AK74, My review.

Hello Contractor.

The second they were released, i bought both the ACR-C and the AK74. But i have to admit, i only bought the AK74 because it was cheap, not because it's such a great weapon or it comes with a superb Wtask.

If you have read my ACR-C posts earlier, you might have noticed that i'm not a big fan of Iron Sights. In fact, i really dislike them. Especially the AK family of assault rifles has the worst Iron Sights of the lot. They are obstructing your view and they bounce harder then your sisters boobs.

Here, let me show you what i mean.

Wow wait, look again, the AK74 isn't as bulky as the rest of his family, in fact, i think it's okay. Now as pleased as i was with the initial accuracy of the ACR-C as dissapointed i was with the AK74's accuracy. So i decided to have some fun with the ACR-C first.

During my adventures with the ACR-C, someone (sorry forgot your name, bro) mentioned to me that the AK74 was a longshotmachine. This got me curious enough to do the AK's Wtask right after i was done with the  ACR's task.

Oddly the guy who mentioned the longshots was right. The AK74 does seem to have homing bullets that fly straight into someone's skull. But for that i needed to use the ironsight (eewww). What suprised me more was the fact that i finished the wtask much, much faster then the ACR-C's task.

Let's have look at the AK74's stats.

It has decent stats, but it's nowhere near being an awesome gun. Furthermore the stats show that with a lousy skillbuild you will have a hard time hitting anything at all because of it's mediocre Accuracy and high recoil. It's obvious that even with the task complete you will not be having a lasergun like the ACR or M4A1.

Now for the tasked version of the AK74

Accuracy did become good, but recoil remains an issue when your the spraying type but it's not that bad when you fire in a controlled manner. In fact, it's really easy and fun to kill people with. 

What does the Wtask give?

As you can see, you do not get a silencer, which will cause a lot of people to dislike the gun from the beginning, but instead of a silencer, you get the most BIGASS scope you will ever see. The scope alone will block a fairly large portion of your view and you will have to adjust to that. 

SO..is it bad?

Well no, actually it's quite awesome; the scope is surprisingly fast and instead of bouncing it kinda pulsates on  your target without you having to re-adjust your aim. That plus the 100% accuracy makes this gun ideal to hipfire at close to medium range and to scope at medium to long range giving you 2 guns in one.

So..is it OP?

No, not by far. the AK74 comes with a good scope and decent stats, but without a silencer you will have to do without stealth, so camping wouldn't be wise in most cases. IMHO this gun is good, but it doesn't even hit the toplist of "best"guns in game and the AK105 beat's the AK74 by far because of it's recoil and more important ; silencer. Sure, the AK105 doesn't have a scope, but it's holosight is good enough to snipe with.

Is it worth buying? 

Oh yeah, this might not be the best gun in the game, but it's absolutely fun to play with in med-range maps. If you're about stats/performance only you may want to skip this gun, but when fun and novelty is more important to you, this baby will offer you tons of fun.

I for one did not regret my purchase and perhaps this gun won't allways be in my standard loadout, i just might toy with it occasionally.

One word of caution tho, The AK74 is currently temporary on sale, for just 225 gp this baby can be yours, if you consider purchasing it : Do it now, it's a bargain!

If you would like to see the AK74 in action, here's a youtube vid showcasing both the AK74 and the ACR. (not my video's)

Orgy out.