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Aerocrane

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I thought I was free, but now they are pulling me back in.

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"[Back Again!] Pride of Single Line" Ranking Event is starting soon!
From the 14th of October until the 19th.

Rewards:

Planes:
ASF-X -Ridgebacks- (rank 200 or better)
MiG-21bis -Sagittarius- (rank 3000 or better)

Emblems:
Butterfly Master (rank 1000 or better)
Butterfly Master #2 (rank 200 or better)
Ridgebacks (rank 5000 or better)

Nicknames:
Beyond the Skies Above (top 20 only)
Single Line (rank 3000 or better)
Butterfly Master (rank 1000 or better)
Mr. Sky Pirate (rank 100000 or better)
19th Special Squadron (rank 3000-10000)

Lucky numbers: 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 765, 800, 900, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 7650, 8000, 9000, 10000
Reward: ASF-X -Ridgebacks-

Lucky numbers: 1765, 2765, 3765, 4765, 5765, 6765, 7765, 8765, 9765, 10765
Reward: Butterfly Master (emblem)

Also iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls collaboration event part 1.
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I have 109 units of stocked fuel, I could afford to buy another 180 units. If the ASF-X will be a top 200 reward like last time I probably won't have enough fuel to get it. I might try for the ASF-X, getting the emblem should be quite easy as it's only rank 5000 or better.
 
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Aquila

Member
Aerocrane said:
I thought I was free, but now they are pulling me back in.

I have 109 units of stocked fuel, I could afford to buy another 180 units. If the ASF-X will be a top 200 reward like last time I probably won't have enough fuel to get it. I might try for the ASF-X, getting the emblem should be quite easy as it's only rank 5000 or better.
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Don't, you'll be stuck in the endless circlejerk that I'm currently in. You will have the fight the same whales as always for top 200 but a short tournament should lower the amount of fuel needed. Top 5000 will be doable with 6x supplied fuel everyday.
 
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Aerocrane

Member
Aquila said:
Don't, you'll be stuck in the endless circlejerk that I'm currently in. You will have the fight the same whales as always for top 200 but a short tournament should lower the amount of fuel needed. Top 5000 will be doable with 6x supplied fuel everyday.
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I've never tried to get a ranking reward plane in these tournaments, I'll see if I have time to play during the weekend forced sorties. I'm getting the emblem for sure.

Sparkedglory said:
Not gonna lie. I want that F-16
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Assuming you are talking of the plane in the background of the iM@S CG event banner, it's a F-2A with the Event Skin #02 aka XF-2A livery.

EDIT: I'm probably not going to make it for top 200 with 300 fuel. They increased the ASF-X -Ridgebacks- cst to 800 and now it has 35 slots in all categories. Good thing I didn't buy any fuel yet.
 
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Sparkedglory

Member
Aerocrane said:
I've never tried to get a ranking reward plane in these tournaments, I'll see if I have time to play during the weekend forced sorties. I'm getting the emblem for sure.



Assuming you are talking of the plane in the background of the iM@S CG event banner, it's a F-2A with the Event Skin #02 aka XF-2A livery.

EDIT: I'm probably not going to make it for top 200 with 300 fuel. They increased the ASF-X -Ridgebacks- cst to 800 and now it has 35 slots in all categories. Good thing I didn't buy any fuel yet.
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In that case it looks like I need to level up my F-2 then. Which I honestly should've done earlier. I love my Aries FB-22, but that thing costs too much to level when I'm still Trying to get the Haruka F-22 to level 10....one level away and so many credits needed.
 
