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''[http://ace.subagames.com/ Ace Online]'', also known as ''[http://www.airrivals.net Air Rivals]'', and previously known as ''Space Cowboy Online'' way back when Gpotato ran the servers, is an MMO-style flight action game developed by [http://www.masangsoft.com/english/Games/aceonline.html Masangsoft] that can best be described as [[X Meets Y|a mashup]] between ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' and ''[[Ace Combat]]''. In the game, player characters pilot "Gears", multipurpose flight-capable combat vehicles, for either of two nations: [[The Empire|Bygeniou City United]] or Arlington City's [[La Résistance|Anti-National Influence]].
The war takes place on and around a Phillon planet colonised by the Decaians, a breeding ground for Space Bees, [[Space Whale|Space Whales]] and [[Rodents of Unusual Size]]. The planet is currently at war, since BCU's motivation is to wipe out all alien species on the planet- causing ANI to form from exiled political dissidents and attack BCU, on the basis that BCU is performing cruel and unjust acts against the "Non-Decaians". Several third parties, the Shrines, the Phillon, and the Vatallus, all have their own agenda concerning the planet, and interfere with the war in their own ways.
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** Most of the time, A-gears simply land and shoot from afar, using barrier when a B-gear approaches, or when the Bawoos are just about to hit.
*** They also use barrier when silenced by an I-gear to prevent damage from any missiles they cannot see.
* [[Mass Monster Slaughter Sidequest]]: Monster hunting sidequests are in their own folder (with some overlap with [[Twenty Bear Asses]]).
* [[More Dakka]]: What the '''Siege Modes''' are all about.
** The very best A-gear Standard Weapons often end up with at least ''twice'' the regular rate of fire ''(a combined reattack bonus of -50% or more)''. [http://www.acecalcs.net/wpndirect.htm?weapon=BL3Q1I000900005500000000200 This] is an example of a typical well-enchanted weapon, while '''[http://www.acecalcs.net/wpndirect.htm?weapon=BU0K4A000a00005500040300505 this]''' is a [[Game Breaker]].
* [[Standard Status Effects]]: The '''Snare''' ability slows down the target, which makes it easier for chasing missiles to hit the enemy. WARNING: you can snare ''[[Hoist by His Own Petard|yourself]]'' if you're not careful.
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** Except that it's [[Awesome but Impractical|neither effective nor efficient]].
*** [[Not Completely Useless|Unless your opponent is a high level I-gear]].
**** By that point the I-Gear should be able to dodge the following ABM
* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: Equipped with two bombing modes: '''Ground Bombing''', and later '''Air Bombing''', both attacks fire a large salvo of missiles either towards the ground or straight ahead respectively, with attack power ramped up at least 5-fold, more than enough to [[One-Hit Kill|scrap most airframes on a direct hit]].
* [[Invisibility Cloak]]: A pair of angel wings flap and then surround the Gear, subsequently turning it invisible to radar and vision. Certain items and skills belonging to the ''M-Gear'' can reveal the cloaked B-Gear. Also, missiles retain their lock even after the Gear cloaks.
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The player's Gear(s) are equipped with:
* '''Standard''' ''([[Gatling Good|rotary guns]] or cannons)'' and '''Advanced''' ''(missiles and rockets)'' weapons
* '''Armor''' ''(Each type of Air-frame has its own type of armor)''
* '''Radar''' ''(Which affects weapon lock-on range and the object-sensing abilities of the mini-map)''
* '''Engine''' ''(Which is statted for many aspects of its performance, such as maximum/minimum speed, turning angle, and Booster speed.)''
* '''CPU''' ''(which adds stat-points to your pilot's RPG-style stats)''
In addition, there are three additional equipment slots which are not critical to getting the Air-Frame operable:
* '''Permanent Adhesive''' ''(a fuel tank and/or a Armor or Shield enhancer; Nation Leaders are gifted with a 10,000 Shield-Point adhesive commonly called a "[[Fan Nickname|diaper]]")''
* '''Temporary Adhesive''' ''(a timed charm which may either give stat bonuses or a buff to experience and/or [[Random Drop|item drop rates]])''
* a holographic '''Mark''' ''(a purely decorative sign that appears over a pilot's head while in town.)''
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** The cargo carried, but not equipped, by an air-frame has ''no effect'' on the loadage weight. Carry 20 or more heavy Guarders and Binders in your inventory, and you won't feel the least bit sluggish.
* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]: Again, the {{color|Purple| Legendary}} Weapons.
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* [[Irrelevant Sidequest]]: There's an entire list of so-called "Standard Missions" which are your run-of-the-mill "[[Zero Punctuation|kill X amount of monster Y for cock-head Z.]]"
** [[Forced Level Grinding]]: sometimes, those [[Standard Missions]] are the only ones available to you.
* [[Item Crafting]]: How players obtain upgraded weapons, armor, and {{color|Purple| Legendary}} equipment. Some advanced alloys can only be manufactured by crafting.
* [[Just Add Water]]: Have the materials needed to upgrade your armor? Just cart it along to the factory and the fabricators will do the rest...
** ...[[Guide Dang It|Until you realize that you need the recipe first]], which, thankfully, can be found at resources like '''[http://www.acecalcs.net/acepedia/ the Acepedia]'''.
* [[Joke Item]]: Or rather, joke armors. No we're not talking about the newbie armors, we're talking [http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/2149/somebeachhutsandwaterme.png watermelon plane armors]
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** Customization is limited to changing the in-game textures of the Gears or characters, but the player is the only one who can see these customizations.
*** The airframe paintjob shop has been deactivated recently in all versions of ACE Online (Except for [[Air Rivals]] for now), in an effort to combat lag due to ongoing work with how the colours are sent between game clients. To make up for that new armors are being released for the time being.
**** Contours (read:paintshop that costs real money) are offered if you have the scratch to buy them, and are generally detailed enough to justify spending money on, especially since the game enables slipstreams for contours. The [[War Point]] shop armors have always looked the best (being designed by [[Art Fox]] as opposed to whatever braindead idiot is making new slots) and these give you the oppourtunity to turn your useful armor into a cool looking one. The support staff will allow you to change what armor they're on at will (if you wait 3 days) and they serve as good tools to confuse your enemies, at least for well known high level players, as your shiny new white contour probably won't be thought of as your primary prob armor with amazing-money-down-the-toilet enchants, and will let you surprise your other well known enemies if you rotate them sufficiently.
* [[Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters]]: ANI faces this issue.
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