Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-71.22.182.56-20141012085213

So I thought I had the Guardian of the Skies challenge (get 300 rescues bonuses in 7 days for a Elite Mercenary Contract) figured out. The first time I tried it, I saved up about 20 stocked fuels, fired up the Elite Mercenary contract I already had saved up, and went to town. At the end of the 20 sorties (plus any new drops while I was playing) I had the progress bar well north of 50% (don't remember just how far) and easily finished the challenge with a couple days to spare using my 6 sorties per day (I don't pay for anything).

The second time I tried, I did not fair as well. I did the same thing, saved up 20 or so sorties, fired up the contract I had won previously, and spent a day using those up. This time, the progress bar was below 50%, and it literally went down to the wire. I had an hour or two left on the 7th day to get the last 20 or so rescues and had to use of some of my stocked sorties I collected during the week.

Well, I'm on my third attempt, and so far it's a disaster. I played through about 20 sorties (altogether) and something came up so I couldn't play more, but I didn't play a WHOLE lot less than before. I was only at about 27% completion, and after a day of 6 more sorties, I'm still only at 30%!!!??!!! At this rate, there's no way I'll complete it unless I MAYBE dump every sortie I win between now and the end of the week into it, and even then I don't think it will be enough.

So any tips for getting more rescue bonuses? I seriously have no idea what's going on. I mean, I can sort of guess, but maybe some of you have real insight.

As of right now, I use my level 9 Rafael M VA with level 4 LASM for everything. I am using the rescue bonus enhancer equipment. My MR is just below 1850 and I try to play only with people in the 1800-2000ish range. I play all 4 or 6 player missions, but don't have any particular favorites.

My guess is that maybe rescue bonuses are just harder to come by with better players, or maybe it's better to play 8 player missions? I really don't know. I switched up my aircraft more often earlier, I was using an F117 a lot, but my Rafael is the only thing I have past level 5 and nothing else is really competitive with the players I matched against.

Anyway, thanks in advance for your help! 