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With more and more movement-based characters being in the game now, it makes sense as to why shotguns are a problem. I think their purpose is clear and they do their job a little too well, even though shotguns are a relatively necessary gun archetype in this game. Aside from that thought, EA will never remove a gun from the game (rather throw it into CP or nerf it) since that would be violating everyone who purchased skins for that gun.
I think there are a few ways to go about this. My first idea was to entirely remove the shotgun bolt from the game. It's one of those "if anyone can use it I'm going to too," types of attachments, and I think it makes shotguns too aggressive in close range. If you think about the no-bolt fire rate of all shotguns, they seem to fit into the game a lot better than a purple bolt EVA-8 or Mastiff. I don't think a huge damage nerf would be productive, as it would just throw close range into SMG meta instead of solving the shotgun issue comprehensively. I'm down to hear more of what you have to say though, shotguns are now a permanent part of the game but they're incredibly over-tuned this season.
- 5 years ago
Overused. Every single ranked game ends with my random squadmates running straight into enemy fire, get killed, me trying to save them and get shot in the face with a shotgun. So yeah, CP weapon, or the option to simply opt them out, or a separate game mode that has only shotguns in it... They don't belong to fair games
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