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Denot002
Seasoned Newcomer
4 months ago

DB-12 in desperate need of buffs.

I've achieved rank 30 with the DB-12 just now, and I've achieved 50 on 18 guns including a pistol or two. 2.6 K/D so not god's worst player and I really gotta say, the DB-12 is the most useless gun there is. Hands down. It is a three-shot kill with a two-round pump. The 80 damage 00 buck/75 damage slugs and horrid fall-of make it worthless outside of when I'm at true arm's-reach, then it's a two-shot *most of the time*. Add to this the fact I cannot seem to ever interrupt its woefully long reloading with either trying to fire or pressing R again, only wasting critical time by trying to quickly hit 2-1.

As it stands it is worse in all regards to all its contemporaries. The semi-auto M1014 with rounds-reload can one-shot, and the semi-auto mag-fed Saiga can just pump out shots to make up for it, even doing three to four shots to DB-12's two and a pump. The DB-12 can do neither and it is indefensibly worst gun in class and arguably worst gun in the game. Tube-fed yet can't one-shot, 80 damage but has to pump. Worthless. 

Honestly, it has a 19-inch barrel, can we please give it some straight buffs? Increase the damage, grouping, and a more distance before damage deteriorates would be a nice start.

4 Replies

  • W0LVERINEx6's avatar
    W0LVERINEx6
    Rising Traveler
    1 day ago

    I'm not the best player, but I have approx 100 kills an hour with the other shotguns... but the DB-12, its like 60... its clearly much much worse

    DICE please

  • The DB-12 Need to be able to OHK at a reasonable range, without it even if you get the drop the enemy will retaliate faster than the rechamber or 2nd shot in most cases.

    00 Buck needs to be standard at this point, it's the only attachment besides slugs that make shotguns viable in Escalation and Conquest on bigger maps. The base ammo is terrible.

  • Denot002's avatar
    Denot002
    Seasoned Newcomer
    4 months ago

    I agree. M87 is clearly best, but M1014 has its fans, while Saiga is pain and DB-12 is far, far worse.

  • IMO all the shot guns bar the MA87A1 are terrible. 99% of the time you'll lose to anyone with anything that's not a sniper or DRM. The 18.5K-SK is garbage also. it's a horrible gun to use. The DB-12 though, you are going to die 99.9% of the time using it unless you get the drop on your target, or they have a horrible aim. it's probably my least use gun.

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