosion looks cool

Also, not sure if any Air-to-air SP weapons is worth to use instead of 6AAM.
HCAAs are pretty useless to me...
HPAAs have much damage but not-so-good accuracy, used only with the F-4, so I'll give it a try again.
HVAAs: if the plane is not performing some advanced maneuvers is a damn deadly missile, with the ability of 1 shoot F-22/T-50 would be a perfect weapon.
SAAMs are perfect for high valuable targets but you can just lock on a single craft and it's not going to be a good thing for you...
Need to try QAAMs, those are probably an excellent choice for TDMs or dogfight with elite squadrons.
6AAMs (and 4AAMs) are extremely versatile. You can blow up 6 low tier crafts, use a single salvo for a tough target or take down 3 F-22 if you are lucky.
This game is a about "destroy the enemy as fast as you can before your allies":
A long range multi-target missile is the perfect choice, add some damage and speed with the parts and you're done.
With some tuning, a single missile can destroy a MiG-29.

Inb4 Mobius F-22 gets multi-role special weapons pool of 6AAM, LAGM and QAAM. That tournament will make people go ape-s*** with fuel spending and seal clubbing!

 

[Vitocorp]

Inb4 Mobius F-22 gets multi-role special weapons pool of 6AAM, LAGM and QAAM. That tournament will make people go ape-s*** with fuel spending and seal clubbing!

As I said before, Mobius 1 it's my all-time favourite Ace but I'll probably pass the challenge if it's a top 200...an F-22 with 6AAMs will be the ultimate aircraft.
New tournament! And guess what...
Top 200: Cipher F-15, Galm head, Ustio roundel
Top 1000: Galm head, Ustio roundel
Top 3000: Ustio roundel
Aiming for Top 1000 this time, stocked over 40 units of fuel since the last pirate tournament!

 

[LJP64]

Muahaha...
Another TDM. With another aircraft for the top 200 players, i.e. those who are able (or stupid enough?) to spend lots of real life money to get to the top 200.
My money has gone to a PS4+Destiny bundle.

I've learned the lesson well. I made the mistake to spend all my hardly earned stocked fuel (40+ units) trying to get that damned Rafale and, of course, it never popped in my hangar. Instead, I received 3 stocked fuel units as a compensation for the so-called supposed bug that prevented me from getting the Rafale.
Then, from now on, I'll fly my 3 daily sorties and re-stock as many stocked fuel units I can so that I have the possibility to fly special missions if or when they occur. Never again will I try to get those random drop aircraft. If one pops in, I'll be fine, but now I'll stick to the challenges and special missions only.

And as from tomorrow, anyway, I'll be on Destiny most of the time.

 

[Vitocorp]

Muahaha...
Another TDM. With another aircraft for the top 200 players, i.e. those who are able (or stupid enough?) to spend lots of real life money to get to the top 200.
My money has gone to a PS4+Destiny bundle.

I've learned the lesson well. I made the mistake to spend all my hardly earned stocked fuel (40+ units) trying to get that damned Rafale and, of course, it never popped in my hangar. Instead, I received 3 stocked fuel units as a compensation for the so-called supposed bug that prevented me from getting the Rafale.
Then, from now on, I'll fly my 3 daily sorties and re-stock as many stocked fuel units I can so that I have the possibility to fly special missions if or when they occur. Never again will I try to get those random drop aircraft. If one pops in, I'll be fine, but now I'll stick to the challenges and special missions only.

And as from tomorrow, anyway, I'll be on Destiny most of the time.

with 47 stocked fuels I hope to get the F-15 pixy, top 1000 is hard if you don't want to spend money on fuel but it's not impossible, done it a couple of times, so glad I've passed the strigon and ridgebacks events...
Mercenary contract+forced sorties during the event will bring me tons of money to upgrade my already lethal Typoon, God I love that plane...

 

[LJP64]

I tried in the first tournaments...
I was around 800th on the last night, a few hours before closure, and pleased as I was about to receive the prize aircraft (I don't remember which one). But I fell hundreds of places during the night and when they closed the rankings a few hours later, I was around 1200th!! Of course, no prize aircraft.
I only got tons of frustration, and ended up without stocked fuel left.

 

[mistapanther]

I suppose I need to get some upgrades before unlocking the full potential of this bomb!
The explosion looks cool

Also, not sure if any Air-to-air SP weapons is worth to use instead of 6AAM.
HCAAs are pretty useless to me...
HPAAs have much damage but not-so-good accuracy, used only with the F-4, so I'll give it a try again.
HVAAs: if the plane is not performing some advanced maneuvers is a damn deadly missile, with the ability of 1 shoot F-22/T-50 would be a perfect weapon.
SAAMs are perfect for high valuable targets but you can just lock on a single craft and it's not going to be a good thing for you...
Need to try QAAMs, those are probably an excellent choice for TDMs or dogfight with elite squadrons.
6AAMs (and 4AAMs) are extremely versatile. You can blow up 6 low tier crafts, use a single salvo for a tough target or take down 3 F-22 if you are lucky.
This game is a about "destroy the enemy as fast as you can before your allies":
A long range multi-target missile is the perfect choice, add some damage and speed with the parts and you're done.
With some tuning, a single missile can destroy a MiG-29.

