Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-2.86.89.41-20140721131114/@comment-24657303-20140731004108

Man, this fuel system sucks hard. I understand why it exists, AC:I needs to make Bandai Namco money after all, but it's just so poorly implemented!

The maximum limit of 3 supplied fuel tanks is a complete joke and the 4 hour recharge rate per unit is insane considering that the missions, both campaign and co-op take about 5 lousy minutes to do. It's harder than it needs to be to earn fuel through challenges too.

The thing that really annoys me though, is the lack of a one time fee unlimited access option, nearly every game i've encountered that's F2P or requires a subscription has some sort of one time fee unlimited access DLC but AC: I has no such thing, except the unlimited campaign ticket of course, although the fact it'll only be good for missions 1-8 makes it a season pass and that's misleading.

It's not like i'm a freeloader and just expect AAA gaming to be handed to me for free, i'll happily support developers who make great games by buying DLC but when I do I expect it to be PERMANENT and not have to fritter away more money on the exact same thing a few days later.

Many people seem to share this opinion too, seriously, do a quick google search and you'll find nothing but complaints about the fuel system, specifically about the fact that it shoves microtransactions down your throat as is.

All these things just highlight how greedy Bandai Namco has become, and in the end, that greed is going to cause more people to avoid their games. Which ironically means less money for them which in turn means there's less chance of more Ace Combat games being released.

Sorry for the rant everyone, but I've been a huge fan of the AC series since Air Combat was released on the PS1 and I really don't want the series to be associated with words and phrases like "greed", "rip-off" and "scam" like CoD or Battlefield and many other mainstream titles I won't bother listing.

I'd LOVE to complain to BN about it, but they don't seem to have an email for suggestions and criticisms, only for customer service and technical issues. Besides, they won't listen anyway, they don't care as long as they get to continue milking suckers and ruining AC.