Its really not strong at all. As I posted in another thread, I'd rather have most other short range weapons. Early game, SMG's tear it up and late game, it's not that great either. Rate of fire too slow for the damage it does.
Double tap EVA is the much better shotgun now.
Mastiff is okay in being a normal gun. There is just zero point picking it up. It’s worse than peacekeeper when it comes to being consistent. Sometimes a shot from 3 meters does 110, sometimes it does 11dmg.
useless.
I don't like it at all. Never mind the fact I spent money over the past year and a half on my Peacekeeper skins. Never mind the PAL 9000 skin is one of my favorite in the game, and I finally crafted it in Season 2. Never mind I spent on the MRVN charm to put on the PAL 9000.. Never mind that the Peacekeeper was one of my favorites. The Mastiff got drastically nerfed to the point it is a definitely worse weapon than the Peacekeeper. I've even dropped the Mastiff for a Mozambique...which actually is not that unusual as I like using the Bique.
Meanwhile, it took near 100 games for me to finally open a care package with a Peacekeeper in it. This highlights an issue I have with Apex. They keep basically removing content. We get a new map in World's Edge, but then they take out King's Canyon. We get care package items into the general loot pool, but at the expense of Devotion and Peacekeeper. Putting them in a care package loot pool is basically pulling them out of the game given how few care packages you will ever open.
I think they need to be mindful that people spend money on these guns, and no small amount in some cases.
Respawn just reduce Mastiff distribution today so it will be harder to find it now !
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