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Atleast 2 Chest shots failed to take or slow a target down, it needs a slight buff imo, feels kind of underpowered atm.
It was probably a chest shot and a limb shot, and limb damage is like hitting someone with a wet noodle in this game.
The SKS literally fires the same round as the AK and has a 3rd of the magazine capacity. The only thing you really get over an AK is slightly better accuracy and 4 extra inches of barrel length.
And no, 4 inches of barrel length will not make the SKS do significantly more damage than an AK.
There's a reason why AK's completely replaced the SKS.
"But what about gameplay balance" I can already hear someone asking. One of the draws of this franchise is SUPPOSED(or at least used to) be authentic feeling weaponry. Weapons using the same round do the same damage.
Additionally, the SKS being objectively worse than the AK means the game remains more balanced when classes like the RPG have access to the SKS, and not the AK.
Why? The SKS is 7.62x39 and the M14 is 7.62x51, full-power vs intermediate cartridges.
I was using the SKS as the RPG class and there were instances where my jaw literally dropped at not taking someone down i'd blatantly hit in the chest/abdomen.
They should buff it to maybe M1 Garand levels, I played a few rounds as ARVN and had no problem downing people with it.
It can still shoot 10 rounds of 7.62x39 quite accurately and reliably.
Why do people say the SKS sucks when the Mosin is around?
Imo the current damage model is pretty decent. My gripe is with the recoil of certain weapons that neess balancing
The Mosin is a pretty decent makeshift sniper rifle though. I actually like it and it does seem to serve a purpose. The SKS is just doesn't fit into any role all that well as it's mostly beaten by the automatics in shorter ranges and the M14/M1 Garand in longer ranges.
It still isn't as bad as people make it out to be though. I use it every now and then when I want a change of pace from the AK and/or need that slight accuracy boost and I rarely lose firefights because of choosing the SKS. I usually lose because I suck but that's another story...
would still take a mosin instead
eg. you shouldn't even be able to aim properly with the AK while prone because of it's gigantic mag sticking out the bottom (that's why the BREN was top-fed, for example), it's why the L2a1 sucks (of a number of reasons)
The SKS was originally meant to basically be an SVT-40 in a smaller caliber as a stopgap, it's basically the M1 carbine of the soviet bloc compared to modern assault rifles
The biggest advantages it would have had is light weight, ergonomics, logistics (stripper clip is easier to supply and use), simplicity and accuracy
Basically everything that makes the M1 carbine good.
Same issue with adding stuff like the Mosin, it's not even meant for front line combat, it's just so that the militia could have "something" for defense and ambushes
Not true, I have no problem dropping peoplee with the SKS...The sights are not as pretty as other guns but its probably the operator, not the equipment.