Practical Joke(r)s EditionPrevious Mission: >>587350331>AC8 OUT NOWhttps://s.team/a/2288340https://youtu.be/F54vGYxj0ts>404th squadron ID70688023Add a hint that you're from the thread in your player comment to join>Online Progression Guidehttps://files.catbox.moe/g0cq7z.png>Aircraft & Part Database (SP Spoilers)https://ac8-database.pages.dev>Aces at War 2029https://pastebin.com/WMkgZKYM>AC7https://s.team/a/502500>Shootout Saturday is back! /aceg/ rooms are open every Sat at 1930 CET/1330 EST, with three rules:Put /aceg/ in your tag before game for IFF purposesNo EML/QAAM/SASMIn Roca Roja, use ONLY air-to-ground special weapons in the tunnel>Official /aceg/ AC7 MP guidehttps://rentry.org/acegMPguide>AC7 Resourceshttps://pastebin.com/Xbb41nvVhttps://rentry.org/ho8mm>AC6 is playable on PC via recomphttps://youtu.be/vr9m2XHpWYY>ACI is playable again!http://youtu.be/Q9wDRE7PszU>/aceg/ Emulation Guidehttps://rentry.org/ybyx6>AC3 Translation Patcheshttps://pastebin.com/ET0rSVc3>/aceg/ livery and emblem packhttps://rentry.org/3tokr>Encyclopedia Strangerealhttp://www.encycstra.net>New /aceg/ MEGAhttps://pastebin.com/aYYx2UKm>PA twitterhttps://x.com/PROJECT_ACES (JP)https://x.com/AceCombatGames (EN)>Kono's twitterhttps://x.com/kazutoki>Misc Stuffhttps://rentry.co/acegmisc>Project Wingmanhttps://s.team/a/895870>SPECIAL MESSAGE TO /aceg/ FROM PIXYhttps://www.cameo.com/v/qSL5bOosg>/aceg/ Permalinkhttp://orph.link/aceg>OP Templatehttps://pastebin.com/P0E8NwWCBECAUSE IT BEARS REPEATING:>Skill and guts are required here>Be a buddy, not a border>All planes are beautiful dreams>DELAY THE FINAL ATTACKFAQ>Has the Project Wingman update dropped yet?Haha...>Has a PS2 trilogy remake been announced yet?No.
post afterburners
What do you think the first names of the following are?O. Shawn (Green Team)D. Ishaq (Land Battleship 1)J. Tiwari (Land Battleship 2)A. Webb (Sharks)C. Perez (Jackpot 1)S. Perez (Pollux)M. Stan (Magnet)O. Kestner (Immortals)A. Garnett (Purple Magic)D. Keyes (Purple Magic)
>>587486359All of them are Michael
>>587486359S. Perez is for Sergio and C. is for Checo.
Serious question time!https://poal.me/xfrtoghttps://poal.me/xfrtoghttps://poal.me/xfrtog
Jenkins is Rex’s husbando…
>>587486359I swear I recognize some of these names from somewhere outside of AC8 but my mind can't put two and two together. Probably are easter eggs relating to characters from other IP's but ones I am thinking of is a bit of a stretch.
>>587486075
She was a rescue pilot who fishes you out at the beginning of the game.And she's cute
Trigger won
>>587492059Coster really has the hots for her.
>>587492059Coster can smile?
So Coster does have a girlfriend afterall?
>>587493705Yea, Kate
>>587493893That's his mom you retard.
>>587493965he looks like he's in his 40s with his helmet and mask on
>>587485876Cute OP is cuteLink to full?
>>587494418That's what lack of sleep because you were up all night listening to Purple Magic will do to you.>>587495245>>587303706
>>587494418His fuccboi haircut shaves off 20 years
>>587494418He has such pretty eyes desu…
>>587493705Tasha's with him in literally every cutscene. Even when they're depressed over Baxter they're being "alone together," with Tasha being in earshot of Coster smashig his guitar. Mobius forbid a guy be quiet and reserved or else people dtart thinking he's gay. Or a school shooter. Or a gay school shooter.
>>587497109Onde again, it's the fuckboi haircut with beard combo. Send that man to a barbershop asap.
