Thanks, Nikita! You guys have done a great job on this game. When I played the first time, I literally felt anxiety and adrenaline for the first time in a game.
I would love it if you considered the following:
- Create some mild stun effects for no earpro. You could offset this a bit by creating basic earpro that muffles rather than enhances hearing but protects from stun effects.
- It would be cool to have the ability to mod your gun with a heavy barrel for better accuracy and an ergo penalty.
- Just take a second look, if you could, at current relative MOA values between rifles. Plus the MOA feels a little low to me - I'm not sure if I have a truly 1 MOA gun outside of my precision setups, and even then the gun is more accurate than I am. Generally, 2-4 MOA feels about right. It shouldn't make a lot of difference at the ranges we play with in the game.
- I think the difference in pen is maybe a little exaggerated, but in any case I think M995/7N39 should be just about impossible to get. Like I said before, I have only ever seen it once in my life and have never fired it. I have to imagine it would be unicorn-like in its rarity in a Tarkov setting. M855 and 7N6 should really be the norm for what we use in the game, and it should be able to cut through soft armor that is primarily for stopping pistol and shotgun rounds. Actually, it might be even better if you substituted 55 grain for the M855. I know Tula and Wolf make 55 gr steel case by the truckload, but I'm not sure if I've ever seen Russian-made green tip (maybe it's just not imported to the US)
- I absolutely hear you about durability - look forward to seeing implemented at some point. I'm sure you guys know this already, but if you do implement it, bi-metal steel case is believed to be much harder on barrel wear than copper jacketed brass-cased ammo, and is reported to have more problems associated with failure to extract the case. It would be interesting to have to choose between steel case 5.56 for half the price of brass, knowing that you'll wear down your barrel faster and may have a higher rate of malfunctions
One thing I want to congratulate your team on is how you guys have not subscribed to the mythology about M4 accuracy vs AK reliability. The most true thing I ever heard was one of our DIs saying "Don't count on a huge difference between your weapons and theirs: the AR is a lot more reliable than people think, and the AK is a lot more accurate than people think."