SNACK: 3-line summary
- Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve’s online mode has a lobby for up to 100 mercenary pilots.
- Its main missions use two four-pilot teams, not a single 100-pilot battlefield.
- Online progress and saves are separate from the solo campaign.
Up to 100 mercenary pilots can gather in Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve’s online lobby. That number describes the lobby, though—not the size of a main mission, where two teams of four take flight.
Snackgirls react
Red: I want to see how a four-pilot team works together when there’s another team chasing the score.
Nea: I’m curious what those rare special missions will ask of a hangar built through online play.
Two missions, different kinds of teamwork
In Co-Op Assault, the two four-pilot teams cooperate while competing for score. Co-Op Warfare pits two teams of four against each other in battles that also involve NPC forces on land, at sea and in the air.
Online progress has its own runway
The online mode keeps its progression and save data separate from the solo campaign. Pilots can acquire and upgrade aircraft online, and there’s an arcade featuring Namco classics. The official feature also mentions rare special missions and scheduled missions with set rules, without giving dates for them.
Sources and date: 2026-09-28 KST