the ak74u ITSELF is not overpowered - NextGenUpdate (2024)

01-04-2011, 10:18 AM #1

let me explain.

the AK74u in call of duty black ops represents the gun in real life called the AKS74U (they mistyped it).

the AKS74U is a shortened version of the AK74 (a newer and replacement model of the AK47)

they took the AK74 and shortened its barrel and made the stock into a slightly smaller metal version. the purpose was to make the Assault rifle a little more smaller for easier use in suburban missions.

think about it like a shotgun, if you saw off the end of its barrel you make it smaller but it does not become a pistol now, it still will blast your stomach open and it is still a shotgun.

SO in Black ops all the SMG's are balanced BUT the AK74U is misplaced into that section, giving it more fire power, bigger clip then most of them, great iron sights, and the mobility it should not have. if that was not bad enough, it gave it two attachments which make it over powered. the grip is a very uncommon used attachments on AK weaponry in real life, but used in the game give it very little recoil, which knowning from experience in shooting an AK47, is less recoil shown then it should. Yes giving a grip to it in real life will reduce sway and recoil BUT not close to the amount it is shown in the game. also the rapid fire attachment doesn't exist in real life for the AK74U. which makes the gun shoot 1000RPM which is higher then any other assault riffle.

also an attempt to make the AK74u look more like an smg, black ops removed the stock from the weapon. here is a picture of an AKS74U looking how it should look.

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finally, if treyarch wants to call their game a "balanced" cod game. all they have to do is make a simple change. remove the grip and rapid fire attachment from the AK74U, place it with the Assault rifles and give it the proper mobility that it should get as an Assault rifle. and if possible but highly unlikely since i don't think you can do this with a patch, give it a flamethrower and masterkey attachment in replacement seeing how it is an assault rifle and has the capability for underbarel attachments (note the grenade launcher attachment, proving my point further that it isnt an SMG, seeing how no other gun in the smg class has underbarrel attachments)

by doing that smg class will be balanced and you will see more people use other smg's while having the AK74u in its rightful place with its rightful and balanced attributes.

ps. the difference between the smg class and AR class is that AR's are overall better weapons in range and strength and sometimes accuracy then smgs.
but smgs are givin 4 perks, yes thats right 4 perks.

if i have an AR class with perk 1 as lightweight i get the mobility of an smg class with perk 1 set to anything other then lightweight.

so basically the perk system on a smg class in comparison to an AR class is:
Perk1,Perk2,Perk3 (and hidden extra perk4 which is set to lightweight)

so if you understand what im getting at, and want to try the AK74U in the solution i propose, go to offline LAN game, add computer bots, set ur primary as AK74U (attachments can be anything but grip and/or rapid fire), secondary doesnt matter, equipment and stuff doesnt matter, perk1 should be disabled (which makes it= to the AK74u in the assault rifle class with perk1 set to lightweight) perk 2 can be anything and perk 3 can be anything. play a match and you will notice that it isn't as effective like it you used but still a great gun and is actually balanced and can not be complained in this form (the form it should have been in)

edit: here is a vid of someone shooting an AKS74 with grip. notice the recoil
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and here is an AKS74U being shot, again notice the recoil (so if you apply the first video to this, putting a grip on it doesn't make it close to what it is like in black ops)
also don't use the excuse "hurr durr shes a women and doesn't have strength and know how to shoot" because her form is excellent and she does look like she knows how

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01-05-2011, 11:17 PM #29

people all ready do complain about the famas, just not here because everyone here uses it. it has killed me more then the ak74u and i think it needs more recoil.

01-05-2011, 11:42 PM #30

Its recoil pattern is very random, but the main pattern is that it kicks to the right and up. To me, the AUG even has less recoil because it has a more balanced kick direction. Unless you are using the Famas with the same color lens and reticle trick.

01-05-2011, 11:52 PM #31

What is this trick?

01-06-2011, 12:00 AM #32

01-06-2011, 12:21 AM #33

01-06-2011, 12:47 AM #34

01-06-2011, 03:29 AM #35

haha thats some good connection you got there. i'm not here to disagree with you lol. people complained about the ump in mw2 and it didn't get nerfed or whatever so..i doubt ak74u will be changed guess we just gotta live with it? i mean...its not like only a certain people can use the ak74u everyone can. at the very least the ak74u isn't as overpowered as the ump was.

And to those saying famas is overpowered you kidding me? famas isn't anywhere near overpowered its a pretty balanced gun. almost all the assault rifles are

01-06-2011, 02:49 PM #36

01-06-2011, 04:05 PM #37

I mean I look at it like sports. The AK74U is like the Lakers, and some of the other guns are like The Oklahoma City Thunder, they may have less talent but on any given day they can get it done.

AK-74 is just overused, that's it. The word overpowered is a nerd term, more or less an excuse for why you died. They can leave that gun like it is, just for pete's sake get rid of Second Chance, omfg that is soooo annoying.