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Aerocrane

Member
The maintenance is over and the patch is up! Size: 890MB
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Update details:
- Added the limited time only "Excalibur Onslaught" Special Raid Mission to Online Co-Op Missions.
- Added the "Weapons Base Assault (HARD)" mission to Online Co-Op Missions.
- Added new challenges to Challenges Mode.
- Added new aircraft (A-6E Intruder, F-15SE Silent Eagle, F35A Lightning II), parts, emblems and other items.
- Added the "White Moscow", "Avalon Siege" and "Area B7R" stages to Score Battle Team Deathmatches.
- Added the "South-West Russia / Night" area to Free Flight Mode.
- Added "Ttl Cst: Limit to [1500] or less" and "Ttl Cost: Limit to [1500] or more" to the "Aircraft Restricted" section within the room setting options.
- Added a function to change aircraft and special weapon levels. You can adjust these levels on the aircraft set edit screen.
- Added a function that removes aircraft restrictions within rooms.
- Added "Alphabetical Order" to the filters on the aircraft selection screen.
- Increased the level cap for the following aircraft.
From Lv.15 to Lv.20.
　B-1B Lancer
　B-2A Spirit
　ASDX-01 Morgan
　X-02 Wyvern
　ADF-01 FALKEN
　R-101 Delphinus #1
　XFA-27
　XFA-33 Fenrir
　CFA-44 Nosferatu
　GAF-1 Varcolac
　X-49 Night Raven
　Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ixe
　Bf109 G-10
　A6M5 ZERO
　P-38L Lightning
　All Special Aircraft
　*Increasing the level cap for Special Aircraft now requires a "Lv. Cap Increase Request Form."
- Fixed some minor bugs.

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New Cinderella Girls collaboration emblems as drops and new challenges for nicknames.

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ASF-X -Nagase- available as a limited drop until the 25th of November.
 
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Aerocrane

Member
Did "Excalibur Onslaught I" in a 6-player room, we S-ranked it with about 2 minutes to spare. The lasers are cool.

Spent about 20 stocked fuel today, no ASF-X -Nagase- yet :( Just getting all those iDOLM@STER emblems I don't care about in gold boxes :(((
 
mcz117chief

mcz117chief

Member
I came back to do some games again and got lucky enough to get into Excalibur 2...good LORD now that is a hard mission, really glad that it isn't as basic as that mission from AC0. We beat it with about 4 seconds to spare in a 8 man lobby full of 1800+ players.
 
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Aerocrane

Member
"The Unsung War" ranking event returns to milk the whales.
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From 22nd of December until the 5th of January

Rewards:

Planes:
F-14A -R1 Blaze- (rank 200 or better)
F-14A -R2 Edge- (rank 100 or better)
F-14A -R3 Swordsman- (rank 300 or better)
F-14A -R4 Archer- (rank 400 or better)
ASF-X -Happy New Year- (rank 3000 or better)

Emblems:
The Ghosts of Razgriz #2 (top 20 only)
The Heroes of Razgriz #2 (rank 200 or better)
Andersen Nugget (rank 1000 or better)

Nicknames:
The Turning Point of History (top 20 only)
The Unsung War (rank 401-5000)

Lucky Numbers: 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290
Reward: F-14A -R2 Edge-

Lucky Numbers: 216, 226, 236, 246, 256, 266, 276, 286, 296, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 765, 800, 900, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000, 10000
Reward: F-14A - R1 Blaze-

Hasegawa are making a version of their 1/72 scale F-4E Phantom II with the Ace Combat 20th anniversary paintjob seen on the Special Aircraft F-4E -20th Anniversary- in Infinity.
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Aquila

Member
mcz117chief said:
Look what I found, guys :)
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Nice! Looks to be in very good condition too. Did you find it at a flea market or somewhere else? I always check at the local donation stores but I've never scored.

FYI, there's Infinity challenges commemorating AC7's announcement, easy credits and skydiving nugget emblem. A special aircraft lvl 12 form is available as well.
 
mcz117chief

mcz117chief

Member
Aquila said:
Nice! Looks to be in very good condition too. Did you find it at a flea market or somewhere else? I always check at the local donation stores but I've never scored.

FYI, there's Infinity challenges commemorating AC7's announcement, easy credits and skydiving nugget emblem. A special aircraft lvl 12 form is available as well.
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I got it at my favourite store. They accept almost any games that people bring them because they know that nubs like me will buy them (like for example I bought the Mech Collection there, which contains MechWarrior 4 and MechCommander 2, which looks to have been gnawed on by a rodent, for like $10). I have to say that the game plays a lot better than Ace Combat 3, this actually feels much more like the PS2 era Ace Combat games. You can also have a wingman with you (Edge or Slash). If you want it then I would suggest e-bay or amazon, they still have plenty in stock all around the world.

