CCP not only needs to buff shotgun damage + range, they need to lower joystick Deadzone. I run into "super strafers" every odd time, and there is no godforsaken way they're on a controller(They are keyboard strafing). The controllers max aiming sensitivity is just too slow. With the extremely close range needed to kill with a shotgun, once you're that close to an enemy dropsuit, they will move faster than you can aim.

So for example:

Minmatar ADV Logistics Suit

ADV Shotgun

3 X Complex Shield Extenders

Flux Grenade

2 Complex Dampners

CPU bonus module

K2 Nanohive

ADV or Proto Quantum Scanner

Remote Explosive- ADV

All core skills Maxed

-Ok first thing, after someones taken care of deploying uplinks, next up is to scan-

-*SCAN*- Alright, were up against a good corp, so there are some errors in scanning.

-Enemies on radar for 16 or 25 seconds.

-Shotgun aiming is too slow, will probably lose face to face encounters, must flank to have a chance.

-*COUNTER SCAN* Enemy has scanners of their own, but we "SCAN PREVENTED" it.

-Am taking long route to flank behind enemies

- am within flanking distance, Remote Explosives preferred, because aiming is so ******* at the moment.

- Killed a few enemies, enemies now know someone is sneaking around, Duvolle Focused scanners inbound.

- I've been scanned, the Duvolle blows, so I'm only visible for 5 seconds, I move to another position.

-Find a few enemies, shotgun them in the back.

-Keep engaging enemies, am able to kill two more before my cover is blown. All escape routes are no good, face to face is our only option

-it's a 1 on 1 against a Super Kincatted Assault. He strafes like the Flash on crack,, his strafing of course being twice as fast as my aiming speed ( all Sensitivity at 100%) and I die. The end.

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All I use are shotguns, heck I came from Battlefield 3 before coming to Dust. I could hold a position down by myself, with my 870 MCS-Slugs, and My TUG's. Crouching doesn't work because I can still hear you. I have very good audio equipment. If you feed the line out from a 7.1 DD Headphone Decoder to a Quality Soundcards "line in", you can boost the "mids", and you can make enemy footsteps very, very loud. But I find sound in Dust not as useful as in other FPS's

Check out some of my videos, I know what I'm talking about, trust me, the aiming for controllers is just stupid slow in DUST.



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I don't find the aiming to be too slow (I use the DS3 and my sensitivity is at 90 for everything). Then again, in most of my encounters the enemy is caught unawares and therefore I can take my time to get close and line up a good shot properly.

So maybe you're doing it wrong?

If you are expecting the shotgun to 1vs1 an enemy who is aware of you in a strafe duel, you will be disappointed. It excels as a high alpha surprise weapon, meant for dispatching an enemy who is caught off guard and disoriented while trying to locate where you are shooting from.

Nearly any kill made with knives could also have been made with a shotgun - and most likely, it would have been easier with the shotgun. The same can't be said of the reverse.

Also, with the knives its a lot harder to keep track of an enemy if he is moving, particularly should you need follow-up stabbings.

mlt shotty 1 shots 800hp YOUR UNDERPOWERED

Fix spotty hit-detection issue wherein the shield glitches and the enemy takes no damage. It seems to happen mainly with the high alpha damage weapons more than any other weapons. Maybe a range increase and less spread also, otherwise, they're fine. The other part is skill and tactics. See Roner General, Marauder, or Fusion Commander.

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More spread <> OHK


I do sense the frustration with using the shotgun - I have personally seen myself miss with my CRG-3/Creoden shotguns more times than I can count. I did find that raising the sensitivity did not help my cause, so I put it back to the default setting.

What I have found that works, is rather than attempt to stay on them like glue, I let them backpeddle/strafe, while I too, move back just a bit. This allows me a chance to turn at the same rate they move (and keeps them in my sights). 2nd shot generally kills everything, 3rd shot will always kill whatever is left, assuming they haven't killed me first.