So the plane I started the mission in was taking damage and about to blow so I had to bail out and parachute to the ground.. At first, John Seed was dive-bombing me and I used my LMG and .50 cal sniper with standard/armor-piercing rounds to little effect (His plane still had about 3/4 of it’s health left when I ran out of ammo and was quickly overwhelmed by swarms of cultists.) When i respawned I fast traveled to a nearby shop to refill my ammo and replace my sniper rifle with the RPG. Now John is flying in circles 300-400 yards in the air and won’t come near me.. I haven’t done Nick Rye’s mission yet so calling him in is out of the question, the original plane I started the mission with at Seed Ranch isn’t respawnibg, and I don’t have money to go buy a weaponized plane either. WHAT CAN I DO?!? (I’m playing on medium difficulty and would rather not switch it to easy if I don’t have to as I like a good challenge, but this is just ridiculous).
There should be a helicopter near by use it after the chases is triggered fly to Falls End land and just shoot him down.Originally Posted by illestVWvr6 Go to original post
I tried several times to shoot him down from the plane, died every time. Then I went to find a helicopter and parachuted out and tried to hit him with a rocket launcher. Didn't work. Finally, I went back to his ranch & found a stationary machine gun right in front. I stood there for idk 5 mins and shot at his plane while he circled around. If you're having trouble maybe try it that way because it's a lot easier!!
Same happened to me. I didn't have the chance to start depleting his health bar. I was just starting again in a new plane when I heard him in panic on the radio. He said he was about to crash and some peggies even said "John's plane has crashed". It wasn't the case yet and DESTROY turned into GET as I was flying behind his plane about to land. I constantly shot the machine gun at him and when I almost crashed during landing, the mission was validated. I didn't have to shoot him on the ground as he was already dying on the ground when the cinematic started right after the success of the Wrath mission.
I thought it was an alternative for those, like me, who had failed many times.
Same happened to me. I didn't have the chance to start depleting his health bar. I was just starting again in a new plane when I heard him in panic on the radio. He said he was about to crash and some peggies even said "John's plane has crashed". It wasn't the case yet and DESTROY turned into GET as I was flying behind his plane about to land. I constantly shot the machine gun at him and when I almost crashed during landing, the mission was validated. I didn't have to shoot him on the ground as he was already dying on the ground when the cinematic started right after the success of the Wrath mission.Originally Posted by DinosaurDel Go to original post
I thought it was an alternative for those, like me, who had failed many times.
Strangest ending of this mission for me. I guess I crashed into his plane, died, respawned WAAAY north in Jacob's territory (almost 7000m from where it said John was). It said to get the key from him. Finally tracked down an ATV (was way up in the mountains), hauled balls back only to find out he's at his bunker, firing a mortar??? Popped him in the head, and that triggered the end of the mission and the cut scene...
Make a change to the way the plane is controlled, the default is not the best setting because it auto-corrects to level out and doesn't allow a barrel roll.
it is in .... Controls / Planes / Plane controls - Classic
That option will be closer to real flight and works better for this mission part.
Then go to Options / Gameplay / Aiming Assist - On
and
Game Difficulty - Easy
After making those changes, you can fly the plane at lowest speed and to do that just get into the air and reduce flight speed until you stall out then tap the accelerator button once.
This lets you fly upside down and sideways, without stalling and slow enough to keep Johns plane ahead of you for shooting.
Your turns will be sharper and john will happily fly within range of your bullets.
Also add the GFH, Rye and his plane to assist you in the dog fight.
Eventually John will parachute out and when he does, do the same thing and shoot him in the sky while you both float to the ground :-)
That is why you change the difficulty to easy, and Aim Assist on .. so you don't miss :-)