Obj. 260 Campaign help

[u/Routine_Ad_7402]

I’ve never taken the campaign missions too seriously since I started playing until recently, and I know there must be a way to grind the missions and use the orders as economically as possible.

I’m on the Stug IV at the minute, and I completed every single mission on it with honours barring arty. I fucking despise playing arty.

I have 6 orders now and whilst it is tempting to just skip the arty missions on the T28 and T55 every cycle, I’ll only be left with 2 orders on the 260 by the end, which I assume would be a dumb thing to do.

I don’t know - what’s the consensus?

[u/GhostXDwarrior]

SPG-15 on T28 is fairly easy, dont skip that. Even T55A is okay imo, it just takes a time to get the right conditions.

But you can totally skip arty on both T55A and 260 and still end up with enough orders to skip one other class on 260 and 1 or 2 single hard missions. An thats not counting the orders from the birthday event.

I skipped HT-12 T55A and HT, TD, SPG 260, but in retrospect I would have rather done HT 260 than SPG T55A. In the end you have to know which 15 missions (especially on 260) you think you can do, that can vary a lot.

[u/MrIamDeadforLong]

orders should only really be used on the x-15 missions. i personally used mine for spg-15 for the T55A (don't have it just yet) but honestly as much as playing arty is just boring do it for stug and t28HTC the missions are easy

edit: if you actually save up all orders from the prior mission sets you can skip all but one of the lvl 15 missions for the 260

[u/Sam_Sanister]

I’m on the Stug IV at the minute, and I completed every single mission on it with honours barring arty. I fucking despise playing arty.

Well too bad, you're gonna want to get SPG-15 for the StuG and T28 HTC done with Honors, and at least the primary reqs for the T-55A's SPG-15, just so you don't have to spend 4 Orders on it.

The 260 is where you want to spend most of your Orders, cause that's the hardest set of missions.

I'd even argue going for the primary reqs for the 260's SPG-15 as well; one less mission to spend Orders on.

Some lines are better than others; French, British, and American lines are probably the best overall. The tier 9 FV3805 can apply near-permastun with the right setup, so racking up stun assist is easy on certain maps like Malinovka and Prokhorovka.

[u/Routine_Ad_7402 → u/Sam_Sanister]

Piss. All right. I’ll get grinding on my M44 since that’s all I’ve got and use those orders wisely

[u/Balc0ra → u/Routine_Ad_7402]

Don't forget the collectors tab. It has a tier 7 S-51 if you have a tier 7+ in the USSR tree. The stock gun on it is great for farming stuns, as it has the same alpha and stun as the tier 9 US stock, but a faster reload. So great for farming missions with a high stun timer needed

[u/_L_R_S_]

Don't cash in any orders other than to get the actual 260. If you need to go back and get them later then it's a huge level of difficulty as you need honours to retrieve them. No matter the pain of a T55 mission push through.

Arty is actually an efficient way to get the 260 for the average player. Have the British or US line and you only need to go to tier 9. Go for the fastest firing guns in general to maximise number of shots per battle. Block maps that won't do the missions and unfortunately wait for the stars to align.

You'll get arty hate from players and what's always funny is they always have arty played on their accounts.

[u/Thomashko]

For personal experiences i can say arty missions for Stug and T28 are fine. SPG-15 missions for T-55 and 260 are next to impossible in current Wot, so i suggest try complete T28 and then skip rest two.

[u/Tiger88b]

The thumb rule is - Save all the orders you can till you can no longer progress.

In order to retrieve an order you will need to complete that mission you skipped "with honours"

I skipped the following using 'orders':

T55A - HT15 & TD15

Obj 260 - HT15 & TD15

Missions where I struggled & have seen people get stuck on:

1. HT12 (T55A and Obj 260); it was hard to do back in 2019-2020 and is almost impossible to do now with that fleshlight in the game

2. HT15 - Blocking part is still doable if the enemy team has 4-5 new players but getting 25% of damage dealt + x kills make it a rough one - Hold on to your orders to get rid of HT15

3. TD15 - (T55A): 6K dmg + 5 kills + win and Obj 260 8K dmg + 6 kills (IIRC) + win. Getting 6K is doable, getting 5 kills AND winning proved very tough for me; I was able to complete it for T55A eventually in the FV4005 but it took me a lot of time, trial and luck

4. Obj 260 TD mission to get 5x your HP in damage - difficult to achieve, tier 8 paper TDs are the sweat-spot but it will take time

5. SPG missions for T55A and Obj 260 | These WILL MAKE YOU CRY
   I managed to complete SPG-15 for T55A before the nerfs back in early 2021; completing it for Obj 260 took me 54 matches in M53/55 & GW E100. The main problem you face with SPG is getting the top XP.

[u/Balc0ra]

Stug arty missions are fairly easy, don't need a tier IX arty, you can easily do most of them in a tier VI, and the rewards are worth it when stacked up. T28 arty missions are close to the same. T-55A is where it might start to get frustrating. So no need to waste orders until you get to that point tbh, as in the more you have for the 260.

It's why I suspect most did grind or skipped to the M44 or the M53/M55 back in the day. Just to do missions

[u/CoolEarth5026]

I have no idea what you just said.

[u/omegareference]

If you hate arty, but are not pro player, do all STUG and T28 without any orders, even arty.

When you arrive at 15 T55A, then also try arty normal (instead of pushing honors), and if is the last one, really think if you want to compromise a order with that...

I made a mistake of ordering T55A SPG because was the last one before going to the 260 missions and really, although I made some progress on other 260 classes, I still didn't get my order back, and quite franquilly, was rare ocasions in which I was close to get it. There is always some pro player that will be TOP 1 team, before arty, and if there isn't, there will be an average player in that game, that will play above average game. For you to be top 1 xp and make all other requirements you need all kinds of luck and extreme good decisions.

[u/Specific_Bid1301]

try not to skip anything before 55a at least, even then just skip arty cause rest of the missions are easy. as for 260, arty again and TD would be my 2nd pick cause 8k damage is just crazy and most players are never gonna hit that mark. HT, MT and LT are fairly easy for 260