Board Thread:Unanswered Questions/@comment-75.95.173.188-20150527225855

I currently have a lvl 10 ADF-01 with lvl 5 4AAM and one extra expansion slot (31 in total in all categories).

When I first got it to a point where I could use it a few months back, I equipped the weapon slots solely with standard missile upgrades. This made the standard missiles great (obviously), but the 4AAMs were pretty pathetic. Orange planes would often avoid them, and you have to two shot everything but yellow which was annoying.

So after opening up most of the major upgrades, I went the total opposite direction. I've gone to all of the highest value SP.W. upgrades and no standard missile upgrades. Now my 4AAMs are quite lethal, but I'm having to work very hard with the standard missiles. Maybe I became spoiled, but a lot of the shots I was making (like orange targets that were at a 90 degree angle to my plane) are completely whiffing, and red targets, especially during the emergency missions, are avoiding my missiles quite often.

So now, the past couple of updates have added some pretty good 'duel' upgrades to standard missiles, and I'm deciding what to do. If I add the two highest value standard missile upgrades, my plane's air attack meter goes to a crazy level (like S+++) and I still have room for one of the 'S' SP.W. upgrades. The problem is that I think that won't be enough, and I'll be back to where I was before, just with standard missiles that are crazy powerful.

So anyway, before I throw away 50k credits experimenting, I was wondering if anyone's gone through this dilemma and has any advice. I've pretty much opened up all of the higher level upgrades so I can do whatever I want, I just don't know what the best trade off would be.

Thanks in advance. 