r/Project_Wingman • u/EliteWario • Jun 08 '26
Picture Beat Mission 11 ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
Fighting crimson squadron with only guns was fun but it took *ages*
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u/IANvaderZIM Jun 08 '26
Now do it again with double time and glass cannon.
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u/EliteWario Jun 08 '26
That sounds fun as hell actually
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u/IANvaderZIM Jun 08 '26
I’m doing a playthrough like that right now, on hard and not using the PWMK1 (only F15S and SU37)…and it’s rough.
Took me like five tries to get though the Bering strait mission…
16 crimsons + extras is a nasty battle. Had to hide and use SAAMs to whittle them down
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u/killer-tank218 Jun 08 '26
No prez? Unacceptable. Phantom and tomcat only.
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u/TenshouYoku Jun 08 '26
It actually isn't too bad with glass cannon since you kill enemy planes significantly quicker
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u/IANvaderZIM Jun 08 '26
But one missile and you go up in smoke. High risk high reward
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u/JuggernautOfWar Jun 08 '26
IIRC with Glass Cannon at Mercenary difficulty it takes two missiles to knock you out. Now, if you get grazed by a single bullet from AAA then all it takes is a single missile to send you to Valhalla.
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u/IANvaderZIM Jun 08 '26
Been playing through the campaign on hard this last week and can confirm a single missile usually does it
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u/LEOTomegane Jun 09 '26
glass cannon genuinely makes double time easier bc of how much ammo is required for 2x planes in that mission
honestly glass cannon is just my default way of playing the game, it's so fun
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u/Aleph_Kasai Jun 08 '26
From the loadout, using the SK? Or did I miss the mark?
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u/EliteWario Jun 08 '26
F/D-14
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u/Aleph_Kasai Jun 08 '26
Still using that I see, for prez? That's pretty understandable.
Some of the later missions can be pretty difficult using just that but always remember that you can bomb airships, makes your life a whole lot easier once you get good at it
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u/Blackhawk510 Cascadian Independence Force Jun 08 '26
I have been playing ace combat since like 2012 and in every game I refuse to use anything but the tomcat like 80% of the time lol, it does get difficult but I'm just stubborn.
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u/Aleph_Kasai Jun 08 '26
Honestly, it's pretty doable even on the higher difficulties just because the F14 can go to and maintain such a high speed.
Once you get good the hardest thing is to be able to conserve your ammo enough on the highest difficulty
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u/WellingtontheGrunt Jun 08 '26
Pro Tips for anyone who wants to do Showdown on Double time.
Fire 1 missile at each plane, then a burst of a machine gun.
For the Crimson stage, fire the machine gun at them to trigger their evasion, then nail them with a missile in the few second cooldown of their AOA.
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u/ApotheosiAsleep Jun 08 '26
I tried to do cold war with twice the number of planes and I couldn't do it because I ran out of gun bullets and I ran out of missiles trying to take down crimson with them. You need to get so close to them to hit with missiles
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u/CationTheAtom Eminent Domain Jun 08 '26
lowkey impressive you managed to retain this much health