AS-VAL is in a very sorry state of existence. It merely performs as if it were a supressed AK-12 with worse soft stats, which leaves a lot of be desired.
It should get the following improvements:
- Improved rate of fire to 900 RPM from its current 650 RPM. Which is it's real life rate of fire.
- Improved ergonomics that is representative of how its 33% of the weight of an AK-12 in real life. In game this would probably translate to giving it SMG ergonomics.
- Improving either its base damage from 60 to 63 or its inner limb damage from 37.5 to 40. It would be better if it could kill similarly to other rifles that can do one chest shot and a shoulder shot to kill. Especially given it's limited ammo capacity.
EDIT: Removed the above point, buff recoil and RoF.