The United States once again taking a Belgian favorite, mucking it up for silly reasons, and then expecting capitalism to solve their problems. We talking about French Fries or the AR-57 here?
Thanks to PlayBONK for the animation work!
The Secondary MW2022 AR57 is unlocked at level 36 and will appear to others as the Olympic K23 (Para).
The Primary MW2022 AR57 is unlocked at level 36 and will appear to others as the Olympic K23 (Para), but in the primary slot.
Statwise, the MW2022 AR57 functions similarly to the P90, except is worse in most regards: less concealable, less stable, and less accurate. Better hope your pool of AR15 attachments can make up the stat difference.
Stat Notes
Spoiler!
The magazine size is 50 rounds, same as the P90.
You get 3 magazines' worth of ammo just like the P90.
The ammo pickup 4-8, same as the vanilla Para.
The damage is 1 point less than the P90 at 55.
The fire rate is worse than the P90 at 700 RPM, same as in MW2022.
The accuracy is on par with the P90 at a base of 52 with default mods.
The stability is worse than the P90 at a base of 56.
Your concealment is worse than the P90 at a base of 23. While you do get options to increase the concealment, they tend to drop your accuracy and should only put you about on par with the P90.
The only advantage the AR57 has is in the wider AR15 based mod pool compared to the P90: AR15 pistol grips and AR15 stocks.
Known Issues:
Some optics may clip with the magazine OR the charging handle due to limited upper receiver rail space.
Depending on the charm used, your charm will clip with the hand used to remove the magazine from the weapon.
Depending on the suppressor or muzzle device used on the 10" Barrel, it will clip. I would normally forbid The Bigger the Better suppressor, but then that would forbid all of the Frenchy suppressors, even the smaller ones that would fit in the space like the KAC NT-4.
Q: Why do you say this worse than a regular P90?
A: This is an AR15 engineered to use a cartridge it wasn't designed for in exchange for ... being less compact than the P90, and weighing more than the P90.
That being said, considering this is a video game, we can safely disregard those downsides and enjoy our wacky bubba abomination that is modeled incorrectly due to Activision licensing/California law.
Q: Is this compatible with things that change the hold animation such as Fnuxray's AR15 Overhaul?
A: Yes. I programmed the AR57 to load copies of the original vanilla animations. You shouldnt run into issues if you run the AR57 with Fnuxray's AR15 Overhaul.
Q: Blueprints?
A: Only the Cinder blueprint and the Blue Thunder blueprints are available at the moment due to the customost/body pillow imposed 100MB MWS upload limit and due to most of the other blueprints not leaving any impression on me.
If there were some interesting blueprints added in Season 2 and beyond, I'll check them out.
Q: More MW2022/BF2042/Halo weapons
A: maybe
Welp that's another page to the inventory.