Dang! Lots of features for the money.
Truly. I've not used any Arken's scopes so I can't say anything about them aside from what you said.
half mil hashes and center-only illumination is hardly what I'd call busy....
I like the inner "dot" and plex.
I prefer closer spacing on the outer bars (~3-3.5 mils left/right) and them being solid all the way in. I'll never need that much windage but closer outer bars often helps me in low light and broken backgrounds. Still looks like a usable reticle.