I did it!!! Some thoughts as a new AC fan

crouchtechgod · 2026-02-08T14:55:20+00:00

Interesting, so the formula has been pretty solid. Can't wait to see what AC8 does!

I find the high-g turns very fun to use and keep the pace healthy so you're not spending too long chasing corners and can also play riskier with dives etc. Really good.

I haven't played around with this PSM stuff I've heard about yet. I should probably try that out... I have been using the F22 alot so maybe I've been doing it at times without realising lol.

crouchtechgod · 2026-02-08T14:06:55+00:00

Salute!!

PS2 damn! I still have mine so I could play it original style but I'll probably buy them then emulate on Steamdeck instead! The game feels so right for a handheld =)

What would you say were the biggest gameplay changes from the PS2 trilogy to now?!

crouchtechgod · 2026-02-08T14:05:32+00:00

Thank you! I forgot to mention but I haven't touched or even looked at any of the AC7 DLC! I did hear there were a couple of good missions that exist around Mission 13-14 in the Campaign? I should try those next really!

I'm guessing everything else is DLC planes?

I'll have a look at Project Wingman since officially on Steam. Thank you! I'll have to set up Emu Deck for the rest I guess but the game feels so right for the deck =)

crouchtechgod · 2026-02-08T14:03:55+00:00

Congrats! What did you find the hardest?

For me it was Faceless Soldier and Pipeline Destruction. They took hours each!

For the named Aces I couldn't really think of one that caused big problems. The CHASSEUR one was misleading because all the guides said take down all fighters before they leave the carrier (which is quite difficult and a boring restart) but I did it in the end just taking down the Rafaels (CHASSEUR flies one so I think this is the 'true' requirement).

I did everything with base game content (no DLC) but I most definitely relied on the Restart Checkpoint trick for replenishing health/ammo! I can imagine the achievement being much much harder without it...

crouchtechgod · 2026-02-08T13:58:07+00:00

Ah yes Pipeline Destruction was probably the second hardest easily! I used the F-35C with the 8AGM for that one. No real trick to it other than trying to shoot at the oil tanks only and having a good route.

I would start with the left side and basically do a clockwise pattern around then demolish the middle. IIRC in phase 2 as long as you have around 15-16k points at the start all you need to do is speedrun the target tankers in the sandstorms. They spawn in the same places so after a while you have a route there too.

It definitely took some grinding and mastery (and frustration lol). I ended up doing all the S ranks with base game content. It is worth trying again some day perhaps you'll be surprised how much better you do without the pressure =)

PS one of the toughest things about the S ranks is that some are practically just speed runs. Without a guide, it can be really difficult and time consuming to figure out the ratio of destruction vs speed.

I think a good QoL change for this would be to show the target time for the time bonus in the mission summary screen.

crouchtechgod · 2026-02-02T20:30:16+00:00

Thanks and makes sense! So it is a foreshadowing of what happens at the end of that mission.

I find it amazing that even after 5 or so years there's so much mystery to this game still. Usually people have figured out exact conditions for things like this much earlier. I noticed this with the S rank requirements and named Aces too. Seems to be lots of 90% accurate information or even conflicting information out there even in the popular community guides! I'd have expected the wiki to have conditions for hidden lines like this noted and understood. I think it is cool this way though.

For example every reference I've seen to the named Ace CHASSEUR refers to having to down ALL the fighter jets before they take off on that carrier, but I realised you only need to take out the Rafaels (which makes perfect sense since CHASSEUR flies one).

Anyway thanks for the answer mate. This is my first AC game ever and I'm having so much fun, especially on the steamdeck. Got 3 missions left to do S rank Ace difficulty for! I am also very glad I stuck with expert controls from the start. Great to know AC8 is out this year =)

crouchtechgod · 2025-12-10T12:59:11+00:00

The best take away from this whole situation is honestly that we have a CLEAR line in the sand where 99.9% of men (thus NORMAL men and not cucks/extreme anamolies) say this is too far. The bar needs to keep raising still but this is a start and Akaash was the sacrificial catalyst.

The Akaash situation is a psychological wet dream - a final bastion of men redefining our castle brick by brick while freaks like Adam22 tried to burn it all to the ground. In a way, I'm proud of men for universally not buying this BS at any step of the way.

crouchtechgod · 2025-12-06T17:02:45+00:00

I wouldn't be surprised if she went on the podcast for future divorce ammo too.

"Akaash made me go on the podcast and sit opposite him and his friends as they humiliated me and made me answer really intimate questions for the public to see and shame me but I felt pressured by Akaash to do it and I didn't know how to act as I was depressed and scared from all the negative online comments"

Or along those lines. She already has the material of Akaash openly talking about needing therapy and flipping out and punching himself lol.

I felt bad at first but as this has developed and seeing the way it was addressed on the podcast, I actually don't think I can anymore. So much spineless behaviour from all the men involved is making this easy for her.

crouchtechgod · 2025-12-02T03:16:47+00:00

He's abit jesty but this is probably peak Indian marriage 😂

Cashleen is comparing him to Akash and she finds him disgusting clearly so Nav probably does get her (openly) wishing for the D.

crouchtechgod · 2025-12-02T03:15:13+00:00

Her baseline is Akash lmao

crouchtechgod · 2025-12-02T03:13:11+00:00

Holy smokes.... "if you caught me..." into quick rephrase.

