Recommended mods?

[Morbis]

Looking for something thati'll change up the gameplay, AI difficulty etc.

[K4_Kydure]

Skies Unbalanced.

[Orifan1]

and skies rebalanced. additionally, get a hud mod that makes sense for the aircraft that you're bringing.

know your enemy might make it a bit more interesting, seeing flavor text next to more enemies

[Naruto 607]

If you want smth extreme, there's always the Enhanced Gunplay mod. Guns are adjusted to a realistic firerate according to RL specs. And the AI can be unforgiving if you're the first to try.

But, if you prefer a deathwish with EG mod, the Gauntlet difficulty patch is there as well.

[知不知道什么叫异化跟具体化]

proportional guided missile！

[Clickshe]

Originally posted by Naruto 607:

If you want smth extreme, there's always the Enhanced Gunplay mod. Guns are adjusted to a realistic firerate according to RL specs. And the AI can be unforgiving if you're the first to try.

But, if you prefer a deathwish with EG mod, the Gauntlet difficulty patch is there as well.

Hmm... Interested on difficulty mods certainly, although I am not going to bother with start with 99% damage received BS though... AA guns in this game are pretty damn accurate. Increased number of varying difficulty of enemies.

That is a thought, BUT, I first want to complete my gun only run... Homecoming, Lost Kingdom, Lighthouse and Dark Blue are remaining... I have been taking it probably a bit too slowly and have been quite distracted with other games, I completed Battle for Farbanti and Last Hope.

I almost made a critical error during mission 15 (Battle for Farbanti) when I was done with sinking few bigger ships and several small ones with MGP and MG, I started riddling the grounded Aegis, without noticing that I am relatively low on ammo about 550 on MGP and time was running out on for me to get resupply... I had to get seriously careful with MGP ammo when Sol Squadron flied into the fray.

[King Fossil]

Originally posted by Clickshe:

I almost made a critical error during mission 15 (Battle for Farbanti) when I was done with sinking few bigger ships and several small ones with MGP and MG, I started riddling the grounded Aegis, without noticing that I am relatively low on ammo about 550 on MGP and time was running out on for me to get resupply... I had to get seriously careful with MGP ammo when Sol Squadron flied into the fray.

You can reload by restarting from checkpoint. It's kinda cheating but you can do it if you need to.
it also completely heals you.

[Hugh G. Rection]

You want challenging, huh? Try 'Ace Combat: Player-Controlled Strategic Bombers'. Dogfighting Mihaly's Su-30s in a B-1B should be a hoot!

[Hugh G. Rection]

Sidenote, checkpoints aren't cheating per se, though I know much of the younger online community likes to see it that way these days (not directing that specifically at you, Foss). Checkpoints are more an ergonomic issue to prevent the player bashing their head against a wall (figuratively) when the difficultly spikes, or smashing their gamepad/HOTAS out of frustration for the same reason. Nothing is more off-putting than shanking a mission, say, like the very final one during the tunnel segment, and having to start from scratch and spending another 20+ minutes to get back there.

...but yeah, the complete heal from the checkpoint is a tad cheaty though.