Ace combat 7: Mission 13 Ace Difficulty S Rank

[@ServantBerserkerZero]

This mission & mission 9 are the worst to S rank, but they have the best background music in game.

[@ThatOneBelkan]

I personally think Mission 7 is a bitch to S rank

[@LegendWolfA]

@@ThatOneBelkanm7 is easy imo, just destroy some extra non-TGT, for the drones uses QAAM, same for Mister X. The lightning is annoying af but that's about it

[@motox20]

I see a lot of questions about requirements for S rank score, this is what I found on the Fandom wikia. For an S rank you need a combined score and time bonus of 38,000 points. The maximum time bonus is 19,240 for completing the mission in 7 minutes or less. If it’s completed in 7 minutes you only need 18,760 points from destroying targets in the mission itself to earn the S Rank. Every second past 7 minutes the time bonus decreases by 40 points per second, so every minute past 7 you need an additional 2,400 from destroying targets. I skipped this mission to S rank for now, really starting to irk me..........

[@PublicEnemy04]

Yeah this is one is a tough customer. Last run I did 18560 in 6min37s. I was like "MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!"

[@meshalalmasoud866]

@@PublicEnemy04 ur better than i am i got 18750 lol 10 points off

[@wolfecommando]

Fun fact, if you keep retrying the mission to make sure which silos are which, it adds that time to your total

[@janusz4156]

This is probably the best color for the Raptor. Only one squadron could use it.

[@cerealata9035]

Well, at least we didn't have to worry about our target designator blowing our plane up from doing all those manoeuvres.

[@TheFifteenthDoctor]

Anyone else recognize the date of this battle? That's right, it's the same day the Usean Continental War ended....Sept. 19th.

[@vloopyart]

This mission is wayyyyyyy to strict, iv'e tried over 20 times now no S rank. I did get up to 25k but got 11 min.

[@vloopyart]

FUCK THIS MISSION! I scored 25k exact at 10 min.

[@RazyrDiarmait]

@@vloopyart I'm not sure if this one is worse or mission 09 is worse. Just got S rank though with 09'02"50 and 24,870. So, just like mission 09, it's a mix of score and time. I personally recommend the MiG-31B for this as it has the highest possible speed in the game, though the F-22A doesn't look too bad.

[@haydnp7144]

I got near enough the exact same in scores and it gave me a B rank!

[@rvjunke3073]

Is there a “better” pattern to achieve this? Meaning is there a preferred silo pattern that is easier? On Reddit there is a diagram of 3 patterns A, B, C. Seems the pattern goes alphabetical on each restart! A seems the hardest, and C most points. www.reddit.com/r/acecombat/comments/auqml8/spawn_patterns_for_mission_13_bunker_buster/ here is link. I still haven’t gotten this yet! It also seems 38k combined points for damage bonus and time bonus.

[@Swerving01]

I’m so confused. I got 25100 score and 9’44”78 and got A rank

[@hector2fast]

me too

[@haydnp7144]

I keep getting time added on my most recent score, apparently is 20 minutes!

[@Swerving01]

Haydn P try doing it without restarting at checkpoints, otherwise the time adds

[@Garuda1_AC6]

Thanks Duckling, didn't know that the Score Cap to S-ranking this was 25k

[@Duck360Gaming]

Dunno what the cap is, i've just destroyed everything and went back home

[@Garuda1_AC6]

@@Duck360Gaming Nah, i concluded it to be 25,000 At least it worked, because during my second run i destroyed everything in the map including the fake ones and then continued destroying just the IRBMs. But i still ended up getting an A. So thank you.

[@t0mmygun95]

I just did this mission and I think the score cap on these missions are really inconsistent as I got 24140 points and my time was 9:02:62. So it's definitely a mixture of both time and score. I think the whole point is to just being fast, aggressive and efficient as possible. Also I tired to map out the real and fake bases on this mission, but aside from the first and the one in the NE cloud winds the others are randomized.

[@roguewxves]

@@Garuda1_AC6 nah, I just pulled 27,540 and it still gave me that sweet A rank

[@roguewxves]

Saying that, I let the bombs partially miss so I could get the 2000 points for killing the warhead

[@SpaceFox93]

I'm having a really hard time s ranking this mission.

[@btm_kiwigaming5449]

Having a fast aircraft like the X-02S Strike Wyvern helps a lot.

[@01marth]

09:08;56 25,920 destroy all target in the first wave n then just focus on the icbm

[@ca5ualm3dia]

i think its 25 k under 1o mins for s rank?

[@isaacclarke8420]

ca5ualm3dia I think you’re right. I just did it and I had about 3 minutes left by the time I destroyed the silos then I had 8 mins left by the time I destroyed the launcher irbms and my score was just over 25k and I got the s rank for it. Wasn’t easy at all, took like fifteen tries

[@RazyrDiarmait]

Just got S rank at 09'02"50 with 24,870. If you can complete it faster, a slightly less score will still work.

[@CraigF1995]

24,000 exactly completed in 8m 40s, time definitely helps

[@XSaintsofDoomX]

I just did it with 24k points and about 8min 11sec time... I used an F-35 for its maneuverability and speed

[@jameslee310]

I just realized the exposed missile silos are worth 2000 points.

[@AtlantisStuart]

see 3:15 and you will notice that for the silo itself it's 200 points, and the missile inside is 2000 points. At 3:43 there's another fake one, and you won't get any point for this. Btw you can open the silo with the bunker buster, and then destroy the exposed missile with standard weapons (10:10), which I think could be faster.

[@jameslee310]

@@AtlantisStuart it is faster to just destroy it in one go. When it explodes you get 2200 points.

[@btm_kiwigaming5449]

I managed to get it with 28K points, in 9 & a half minutes. Got all targets in the first part & got the Named Ace in the 2nd part as well as a few other aircraft. A very fast aircraft (speed + acceleration) is very important in this mission (X-02S Strike Wyvern is very good here).

[@Niyuki.]

"Hail the wizard! The one who can't be beaten!"

[@sgtwardaddy9889]

The only jet I use for this is the Mig-31B. I set it up for extreme speed. But the part that throws me off is trying to shoot down comet. Because everytime I get him, the first ICBM, always manages to escape just barely. Restart, lose comet, get A rank. My luck every time

[@halo_shepard7844]

Not working for me, is it time as well? Took down both Su30s scoring higher then you but it gave me A rank even tho I destroyed everything

[@halo_shepard7844]

Disregard my previous statements, I destroyed all. Even planes at the end reaching 28k points

[@nightmareterror97]

Noel Yanez I’m also getting A only.

[@halo_shepard7844]

@@nightmareterror97 destroy everything like the video in the beginning but take down all planes too

[@broketoon7996]

Lol...ive gotten 28.8k and was 20seconds faster with only 1%, damage...still A

[@broketoon7996]

Having said that...just did it in 7minutes 37 seconds with 21k.... S rank...

[@hector2fast]

i got it X-02S - 23,300 & 08'11"49

[@Donut833]

Just did it 10:15 with 26K points

[@taylorburns08]

What skin is that and how do I get it?

[@Donut833]

taylorburns08 get it from mission 19. Not sure about the stipulations to get the ace to spawn.

[@ryanestes7331]

@@Donut833 I believe it's 20000 points in the first part. The ace spawns and you have to kill it before the first section ends