>>587495949>>587497492It's not like we don't know what he looks like when he doesn't look like a shaggy dog.
>>587497109Yeah but Tasha is his little sister. Look at the way Coster eyes the fire department girl? At least we know he is not gay now.>>587497492Kate is letting the kids go through their phases within reason.
>>587497951Holy shit, it's Brock Lesnar without the steroids
There's zero chance Coster didn't go back to Yuktobania with Tasha and put three kids into her.
>>587495587Thanks
>>587498493>Yeah but Tasha is his little sister.and they've got a folgers relationship>Look at the way Coster eyes the fire department girl?why do you think tasha's dancing at the very front of the stage? she doesn't want some singing seductress hussie to steal her guy
>>587498957Only if she plays an instrument
Please just add the nighthawk my withdrawal symptoms are growing
>>587497951The aces of war book has got some outright memeworthy faces. I really should crop a few when I am not feeling lazy.>>587498957The new lore opening up makes me think he went for a helicopter ride instead.>>587499451Tasha should be busy making model airplanes with her daddy rather than thinking about dating boys.
im literally getting 1 shot by qaams constantly onlinewhat the fuck are you supposed to do
>>587500679Kulbit
>>587500679You're not supposed to play online. It was made as a joke.
Why does a level 1 Su-34 handle twice as well as a level 15 F-15E?
>>587500679Clouds and also not play online.
>>587500679Only do scrambles and e-sorties.
scary
>>587501361ITS THE OGROI!!!!!
>>587500679Brake hard but stay going fast
>>587493705No Twewy didn't put a rail gun shot through him
>with the general blueprint cap being doubled it now takes the same amount of time to earn 60 golds for the streagle as it used to take getting 30 golds for the fullduck>thanks to all the celebration events I have a fuckton of XP contracts to level the streagle in esortiesIt's cozy to have the trifecta of Fullback, Frogfoot, and Strike Eagle to facefuck any ground target with. But really I'm just glad to have a faster SFFSbote to bully the Alicorn with.
>>587499730Best i can do is have it as a one off enemy plane
>>587500679Hit-and-run tactics, plus your gun. If possible, don't 1v1 a QAAM-57.
https://ac8-database.pages.dev/hangar/f35c/?mode=online&limitbreak=3&level=20&body=158002,19002,147002&arms=119002,122002,123002&special=lacm,8agm&abilities=232,229,271Do you think a pure missile groundpounder could work for warfare? This is is the best I could come up with while messing around, and it's so dumb in concept I want to try it.Fast, mobile and high stealth with quick lock-on and plenty of ammo so you can still blast targets even if you're being harassed.
>>587504038Did wHYOOO always look like this?
New Bomb Rack Safety Device Any point in using that part in MP? or should I save my arms slot for other parts?
>Level 1 A-10 on Chandelier>MVP by a 15k margin>Didn't even get the barrel killWhy are these turbonuggies never my pvp opponents?
>>587504796Not really worth it, high level planes are so maneuverable that the wider release angles are irrelevant. Plus for UGBs/UGBLs slotting in both bomb explosive parts to radiusmax is very meta. For SFFS taking both level 2 submunition parts for +2 bomblets and +10% bomblet blast radius is the way to go.
>>587504949You never get to be Rex in MP you only get to be Ventus
>>587504575That sounds really silly and you'll probably do pretty well for a few games because people will have no idea how to deal with it.Snipe big clusters with LACMs to soften them up, then swoop in with a volley of 8AGMs to clear out what's left, and bail out again.
Does the database have online character cosmetics too? Now that I think about it I've only seen OD/tan flight suits in the US and sometimes Russians wear blue
>>587504575Sounds like good dumb fun. Waiapolo and the land portions of Artiglio/Farbanti could be fun, with the caveat that Heavy Howitzers and Siege Tanks (and maybe some EX targets on high difficulties?) will survive the LACM strike so you'll need to follow up. Ships might pose challenging because AA fire will eat a number of your 8AGMs if you don't LACM them first, but with only 28 LACM rounds you'll need to spam triangle a bunch to make sure you're prioritizing Aegis/etc. ships with heavy AA presense that'll make your 8AGM follow-ups less effective and so you still have plenty of ammo for the land targets.
