It's pretty easy once you've got some good planes. Fun to S-rank on Ace, even. Here, though? When you _might_ have an A-10? Not as fun. I got stuck there, too.
I totally get that, but my fondest memory of the mission is getting stonewalled while stuck in a motel while in the middle of a move. Bashed my head against it for a day or two before finally overcoming it. Used the F2-A for it's rockets, it was moderately painful to complete but it was fun to do.
A lil nugget of perspective by the way... Full Band has a bit of a bad habit of declaring stuff over the radio. Talking about how the team you saved was investigating ruins. And looking for a way to take down arsenal bird. Bandog warned him about yappin' so much. After talking about having gotten into much more sensitive information, Bandog showed their resignation as they agreed with Full band about Intel being a Life or Death Matter. Specifically asking their position when formed up with a chuckle after. You'll see why later on, but Full Band was hinting at something that would become a later mission.
Long day is always such a chore to complete Also, @1:30:06, definitely agreed. No wonder they think Trigger is one of the greatest pilots, he's apparently one of the few that can fly and shoot at the same time
Strangereal is a world where the Aces are just the guys that can fighter pilot correctly while the others are actively reading the aircraft manuel mid flight.
I still crash a few times whenever I fight Mihaly on this level. The tight rock formations, the lightning, and the agility needed to stay on him is a lot to take in at once
The sandstorm is a lot easier to handle if you only dive in it when you're above a target, take a shot and dip, rinse and repeat. No need to travel in the sandstorm. But other than that... FUCK mission 10, escort missions are the worst and this one takes the cake with hidden long range AA on a giant map with pinpoint accurate missiles that all hit your HVT and Count being fucking useless next to it. It sucks because in AC5 the friendly AI would split off and get shit done whenever the game needed them to(you could also give them commands) and they clearly still can in later missions in this game. I really hope AC8 brings back features that were missing from AC7, mostly squadron commands and customization.
The trick is to just follow the missile trails. The SAMs in that mission have been specially programmed with "infinite" length missile trails, so if you can make them out against the clouds they'll lead you right back to the launcher. Luckily Roper One can take more weight in missiles to the face than the mass of his aircraft. That said, Count just flying in formation next to the transport does feel like an incredibly missed opportunity to have him _doing something_ but at the same time he's pretty disillusioned with everything at that point.
So I was making a big comment of tips for you and accidentally hit cancel so here's a shorter version. It'll still be big. Everything dumbs down to learning how to get hit and avoid getting hit as efficiently as possible. Your missiles will not follow a target if they don't have the red lock-on. They will not hit a target unless you fire from in front, or preferably behind. From the side and they won't follow the target well enough and fly off into the horizon. Missiles have a 2k range while specials usually have around 4k. They take a couple seconds to lock-on, so use the sound if your eyes are busy. if the enemy is maneuvering or is going to, don't shoot. You'll miss for the same reason. You also have guns, if you didn't know. Press A or X, depending on the controller, to shoot. Line up the gear-looking circle thing right below (usually) the center of your screen with the plane to hit. Or the ground. Guns don't care what they're hitting. And they save missiles, which you will need all you can get in later missions. Use the minimap to plot a course for targets and keep an eye on where everything is. Efficiency is key, as you found out in long day. Not getting hit is simple, too. Missiles come from the direction of the red arcs on your hud and are shown as white lines on the minimap. Chaff and flares only work once the red lines are blinking and getting closer to your plane, but they work on more than one at once if you want to risk it. Be careful, if it gets too close it may still hit you anyways. Rare, but it killed me once. Preferably, don't use flares. Dodge. If you press the brake and accelerator at the same time and pull back on the stick, you'll make a high-g turn which will slow you down rapidly, but turn you, too. Careful not to stall. Stalling is around 300, iirc. You can do cool stuff with stalling in some planes but that is _ADVANCED_ stuff. Dodging missiles means either making them come at you from the side (assuming you're going fast enough) or just pulling a u-turn over/under/whatever direction you like around them. Watch your minimap and, if possible, avoid letting people get behind you and follow you. Minimap is far more useful than most realize at first. Additionally, make very good use of your plane's attributes and upgrades, but don't specialize too hard. Bring attack planes to ground missions and fighters to air missions. But they are rarely one or the other, so make sure you can do both. Multiroles are the safe choice if you don't know. Special equipment can make or break a mission as much as the plane itself can, as well as the many, _many_ modifications you will get. That about covers it, so, master that and you'll have a breeze going through the game. Mostly. Even I struggle with certain parts, such as the flight pattern of the *[REDACTED]* I just can't do that one without significant luck. Your buddy Mihaly is pretty hard to tango with, too, but you did very well. Keep it up and you'll be wanting to try Ace difficulty as soon as you're done with this run!... maybe.
