Mission 9 is easily the worst mission in the game

[a passerby]

Trying to get S rank on Ace is such a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ pain in the ass. The missile gets launched as soon as you get out of cloud cover. And on top of that, you're sometimes not even considered to be in clouds even though you're literally visibly under the clouds and hugging the ground. What a stupid mission

[Naruto 607]

Maybe you're just bad at it. No offense.

Try watching this:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2236053685

Even though what you said is true, you only have a limited time to find the "trailing" of where the cloud cover with highest ground elevation ends. It's not just skill, but also luck and/or preferred special weapon.

I've been completing this more than once to find proper weapons and better strategies.

[a passerby]

Originally posted by Naruto 607:

Maybe you're just bad at it. No offense.

"You're bad. Get good"

I never said it was impossible. It's just extremely tedious due to annoying mechanics. Thanks for being incredibly original

[K4_Kydure]

Faceless Soldier had always been the worst mission for me. It's just not fun since only the clouds will stop the missiles, it would of been nice if the missiles became less accurate with each destroyed radar.

[Useless Bunny]

Originally posted by a passerby:

"You're bad. Get good"

I never said it was impossible. It's just extremely tedious due to annoying mechanics. Thanks for being incredibly original

Don't be so defensive when you make a thread like this, dude. lol

He never implied you were saying it's impossible or anything, offered a video of him doing it and was polite about it.

Honestly I always thought there was plenty of time to go hide back into the clouds.

[a passerby]

Originally posted by BEEP BEEP BEEP MISSILE ALERT:

Originally posted by a passerby:

"You're bad. Get good"

I never said it was impossible. It's just extremely tedious due to annoying mechanics. Thanks for being incredibly original

Don't be so defensive when you make a thread like this, dude. lol

He never implied you were saying it's impossible or anything, offered a video of him doing it and was polite about it.

Honestly I always thought there was plenty of time to go hide back into the clouds.

thread like what? thread like pointing out that cloud mechanics don't work well? that the game doesn't really establish what "in the clouds" means?

[a passerby]

Originally posted by K4_Kydure:

Faceless Soldier had always been the worst mission for me. It's just not fun since only the clouds will stop the missiles, it would of been nice if the missiles became less accurate with each destroyed radar.

and on top of that, the locations of the targets make it so that fast aircraft is absolutely necessary. there are a bunch of warehouses nestled at the top of mountains for example, and would be impossible to target without a fast flying aircraft. it's just no fun having to meet all these requirements for an S rank

[Useless Bunny]

Originally posted by a passerby:

thread like what? thread like pointing out that cloud mechanics don't work well? that the game doesn't really establish what "in the clouds" means?

A thread complaining about a mission. That is bound to get slapped with a "git gud" right from the start and wasn't the case at all here. I wouldn't bother saying anything if you replied in that manner to someone saying "u suck lol" or something but it's not really the case.

Originally posted by a passerby:

and on top of that, the locations of the targets make it so that fast aircraft is absolutely necessary. there are a bunch of warehouses nestled at the top of mountains for example, and would be impossible to target without a fast flying aircraft. it's just no fun having to meet all these requirements for an S rank

S rank is the highest rank, saying you can't get S rank easily with a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ plane is not a very good argument. A fast plane is better because time is the factor that counts the most towards ranking. I mean, the game is already pretty easy compared to older entries in the franchise, isn't it reasonable that you need a decent enough plane and to be using proper parts/weapons to achieve S rank?

It's not supposed to be something you attain casually in your first playthrough, it's optional "content". I don't understand why you're making this point, why wouldn't you be using the very best planes and set ups to begin with? It's a performance thing, you pick the best to achieve the best result you can. Roleplaying with a bad plane should be put aside unless you just wanna do some masochistic personal challenge.

[a passerby]

Originally posted by BEEP BEEP BEEP MISSILE ALERT:

I am the big gae

alrighty then

[Naruto 607]

Originally posted by BEEP BEEP BEEP MISSILE ALERT:

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Roleplaying with a bad plane should be put aside unless you just wanna do some masochistic personal challenge.

I agree. This is why I tried to experiment which Sp.W is perfect and what strategy that's best suited in dealing with situations like this.

Avoiding missiles is both luck and speed.

Originally posted by a passerby:

Originally posted by Naruto 607:

Maybe you're just bad at it. No offense.

"You're bad. Get good"

Like I said, no offense needed. Playing a mission requires strategy and skill. It always has been, no matter on what game you play.

If you take an example of Dark Souls, they're complete hardcore based on what I heard and what I watched on YouTube, but there are ways to overcome those with better strategy and planning. I myself sucked at 3 "Commander's Challenge" missions @ Red Alert 3: Uprising because this requires continuous and adaptive construction planning and strategy, of which I never got this succeeded even if I replay the Skirmishes in Red Alert 2 long time ago - with no superweapons (of which superweapons can ♥♥♥♥ your day).

Ace Combat 7 is easy af in Ace difficulty, and people complained about this since there's no "one hit kill mode" like in previous titles such as AC6. You should be able to complete this if you know the strategy. If you think this is too hard, try lowering the difficulty after the campaign run. Easy difficulty can take few missiles hit until you shot down, unless if you have unlocked Automated Fire Extinguisher part that can reduce overall damage to 50% when the damage you have exceeds the 50% threshold.

Watch the video; I installed that part to reduce accumulated damage to 50% when exceeds 50% threshold, and I enabled the "anti-collision" thingy @ Options menu to "bounce" your plane with added damage when you ram the surface, but not too steep or facing a solid obstacle.

[Histidine]

And on top of that, you're sometimes not even considered to be in clouds even though you're literally visibly under the clouds and hugging the ground.

Outside of possibly places where the clouds are visibly sparse (can see through them to the ground below), I have never once seen this. Post a video.

[Useless Bunny]

Originally posted by a passerby:

Originally posted by BEEP BEEP BEEP MISSILE ALERT:

I am the big gae

alrighty then

See, this is why no one can take you seriously here.

[Limbo Mage]

Honestly the mission by itself is not that bad. S-ranking it can be quite the frustration, however. In some places the cloud cover is uneven and it makes taking off the isolated secondary targets a bit of a pain in the ass. Not impossible, but still quite unnerving at times.

[Naruto 607]

Originally posted by Ｓａｌｖａｔｉｏｎ:

Honestly the mission by itself is not that bad. S-ranking it can be quite the frustration, however. In some places the cloud cover is uneven and it makes taking off the isolated secondary targets a bit of a pain in the ass. Not impossible, but still quite unnerving at times.

That's why you need to experiment with what Sp. Weapon should be used and what strategy that's best suited for this mission. I've tried this more than 30 times and Ik which aircraft and weapon that'll be best suited if I'm ever going for S-rank again.

[Ian032]

Originally posted by a passerby:

Trying to get S rank on Ace is such a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ pain in the ass. The missile gets launched as soon as you get out of cloud cover. And on top of that, you're sometimes not even considered to be in clouds even though you're literally visibly under the clouds and hugging the ground. What a stupid mission

Yeah its damn difficult

[r_plus_seven]

There's a pattern on how to navigate in between valleys, you also need that SP weapon that has long anti range surface missile with great damage (I believe I used a Rafale M specifically for this mission). It is doable but with alot of tries, killing the named ace on this mission is harder imo.