>All planes are beautiful dreamsit's a nice sentiment but unfortunately it's not true, some planes in fact abominable monstrositiesname your top 3 ugliest planes
>>587509001F-15, F-35, F-16
>>587509001f5mig21typhoonye-8 is the single most beautiful airframe ever built btw
>>587509498Not with that horrendous box intake
>>587509001J-8IIJ-10J-20Though honestly 95% of chinkshit could enter the top 3 depending on how I feel that day.
>>587500962Please respond.
>>587509498>Typhoon bad>YE-8 goodThey both have the same boxYou've lost your mind anon
>>587509001f3590 percent of eurofag glup shittosevery project wingman OC
>>587510136yeah and somehowye-8 sparks joyand the yurofighter does not spark joy
Jumped on an EA-6 and a teammate got the kill. 5 seconds later I eat a missile and the killcam shows an invisible dead EA-6. My jaw is still on the floor Bamco what in the world
Just prevented the rocket launch and boy it is the best (so far) moment of soundtrack matching the intensity of what is happening.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKFSIOleDw0
>>587509498>f5>typhoonI will literally shit down your throat m8 I swear
>>587509001F-4, Viggen, YF-23
>>587509859The J-20 isn't THAT ugly.
>>587509498>F5 uglyExcuse me?
>>587511172f18 is the refined form of the freedom fighterwhich is ugly by itself, but shines once worked upon
>>587510887>>587511172looks like a cheap toy
Anything without vertical stabilizer or with top intakes is the ugliest plane ever
>>587511042This one is bait
>>587511543No it's notAlways found the F-4 and 23 ugly as shit, I was thinking about russian shit for the third one but there's so many pig disgusting russian planes I couldn't decide on one, so I went with Viggen (sweden never made a good looking jet until the Gripen, except maybe the Lansen)
Hmm today I will try to queue up for a multiplayer match to see if I can play it finally, get error ST-3200003, then go back to playing singleplayer.
>>587509001gripenmiragetyphoon
>>587511343Why didn't the FCU just shoot hypersonic missiles at the land battleships?
do the land battleships go on water too
>>587509001Whatever >>587512297 anons top 3 are
>>587512485Yeah but they end up becoming more a mobile kettle when exposed to water.
>>587512485yes actually
>>587512485They're called land battleships not water battleships
>>587512650I thought they were called air fryers?
>>587512485Probably, hard to imagine it reaching the space elevator using that tiny bridge
>>587509001Just unlocked this fucking thing in ACX and it's cracking me up
>>587510284I collided with a dead carrier jet that I gunned from behind the other day and the killcam showed it frozen in the air burnt but not decaying
>>587514042The G04T-SE is a fine plane
>>587504575I've seen an F-35 full ground clear Waiapolo before, for what it's worthThe reload times seem irksome, but basically always having something in range to pew pew instead of having to close in probably makes up for it
>>587509001EL Lightning is fucking UGLY. After that? Ehh. Mig-23 and 27 are pretty fucking ugly.
Planes with smug aura which mocks you?
>>587514620F-111
>>587514620X-32
>>587517193Oh n-
>>587512650submarines aren't called supermarines and yet they can sail on the surface
>>587514042As far as "we need thrust vectoring but can't make a proper vectoring nozzle, what do" solutions go that's decently elegant in its brutal simplicity
>>587514556>EL Lightning is fucking UGLY.Britain only ever made like 3, maybe 4 good looking planes in the entire history of their aviation industry. It's actually impressive
Someone brought up Dawn in the last thread, so figured I'll give my shitty review for those who may be interested. Soundtrack is great, since it's Pavli, but I can understand why he said it'll feel different - it was specifically made to fit the scenes, so outside of them it may not hit as good. VAs did a great job too - there were a few "meh" performances, but overall they're good. Story is... alright, it's not Ace Combat, there's no going from nobody to an ace - Zodiac starts as a well-known ace and is simply driven by his desire for revenge, and it pretty much keeps being that until the very end. Despite there not being that many characters in the first place, most of them are one-dimensional and don't get enough time for any development outside of Zodiac and maybe Morningstar if you can consider it as "development" . The lore overall is extremely basic, and the extras from the War Room don't really add anything to the plot.As for the presentation, it's not that good. I get that it wasn't supposed to be a movie in the first place, but they really dragged out everything they had to turn it into one. While the 2D artwork is pretty good, it suffers from constant reuse. You'll be seeing the same few shots of Zodiac or AWACS pretty much the entire movie. They do it way less with 3D scenes, but those suffer from framerate drops and occasional glitches. And the artstyle for 2D scenes kinda dropped near the end, especially for a specific character. Not sure if it was intentional or not, but it honestly looks like they just did the sketches and decided to roll with them.tldr: Should you buy? I'd say yes if you want to support Jose as a director and want him to produce more. And if you just want a decent airplane movie - you might consider it, as long as you don't mind it being made by amateurs. And if you just want Ace Combat but movie - don't buy it, since outside of a few references it's not that.
