Withheld weapons?

[Cap'n (DayZ) 1827]

 

I'm just slightly curious. Why hasn't the AK-74M been added yet? It's not the only thing we've seen that works yet they're holding off (a ton of stuff in the trailer: pink hoodie, binoculars, tan backpack, chainsaw, the suicide animation), but we've seen this thing several times before, in perfect working condition. They've even showed attachments for it. But for some reason or another, they're "holding it off indefinitely". Can't source the quote, but I've heard it before.

 

Why?

 

It has working sounds, animations and attachments. It would help add variety to the already miniscule weapon list, and would suit the lore a helluva lot better than what we're given. That reminds me, we're missing 99% of the guns that'd be realistically found in Chernarus. It'd be a great addition, and it'd compliment the AKM well in the next update.

 

I'd like a definitive answer as to why they're holding this thing off. It'd be a great weapon to have!

[Zedertone 378]

Because they can only go so fast. They're adding guns in, in almost every update, you'll just have to hold your horses man.

They're working hard on the guns, instead of pushing a lot of ArmA 2 looking things out. Just be patient, and enjoy the AKM while you wait on the AK-74M.

Edited April 21, 2014 by Zedertone

[liquidsnake 275]

I recall they said it was practically done and needed a bit of tweeking (or something along those lines). At any rate, next update will bring the AKM and AK-74. Haven't heard anything about the chainsaw, though.

[Deathlove 2286]

Id like the suicide to be put in as well. Mainly for those times when you break your leg or something and are NOWHERE near a suitable town are on the verge of dehydration and starvation. But see here is the thing. They need to be able to give axes the ability to harvest trees for makeshift wood to make fires and wood splints, etc. Than i would never have to worry about trying to find a sticks in a damn town when theres a whole forest in front of me......lol. All i would have to worry about is sicknesses & diseases.

 

That AK74M is really nice though.

Edited April 21, 2014 by Deathlove

[Cap'n (DayZ) 1827]

Suicide and forestry would be a godsend.

 

And I too agree that gun model is sexy. Then again, all the model work is sexy.

[DropBearChick 1217]

Wait for the next update then the akm, p38, crossbow, engraved 1911, and compound bow.

[Zedertone 378]

I recall they said it was practically done and needed a bit of tweeking (or something along those lines). At any rate, next update will bring the AKM and AK-74. Haven't heard anything about the chainsaw, though.

I haven't heard anything about the AK-74M coming in, but the AKM yes.

[Gekkonidae 270]

 They need to be able to give axes the ability to harvest trees for makeshift wood to make fires and wood splints, etc. Than i would never have to worry about trying to find a sticks in a damn town when theres a whole forest in front of me......lol. All i would have to worry about is sicknesses & diseases.

 

Agree and i've been thinking about it here and there. They really need to add these as harvested resources.

[Cap'n (DayZ) 1827]

That wasn't really the point of this thread...

[Jiggly Ritz 35]

Don't forget about the improvised bow (crafted with sticks and rope I believe) that they will be adding next patch as well.

[Deathlove 2286]

That wasn't really the point of this thread...

I have a habit of throwing ppls threads off don't threat man. But i did talk about the things you made in the thread. I just felt there was some validity in the offtopic as well lol.

[Steak and Potatoes 13480]

Maybe fine tuning the models?  I remember the AK in all the showcases before pre-alpha release as the only weapon at one point in time.

[Etherious 907]

That wasn't really the point of this thread...

People will always go off-topic....and also most of the items have been hidden because 1. Either not done with item or 2. Item was a possible test item but got removed.

[Irish. 4886]

That wasn't really the point of this thread...

The only thing on there that has not been confirmed as actually finished or in game is the improvised grenade..   

 

all the others are simply different names if anything. The AKM is this model shown, just under a different name. ;)

 

Nothing is being "held off" simply worked on further.. the AKM is being fine tuned now per the dev blog post, and the grenades I would assume needed the physics to be finished before implementation. 

Edited April 21, 2014 by lrish

[Cap'n (DayZ) 1827]

I have a habit of throwing ppls threads off don't threat man. But i did talk about the things you made in the thread. I just felt there was some validity in the offtopic as well lol

It's okay, I didn't mean you lol. Someone told me to wait for the guns in the next patch, and that was entirely missing the point of the thread (it was a bit late).

The only thing on there that has not been confirmed as actually finished or in game is the improvised grenade..   

 

all the others are simply different names if anything. The AKM is this model shown, just under a different name. ;)

 

Nothing is being "held off" simply worked on further.. the AKM is being fine tuned now per the dev blog post, and the grenades I would assume needed the physics to be finished before implementation. 

 

Nope. The AK-74 was shown in several devblogs, confirmed for release, then held off for no apparent reason.

[Irish. 4886]

It's okay, I didn't mean you lol. Someone told me to wait for the guns in the next patch, and that was entirely missing the point of the thread (it was a bit late).

 

Nope. The AK-74 was shown in several devblogs, confirmed for release, then held off for no apparent reason.

Im saying it was changed, simply in name to the AKM. I actually read that in a twitter post.. cant remember from who or when, but it was shortly after the "release" of the AKM info. I saw the same old devblog you did with the AK74m.. the AKM is that same weapon. 

[Cap'n (DayZ) 1827]

Im saying it was changed, simply in name to the AKM. I actually read that in a twitter post.. cant remember from who or when, but it was shortly after the "release" of the AKM info. I saw the same old devblog you did with the AK74m.. the AKM is that same weapon. 

 

No. They have different models and they're different weapons. At no point have they indicated they changed the weapon...they're two entirely different guns anyways.

[DropBearChick 1217]

No. They have different models and they're different weapons. At no point have they indicated they changed the weapon...they're two entirely different guns anyways.

Prove it

[Irish. 4886]

..they're two entirely different guns anyways.

So the AKM and the AK-74m are 2 entirely different weapons?

 

You should probably go research those weapons really quick.. 

[Cap'n (DayZ) 1827]

So the AKM and the AK-74m are 2 entirely different weapons?

 

You should probably go research those weapons really quick.. 

 

Yes, they're from the same weapons family, but they are indeed different. The 74 uses a 5.45mm cartridge while the AKM uses 7.62x39, and they only share 50-60% similar parts. They're also twenty years apart in manufacture, and one isn't even used by most militaries any more.

 

So yes, they are different.

[LigerRider 82]

We should stop worrying about new things and worry about bug fixes. 

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

One:  Because what you see is just a model.  It is not working yet, right now they just have a shiny pile of pixels that can do nothing until they get it to actually work.  I also notice there's a 'butane grenade' in there, and haven't seen one of thosue around yet.  They released the models of the binocs a long time ago and they're just not getting added in (and said that they're buggy still).  If making a model was the final part of anything, I could crank out fully interiored/enterable buildings every couple of hours for BI using Google Sketchup.