One more thing, I finally unlocked myself the Fenrir for 4.5 million :D
 
cj_iwakura

cj_iwakura

Member
Aerocrane said:
"The Unsung War" ranking event returns to milk the whales.
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From 22nd of December until the 5th of January

Rewards:

Planes:
F-14A -R1 Blaze- (rank 200 or better)
F-14A -R2 Edge- (rank 100 or better)
F-14A -R3 Swordsman- (rank 300 or better)
F-14A -R4 Archer- (rank 400 or better)
ASF-X -Happy New Year- (rank 3000 or better)

Emblems:
The Ghosts of Razgriz #2 (top 20 only)
The Heroes of Razgriz #2 (rank 200 or better)
Andersen Nugget (rank 1000 or better)

Nicknames:
The Turning Point of History (top 20 only)
The Unsung War (rank 401-5000)

Lucky Numbers: 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290
Reward: F-14A -R2 Edge-

Lucky Numbers: 216, 226, 236, 246, 256, 266, 276, 286, 296, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 765, 800, 900, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000, 10000
Reward: F-14A - R1 Blaze-

Hasegawa are making a version of their 1/72 scale F-4E Phantom II with the Ace Combat 20th anniversary paintjob seen on the Special Aircraft F-4E -20th Anniversary- in Infinity.
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I'd be down for that, but this was easily the biggest file to delete to make way for Yakuza 5. I just want that BGM.
 
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Aquila

Member
Yeah, that Cipher looks really good. It's shiny, but that might just be the tears in my eyes.

I've thought about importing a couple of models off amiami but they're just so small and I don't think I have the hands to handle even the simplest of model building.
 
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Aerocrane

Member
There's a new ranking event going on.
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"Cost Restricted Tournament"
From the 7th of January until the 12th
Cost restricted to 1500 or below.

Rewards:

Planes:
Su-25TM -Raven- (rank 200 or better)
A-6E -Nugget- (rank 1000 or better)

Emblems:
Skillful Nugget

Nicknames:
Ultimate Pilot Skills (top 20 only)
One of the Greats (rank 1000 or better)
Skilled Pilot (rank 5000 or better)

Lucky numbers: 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 765, 800, 900, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 7650, 8000, 9000, 10000
Reward: Su-25TM -Raven-

Lucky numbers: 1765, 2765, 3765, 4765, 5765, 6765, 7765, 8765, 9765, 10765
Reward: A-6E -Nugget-

That A-6E Intruder -Nugget- is really cute.
I guess it's time to get the F-4G out of the hangar again for this ranking event.
 
mcz117chief

mcz117chief

Member
Well shit, finally I got another tier 3 special raid (Stonehenge) so I blew 6 fuel since now we have the 6x force sortie event but I only got 600k credits from it -____________________-

I remember that when I finished Moby Dick III with 1 fuel I got over a million.

I guess not getting an S rank is a big deal with these raids. I set up an 8 slot room so that more people could participate and get the emblem and stuff but some of them were 1500 noobs and we only ended up with A rank. Maybe with S rank I would get millions of credits which would really help me with my Fenrir upgrading, oh well.

And btw, does anyone know that this store exists? It sells a TON of Ace Combat swag. I would love that Razgriz t-shirt but it is just for women, like wtf!! If only they had something with Galm team :(
 
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Aerocrane

Member
mcz117chief said:
Well shit, finally I got another tier 3 special raid (Stonehenge) so I blew 6 fuel since now we have the 6x force sortie event but I only got 600k credits from it -____________________-

I remember that when I finished Moby Dick III with 1 fuel I got over a million.

I guess not getting an S rank is a big deal with these raids.

And btw, does anyone know that this store exists? It sells a TON of Ace Combat swag. I would love that Razgriz t-shirt but it is just for women, like wtf!! If only they had something with Galm team :(
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Yeah the difference between A rank and S rank is pretty massive in terms of rewards in special raids.

I checked out that BNE Spreadshirt store when it launched, there was no Ace Combat gear back then. Those Ace Combat products are pretty boring compared to the Tekken, Pac-Man and Tales of stuff they have for sale.
 
mcz117chief

mcz117chief

Member
Well, I guess I must have incredible luck because today I played Stonehenge IV. Unfortunately the same thing happened as yesterday, a bunch of noobs went straight for the guns so we didn't get S so I only got like 500k even with 6 fuel. Maybe they dramatically increased the chance of these raids happening but also dramatically scaled down the rewards? I dunno, it just feels weird that you get 70k for IV special raid even if it is "only" rank A.
 
