Low Br Shotgun for Japan

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Maybe it’s going to be crazy,maybe it’s going be fun, but, what about this for japs?
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Something fun to make the US die to,sounds good

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What shotgun is that?

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The Japanese get the Shin Gunto (swords), instead of the shotguns. Honestly the balance is pretty good.

Perhaps bringing this in as a gold order weapon?

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I think its s Wyatt Earp 1881 double barrel shotgun, japan buy 40.000 units for hunting group,so I asume they tried use a few in the army

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thinking in this

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yeah, they could use one for the tech tree since every faction has one

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Are you asking what the thought process on the balance between the shotgun and the sword is?

While the shotguns MAY seem better at first glance:

  • are restricted to engineers, assaulters, medics, vehicle crew
  • are a gun and therefore require ammo, as well as reloading
  • while they do very good damage, you do have moments where you won’t kill with a single hit.
  • 5 shots means 5 kills (occasionally 6) at most. Then you need to reload.

The swords don’t suffer any of those problems.

  • Swords can be equipped by any soldier type
  • Will keep swinging as long as you have stamina, which if you have the perk for stamina regen, is no issue
  • every hit is a kill, guaranteed
  • the melee perk allows you to swing even faster
  • as long as you are alive and in range, you can keep killing
    • using the sword allows you to move considerably faster, making it an excellent charge weapon

Overall, its an instance of asymmetrical balance.

  • The shotgun has a bit more range, but is limited due to ammo, wo can use it, and movement.

  • While the sword can be used to make any soldier very lethal at point blank range.

Both are for CQB, but in different ways.

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I would be agree in this with old sword, but actually japan one right now is terrible slow, you can’t even make a hit properly and then you are dead because the bounce is ULTRA slow, (I didn’t tested with katanas from the event), hell even axe hits faster than the sword from japan, sooooo…

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The only slow part is the time in between swings after a hit.

I put a lot of time in on Japanese, and I use a lot of swords post merge.

Overall, the balance of everything else in that matchup is so off that running in with swords as a kamikaze run is one of the most efficient things you CAN do as the Japanese.

Normally I’m all for efficiency and trying to set up fortifications, etc… but the Japanese are so outclassed by American Tanks, Planes, MGs, even BASIC RIFLES. (Garand vs Hei),
The sword is actually one of the few GOOD things they have, often allowing 4-5+ kills per soldier when used correctly.

My concern is if the shotgun were put in, it would be far less effective than you think, and players will forget about using the swords, for their intended purpose.
I could be wrong, but given the track record, i doubt it.