Overview
- The Online 101 trailer, released Tuesday, unveils Ace Combat Online as a persistent airbase hub where up to 100 players create avatars, form parties or units, use emotes, visit an arcade and prepare for matches.
- Ace Combat Online centers on two core modes: Co-Op Assault, a competitive PvE score race between squads, and Co-Op Warfare, a team-versus-team mode that adds PvP dogfighting to allied and enemy NPC forces.
- Matches use a Threat Level system that raises a pilot's point yield up to three stars and makes high-threat pilots more valuable targets because downing them yields extra points for opponents.
- Online progression is separated from the single-player campaign and includes aircraft leveling, online-only abilities, upgrade parts, and visual customisation tied to rewards and rank.
- Bandai Namco confirmed a two-month Ace Pass season structure with free and premium tiers and said aircraft offered in premium passes will be sold separately after each season, as the game readies for its October 2 worldwide launch.