lollmaolv2 btw
dwarven niggaskozaki always seems to draw characters with either super long arms, or really short ones. kate similarly looks strange but the rest looks fine though, so who knows
>>587519440His torso just looks short because his flight suit is tied above his waist.
Need four more sorties go host some.
>>587520185First search result was hosted by "Sneed" on the PlayStation thank you for hosting even though I was too late to join
>>587496974They did a good job of making everyone look attractive even with most of their face covered.
>>587517193Palletized cruise missiles are some of the coolest simple shit in the modern military.
I like 8's heavier, slightly less anime flight physics
>>587520924I would too if PSMs didn't throw it all out the window.
>>587521329Not a problem if you stay away from the multiplayer clownshow
>>587520924Nah they need to go back to 04 style. Snap rolling. Maintaining speed an inertia. High-G is gay it all feels the same no unique planes. Brake hard for a bit, wait for cooldown and do it again, repeat. And it still slows you down to 300kts 600kph when you let off the throttle.
>>587519270Sounds like FAN's writing all right. Also hard pass on ever supporting this, these fucks took five years to deliver on this kickstarter and went radio silent for years regarding its progress. It's not vaporware but between this and the PW artbook I don't trust any project FAN touches with my money.
>>587521816They just need more planes with quirks like the CFA-44 and how it will maintain a high-g until you level out so planes feel more unique.
>>587521873qrd on this FAN guy?
>>587522534Wrote for PW. Is pretty annoying. Also never delivered on the art book promised for people who gave them money for it on kickstarter
>>587522534wrote the story for Project Wingman, convinced himself he is pulitzer prize material, pooped on ace combat, and is generally an unlikable cunt
>>587521873Yeah, I wouldn't have pledged if I knew all of that beforehand, but oh well, at least I'm in the credits I guess. I still think it's at least worth whatever they're asking on Steam, since it roughly costs as a movie ticket but comes with the extras like the OST.
>>587521329>>587521641From what I've seen so far, PSM is less useful in 8 because the risk of getting third partied is too high. But I have used them safely on occasion, and I've seen others do the same, so it largely comes down to how aware the LAAM spammers are.
>>587522534Wrote the plot for Project Wingman and Dawn Aerowar. Posts his dumbass takes on twitter all the time, which while not a big deal sucks because he's PW's "official" PR guy and the other folks involved with PW/DA are pretty silent on social media. So the closest things to updates on those projects people had for years was some unrelated babbling from this dude.PW also infamously promised an artbook for its kickstarter that has never released, and going by their job descriptions that was FAN's responsibility. While the game is ultimately the responsibility of some aussie /aceg/ poster named Arby, he literally coded the entire game himself and isn't constantly posting dumb shit online so I'll cut him some slack.
>>587522901so that explains the shit writingwhat causes the amateur hour dialogue? i mean sure VAs are expensive, but its like a high schooler wrote the script
>>587520620Though I am loathe to give it a mention, MW4 has a killstreak that launches missiles out of a pallet and it does actually look pretty cool.
>>587519415>Su-35SThat poor bastard.
>>587500679Keep your speed up and keep turning, but in general to get out of the situation you're going to want your teammates to have brains and actually dogpile the fucker that infringed upon your airspace.