And yes, the way that music dropped when Mikhael shot down the first guy in the cutscene, I had the same face you did. It was Just EPIC. The music is SO good. Edit: I Noticed you started doing it on the second attempt. but for anyone else who may not know. I Know this is late but: As a tip (hopefully you figured this out later in the playthrough), if you hold Throttle and brake at the same time you can do a short period of Very High G Turning, which is one of the best ways to take on most enemies in the game. There are two control types for it. By Default You hold Accel + Decel at the same time. The alternate is just on Decell. Thank you for the content!
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I can absolutely relate to unconsciously tilting your body while playing Ace Combat. It just naturally happens
I'll admit, I'm a twisted person who likes Long Day. I enjoy the scramble and tightrope walking.
It's pretty easy once you've got some good planes. Fun to S-rank on Ace, even. Here, though? When you _might_ have an A-10? Not as fun. I got stuck there, too.
I totally get that, but my fondest memory of the mission is getting stonewalled while stuck in a motel while in the middle of a move. Bashed my head against it for a day or two before finally overcoming it. Used the F2-A for it's rockets, it was moderately painful to complete but it was fun to do.
@@wearetheninjasofpie Fair enough
@@brendanrisney2449 I used an A-10 and enjoyed it, but then I'm also a sucker for the classics.
Tightrope? Long Day is a Cake Walk my guy, Pipeline Destruction is the real Tightrope walk I fuckin hate that mission
This comment came from another AC7 video but it fits here too.
"Beat dropped harder than Full Band."
I fucking kackled lmao
A lil nugget of perspective by the way...
Full Band has a bit of a bad habit of declaring stuff over the radio.
Talking about how the team you saved was investigating ruins.
And looking for a way to take down arsenal bird.
Bandog warned him about yappin' so much.
After talking about having gotten into much more sensitive information,
Bandog showed their resignation as they agreed with Full band about Intel being a Life or Death Matter.
Specifically asking their position when formed up with a chuckle after.
You'll see why later on, but Full Band was hinting at something that would become a later mission.
I missed this stream nooooo!
I love the coin flip from "Holy crap this sucks" to "Holy crap this is freaking awesome"
Long day is always such a chore to complete
Also, @1:30:06, definitely agreed. No wonder they think Trigger is one of the greatest pilots, he's apparently one of the few that can fly and shoot at the same time
Strangereal is a world where the Aces are just the guys that can fighter pilot correctly while the others are actively reading the aircraft manuel mid flight.
Tbf most of those convicts ain't no fighter pilots
I still crash a few times whenever I fight Mihaly on this level. The tight rock formations, the lightning, and the agility needed to stay on him is a lot to take in at once
I’m not sure if your chat has told you at all but, apparently you’re meant to do the dlc missions after Magic Spear
The sandstorm is a lot easier to handle if you only dive in it when you're above a target, take a shot and dip, rinse and repeat. No need to travel in the sandstorm. But other than that... FUCK mission 10, escort missions are the worst and this one takes the cake with hidden long range AA on a giant map with pinpoint accurate missiles that all hit your HVT and Count being fucking useless next to it. It sucks because in AC5 the friendly AI would split off and get shit done whenever the game needed them to(you could also give them commands) and they clearly still can in later missions in this game. I really hope AC8 brings back features that were missing from AC7, mostly squadron commands and customization.