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strangedopamine

Member
mcz117chief said:
Well, I guess I must have incredible luck because today I played Stonehenge IV. Unfortunately the same thing happened as yesterday, a bunch of noobs went straight for the guns so we didn't get S so I only got like 500k even with 6 fuel. Maybe they dramatically increased the chance of these raids happening but also dramatically scaled down the rewards? I dunno, it just feels weird that you get 70k for IV special raid even if it is "only" rank A.
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Rewards for 3 and 4 raids are the same as usual (40k and 50k for an S respectively), 1 and 2 raids have their rewards increased by 50% which is why I've seen some people getting posting rewards of 1.1 million on Moby Dick II etc.
 
mcz117chief

mcz117chief

Member
strangedopamine said:
Rewards for 3 and 4 raids are the same as usual (40k and 50k for an S respectively), 1 and 2 raids have their rewards increased by 50% which is why I've seen some people getting posting rewards of 1.1 million on Moby Dick II etc.
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The first time I got Moby Dick III about 2 years ago (soon after release) I got over 600k from it (1 fuel). I wrote about it here way back then. So what is the point of IIIs and IVs if they have the same or lesser rewards than Is?
 
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strangedopamine

Member
mcz117chief said:
The first time I got Moby Dick III about 2 years ago (soon after release) I got over 600k from it (1 fuel). I wrote about it here way back then. So what is the point of IIIs and IVs if they have the same or lesser rewards than Is?
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With Forced x6s you can get around 1.4-2 million on an S rank with no research and both contracts on on 3 and 4 raids. You're still getting more than 1 and 2 raids but the amount of money you earn for the lower raids is much closer to the rarer ones. Which I guess is for the people that have trouble getting into rarer raid missions making it a lot easier to get that special Bombcat.
 
mcz117chief

mcz117chief

Member
strangedopamine said:
With Forced x6s you can get around 1.4-2 million on an S rank with no research and both contracts on on 3 and 4 raids. You're still getting more than 1 and 2 raids but the amount of money you earn for the lower raids is much closer to the rarer ones. Which I guess is for the people that have trouble getting into rarer raid missions making it a lot easier to get that special Bombcat.
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What Bombcat?
 
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strangedopamine

Member
mcz117chief said:
What Bombcat?
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This one! Once you win it, it starts off at Lv.5 instead of Lv.1 too!

You need to do three challenges to get it. First one needs you to earn 1,000,000 credits, second one you need 2,000,000, third one you need 3,000,000. You also get 2 skins (one for the A6M5 Zero and one for the F-35A), a Non-Standard Upgrade form and two Special Aircraft Increase Forms (one limited upgrading from Lv.10 to Lv.11, the other limited to upgrading from Lv.11 to Lv.12)
 
mcz117chief

mcz117chief

Member
strangedopamine said:
This one! Once you win it, it starts off at Lv.5 instead of Lv.1 too!

You need to do three challenges to get it. First one needs you to earn 1,000,000 credits, second one you need 2,000,000, third one you need 3,000,000. You also get 2 skins (one for the A6M5 Zero and one for the F-35A), a Non-Standard Upgrade form and two Special Aircraft Increase Forms (one limited upgrading from Lv.10 to Lv.11, the other limited to upgrading from Lv.11 to Lv.12)
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Oh this one, yeah, it looks terrible so I don't bother. Besides, doesn't the challenge end in like 2 days?
 
mcz117chief

mcz117chief

Member
strangedopamine said:
It does, although with a couple of raids those challenges can be done in no time!
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Yeah, if you are willing to spend 6 fuel per mission and play like 30 of 'em I am sure you can. I get about 30k when I get an S rank on Hard missions (no research is about 10k alone) but getting 3 millions requires at least a week of playing.
 
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strangedopamine

Member
mcz117chief said:
Yeah, if you are willing to spend 6 fuel per mission and play like 30 of 'em I am sure you can. I get about 30k when I get an S rank on Hard missions (no research is about 10k alone) but getting 3 millions requires at least a week of playing.
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I just use one fuel at a time till a raid comes up and then force then. Sure you're getting less on normal missions but a x6 on a raid more than makes up for it!
 
mcz117chief

mcz117chief

Member
I finally did it! LVL 7 Fenrir is done and all achievements are done too! A GLORIOUS DAY!!!

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I can safely say I finished the game in my mind.
 
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