Quote from: CabbageFoot on May 13, 2016, 06:02:23 PMQuote from: Louisthebadassrimworlder on May 08, 2016, 07:53:56 AM
Hello! As much as I love the combat in Rimworld, it is in dire need of some upgrades. Here are some ideas:
AK-47 - A cheap, less powerful version of the assault rifle. It would shoot faster and take less time to cool down, but its range would be far lower.
I'm no gun geek, but shouldn't an AK have higher accuracy at medium range and lower at long range, lower fire rate but same burst size, and slightly more damage per bullet then a standard assault rifle? This is what I gather from how people talk about it IRL and from how Counter Strike has balanced it vs the M4A4.
It's been a while since I nerded out about guns but off the top of my head, the 5.56mm that an M4 fires typically has a much greater muzzle velocity than 7.62mm you'd get in an AK, so it'll generally have longer range. The tradeoff is in damage. Because the bullet's traveling so fast, on soft targets 5.56mm will *usually* punch a neat hole and come out the other side, there isn't the same energy dispersal you'd get with a 7.62mm which usually cause devastating wounds.
If you wanted it to be accurate I'd make AKs fire slower, have shorter range and less accuracy to account for the heavier caliber being harder to control on full auto (fire modes would be a really cool mod idea now that I think about it), but about 1.5x the damage of the M16 ingame and a massive buff on their deterioration rate to reflect their legendary reliability.
Wow I feel nerdy.