S RANK for any difficulty

[Nxt_Incarnate]

Just want to bring it to those guys who are gonna attempt S rank for any difficulty just be careful of restarting from checkpoint as it count the lost time plus the new time as the total time and it WILL affect your rank. Similarly in missions which give u the option to resupply/repair, if u go ahead and do resupply it also WILL affect your final rank regardless of how well u finished the level. Finish the game, accumulate the first time bonus MRP and focus on getting the F-22 as it is the best for S ranking all the missions. X-02 is also recomended but F-22 will be enough. If you take a bit of damage during the missions continue playing don't restart checkpoint. Taking damage does not affect the rank only that u will be losing the NO DAMAGE BONUS- 10,000 MRP at the summary screen. Your rank will be determined how high u score quickly, finished it without restarting checkpoints and how fast u completed it. So good luck to all attempting for the S rank on ACE difficulty. ?

[Katt]

Wait a second. I've been restarting checkpoints, getting S ranks in almost every mission. What I do though, is restart the checkpoint immediately after reaching them to restock the payload. 

[h4mx0r]

13 minutes ago, Katt said:

Wait a second. I've been restarting checkpoints, getting S ranks in almost every mission. What I do though, is restart the checkpoint immediately after reaching them to restock the payload. 

Oh my god why didn't I think of this.

[Nxt_Incarnate]

15 minutes ago, Katt said:

Wait a second. I've been restarting checkpoints, getting S ranks in almost every mission. What I do though, is restart the checkpoint immediately after reaching them to restock the payload. 

 

Yeah im talking like in the long run suppose if things dont go your way inbetween the missions, when u feel like u wasted alot of time and restart checkpoint thinking u will get back that lost time but that lost time plus new time adds up in the final summary. For long day i got my final mission time as 24 minutes on my first try due to the massive amounts of times i used to restart checkpoints in between when i didnt see things my way lol.

[Katt]

17 minutes ago, Proassassin931 said:

 

Yeah im talking like in the long run suppose if things dont go your way inbetween the missions, when u feel like u wasted alot of time and restart checkpoint thinking u will get back that lost time but that lost time plus new time adds up in the final summary. For long day i got my final mission time as 24 minutes on my first try due to the massive amounts of times i used to restart checkpoints in between when i didnt see things my way lol.

Wait, that mission has checkpoints? Anyway... It seems that the time is key to achieve S rank. Here, some stats:

 

Mission 3:

Hard | S rank | Score 20080 | Time 8:59

Destroyed a few Arsenal Bird parts, then destroyed every drone. Restarted checkpoints after Arsenal Bird arrived and after it activated the shield.

 

Ace | A rank | Score 25980 | Time 13:10

Destroyed all Arsenal Bird parts, then destroyed every drone. A disaster here. Drones killed a friendly and I had to restart from checkpoint.

 

Restarting checkpoints to restock your payload is fine as long it doesn't happen too long after you reach them.

[Nxt_Incarnate]

13 hours ago, Katt said:

Wait, that mission has checkpoints? Anyway... It seems that the time is key to achieve S rank. Here, some stats:

 

Mission 3:

Hard | S rank | Score 20080 | Time 8:59

Destroyed a few Arsenal Bird parts, then destroyed every drone. Restarted checkpoints after Arsenal Bird arrived and after it activated the shield.

 

Ace | A rank | Score 25980 | Time 13:10

Destroyed all Arsenal Bird parts, then destroyed every drone. A disaster here. Drones killed a friendly and I had to restart from checkpoint.

 

Restarting checkpoints to restock your payload is fine as long it doesn't happen too long after you reach them.

 

Yeah i meant i should have restarted the mission instead of restarting from checkpoint. It was my first time playing so i didnt know how or what these checkpoints restarts fare just that it kept restoring my ammo. It was only when i was doing free missions to get the S rank that i realized of these major factors.

[nyonmyan]

Pretty sure that killing named aces bumps the rank by a lot. So far every mission where I killed one gave me an S.

[Nxt_Incarnate]

3 hours ago, nyonmyan said:

Pretty sure that killing named aces bumps the rank by a lot. So far every mission where I killed one gave me an S.

Like i said again the major factors for getting S rank isn't just your score its also how fast u completed the mission. Killing will give u around 1100-1500 i think but if u didn't finish the mission fast enough and kept retrying checkpoints multiple times then u can miss out on that S rank.

Edited January 25, 2019 by Proassassin931

[Katt]

what was that mission... Bunker Buster? that one where you locate silos. I did the mission super fast, targeting only real silos and getting the Clairvoyant medal, Rank A everytime. Mhhhh... I guess you need to combine kills with speed on this one.

