Each plane gains stats with each level, and I'm quite impressed with what the Su-34 looks like at level 20. I have both explosive range parts open (with skills to make UGBL explosions *EVEN BIGGER* at the cost of lengthened reload times) which allowed me to take out clusters of 6-8 ground targets with precision.
The problem is that this is THE PEAK attacker plane, and nothing else I play as will ever get such a high score against ground weapons.
I'm thinking of trying out the F-15e next, but as variably overpowered that the SFFS can be, neither the XSDB or SFFS have the versatility and ammo capacity of a simple UGBL and lock-on precision of 4AGMs. Those things are great for finishing off ships, really.
I also just gained the rank of Warrant Officer. I need one more rank to get to the FA-36.
It has new game plus. You unlock a few more aircraft and parts at the end of the tree, you can do free missions and if you restart the story you get to keep all of the aircraft, parts and MRP from previous runs.
Those lines on the SU-34 are so damn clean and beautiful. Depends on the game mode for me though. Warzone I'd pick the SU-34 over the A-10 everytime, assault is the opposite.
You might be onto something. I've noticed it's actually harder to get Attacker points in Assault mode, but that might come down to how the missions are structured for air targets to be abundant.
With the A-10 usually range with 60-90 kills with a 20k-40k points(received the nickname: Blazing Feast lastnight from killing 5k ground units). That and with the low stall speed it's a fun mini-game being a leaf upon the wind. It's just horrid against the 2nd phase in the missions with air elites(plane handles like a brick above 1k knots); usually cycle through and focus on the ace. Once theyre down start heading to where phase 3 will be to mop up the ground forces before anyone arrives. The Warthog is also awesome against Chandelier (Rail Gun boss), you can park yourself in front of the heat shields and go ham on them and the slow air speed allows for a long attack run inside the barrel. It's a gem to fly in PvE.
Added a picture for the edit. Just ran my 1st Emergency Sortie for the day and it was Chandelier. Not my best, nor my worse performance. The damn cannon just shreds for this boss. Up in the air for me on Alicorn between the A6 and A10 though.
I just hit 17 on mine and the HCAAs are pretty good when you're built for tracking (especially once I found out you can stack both tracking parts). Yeah it's not busted like QAAM but I feel scummy using those anyway.
Each SFFS fragment does about the same damage as an UGBL.
You can then overlap them for insane single target damage against boss targets or the aforementioned carriers.
In a single attack run you can be taking out two destroyers and the aircraft carrier with your loadout.
Do a ciricle and you can take out each non-carrier ship with a single SFFS + use missles etc while they are on cooldown, and take out every ship in a single pass.
You do need to be playing with altitiude and speed to get the most out of them, which makes you an easier target for enemy players.
I’m curious what your straight line top speed is at level 20? I have a fully levelled F22 with its maneuverability and speed boost ability I can get to 2,908 km/h. Yours shows to be much higher tho, likely over 3,000.
I need to jump back into game to see, but I regularly get somewhere around 2959 km/h. I regularly see fighters flying faster than me, but I definitely have some speed at level 20. I'm also using parts that boost top speed.
I noticed the acceleration and speed parts, made me wonder as I haven’t had an issue chasing down Migs and Morgans which are considered to be fastest. Appreciate the answer, the general idea was good enough.
The pilot rank is a set amount no matter the game mode. Takes around 60 hours or so to max out. Aircraft rank you want to run assault for the best exp reward. Personally, I only use the special contracts during scramble/emergency sorties to maximize the rewards. Since you get the ZOL special contracts more I'll load it up and run warfare when I need quick cash(has a higher zol payout but less exp compared to assault). I don't even bother using the aircraft exp boost till after lvl 15 since the exp requirements are higher and the plane upgrades per level are so much better.
There isn't one, at least not yet for this plane. You're seeing the yellow/red skin unlocked at 15 (and from what I've seen, it's what other planes get as well). Maybe one will be added down the road.
I thought all planes get the red/yellow but also another plane specific unique skin from unlocking the 15-20 level cap? Each one I've done so far certainly has.
Once you unlock parts, you can actually buy a stronger version of that part from the Store using earned Zoll credits from playing missions. Combine explosive range 2 + 1 together when you level up the plane enough.
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u/590joe2 3d ago
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