[OOC] Ace Combat: The Global War

[TheFake]

From an Corsair II to an Intruder? I think someone may be a Dale Brown fan.

Would a Panavia Tornado be out of the question?

[Rafale]

Haven't decided yet. At least in Ace Combat's structure of unlocks (from which I am taking heavy inspiration), the Tornado always comes after the A-10 (correct me if I'm wrong), which itself comes after the A-6. Again, though, haven't decided yet. I may change things around.

[Rhona W]

From an Corsair II to an Intruder? I think someone may be a Dale Brown fan.

Are you sure you don't mean Mr. Stephen Coonts, rather than Dale Brown? (though I am a fan of his stuff too!)
Dale Brown was all about the Heavy bombers (at least in his early books), whereas Coonts is a Navy Veteran, and a lot of his novels feature or mention the Intruder.
I like both, so you're right on both counts though ^^
I've always been a fan of the 'tin tadpole'

[TheFake]

Oh damnit, I screwed up. Might have gotten mixed up between Flight of the Indruder and Flight of the Old Dog.

[Rhona W]

I think so, but I can see how you would

[The Mage]

GOD DAMNIT!

Well, my parents cleaned the computer today without asking me...... now I lost my Post!

agghhh!

[nautilusmp]

Try using dropbox, or save it in a draft email, man.

[TheFake]

Or google docs. Saved my bacon more than once.

[The Mage]

I go old school

[Slypheed]

I don't even have to worry about my parents cleaning my comp :D

[Driving Park]

Post is up!

[Rhona W]

Rafale said
Haven't decided yet. At least in Ace Combat's structure of unlocks (from which I am taking heavy inspiration), the Tornado always comes after the A-10 (correct me if I'm wrong), which itself comes after the A-6. Again, though, haven't decided yet. I may change things around.

From what I can remember, the Tornado usually unlocks around the same time as the F-14, or shortly after. The Tomcat is usually in the tier of planes unlocked after the A-10, which is usually just after the F-16.
It kind of depends on which game you're basing the aircraft 'tree' on, because it can vary quite extensively.

[Lost Cause]

Plus it was only really a tree in AC5. Everything else was a linear progression.

[Lost Cause]

Actually, here's the AC5 mission unlocks list:

Mission 3 / Narrow Margin
MiG-21 “Fishbed”
F-4E Phantom II

Mission 4 / First Flight
A-6E Intruder

Mission 6 / White Bird, Part 1
F-16C Fighting Falcon
F/A-18C Hornet

Mission 7 / Front Line
Mirage 2000
MiG-29A Fulcrum
A-10A Thunderbolt II

Mission 9 / Lit Fuse
F-14A Tomcat
Tornado GR.1
MiG-31 “Foxhound”

Mission 12A / Powder Keg
F-15C Eagle

Mission 12B / Four Horsemen
Su-27 “Flanker”

Mission 15 / White Noise
F-117A Nighthawk
JAS-39C Gripen

Mission 16A / Desert Arrow
Eurofighter Typhoon
F-35C Lighting II

Mission 16B / Desert Thunder
Rafale M
YF-23 Black Widow II

Mission 17 / Journey Home
F-22A Raptor
Su-47 “Berkut”

Mission 25 / Heartbreak One
MiG-1.44
Hawk T1

[Slypheed]

I thought the Hawk was unlocked after you had finished the mission when you have to flee from Hamilton when escaping Sand Island.
Or am I just crazy and in desperate need of a replay of AC5? :P

[Rhona W]

I'm wondering about that too, but I'm wondering if it's because Heartbreak One is the first mission you can do after that where you don't have to use a naval aircraft, maybe?

That said, I also need to replay Ace Combat 5 too.

[Lost Cause]

Nope; only Mission 20 and Mission 26 force carrier jets.

[Rafale]

You get the Hawk right after the mission where you use it, but after that, there's a long pause of no unlocks (except for kill rate related stuff) until Heartbreak One when you get the MiG 1.44. The only missions, if I recall correctly, where you absolutely must use a naval aircraft are Ancient Walls and Sea of Chaos, and after SoC you can choose any planes, which will be the ones you fly until the end of the game.

EDIT: Gah, ninja'd, by eleven minutes. The shame!

[Rhona W]

Lost Cause said
Nope; only Mission 20 and Mission 26 force carrier jets.

Well, it's been ages since I played it, so that's my excuse. And also why I'm going to play it now!

[Lost Cause]

Wish I could, but my PS2 is bust and my PC is in bits right now and I can't be bothered to hook it all back up. And it doesn't run the emulator well either.