The AKS-74U is Now Surprisingly Good in Tarkov!
With all the recent changes to recoil in Tarkov, we are seeing a lot of new weapons make a comeback in terms of their overall effectiveness and usability. In general, with the exception of I think one or maybe two weapons max, almost everything in the game feels better to shoot. Both in terms of the weapons actual recoil, and the overall camera shake that coincides with weapons and their unique recoil. This is a big one, because some weapons in Tarkov didn’t actually have that much weapon kick, but had an unprecedented amount of camera recoil. Since these most recent changes, that feeling of your camera going into orbit when you fire is largely gone for the most part. Which to myself personally, is the biggest change for weapons feeling better to just shoot in Tarkov. One such weapon is the AKS-74U. An oldie in the scale of how long it has existed in Tarkov, but besides the one time you are required to use the weapon (which is Punisher Part 3, where you need 25 scav kills with it) you never see this gun out in the world, unless someone is low on cash and needs something cheap in their hands. However, that has since changed. As someone who genuinely is fond of the gun, I am glad to say that it is much more usable when compared to its older counterpart. On top of that, I have a special version of the gun I like to make for both function and a little bit of form as well. If you have played Resident Evil 8, then this gun should look familiar. It's Chris Redfield’s AKS from the final act of the game. I have to say, it looks really cool, and it’s almost the exact same. There are some parts and cosmetic pieces that just aren’t available to us the player, but other than that, it’s really close.
