The HK243 Review!

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My HK243 Review.

Hey there you smexy contracting pimps of contract wars it's been a while since i did my last review and i have been thinking about making a video, but you wouldn't like my 41y old trailer trash grumpy potty mouth voice so...back to writing :D

For this review, and to exclude the influence of skills and customisation i will compare the gun with it's base stats. That and some hands-on experience. Also, i wanted this gun bad so i have unlocked a good number of levels by spending GP on games instead of food. Theres only 3 meta levels i have to unlock, but since i don't want to eat air for the rest of the month, this will have to do.

It seems as the devs didn't base this gun on it's compact little cousin, the G36C but gave it an entirely different set of stats which happen to be eerily similar to that of the Colt IAR. So, that gives us a base to look at.

First of all, the devs have continued to put us Thermal-Whores into an even smaller corner by making the EXPS-2 accessible only through the WTASK!, your only alternative sadly is the butt-ugly and close-range only option the;  Cobra Sight.
Seeing this, i would almost think that Thermalvision's days are numbered or some major Nerf is inbound.

Good thing is, the day i got it, i got überlucky by winning a secret camo from the roulette!

But now :

El reviewos del HK243 es here-os!

Accuracy.
Of the guns, HK243 has the highest accuracy. From a hands on experience, i can tell you that it's accuracy is totally weird because if you use collimators it will feel MUCH less accurate then it's stats suggest...but when using a Spectre 4x (and possibly a nightforce as well) you can snipe pretty successfully on maps like lake.

Recoil.
Hk243 has less recoil then the g36c, as i sorta predicted, but has more recoil then the IAR. With mods, you are going to have a hard time getting this to 1 and this is what IMHO is a little problem with the gun as it also has quite some visual recoil. When using this, you probably want Firestab to make it more accurate but the low recoil of the gun makes firestab a less obvious choice.

Damage. 
Of the guns listed, the HK243 has the lowest damage and this sucks. Really sucks because you can really feel it's underpowered.  Its not that accurate with collimators, has significant visual recoil and on top of that, Damage that feels worse then it should. These 3 factors combined make will make you spray a lot more then you really want.

Firerate. 
The same as the Colt IAR but a lot higher then the g36c which to me is pretty strange. The firerate luckily makes up for some of it's weaknesses.

Mobility.
Lowest mobility of the couple. Depending on what you want to do with it, it can mean 2 things. Mobility is okay when you are primarily using scopes and thus are the campery type. But for the use of collimators and thus rushing, this will be a problem. Especially when trying to task it. (tripples means flanking, flanking means mobility required)
So, equipping the HK243 means, you need to equip a high mobility pistol (ex, glock) to move around. Sadly, when using the HK, you often will wish for a S&W or tasked DEAGLE for sniping.

Reload speed.
Not looking at stats now, but from a hands on experience i can tell, reload speed is "okay" not too long, not to short. Especially considering you have a lot of bullets so you can reload when it's safe.
Now, If you want to increase reload speed, you are going to have a hard time as well, because from what i've seen, if you would like to use the fast reload for slow weapons buff, you will have to unlock EVERY weapon tier, because only the tromix monsterbreak (collimators/rushers) and/or the nightforce (scopes/sniper) are able to pull that off. Good luck grinding it to level 14.

Ammo cap.
As predicted, same as the IAR, and enough for some serious killing sprees.

Penetration.
Lower then the G36c but the same as the IAR. Sadly, this too contributes to the feeling of being underpowered because you can unload an entire clip on a group, without getting tripples in time.

Range.
You can look at it's stats, but i can tell you that when you go sniping with this on lake, range is just dandy.

X-factor : 
Aesthetics. If you are a skin-lover then this huge gun will fulfil every need. Because it's bulky, there's a lot of skin it can show. This gun looks sexy as fuck with probably any camo. The HK243 is also BIG, when walking around you will feel like a tank with this huge gun.

Wtask.
80 Tripples. Which is fair but hard considering you lack mobility and damage plus visual recoil and lower accuracy then expected. Mobility makes it hard to flank, the rest makes it hard to harvest your tripples, even when there's a cluster of enemies. My task is at 25%, with not much hours played, so i cant complain but less experienced folks are gonna have a hard time getting it done.

Customised HK243 vs customised IAR (Future, but very educated guess).

Acc= 100 max, so both will be 100 in effect. In the end theres no difference and since the IAR is bloody accurate now, it can only improve.
Recoil: with customisation, the IAR will have 1 Recoil with much less effort. IAR wins
Damage= IAR wins.
Fire rate = same.
Mobility = IAR wins.
Reload speed, IAR wins.
Penetration will be the same.
So therefor, the day IAR will be customised, the IAR will be better in almost every aspect. (unless a Nerf is inbound)


Conclusion.

EDIT: The more i play with the HK243, the more i'm thinking about abandoning it and abandoning it's wtask. The gun is underpowered, lacks accuracy and punch to mow down groups. Also its mobility is a penalty on a penalty on a penalty... When i'm in a stack, it's okay, but for antistacking i need "real" equipment. Don't buy this unless it gets buffed. 

It's a cool gun and its a nice alternative to those who haven't tasked their IAR because of it's crappy iron sight BUT i feel it's underpowered in a lot of ways and i'm convinced that when the IAR gets customised, the reason to purchase this gun will be gone as well! There's just too little difference between the guns and in fact, the IAR has better stats.

Also ; perhaps i am overlooking the fact that we are dealing with a tier 3 gun and i expect t6 quality, but if i do, so do the devs because unlocking tiers with GP is HELLA CRAZY expensive. Purchasing a fully customised IAR will cost you close to 40-50€

Is it bad? No, but this goes for a lot of guns as well.

What would i not change about this gun.

Wanting EXPS-2, calls for the need to get the task done. Which is unfortunate BUT makes doing it's wtask a challenging "must". I Need the EXPS-2..I want the EXPS-2, so having to go through the tasking process is a logical challenge. Well played devs, but i hope it's worth it, because if its as bouncy as the cobra, i will abandon this gun because i simply can do more harm with other guns, sr3m for example.

What would i change about this gun?

This gun definitely needs a buff on at least one of these things :

Damage. more damage would make up for the visual recoil and crappy sights.
Visual recoil. Needs to get lowered drastically because you need longer bursts to down someone and accuracy is an issue here.
Mobility. What use is a gun that is slow + lacks the punch to deliver when you are finally in position?

Also i keep telling this, but the devs won't budge. Several Russian guns have the low magnification Nit-A collimator, Other rifles have no low magnification alternative. The HHS sight's tool tip says EXPS-2, but the devs say, it's EXPS-2 with different reticle. So thermal whores once again get a cold shoulder.

Should you buy it?

That's up for you to decide.

If you have trouble doing tripples, got stranded at the g36c and IAR wtask...then NO most definitely do not buy it.
If you have the IAR already... well if you like it, you can purchase this but IAR will be customised too and probably give you a gun with even better stats.
If you rent penetration. Yes (because this gun needs to deliver a bigger punch)
If you like to slap your enemy silly. Yes, this gun keeps spraying and spraying and spraying. You don't wanna be on the business end of this baby.
If you like skins. Definitely buy it.
If you like to troll. Buy it, machine gun-sniping on lake is very fun to do :D
If you need a viable endgame weapon. Rent it first and see if you can handle it.

That's it, i tried my best to do an objective review and went even more techy then before, but if you disagree, please comment and let me know how you feel about this gun.

Orgy out!