Flight Specialist Achievement Tips

[Kahrkura]

Anyone have any tips on going for this achievement?

I tried a run with the Jet Mech, Ice Mech, and Defense Mech. Lost on the second to last turn of the final mission. Not enough damage output with this squad. Had to get creative on kills just to get that far. I'm considering swaping the Defense Mech out for the Nano Mech.

Does anyone know if having Prospero as a pilot on a non-flying mech with his ability enabled allows for acquisition of this achievement? I'm thinking of giving that a try. It would make things much, much easier.

[Saint Mab]

My plan is to try two Jets and a Swap mech.
Tried three Jet mechs for maximum hilarity but they have no means of displacement so that run didn't last long.

Not sure if Prospero would count or not, though I'm assuming it won't.

[Kahrkura]

Interesting. Didn't realize you can grab multiple of a mech. I'm gonna try the Prospero thing and post if it worked.

[Terrkas]

Originally posted by Kahrkura:

Interesting. Didn't realize you can grab multiple of a mech. I'm gonna try the Prospero thing and post if it worked.

I think one of the achievements is even, win with 3 times the same mech.

[Saint Mab]

Originally posted by Terrkas:

Originally posted by Kahrkura:

Interesting. Didn't realize you can grab multiple of a mech. I'm gonna try the Prospero thing and post if it worked.

I think one of the achievements is even, win with 3 times the same mech.

Three Ice Shield guys made short work of this one.
Flying's proving to be tougher without tankiness, and 3 Jets wont be a great without that +cloud dmg item.

[Kahrkura]

Originally posted by Terrkas:

Originally posted by Kahrkura:

Interesting. Didn't realize you can grab multiple of a mech. I'm gonna try the Prospero thing and post if it worked.

I think one of the achievements is even, win with 3 times the same mech.

Heh. Right. I even read that achievement before, it just didn't register.

On the topic of using Prospero to get that achievement, apparently it's a no-go. I used him with his ability powered in a non-flying mech and the achievement didn't trigger.

Originally posted by Andrius:

Originally posted by Terrkas:

I think one of the achievements is even, win with 3 times the same mech.

Three Ice Shield guys made short work of this one.
Flying's proving to be tougher without tankiness, and 3 Jets wont be a great without that +cloud dmg item.

Interesting. I'll try that next.

[Terrkas]

Originally posted by Kahrkura:

On the topic of using Prospero to get that achievement, apparently it's a no-go. I used him with his ability powered in a non-flying mech and the achievement didn't trigger.

Yes, I tried it also. It gets a red cross, right at the start and finishing a mission with him letting the not flying unit fly, doesn't change it either.

[Kahrkura]

Originally posted by Andrius:

Originally posted by Terrkas:

I think one of the achievements is even, win with 3 times the same mech.

Three Ice Shield guys made short work of this one.
Flying's proving to be tougher without tankiness, and 3 Jets wont be a great without that +cloud dmg item.

Very good call on using three Ice Mechs. Made this a piece of cake AND a two-for-one with the three-of-a-kind achievement.

[bossmuro]

I never considered three ice mechs. I did it with Jet, Defense, Ice. A big part of my strategy was shielding the ice mech early, making it immune to it's self-freeze. (You can get the same effect with Bethany as your starter pilot, but that feels too much like cheating to me.)

[Istarune]

I did this one with triple swap mech. Got my air and my three of a kind out of the way at once.
I've heard triple ice mech does well too.

Having certain pilots that boost reactor, or have an innate attack also helps, but I didn't have these at the time I got the achievement.

Remember, you can blitz things at 2 islands, and sometimes do better.

[lepape]

Ice Artillery + Shield (Bethany Pilot and the Shield Flying Robot) is an amazing combo, as it doesn't Freeze after shooting when it's shielded. It's very easy if you do it this way.

[Saint Mab]

Originally posted by Andrius:

My plan is to try two Jets and a Swap mech.

This worked.
I started in the Desert Island, lucked out and got the Clouds-do-Lightning-damage item after clearing the island, and upgraded Jet damage first.

Was a tricky run but worked out.

[carolina dog]

Three swap mechs. First few levels are challenging and you might lose a few bars of power but should be smooth sailing once you land your first power core.

[Wharrrrrrgarbl]

Just did a 2 island victory (albeit on easy) with Silica and a Jet, Ice, and Nano team. Nano and Jet did most of the heavy lifting, since you can smoke up to 4 tiles in one turn with Silica in a jet, and nano has both push and acid to make up for the jet's crap damage.

I'm not sure how I feel about Ice, since freezing definitely saved my bacon a number of times, but I feel like there were an equal number of turns where it was busy unfreezing itself. It helped that Ice is strong on the first turn, while Jet and Nano take some time to set up. Ice also got very strong in the last fight, because if you hover over lava it breaks the freeze immediately, so you can shoot every turn.

[Istarune]

I did it with triple Swap Mech, it was way easier than trying to do damage.