So I spend some time yesterday to grind for the skins and here is some feedback.
The positive part is that the requirements say “play 3 battles” and not “win” and I mean that as positive feedback.
The 70% activity were no problem on the Ground related skins, but certainly on the planes. This little exercise also highlightes (again) the issues with the current Matchmaker, because almost all battles were uptiers.
Since all the vehicles were premium, that was not as bad as the experience I usually have when trying to spade TT vehicles…
It would be quite nice, if we had an option for the Matchmaker to select an Up-/Downtier range from:
“On BR”
“+/- 0.3 BR”
“+/- 0.7 BR”
“+/- 1.0 BR”
This way we can chose a more narrow bandwidth of BRs, which helps when spading a vehicle, even though the wait time might be a bit longer.
Good load of content, especially the massive Pack, and the Leopard skin in particular looks fantastic.
I make the following comments;
The US Grant? …really? Would be good to see an option for the British Grant Mk I in the Pack, which otherwise contains only GB TT vehicles.
Why is Skippy wearing US equipment? Maybe not a big deal to most, but for Australian players it sticks out like a sore thumb. See Razielkaine’s thread.
Artistic license aside, the Southern Cross on the “Australia Day 2025” decal is distinctly pissed.
Now this is a proper event. Thank you for including content from rank 1 through rank 7. Give w little bit of something for both ww2 enjoyers and modern players. I hope we see more of that in events going forward!
Not this time, no compensation or price reduction if any of the vehicles are already owned:Gaijin.Net Store - Per Ardua Ad Astra Pack
IF you do purchase the pack however, all the camo’s, profile picture, and title are awarded immediately, for all of the applicable vehicles. I purchased the pack, only had a couple of the vehicles already, was cheaper to buy the pack itself rather than purchase each vehicle separately (the cheapest option will depend on exactly how many of the vehicles contained in the pack that you already own.) So, even if you already own all 7 vehicles you could purchase the pack to get all the camo’s, pfp, and title without having to complete the tasks. If you wanted to spend $'s instead of grinding the rewards.
NOTE: The Japanese F-4EJ ADTW is not in the combined store pack, and its camo will not be awarded by purchasing the combined pack. You either have to buy its specific pack directly now, or if you already own it, by completing the 3 matches with 70%+ activity: Gaijin.Net Store - F-4EJ Phantom II ADTW Pack
FINAL NOTE: The decal is also not included in the Gaijin.Net Store - Per Ardua Ad Astra Pack, you must complete 3 missions using British vehicles Rank III or above, with 70% activity:
I still can’t believe that the F-4E skin was given to the F-4EJ just to sall the pack… the jets in RAAF service were literally leased from USAF and later returned, yet the F-4E in the US tree gets nothing.
Check if the camouflages are present for the vehicles listed. Not sure which tank you’re talking about, but I personally mistook the American Grant for the British one.