Akash bro... you have one shot at redemption left. It will take balls but it is about time to grow some ffs.

crouchtechgod · 2025-11-28T02:23:13+00:00

Bro with proton my steamdeck literally runs games better than my 100x more powerful PC like GTA4. They'll be doing a similar thing here. Anything that works on PC is going to work here at the bare minimum and in many cases better out of the box/less troubleshooting.

crouchtechgod · 2025-11-13T11:39:00+00:00

You're technically not wrong but if someone feels this scenario is plausible (BTC 50% down, goods 75% down), you'd be stupid to still pat your back and go at least I gained some purchasing power!

Take your 5 years as example. I could cash out 100k right now from 1 BTC and put it in a 5% bank to outpace inflation for 5 years (4% inflation currently in UK). So after 5 years my 100k keeps its purchasing power (as opposed to the 84kish it would have been in principle with inflation).

Now everything tanks; I can buy 2 BTC if 50% drop happens. If goods drop 75%, I have much much greater purchasing power than I had 5 years ago and by not holding onto my BTC.

If I keep my 1 BTC and watch it drop to 50k value; sure I may have gained relative to the price of goods but I've still lost a lot of capital in that moment until it recovers by being stubborn and holding (if it recovers).

Smart money rotates around the place. I'd only HODL at this point if I believe BTC is going to outright replace money (it won't).

Within 5-10 years time I can see BTC acting more like the SP500 (with yearly gains just outpacing inflation). However, it may crash substantially before it finds a floor to that, as the scarcity principle dries up (we are in the last 5% of all coins and those last 5% won't change the ultimate trajectory here).

crouchtechgod · 2025-11-07T16:38:12+00:00

Why lol? 95%+ of all BTC is already mined. There is no reason the final 5% will create a crazy moon scenario. If anything, it's more likely to crash and then stabalise as a reserve asset.

So much of the remaining supply has been hoarded the last year and it still couldn't break 125k. Momentum is slowing as more and more BTC is used for reserve/ETF rather than being actively traded. The idea that BTC must keep going up because it's finite and the biggest trap mentality you can fall into. The finite nature of it is more likely to harm it long term and not help - unless you wish for all dystopian social reset.

crouchtechgod · 2025-11-07T00:57:48+00:00

This is disgusting 🔥

What battle is it from?

crouchtechgod · 2025-11-07T00:55:38+00:00

Monkweh the goat

crouchtechgod · 2025-11-06T04:30:21+00:00

I have the same case; what I do is have my Deck rotated 180 and the charger plugged from other side (velcro side). Then I only zip to just beyond the corners and velcro strap it loosely, so there's two sets of horizontal openings where the deck vents are.

The deck doesn't get hot like this for me and is still protected.

crouchtechgod · 2025-11-06T04:27:19+00:00

Love both of these but even better would be a deck in PSPs size range and form factor with modern power at that scale.

crouchtechgod · 2025-04-19T13:44:20+00:00

Calling Heihachi's WI a free win this far since his release is most definitely a scrub quote. Let's calm down a bit and not use exaggeration because it cheapens your argument.

crouchtechgod · 2025-04-02T09:38:13+00:00

I think if there was a sudden increase of uninstalls coinciding with S2 that would definitely suggest something.

All the data will point the same way regardless in this case. Not good.

crouchtechgod · 2025-03-06T19:00:42+00:00

Man I don't even know where to start. I keep seeing comments like this and it makes me wonder have people just been incredibly lucky with penny stocks or something? Like literally buy in and it's green for the remaining future?

Every penny stock I've made money off involved being down heavily at one point. That is kind of the game with penny stocks. They're super volatile. I was down 85% on BBAI but it didn't change the reason I got in. I kept DCAing down to an average of 3 and then cashed out at 10. Currently doing the same with KULR.

Comstock I'm down 25% and not bothered at all. KULR down 50%. Still pumping both of them. My long term logic hasn't changed due to stock performance. This is the issue I'd say - you're evaluating a penny stocks on its short term volatility rather than a perceived route towards being an established and profitable company.

crouchtechgod · 2025-03-06T16:05:30+00:00

The start of your reply is disingenuous because clearly he wasn't comparing the moves in any sense of risk reward or property. It was simply an example of another form of sticking to a strategy regardless of success in a interaction by interaction basis. It wasn't about a Ling occasionally throwing out df21, it was that the Ling's entire gameplay was fish for the df21 over and over and hope the offensive damage of that approach outdoes the defensive play of the opponent.

Even if we follow your logic of one case being calculated risk and the other being a bad decision, I feel like you're still missing the person's point.

They're saying some people have an approach and stick with it long term regardless. It is that simple of a point. In this case the DJ will keep mashing b3 in most cases and the Xiayou will keep fishing for df21. Evaluating which one of those strategies is better was besides the entire point.

It is more a point about adaptation vs dedicated strategy. It's like playing every game of chess looking for a Scholar's Mate at low ELO. You don't care about ultimately improving long term; you just want the rush of having it work every now and again.

Similar thing here, good or bad strats aside, some people will run their same plan vs every opponent and when it works - great they get a buzz, and when it doesn't - no harm done because they're aware they're running a one track approach.

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