Problems with mission 20 phase 3

[MSMW]

So i'm having problems with entering and navigating thru space elevator. I can kill drone and five repeaters with over 30s on the timer. But there goes the part which is impossile for me. I can enter the tower about once in three tries. But After over 30 failures inside the elevator I have no idea how to fly to the top. Without max thrust I stall, with max thrust I hit the wall, baceuse I can't be precise enough at this speed. I'm not kidding, I've been stuck here for over 3 hours yesterday, and over an hour today. Only on this small part of the level, I'm not counting first 2 phases (which I have completed 5 times so far) The best I got was about 6k meters.

I'm using F-22A, with all maneuverability mods I have, extra health (which I don't know if it changes anything in this scenario) and lower colision damage (which is the reason I made it thru the first series of tunnels in less than 20 tries). Normal difficulty, expert controls. I tried with controller, mouse and keyboard. With a lot of crashes.

I have everything in the tree on the level of F-22A, A-10, F15C, F15E and first MIG, about 600k in cash, but I don't mind grinding. No DLC. Also my reflex sucks.

Anyone knows how I can make it to the end? Any hints?

[MSMW]

Now this is embarrasing. After posting this I managed to finish mission on the second try. How? I'm not sure. I guess I just got good. (or rather lucky)

[Rastrelly]

It's not hard when you get the hang of it, actually. Just no hurrying. Slowly at sub-minimal speed turn to the crack (it's highlighted by red lights, so you know when to turn even without seeing it), then approach it while accelerating a bit, and start going up. When you are inside the shaft, avoid rolling, only pitch and yaw, and mostly - yaw, pitch only if a gondola gets directly in your way. Accelerate a bit when you are below something like 800-900.

In any case, grats on doing it!

[Devsman]

Yeah, the tunnel missions in these games are kind of a trial by fire. You eventually get a feel for it but it takes a lot of game overs to get there.

Congrats on your victory! But if anyone else is struggling here, here are a couple of tips:

1. Pitch and yaw, never roll. You have much more fine control this way.

2. Experiment to see how little speed you can get away with in your chosen plane. It may be that you have to max thrust it to get fast enough to climb, but you might not have to hold it the whole time.

3. Don't overcorrect! Unless you're about to crash this exact instant, in which case you're probably a goner regardless, make very gentle course corrections.

So yeah, basically what Rastrelly said, lol. (I didn't read)

[The Maned Wolf]

I somehow managed to beat this level with that large plane that has UAV's, don't ask me how.

[Rastrelly]

The Maned Wolf님이 먼저 게시:

I somehow managed to beat this level with that large plane that has UAV's, don't ask me how.

It's stable as ♥♥♥♥, so climbing phase is trivial. The only real problem is stuffing this massive thynge into the tunnel and not braking off wingtips.

[The Maned Wolf]

Rastrelly님이 먼저 게시:

The Maned Wolf님이 먼저 게시:

I somehow managed to beat this level with that large plane that has UAV's, don't ask me how.

It's stable as ♥♥♥♥, so climbing phase is trivial. The only real problem is stuffing this massive thynge into the tunnel and not braking off wingtips.

Yea, took a few tries to find which pixel the game thought my wings were clipping into.

[Paladestar]

The dedicated manoeuvrability parts aren't really worth it, ever. I've never had the problem with my plane stalling out during the climb when just letting my plane passively thrust.

Each to their own I guess, but for every plane I use, I always pick the same four body parts:

Cutting-Edge Airbrakes
Variable Cycle Engine
ECU Software Update
Queen's Custom

Then four arms parts, specifically depending on my preferred special weapon for any given mission.

Maybe the four body parts I use help to prevent the stalling in the final climb of mission 20, when just using passive thrust? As other's have said, you really just want to focus on using the yaw controls to steer during the climb, using pitch only where your dorsal or ventral are getting too close to the side. Roll is very dangerous during the climb with the harsh and changing cross-winds. Only go as fast as you have to, more speed just makes the random wind changes even more of a problem.