STORM-Mama wrote:I see in your design plan that your making the AK-74 the standard rifle of your Syrian Army (used by the standard kits like riflemen, officers, and so on).
I have yet to see a single video or picture of SAA infantry armed with this rifle. I've seen a couple of AK-74Ms, but the vast majority of troops are equipped with different types of AK-47s (some Type 56s and lots of AKMS).
Why did you decide on the -74?
It's not just, IMO, a bad decision from a "realism" perspective... Gameplay-wise I think street fighting between entire teams with nothing but unscoped AK-47s will be very interesting; a long way from the infantry combat we're used to in PR!
The designplan for kits was made in the early days of the revolution. At that time me and my "MA' sat down and looked at hundreds of pictures available at that time. You got to know back then there weren't 100rds of videos yet. As soon as a first version of the designplan was there I never really changed it, unless for some obvious errors. I quickly made all the kits for our working repo to play around with them and that was it. The main focus then went to developing the assets that aren't in PR yet. I think you can agree with me that from my perspective I focus more on building weapons and vehicles not yet in PR then keeping the kits up to date each day. I rather focus on the development of the AKM then discuss all day what Ak should be in what kit. You have my word that when it comes down to building the final kits more time will be spend on research on the layout used at that moment in time.
I look videos of Syria every day. and it's true that atm I see more AK-74m's, AK103's and other stuff then before.But then again those are usually republican guard. And the ak47 is indeed commonly seen. But I still see many AK74's too. You can also rest assured that it will still remain an unscoped AK fest
You won't see many scopes if I have any say over it. When I update the designplan I'll come back here to ask for feedback again. in the meantime feel free to give me suggestions to replace the current kits with. But with actual proof. The best is to pack up a folder with dozens of pic's and videos. This is also very helpfull for further development. Cause I won't just take your word for it. Neither some random video posted here. But don't come here lazy telling me to change this to that without proper documentation. (not pointed at you or anybody, just for future reference).
what kind of uniforms are you going to add to the Syrian Arab Army? regular infantry , special forces ,republican guards or.. or .....?
and will each map will have different army uniform than the other?
We will focus on the regular army for now when it comes to design of kits and look of the infantry. It will be hard enough to get proper kit and player models for them to begin with
Pretty much the same as for most factions in PR.
also can I stress again that I need modellers and a texture artist?
Also, i know how to spot the difference between a AK47,AKM and AK74 most of the time, but still can't spot a type56 from a AK47. Any tips on how to see the difference quickly? The metal receiver thingy is the most obvious sometimes, but what else?
