So what’s the point of researching, taking part of a event to get said vehicle if it could return later? The only thing I like about event vehicle is because they should be exclusive, will be my fault if I miss the vehicle I wanted, it’s not up to the game to change its mechanics just for me to get it. Just like the A-34, the TB-3 is a gift exclusive vehicle part of the earliest moments of development of War Thunder environment, it’s a gift, it shouldn’t return.
I don’t mean we should recieve the exact same TB-3, just if we can receive a normally accesible TB-3 variant to use.
Just a T-34, with a little lamp, but specially the “prototype” in the name and thus can be recognized.
Maybe og TB-3 can keep the green color and normal TB-3s receive a white coat and plenty of visual differences, even a different BR to keep the TB-3M-17-32 as a special plane.
While I actively support it next with the " Operation R.E.L.I.C. " suggestion, There’s nothing to stop adding a normal TB-3 to be more accesible and even more viable (Later TB-3s improved speed, defensive armament and climbrate)
TB-3 will not care a damn thing, it doesn’t even have a market whose prices will suffer from extra TB-3s.
Honestly I kinda hope they do the boxes again every 5 years like they did for the 10 year anniversary, I was lucky enough to get the M8 for the US but not the TB, I got that out of a crate
There is quite many event vehicles which are available only as drops from SL loot boxes. Just like the TB-3. Not to mention the wiki can also define things like battle pass vehicles which you can buy from marketplace as “premium gift” vehicles.
the reason why it’s so hard to obtain is because the combat efficiency of this aeroplane is so low that honestly Gaijin cannot justify putting it into the tech tree or giving it a GE Price
so it was chosen to add as an event prize, one that’s quite hard to get now several years after the event