Frontline 59 Mission 04

[SuRge]

May the one who thought this kind of mission in a game with no checkpoints was a good idea step on a LEGO brick at random intervals for the rest of their life.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, it's so evil. I will say, I'm progressing nicely figuring out how to navigate this mission but holy ♥♥♥♥ is it frustrating.

[Apfel]

I feel you men

[SuRge]

I beat the DLC campaign. 10/10 I love being a federation draftee.

[Nameless]

I bet it, and was met with a fatal error, now I have to do it again.
Im tired.

[SheaDy]

I think i've reset 3-4 dozen times on that mission alone.

I feel that a lot of the turns you need to know about ahead of time, so beating it first try is near impossible, unless you move at an absolute snails pace.

There a few neat shortcuts, one that avoids enemy fire almost completely till you read the end,

I don't remember the plane names, but I attempted to do this mission with the "attacker" plane (all anti-ground loadout; i should bring big bombs.. no?) and that was a huge mistake to attempt as many times as I did with it. With a max speed of ~1300k/mph, it made everything painfully slow, although, is the intended speed to listen to all the dialogue.

Definitely a lot more fun when you can go 2000+ k/mph and still maintain good control of your aircraft in those tight spaces.

[Trixie_I]

I just took it slow and did it second try after on first try I went in at full throttle not knowing what to expect and smashed into a wall the moment I passed the initial tunnel entry.

but after that I just kept my speed at around 300-500 and progressed through the level to the end, takes a bit of patience I guess but that's about it.

[Kamanira]

lmao, the exact same thing happened to me.
"I'm gonna blast through thi-"
"K-9A has been shot down."

Felt bad for dragging Eye-tee with me on my suicide charge so I took it slow and aced it (albeit with some close calls)

[PiscesSoedroen]

Did it on the 2nd try, with the first try failing only because i fumbled my controls when attacking the pt boats. Brought the tomcat and was very worth it to hear eyetee trying to accept her imminent death until she unexpectedly saw the stars again

[malospam]

It sucks when developers lose their common sense after first version releases.

[Monstervillia]

7 tries and finally beat it. lol

[AlphaVictorKilo]

Use the sk-27, and don't touch the throttle once you hit the tunnels


You need manuverability, not speed to get through the tunnel. The sk25 (the frogfoot) is terrible because it has an awful turn radius, despite one thinking "oh it's slow, it'll be great for this"

A tip for turning is to not use Yaw turning at all, but flip your plan on the horizontal axis (A/D on the keyboard) and then use the rudder to go up or down. You turn a lot tighter

[Taihou]

Just grab the Froggy, load her with those guided MLAA, take it easy and slow and you'll be able to make it after one or two tries.

An amazing homage to every Ace Combat mission where you need to go down a tight as fug corridor or tunnel in a plane, elevated even higher by Jose's music. The moment they said in the debriefing I was going to fly alone I was already thinking about where they'd send me, what fun mission, and that welcome once you exit the tunnel, holy macaroni.

11/10 would take my adorable WSO with me again on a tunnel date. Peak DLC content right here.

[Ridgebacks]

The only hard part is the final stretch where the tunnel is the narrowest. Did it first try in cockpit view. The cave has more than enough room to even make U turn. Missed the yacht first and had to fly from the end side of that path. I used the F/C-15 with multi-lock ground missile for the base attack. Get those railgun turret first to make it easier.

[Vee]

Beat it in two tries with just the frogfoot loaded out with MLAGs. Go slower to go faster and remember that your rudder exists. Agree with Taihou, great homage mission, unnecessarily fire track as well.

[ebolaisamongus]

Haven't gotten the DLC yet but intrigued by this mission, How does it compare to Ace Combat 5's Wings of Unity tunnel or AC7's Hush tunnel?

[AlphaVictorKilo]

Originally posted by ebolaisamongus:

Haven't gotten the DLC yet but intrigued by this mission, How does it compare to Ace Combat 5's Wings of Unity tunnel or AC7's Hush tunnel?

Honestly, it's a lot easier than AC7's tunnel, way easier