Edited January 25, 2019 by Katt

[Nxt_Incarnate]

25 minutes ago, Katt said:

what was that mission... Bunker Buster? that one where you locate silos. I did the mission super fast, targeting only real silos and getting the Clairvoyant medal, Rank A everytime. Mhhhh... I guess you need to combine kills with speed on this one.

 try to get 25k under 10 minutes for that one. i got 23k in the first part of the mission then when the silos launched i got 1 mig and all the silos and my total came to some 26k+. total time was 9.55.

u need to be accurate with your markings and also go after the jets that chase u aswell as all the silos. The real silo should be your last target taking out ground targets along the way.

[TheUnkerKarcus]

Just a tip for missions 19 and 20. I think they prioritize points more than speed.

 

For 19, I used the X-02 with 4AAM, parts that specialise in special homing and special loadout increase. Kill every fighter as fast as possible up the appearance of the Arsenal Bird. You'll notice some fighters flying in formation, F-18 and SU-33. They're all drones, headed by a higher tier fighter, a F22 or SU57, maybe a Rafale or Typhoon too. Taking out these leaders will cause the drones to fly less aggressively. 

 

When the Arsenal Bird appears, kill as many drones/fighters as possible on your first pass while you reposition yourself behind the Bird. It will charge and activate its shield about 3 or 4 times, until Corsette takes in down permanently. Try to destroy as many Bird parts as possible in between shield activation, and while shield is up, show the drones some 4AAM loving as well. Key is to destroy as many as possible. My fastest run was 16m 1s with 53k points but that bagged me an A rank. 2nd attempt with 17 mins and 54k point got me the S.

 

For mission 20, I used the X-02 with EML and parts that boost EML efficiency. Start damaging the ADF-11 Drones until they release their mini drones. Focus your attention and take down ar least 3 mini weapons drones, then take down both ADF-11s. Proceed with mission as follows. First attempt, I destroyed both ADF-11 as quickly as possible and followed the mission accordingly but that got me only an A. Second attempt followed as per above, that got me the S.

 

Congrats on your Ace of Aces trophy.

Edited January 26, 2019 by XypherVG

[Nxt_Incarnate]

44 minutes ago, XypherVG said:

Just a tip for missions 19 and 20. I think they prioritize points more than speed.

 

For 19, I used the X-02 with 4AAM, parts that specialise in special homing and special loadout increase. Kill every fighter as fast as possible up the appearance of the Arsenal Bird. You'll notice some fighters flying in formation, F-18 and SU-33. They're all drones, headed by a higher tier fighter, a F22 or SU57, maybe a Rafale or Typhoon too. Taking out these leaders will cause the drones to fly less aggressively. 

 

When the Arsenal Bird appears, kill as many drones/fighters as possible on your first pass while you reposition yourself behind the Bird. It will charge and activate its shield about 3 or 4 times, until Corsette takes in down permanently. Try to destroy as many Bird parts as possible in between shield activation, and while shield is up, show the drones some 4AAM loving as well. Key is to destroy as many as possible. My fastest run was 16m 1s with 53k points but that bagged me an A rank. 2nd attempt with 17 mins and 54k point got me the S.

 

For mission 20, I used the X-02 with EML and parts that boost EML efficiency. Start damaging the ADF-11 Drones until they release their mini drones. Focus your attention and take down ar least 3 mini weapons drones, then take down both ADF-11s. Proceed with mission as follows. First attempt, I destroyed both ADF-11 as quickly as possible and followed the mission accordingly but that got me only an A. Second attempt followed as per above, that got me the S.

 

Congrats on your Ace of Aces trophy.

U gotta admit though the ace difficulty in 7 isn't that bad compared to ace difficulty in ace combat 5. There 1 missile shot your dead and 2-3 hits from the AA your dead ?

[Katt]

41 minutes ago, Proassassin931 said:

U gotta admit though the ace difficulty in 7 isn't that bad compared to ace difficulty in ace combat 5. There 1 missile shot your dead and 2-3 hits from the AA your dead 

Indeed. When I found it out, I was relieved and disappointed at the same time. Weird. One the differences between difficulties is how aggressive the enemies are.

[Nxt_Incarnate]

12 minutes ago, Katt said:

Indeed. When I found it out, I was relieved and disappointed at the same time. Weird. One the differences between difficulties is how aggressive the enemies are.

it just slight ups the damage but yeah they focus on you much more in ace difficulty. Getting the plat for ace combat 7 wont be too hard just grindy.

[Katt]

Alright, this info might help someone:

Mission 09: 15000 points, less than 12 minutes for S rank.

If you get over 15000 points but over 12 or 13 minutes, the S rank is negated. I'm not sure about over 12 minutes, but I did a run with 13 minutes and was an A rank. My time was 11:09 in the S rank run.

 

Try to shoot down all enemy aircraft in the last part of the mission fast because your team could shoot down some of these and get less points.

Edited January 28, 2019 by Katt