The trick is to just follow the missile trails. The SAMs in that mission have been specially programmed with "infinite" length missile trails, so if you can make them out against the clouds they'll lead you right back to the launcher. Luckily Roper One can take more weight in missiles to the face than the mass of his aircraft. That said, Count just flying in formation next to the transport does feel like an incredibly missed opportunity to have him _doing something_ but at the same time he's pretty disillusioned with everything at that point.
@@OOZ662Count at that point is still busy saving his ass from those missiles ig
12:11 Amazing recovery
That mission was made for moments like that.
So
I was making a big comment of tips for you
and accidentally hit cancel
so here's a shorter version. It'll still be big.
Everything dumbs down to learning how to get hit and avoid getting hit as efficiently as possible.
Your missiles will not follow a target if they don't have the red lock-on. They will not hit a target unless you fire from in front, or preferably behind. From the side and they won't follow the target well enough and fly off into the horizon.
Missiles have a 2k range while specials usually have around 4k. They take a couple seconds to lock-on, so use the sound if your eyes are busy.
if the enemy is maneuvering or is going to, don't shoot. You'll miss for the same reason.
You also have guns, if you didn't know. Press A or X, depending on the controller, to shoot. Line up the gear-looking circle thing right below (usually) the center of your screen with the plane to hit. Or the ground. Guns don't care what they're hitting. And they save missiles, which you will need all you can get in later missions.
Use the minimap to plot a course for targets and keep an eye on where everything is. Efficiency is key, as you found out in long day.
Not getting hit is simple, too. Missiles come from the direction of the red arcs on your hud and are shown as white lines on the minimap. Chaff and flares only work once the red lines are blinking and getting closer to your plane, but they work on more than one at once if you want to risk it. Be careful, if it gets too close it may still hit you anyways. Rare, but it killed me once.
Preferably, don't use flares. Dodge. If you press the brake and accelerator at the same time and pull back on the stick, you'll make a high-g turn which will slow you down rapidly, but turn you, too. Careful not to stall. Stalling is around 300, iirc. You can do cool stuff with stalling in some planes but that is _ADVANCED_ stuff.
Dodging missiles means either making them come at you from the side (assuming you're going fast enough) or just pulling a u-turn over/under/whatever direction you like around them. Watch your minimap and, if possible, avoid letting people get behind you and follow you. Minimap is far more useful than most realize at first.
Additionally, make very good use of your plane's attributes and upgrades, but don't specialize too hard. Bring attack planes to ground missions and fighters to air missions. But they are rarely one or the other, so make sure you can do both. Multiroles are the safe choice if you don't know. Special equipment can make or break a mission as much as the plane itself can, as well as the many, _many_ modifications you will get.
That about covers it, so, master that and you'll have a breeze going through the game. Mostly. Even I struggle with certain parts, such as the flight pattern of the *[REDACTED]* I just can't do that one without significant luck. Your buddy Mihaly is pretty hard to tango with, too, but you did very well.
Keep it up and you'll be wanting to try Ace difficulty as soon as you're done with this run!... maybe.
Just discovered you started playing ace combat and I'll tell you one thing, the game gets better from now on trust me.
And yes, the way that music dropped when Mikhael shot down the first guy in the cutscene, I had the same face you did. It was Just EPIC.
The music is SO good.
Edit: I Noticed you started doing it on the second attempt. but for anyone else who may not know.
I Know this is late but: As a tip (hopefully you figured this out later in the playthrough), if you hold Throttle and brake at the same time you can do a short period of Very High G Turning, which is one of the best ways to take on most enemies in the game.
There are two control types for it. By Default You hold Accel + Decel at the same time.
The alternate is just on Decell.
Thank you for the content!
Faceless Soldier is one of the best songs in the game. Hell, it might even be better than Daredevil, and that's saying something.
Get out of Death Bubble... And turn RIGHT BACK IN. WOO!
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