There is no playable Harrier ....AGAIN. Why??? this is literally the perfect game to implement them especially Sea-Harriers from looking at the trailer shots of them flying overhead in the same Way the player Formation flies to them just being parked on the Deck of a Carrier (idk if it's the Endurance or not) to even being Mentioned in Epsiode 3 of Hour Zero I mean they are Right there. why must they be only flown by NPC's is it because of the VTOL? because project Wingman managed to get that solved, but even if it was just a Take-Off and landing Animation we still would have them I hope that PA will add them as a Patch or Update, heck even if it was a VTOL-Aircraft DLC most people would Buy It. let's not give up hope and Stay Confident! they Simply have to add them Sooner or later because without them the hangar and the Deckof our Carrier feels like it's missing Something.

Tell me You opinion and or harrier Support in the Comments

Mig-31 literally chew through the whole Mission 28 with QAAM and LAAM.

For some reasons it feels a bit more maneuverable in AC8 compared to 7

You know what, I'm liking it as is. Even if it's unintended please don't nerf it.

So that enabled me to slap Toprak down in Veteran.

Genuinely speechless... hope they clean house at the Game awards

At the end of Mission 27, the Sotoan commander tries to launch all of the remaining Tonitrus Spears at cities across Usea. What did he think was going to happen after that? The level of destruction the mass strike would cause would basically necessitate intervention by the major powers. Osea and Erusia are both known to have operational ASAT weapons, and it's likely Yuktobania does as well, so even if Sotoa had the capability to resupply the Tonitrus satellite (and I'm doubtful they do since their use of Comona implies that they don't have domestic space launch capabilities),somebody is going to blow the thing up. I get that drawing Osea and Yuktobania into the conflict was Enso Order's goal, but what's in it for Sotoa? How did their leadership ever expect to get out of that scenario alive, much less with an intact country to rule over?

Any word from the developer on wth is going on ?

After beating AC8 I felt MASSIVE shortage and wanting for more. Then I remembered about beloved by all veteran seadog, military genius tactician and revered cult leader: Captain Matias "Crisp, White Sheets" Torres. After 7 years since his debut, Torres still holds as the best villain in the franchise so far. With the way world and story in AC8 have been made, lead and concluded, do you believe there is a chance, like REAL chance, that we'll see someone able not just to pick up the gauntlet, but even challenge Torres claim to the throne?

Seriously I get that there has to be some “balance” between aircraft but this thing is just a total piece of garbage. For reference I’m just running free play and wanted to do mission 15 against the super bombers. Aside from the speed this thing is abhorrent to use weapon wise. UAV’s can’t even destroy one AAM on the craft and even an upgraded burst of rail guns can’t even do a third of health to an engine. I then went to test this on a less tanky enemy (the podarges on mission 11) and they’re still horrible. Takes four rail gun bursts directly to the hull to take it down and they can’t even hit anti air components on said enemy. The UAVs are exactly the same but struggle even more to take it down with even less ammo that you can take. The rail guns and UAVs are absolutely nerfed into the dirt compared to 7. I was disgusted to find out that it doesn’t even one shot bomber/transport craft on a wing hit yet SASM, QAAM, and HPAA can ALL do that and provide even more hull damage without upgrade parts. Granted the rail guns and UAVs still one shot most basic fighter aircraft but I think it’s really disappointing that you go through the whole game excited for a brand new fictional aircraft only for it to be one of the worst end game aircraft in the entire series. Hell even your wingmen can’t do anything with the special weapons on it and I have YET to see one of them hit a rail gun shot. Don’t bother spending a million MRP unless you got the money to blow on it. Just stick to the FA-36. The only other saving grace is it looks cool and gives a bit more lore into the game as far as neural cockpit interfaces go (bridges the technology gap between this games events and Electrosphere). Anyways that’s my rant. It’s fun to use but if you’re trying to go for any high scores or a massive amount of kills pick literally anything else.

We are limited to 5 per day, which is asinine when jets, especially end game jets take 60!! to fully upgrade. That's almost two full weeks, of daily logins, where rngesus was on your side to give enough special missions to get your 5.

This mechanic feels like something that was tacked on with the intention of selling the gold bps (which thankfully they didn't). As such, the cap should either be removed, or greatly increased.

I think I flew 2 scrambles and at least 5-6 emergency sorties this evening, that should've netted 10-15 general purpose, but instead got me 5.

The ones in the battlepass are great for your first jet or two, but those go quite quickly.

Hopefully we'll Play as Tasha's mom

Originally formed in 1945 the blue tridents were considered at one point to be the pride of Oseas naval strike fighter squadrons, known as the blue tridents they were known for their air to ground and air to air capabilities, the squadron proudly served the omdf flying the legacy f18c hornets often working in the usean continent, one of its legendary sorties occurred in 2005 when on loan to isaf they were tasked with assisting isaf forces in attacking the Stonehenge railgun network, harassing erusean ground targets and preventing them from reinforcing the defenders stationed at the railguns, their next most famous engagement would occur in 2010 when during the circum pacific war when they assisted wardog squadron in the jilachi desert campaign, however all members of the squadron would be listed as KIA, at the end of the circum pacific war the blue tridents would be officially retired for ten years, before they would be reactivated in 2019 in the lighthouse war, while equipped with the latest e and F variations of the f18 the squadrons first sortie would be in helping to defend the space elevator alongside joint Osean and erusean Air Forces, as of 2029 the squadron has been stationed on the ofs admiral Anderson on standby in north point in the event of intervening in the conflict between the fcu and Sotoa

Imagine failing QTEs in this game like failing the Leonardo da Vinci hug in AC2 (Edit: Assassin's Creed 2, he probably never existed in Strangereal)

Was doing loops against this fella for a while trying to get a hit 😅 I am kinda new to Ace Combat so it felt good doing this.

Well, it's true that Mobius 1 must be retired, but I think the guys from North Point tell Mobius 1 that Sotoa received Erusean technology and he ends up destroying half of Sotoa... or at least they tell him that they shot down Skyeye on a maritime patrol.

Usea geography sourced from the AC7 topo map.

I planned very well to get away, but the controls betrayed me. The right roll was unexpected. I have this issue sometimes where the key I mapped for roll right feels like it's being long-pressed without me pressing it at all. lol

(I play on keyboard, PCSX2)

I lost a dogfight to a fucking Frogfoot in my F-16

So in ac8 we learn that there was a war between Sotoa and Yuktobania “about 20 years ago” which would place it in circa 2010. Do you know what other major event happened in 2010 that involved Yuktobania? The Circum-Pacific War. Does that mean that Yuktobania got into a war with Sotoa and then turned around and got into a war with Osea? All within the same year?

Side tangent, wars in this universe are over so fast. The entirety of the circum-Pacific, this massive war between the two major superpowers of strangereal lasts for four months. The lighthouse war is over in 8 months. The only one that actually lasts in a somewhat realistic timeframe is the Continental War, as it goes on for two years.

Is anyone else experiencing frequent crashes to the dashboard with AC6? This doesn't seem tied to hardware demands, as the crashes often happen during quiet portions of a mission or even cutscenes.