Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

You will unlock this achievement after you complete a total of 20 air-strikes while in co-op mode.

It does not make a difference who initiates the air-strike, it will count for both players. So you only need to call in 20 total air-strikes (not 20 each).

You can use artillery strikes to count towards the 20. Both my brother and I got this achievement while using an artillery strike.

Before you have the ability to use any air-strikes you will have to hire Misha Milanich (the drunken fighter pilot).

You can either buy air-strikes from faction outposts, receive them as rewards for completing missions, or have Ewan extract them from the field when you find them.

I got this by dropping 20 air strikes as the host, having my coop partner create a new game, then from the mansion I went and picked up an airstrike (the one on the hill by the main gate a the roadside) by calling in a pickup. The achievement unlocked instantly. We then did the same again the other way around and he got his also!

Damage, Inc.
This achievement took us quite a while to pop. I would just like to share a few things here for anyone still struggling with this. I am convinced this achievement is buggy, but not unobtainable. It simply unlocks when it wants to.

First of all, it took us a lot more than 20 airstrikes. We both stocked up on artillery strikes and bombing runs, as they are the cheapest. Get them from any faction outposts.

Cash
For cash, see the solution for "Billion Dollar Babies" involving Ewan's winching challenge and the way to streamline it. This is the fastest way to make money in the game.

Fuel
In order to have constant bombardment, you'll need a constant supply of fuel. There is a great place to stock up on fuel, a small clearing on the side the road, located to the South West of the area the PLAV are inhabiting. It's next to the river in the south west corner of the map. You'll find six 500 gallon fuel tanks there, and they are lightly defended.

Transport
I recommend keeping a fast chopper with you (UP rougue) so you and your partner can fly back and forth to this spot to refuel when these tanks respawn.


I believe only the host gets the achievement. My boosting partner didn't unlock it in our session, however he used more than thirty in my game, and I dropped around fifty.

We started to suspect that artillery perhaps does not count, as it's technically not an airstrike, as it's not ordinance dropped from an aircraft, more of a long range barrage, (maybe I'm just splitting hairs here) but the game does list it under "airstrikes" in your stockpile... just use lots of different types of airstrikes.

As I was not far into my game (I hadn't yet captured Blanco on the oil rig) and I was still working with UP and PLAV, I only had six different types of airstrike available to me.
I purchased at least 40 x bombing runs and artillery strikes, (cheapest cost in cash and fuel)
Then it was UP tank busters, and UP air patrols, (about 15 of these each)
The other two were strikes that you unlock early in your playthrough, or the ones that you find lying around on the ground.

I also want to mention that it was a UP Tank Buster that made it pop. There was a VZ tank perched on a hill, I called it in, and it killed the tank. That was exactly when the Achievement unlocked. However, the guy I was boosting with didn't unlock it (I was the host, he joined my game) and after we kept trying for about an hour he decided to call it a day.

I did this with the same player in one single game, and he didn't drop out.

- Get plenty of cash.
- Buy plenty of different airstrikes. (At least 20 of each.)
- Make sure your partner has done the same.
- When it's your turn, make sure you are the host.
- Stick with the same boosting partner and do it all at once, all in one game.
- Learn where the fuel tanks are on the map. You need loads of fuel.
- Keep a couple of fast UP choppers on hand.
- Try to make sure your airstrikes are destroying some kind of target.
- Both players should be dropping lots of different types of airstrikes.
- When you're done, quit out and join your partners game, so that he can host.

I hope this helps!

EDIT: I need to add something, I helped someone get this the other day. Joining his game, I had the glitch where I couldn't use any of my stockpile items, vehicles, or airstrikes. I walked out of the villa, through the main gates, left onto the hill, and found the airstrike and bundle of cash on the grass. (It's just outside the walls of the villa.) I ordered Ewan to pick them up, as he arrived the achievement popped for my friend. I didn't use any airstrikes.

If you have anything to add please leave a comment, thanks.

Me and a friend unlocked this today, I would say its by luck but I do know a couple of things about this achievement though

One thing is that you must be the host to earn this
Second off all you must be the one to use the 20 air strikes

We know the Bombing run, Artillery strike and Bunker Buster counts as air strikes

Our experience we had I was in a friends game he was using all the airstrikes listed above and got the achievement when he threw a bombing run knowing he definitely did more than 20, but I didn't unlock it, then I hosted a new game believing I had definitely threw more than 20 airstrikes I had to start the tutorial again my friend joined my game just before we blew up the front gate at the start I threw the airstrike at the gate and it immediately popped

I think this luck when it unlocks but don't give up hope it will unlock eventually