Sortie Fuel

The Sortie Fuel system is a unique gameplay mechanic to Ace Combat Infinity that restricts the player to participating in a number of missions equivalent to how much fuel they own. All missions in Infinity in every game mode, except Test Flight, require the use of one fuel per mission.

Description

There are two types of fuel: Supplied Fuel and Stocked Fuel.

Supplied Fuel is given to players for free at timed intervals; when one Supplied Fuel is used, the player is given another Supplied Fuel four hours afterward. A player can only have three Supplied Fuel at any given time.

Stocked Fuel is earned through Challenges, from random drops, or by purchasing it with real money. Stocked Fuel is unlimited, but does not automatically regenerate. Using Stocked Fuel will award slightly extra credits and will automatically add some bonus research to the aircraft the player uses within that mission, but there are no effects on the mission itself whether Stocked or Supplied Fuel is used.

Prices

The current non-sale prices for Stocked Fuel are as follows:

• 1 Stocked Fuel: ¥100 / $0.99 / €0.99
• 5 Stocked Fuel: ¥500 / $4.99 / €3.99
• 11 Stocked Fuel: ¥1000 / $8.99 / €6.99
• 35 Stocked Fuel: ¥3000 / $26.99 / €19.99
• 60 Stocked Fuel: ¥5000 / $44.99 / €34.99

The $ sign applies for US Dollars and Canadian Dollars.

Stocked Fuel has also been included in packs of DLC with other special items. For example, the Elite Pack includes 20 Stocked Fuel along with an emblem and 8 contracts, while the Rookie Set includes 5 Stocked Fuel along with an emblem and 2 contracts.

Discounts

One-week-long discounts on Stocked Fuel have taken place sporadically to promote certain tournaments in Infinity. Typically, these discounts reduce the prices of 11 Stocked Fuel and 60 Stocked Fuel by 20%. The list of Ranking Tournaments that have featured a discount on Stocked Fuel is as follows:

1. 1st Mercenary King Tournament
2. First Team Deathmatch: "Restricted Aircraft Tournament"

Additionally, to promote the Team Deathmatch General Tournament during the last week of July and the first week of August, 2014, the "August Stocked Fuel Set" was released on the PlayStation Store in North America and Japan. Players can purchase the set only once although it provides 15 Stocked Fuel for the price of 11, but, just like the discounts, the set will only be available for one week.

Forced Sortie

Forced Sortie logo

Every weekend, starting on Fridays at 4 AM GMT and ending on Mondays at 4 AM GMT, the Forced Sortie event takes place. Forced Sortie allows players to earn more rewards by spending extra fuel.

• Using 2 fuel instead of 1 will award the player with 2.1x credits, 2.1x research, two Limited-Time Drops and 2x Ranking Tournament points.
• Using 3 fuel instead of 1 will award the player with 3.5x credits, 3.5x research, three Limited Time Drops and 3x Ranking Tournament points

Players cannot spend more than three fuel cells on one mission.

Forced Sortie is an optional feature - players do not have to participate in the event, and can continue to use one fuel cell per mission as normal, which will not affect their rewards or statistics in any way.

Forced Sortie also features quotes in a notification in multiplayer lobbies.

• So many gentlemen in one place. Quite a spectacle.
• No matter how dark the night, dawn always comes.