abstract
| - The Aircraft Tree is a system of tuning featured in Ace Combat Infinity. It allows players to "research" technologies to unlock aircraft or aircraft parts. Research on one section of a tree can only proceed as long as the path up to that section has been unlocked by purchasing all other items along that path. The amount of research performed on the tree is dependent on the Clear Rank and personal performance of the pilot during Online Co-Op Missions, and on the pilot's personal performance alone during Team Deathmatch. Since July 2014, Infinity has also featured a "Cst" rating. It stands for "Aircraft Cost"; mostly, aircraft in the same column on the Aircraft Tree have an identical Cst rating. Each column increases the Cst rating by 25 points. Special Aircraft have their own Cst ratings. These ratings help to determine an aircraft's performance in general compared to another aircraft; it does not, however, take an aircraft's level or the parts equipped into account. With an Update 1.03 that took place in August 2014, the Cst rating in aircraft selection has been replaced with "TtlCst", which takes into account the aircraft's level, equipped special weapon, equipped upgrade parts, and equipped datalink to give a more accurate rating of its performance.
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