QAAMs are high damage high turning weapons. Their faster than HCAAs, as strong as HPAAs (two shots F22), with a turning radius below only the SAAMs.

oh, and the best thing you can do for the F15 S/MTD is replace FAEB with LAGMs. With the upgades, which I have, your dealing with mini FAEB/MPBM damage radius
(D+ and above) but it's much stronger than either of those. At lv3 my LAGMs 2 shot everything in that isn't a missile silo or being 1HKO. Just think about that for a sec.


P.S i'm also running SP weapon damage M

 

[Louie_Schumii]

As I said before, Mobius 1 it's my all-time favourite Ace but I'll probably pass the challenge if it's a top 200...an F-22 with 6AAMs will be the ultimate aircraft.
New tournament! And guess what...
Top 200: Cipher F-15, Galm head, Ustio roundel
Top 1000: Galm head, Ustio roundel
Top 3000: Ustio roundel
Aiming for Top 1000 this time, stocked over 40 units of fuel since the last pirate tournament!

To seal club or not to seal club for this tourney? That is the question...

Honestly not planning on aiming too high on this one. Galm emblem is only useful if you have either of the squadron planes. Ustio roundel is meh. Tbh those research reports are looking mighty fine and wouldn't want my MR to go up too high before the next worthwhile TDM...but TDMs are fun so I will most probably only play that mode during the whole tournament

 

[ZedMan1996]

I am soo soo glad this thread exists!!!

AC:I FTW!

 

[Vitocorp]

QAAMs are high damage high turning weapons. Their faster than HCAAs, as strong as HPAAs (two shots F22), with a turning radius below only the SAAMs.

oh, and the best thing you can do for the F15 S/MTD is replace FAEB with LAGMs. With the upgades, which I have, your dealing with mini FAEB/MPBM damage radius
(D+ and above) but it's much stronger than either of those. At lv3 my LAGMs 2 shot everything in that isn't a missile silo or being 1HKO. Just think about that for a sec.


P.S i'm also running SP weapon damage M

Meh, pretty disappointed about this bomb, guess I'll use the MTD -stripes- as a long range interceptor once unlocked the HVAA.
Su-47 (or the PAK FA + QAAM) should be a deadly combination once unlocked.

To seal club or not to seal club for this tourney? That is the question...

Honestly not planning on aiming too high on this one. Galm emblem is only useful if you have either of the squadron planes. Ustio roundel is meh. Tbh those research reports are looking mighty fine and wouldn't want my MR to go up too high before the next worthwhile TDM...but TDMs are fun so I will most probably only play that mode during the whole tournament

Not saying that I'm a ultra-top Ace of Aces but I perform quite well in 18XX/19XX rooms, placing always in the top 3, I managed to do a top 300 during the first TDM with my good old F-16!
Since I have both OSEA roundel and the Wardog head, I'll aim to top 1000 this time, and, I mean, at least I should get Pixy's F15...come on!
If I'm lucky, and I play 6 TDM every day, top 7000 is at reach, burning all my fuel the last day before the tournament expires to get a place on top 1000.
I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY want a Belkan roundel!

 

[LJP64]

First Stonehenge I mission tonight. My Su-47 Berkut got shot down only once...

 

[Bobert power]

At this rate i could care less about prize planes, but at least i got a T50 for this new TDM.

 

[Louie_Schumii]

At this rate i could care less about prize planes, but at least i got a T50 for this new TDM.

Especially when those prize planes are for the top 200 spenders

Did you get the skin drop for the T-50? I swear that drop period they had for it wasn't long enough (or bamco's random number generator favors those who sortie in a plane other than a T-50 :/).

 

[Bobert power]

Especially when those prize planes are for the top 200 spenders

Did you get the skin drop for the T-50? I swear that drop period they had for it wasn't long enough (or bamco's random number generator favors those who sortie in a plane other than a T-50 :/).

I got the skin two sorties in one night, both with the T50 shockingly. For research all i've focused on is just the Pak-Fa T50. I want it to murder all the F22's.

 

[Louie_Schumii]

I got the skin two sorties in one night, both with the T50 shockingly. For research all i've focused on is just the Pak-Fa T50. I want it to murder all the F22's.

Region specific RNG drop rates? Could just be unlucky. Interesting to note though that when I'm in one of those aiming for special raid rooms we were more likely to encounter a special raid mission when the teams were hair-splittingly close during the previous sortie.

Oh and planning to murder F-22s eh? I may have to give this TDM tourney a few rounds in my primary account .

Speaking of TDM I've just spent a solid 2 hours - if not more - putting well placed tips/tricks/advice on the annotations of this match I posted earlier and have basically turned it into one of those help videos that YouTube is so useful for.


Tell me what you guys think. All constructive feedback is appreciated!

 

[ibnumgt1]

I don't think I would participate a lot in this tournament, I don't like TDM that much and my planes are very easy to get shot down.

On a second thought, I wonder if the new Sukhoi Flankers would come in handy for this tournament, especially the Su-37, it got a 2DCD vectoring nozzle right?