Last time I saw a Shotgun user, he failed ti deal enough damage with both shots at 20 meters, do I just turned around and one hit him with a bolt action rifle.
Shotguns right now are not just bad, they are hilariously bad, people can survive shotgun hits by simply laying down at 15m. If weapons in real life worked like that, US 50s duck and cover doctrine would actually work.
I’m probably not going to be convinced by the shotgun discussion. I don’t consider them a worthwhile addition to the game, as I said that’s just my opinion, they’re in game as they are and likely to stay.
So we’ll just have to agree that I am not disagreeing with your arguments for making them more useful in the game, as much as I think that they are over-represented for the exceptional conditions of use that they may have been considered for.