The best shotgun in the game right now, in my opinion, is the Winchester 1886. It has the least spread, which means the damage travels farther, and it’s comfortable to use for that same reason. I think that instead of limiting them to shotgun pellets, they should use buckshot. This would change how “bad” they are, and besides, they wouldn’t replace rifles, because only engineers and the assault class use them. There would be better competition for submachine guns, and instead, when you ask yourself whether to use a shotgun or a submachine gun, the answer is mostly “I prefer a submachine gun.”
And give them a weapon that’s similar to rifles, so to speak. In low battle royale, shotguns “be” the “assault rifles,” since it’s true that many assault rifles are in the game as machine guns in low battle royale, like the Charlton Auto Rifle or the Lewis Assault Rifle.
Then, they could give shotguns more prominence. and make them more deadly for an assault soldier who cannot use rifles like the VG .2 or a Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk I, and have more range but not excessively so
I. WW2 shotguns used buckshot in combat. Why do you think there not using buckshot, only slugs would really increase range. The range of all shotguns is nerfed in shooter games to prevent shotgun dominance.
They’re not, they’re using teeny tiny birdshot, less of it than should fit in a shell, and doing less damage per pellet than buckshot should, at half the velocity of standard 00 buck loads.
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