Tired of sticking to precise meta builds? Want freedom to make a cool gun and have it perform well? This mod completely overhauls Tarkov's balance, for the better!
A wise man once said "If an M4 in a game is a bad weapon, then the GAME is wrong."
This mod adjusts basically every single category of part in an attempt to bring variety and flavor to weapon modding, improving almost every "non meta" part in the game, bringing everything closer together. The Meta builds are EXACTLY THE SAME as they used to be, but now there are more parts that are equal to those builds, and parts that were considered mediocre or bad are now more realistically good.
I really don't want to say too much more, so let me give you the bullet points:
Optics: Every single optic / sight in the entire game is now balanced to be equal to the best in that category, so for red dots there is no ergo penalty even for mounts, holo sights are equal to the Trijicon SRS, scopes are equal to the Vudu. Mounts don't have penalties anymore, and eyecups don't do anything to your ergo, so feel free to run your optics how you like them.
Pistol Grips: Every pistol grip in the game is balanced into 3 categories: 66% of meta, 83% of meta, and meta.
Furniture: All M4, HK, FAL, and AK handguards and certain pieces are rebalanced to be closer to meta, and give you more freedom of choice.
Stocks: All M4 compatible stocks are adjusted to be more sensible, allowing you to have more choices that fit your mission.
Muzzle Devices: Muzzle brakes are generally buffed, silencers are all brought closer to the Thunderbeast. Muzzle devices for .308, 7.62, and 5.45 can be really good. Try the KAC .308 suppy if you want huge ergo penalty but great recoil performance! Try the Silencerco Multicaliber if you want very small ergo penalty ! 
and a few "tweaks" coming at a later date to make things a little more balanced.
If you aren't convinced, here are some comments from players who used my balance patches:
"I just think your mods are mandatoryfor the game"
"I love your mods, they are not just "excellent", they are necessary"
"These mods fix the problem of meta guns in tarkov, but the right way. Nothing in these mods is overly powerful compared to another item, each weapon mod has their own place in what they do and it makes them very viable. Thank you for doing this without making things overpowered or too easy. "
"very naice!"
"already using the [early versions of the mod] you made and wow, building aesthetic/fun weapons is awesome with them alone. this should make the experience even better"
Please, give this mod a try. I worked extremely hard on it, mostly for my own enjoyment, but, it has really, really made the gun building portion of the game so much more fun for me, and I know you'll love it. If there's any specific portion you would like to disable, all can be adjusted from the config file included in the mod.
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Works with 3.7.X versions.
I'll probably get back to this at some point, but I don't even know where to begin with changing stuff once we get over to 14.x content. The new recoil almost makes me think this mod can change priorities somewhat.
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Just a simple bug fix. Bigger changes coming at some point.
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I'm back nerds. Gonna update new stuff, balance stuff, we gaming, gamers.
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Hi gamers I got it working for the current version isn't that neat?
I might start playing Tarkov again and update the mod to include the new guns but now that I own a ton of IRL guns it's hard to care about a game this unrealistic and frustrating lol.
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>updated to work on 3.3.0
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>updated to work on 3.2.5
>mod is in a 'maintainance phase' until I get a real zust for tarky again.
>will continue to update as new versions release, no new content for a while though.
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Updated for 3.2.4
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Sep 13, Ver 3.2.3
>updated to work for 3.2.3
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Aug 30, Ver 3.2.2
>updated to work for 3.2.2
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Aug 18, ver 3.2.1
>updated to work for 3.2.1.
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This mod now has an experimental compatibility feature -
if you set "compatibility" to true in the config.json (defaults to false), more items that should be compatible IRL will now have that functionality.
There is a chance for clipping, so if you see clipping just don't use that. Tarkov has no way to set up an if a & b (or even more complex) conflict system.
Disabling this setting after creating guns with it enabled will result in broken weapons. Enabling it has no risk to your save, but disabling it afterwards may be a problem.
Currently the "compatibility" setting only adjusts .308 caliber muzzle devices & barrels, and the Hybrid 46 & Omega45 silencers. - try an MCX with the Omega45, it's very cool looking
As usual, my mod is focused on realism, so only parts that should be compatible ever will be.
Aug 8, ver 3.2.0
>updated to work for 3.2.0
>G36 buff
>some stocks changes
>slight changes to SAG AK-545, RD-704.
>Added Compatibility settings - if you change "compatibility" in config.json to "true", .308 muzzle devices get
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>MCX/MPX Stock Rebalance
>new parts (12.12+) adjusted
>AK-100 Series Buffed
>AK 7.62 Silencers Buffed
>Minor Ammo Changes
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updated to work in aki 3.1.1
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I think it works for 3.0.0 now.
I have a ton of work left to do, so in the coming weeks and months expect big updates!
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Updated to work with 2.3.0. Should still work with 2.2.x.
Still working on the submachine guns, trying to make that whole situation feel a little better.
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Updated to work with 2.2.3.
More gas blocks, stock, pistol grip rebalancing.
Also addressed the ammo recoil property - certain weapon should feel much better when using their best ammo. (especially the ASVALs and M4/HK-416. Oh, and 9x19 SMGs.)
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This time I tackled a few weapon types that were never desperately needing changes, but I thought could improve.
First, the SCAR-L - the 5.56 SCAR is a lot better now, closer to an AK-101 or an MDR.
Second, the .308 SCAR-H had some very beneficial changes - flash hider buff, and now the rail mounts don't change recoil.
Thirdly, I did a pass on SMGs. This is under the "experimental" category so if you don't like my changes just set "experimental" to false in the config. I personally think the changes are good and fun and allow you a higher degree of customization.
Lastly, I fixed a few instances of minor code errors. It happens, sue me. Bonus points to my man snack who noticed my mistakes as I was writing this lmao
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Updated to include balance changes for almost all the new parts from 12.12 - if I missed any you care about just tell me and I'll get around to editing them. There's a lot of parts in this game lmao.
Also should work with 2.2.0, and 2.2.1, all in the same file, no need to mess with anything. If it doesn't work, please tell me so I can try to fix it.
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Updated to work with 2.2.0, and also, very cool-ly, it balances a whole lot of the new things added in the latest versions. Have fun gaming!
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Patched to work with 2.1.2. If you want to use it on earlier versions remove the like that says AKIVersion="2.1.2",
I rebalanced out quiet boys, the VSS, VAL, and the Sig MCX.
These guns, in reality, have far less kick than their loud counterparts, the AKs and M4s, yet in game they are totally wacky.
Soo, I made some significant changes to the recoil of those guns - on top of that, I adjusted ergonomics so that the VSS is a little less ergo than a Val but handles recoil a little better.
Anyway, try it out, it's fun!
Stay tuned for 1.3.1 when I'll be taking a look at some of the game's many SMGs.
Not quite yet...