The only real advantage of AKs over ARs in the airsoft world is the stock reliability and accuracy. Its a solid platform, and even the cheap ones are mostly well built, with a lot less wobble than equivalently priced ARs. The V3 gearbox is a lot more reliable and durable. It doesn't take a lot of work to get an airsoft AK to shoot laser beams. If you don't mind the extra effort, you an get an AR to shoot as well as an AK, so in the end, it doesn't really matter which one you pick... but, you know... an AR will never look as good as an AK.