Shotgun needs to be nerfed
The shotgun pulling 134 damage is insane, it needs to be nerfed to 90 damage so that any other weapon at least has a chance to counter. There are squads teaming up with shotguns and flashlights blind...
Forum Discussion
100% agree. The by far most overpowered weapon in the game is the shotgun. I am not sure if nerfing the damage is the best way to balance it though. I think it should still be able to one shot at very close range, but the damage drop off should be harsher and perhaps the bullet spread should be slightly increased. At the moment the one shot range is too far, especially with how quick the weapon is.
The one I think should still have higher damage at further distances is the slug. I remember sighting in my own shotgun with slugs at 50 yards for deer season. Up close any shotgun blast should be an instant kill though. Birdshot obviously should taper off the further the distance. Maybe 15 yards or so? If I don't want to bother with shotguns or go into a shotgun situation, I usually avoid those spots or shoot from outside the building, not go in. Let the rest of your team go in while you blast the enemy trying to enter from the outside.
Depends on what you mean by higher damage, it could deal like 60-70 damage even up to longer ranges if you hit perfectly, but no, shotgun should definitely not one shot kill even close to 50 yards, with or without slugs. That would just be insanely unbalanced. The one shot range with slugs should probably be around max 15 yards / 14 meters. Without slugs the max one shot potential should probably be around 9 yards / 8 meters.
The by far most overpowered weapon in the game is the SMG. It performs better than a rifle, at rifle ranges, and it dominates in close quarters more so than the shotguns. Stop being a CODgirl and Cowboy up. Lern2Play, LessQQmorePEWPEW
and it dominates in close quarters more so than the shotguns.
Shotgun abuser spotted! This is a straight up lie though. There are no SMG that one shots you with zero counterplay. I agree they kill fast, but they are not even nearly as frustrating than getting one tapped by a shotgun at a distance over 15m. If you lose to a SMG with a shotgun at close range it is because you miss, or you get caught off guard.. so you could argue the fault is on you. If you lose to a shotgun it is more often because the weapon just performs way better, even at ranges it should not. The shotgun is simply unbalanced, and it is just making the game experience worse for the players who do not wish to abuse it themselves.
Shotgun is actually a high skill weapon.
I can't take that comment seriously 😂It is the least skillful weapon in the game, and I don't think that is even up for debate. That does not mean Shotguns should not have it's place in the game, but at the moment it is too good, and it needs drastically faster damage fall off too reduce its potential one shot range.
I looked up your stats and I see you have 4x kills with shotgun (444 kills) compared to your next best weapon. You have played it for 9h 14m while your second most played weapon 2h 41m. I understand why you are defending it as you clearly like it soo much.. but I am betting even you know exactly how OP it is, which is why you abuse it.
