Thread 724984007

How do I beat Mission 8? I can only get a couple kills before the time limit. My missiles always miss unless a plane is coming head on at me and trying to maneuver behind an enemy is impossible. Dogfighting feels like trying to hit a fly with a sledgehammer no matter what combination of breaking, turning, yawing, and rolling I try.

Playing on Hard with "Expert" controls

Shoot enemy planes until they explode.

>>724984007 (OP)
>My missiles always miss unless a plane is coming head on at me and trying to maneuver behind an enemy is impossible.
Have you tried not going full afterburner when turning? Speed doesn't affect your turn rate. Never fire on a plane perpendicular to you, it will 100% always miss. Missiles always follow the plane's engines, so you need the enemy's ass to be in front of you.

>>724984007 (OP)
Tried changing your plane/special missile? Make sure you're using a fighter jet with the multi lock on missiles. Also, why do people include this in the top 3 AC games, the story barely even exists and the rest seems generic with a few songs being the exception

>>724986710
>Have you tried not going full afterburner when turning?
Yes, if you read the post I did mention breaking right next to the word turning. The rest of your post is stuff I know. I want advice on how to maneuver behind enemies.

>>724986761
I don't want to rely on the gimmicky weapons to barely eek out a win, I want to git gud.

>>724984007 (OP)
Chase and kill the SR-71 at the start of the mission then kill AWACS and Tanker planes that is more than half the points you need
Also learn how to properly use missiles

>>724987416
Just turn nigga, turn.

>>724987416
You're missing out if you only want to use the basic missiles. Just make sure you have the best plane you can afford, you can always just slow down if an enemy is on your tail or slow enough to loop behind them. Theres also post stall maneuvers but I can't remember if AC4 has them.

>>724988062
The solution is to just buy a different plane? Which one is that and why is it so much more nimble than the other fighters?

>>724984007 (OP)
the SR-71 you're targeting at the beginning of the mission and the tanker/radar aircraft on the outskirts of the furball are worth big points.
If you're struggling you need a manuverable air to air plane and a special that can actually kill things. if you're trying for an S rank you literally need to use your special weapons bays and gun to get enough kills
>don't shoot at planes you aren't trailing or aren't stiff-arming head on at full speed
>try to get a feel for when a plane is changing the direction it evades because the moment it stops changing direction is the moment it is most vulnerable

>>724989378
That's an F-16C. The third unlockable plane.

>>724984007 (OP)
You have to make certain the plane you're firing at doesn't have its nose visible when you fire at it, that lets you know that it has a large enough vector difference to easily outpace your missile.

>>724986761
>Also, why do people include this in the top 3 AC games, the story barely even exists and the rest seems generic with a few songs being the exception
>hello my name is Anon and I have shit garbage taste in everything

>>724986761
>why do people include this in the top 3
because no other game gives me chills like all of mission 18 after I thought mission 17 was it

>>724991018
<<You're not going to believe this Jean-Louis. All of them have Ribbon insignias!>>

OP here finally eeked out a win using the F16, but it still feels like a fluke when I find myself in position, like it's more the AI screwing up rather than me playing well. Kinda weird for the game to go from 7 missions of shooting at the ground to the biggest furball I've seen so far, but it's pretty aesthetic. The flashbacks are kino.

>>724991397
>beat farbanti thinking it was over
>next mission option
>no briefing music
>briefing screen startup sounds are deafening without operation playing
>"A group of young Eurisan officers have taken control of Megalith, a rocket launcher facility designed to shoot down asteroid fragments in orbit."
>the plan is described
>hangar music has a speech
>start mission
>ALT: 6666
>All aircraft: Follow Mobius 1
>listening to the ground units combat dialogue
>Shoot! Shoot! Over by the stairs! Damnit! They've got a flamethrower!
>Heaven's Gate playing when the main silo opens up
it was all too kino to describe
people under 20 will never get it

>>724991628
You'll get better, after 4 skip 5, go straight for zero and become the flying demonic terror you were always meant to be

>>724991791
5 can't be that bad, can it?
Also which other titles in the series are playable on PC/emulate well aside from the PS2 ones and AC7 (and are worth playing)?

>>724991791
I don't get why people put 5 on a pedestal. The story presentation is good sure but your squad and your melodramatic wingman radio chatter is the worst thing in the game. I actually was glad when chopper died

>>724991791
>ignore 5
>play Zero for the worst replay gimmick ever
Ace type for bosses was ass and the worst fucking part of bothering to replay Zero, I have no fucking idea why people jerk Zero off in regards to replayability, as only the enemy aces change and only a select few have actually fun to fight against gimmicks or techniques.

>>724991720
iktfb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvOGqG5KP0A&list=RDIvOGqG5KP0A&start_radio=1

>>724986761
>why do people include this in the top 3 AC games
Good clean fun throughout that keeps it very replayable while 5 and 7 have some annoying ass gimmick missions and most people haven't even played the PSX games or 7th gen one so there's ultimately not a lot of competition for being top 3. Zero, of course, is the best and it's not even close.

>>724992196
>I don't get why people put 5 on a pedestal
Anon, /v/ fucking HATES 5. I may be the only one who prefers it over 4 since it gets shitted in every thread.

>>724991628
>Kinda weird for the game to go from 7 missions of shooting at the ground to the biggest furball I've seen so far, but it's pretty aesthetic

yeah, that's nothing compared to pic related

>reach mission 11
>experience the wildest furball in history of aerial dogfighting

once you unlock the mission modifier if you finish this game's first run, it will get even better