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.